Degree Programme in Information Technology, MSc (Tech)

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Structure

Common Core Studies, 12 cr

Learning Outcomes

Compulsory courses

Optional Compulsory Courses

Must be selected at least 7 credits of courses

1. Select 1 courses. Choose at least one course.
2. Select 1 courses. Choose at least one course.

Complementary Courses

If your major is Audio-Visual Signal Processing, SGN-11006 is compulsory and you must include it in common core studies. If your major is User Experience, TIE-41106 is compulsory and you must include it in common core studies. Students, whose major is Communication Systems and Networks or Data Engineering and Machine Learning can also include possible prerequisite courses demanded by the major studies in this part of common core studies. The prerequisite courses can be seen in the major study block.

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Common core studies are partly common to all students in the Degree Programme in Information Technology and partly defined by the student's major.

Common core studies aim at offering the students a common ground in their studies and orienting them towards other degree modules, which concentrate on more specialized professional skills. These studies provide a broad view of information and ensure that students will have the necessary skills to follow courses in each branch of information technology.

Major Studies

The degree includes major subject studies (minimum scope 50 credits) or major subject studies (minimum scope 30 credits) and minor subject studies (minimum scope 20 credits). The topic of the master's thesis shall be chosen from the field of the major subject. In Signal Processing and Data Engineering, the student may choose only the major subject studies of 30 credits.

Minor Studies

Students may select a subject study module from among the alternatives offered in English. If the scope of a student's major subject is 50-60 credits, a minor subject is not required.

Elective Studies, 10 cr

"Elective studies" is not a compulsory degree module as such but a label for courses, for instance, which can't be included into any other degree module, or prerequisite studies, the knowledge of which is required or recommended to have before taking a more advanced course. Amount of courses in "Elective studies" can also be zero as long as minimum of the degree (120 cr.) is done.

Diplomityö, 30 cr

Learning Outcomes

Compulsory courses

The Master's thesis is an extensive treatise, which trains the student for independent study and research, mastery of scientific methods, the convention of references, and the scientific mode of presentation in a good literary form. Master's Thesis is written at the final stage of studies. The thesis must form a self-standing entity that can be understood by an expert of the field without any supporting material.

The thesis is conducted and written independently, yet under the supervision of a professor from the same discipline.

The thesis-writing process includes a Master's Thesis seminar, which supports the preparation of the thesis. Master's Thesis seminar is competed as determined by the department of the major subject.

In connection with the thesis, the student must also write a proficiency test, which is an essay written on a topic related to the thesis. The test demonstrates the student's command of the thesis topic. Each faculty issues detailed Master's thesis instructions.