FYSS9490 MSc Thesis (30 cr)
Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of Physics
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028
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Advanced studies thesis prepared for the master's degree
Description
- Information acquisition and criticism
- Research design and implementation
- Data management
- Writing and structuring scientific text
- Visualization of data
- Managing and citing literature
- Research communications
- Principles of good scientific practice and reporting
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student will be able to
- design and conduct small-scale scientific research
- write scientific text and visualize scientific results
- recognize the importance of ethical questions and is able to evaluate research in the light of these questions
- obtain and receive feedback to one's benefit
- present thesis competently orally and by poster presentation
Additional information
A master’s thesis can have an individual author or two authors working as a pair. In a thesis of two students or in a research project, it must be possible to specify each student’s share of work so that the shares can be assessed independently.
Master’s theses are public documents and they are saved in the JYX publication archive.
Completion methods
Method 1
Evaluation criteria:
The successful completion of a Master's thesis requires the student to be able to independently produce a comprehensive scientific written report on the research topic in accordance with the thesis writing guidelines of the department. The assessment will focus on the consistency and coherence of the text, the use of literature, the degree and writing of the thesis, the author's independence and timeliness, and the subject-specific assessment.
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Independent study (30 cr)
Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Evaluation criteria:
The successful completion of a Master's thesis requires the student to be able to independently produce a comprehensive scientific written report on the research topic in accordance with the thesis writing guidelines of the department. The assessment will focus on the consistency and coherence of the text, the use of literature, the degree and writing of the thesis, the author's independence and timeliness, and the subject-specific assessment.
Language:
English, Finnish