INFOA92 Research Project Studies (Incl. Bachelor's Thesis), 12 ECTS – Department of Information Studies and Interactive Media

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INFOA92 Research Project Studies (Incl. Bachelor's Thesis) 12 ECTS

Organised by

Information Studies

Person in charge

several teachers

Preceding studies

To be taken simultaneously with this course: Scientific Writing (Language and communication studies).

Course is available for:

Major subject students

Belongs to following study modules

Teaching

Learning outcomes

To learn the basics of reading, conducting and writing scientific research, and of scientific discussion.

Basics of research, summing up and evaluating research, research methods, literature review, planning research, intermediate reporting, writing a thesis, scientific communication.

Further information on prerequisites and recommendations

The course can only be taken by major subject students of information studies.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Seminar	40 h	0 h

20 h + 20 h of seminar, readings, exercises in research writing and a Bachelor’s thesis

Teaching language

Finnish

Modes of study

Participation in the seminar, reading the given material and completing exercises. During the academic year, the student writes a Bachelor’s thesis on the basis of a review of research literature or a small-scale analysis of empirical data. Finally, the student takes the maturity test.