Learning outcomes

Having passed the course the student:
- knows the main research practices of public health sciences and is able to apply them in his/her own study
- has formed a comprehensive picture of different research areas in his/her institution and is informed of possibilities of doing his/her thesis in respective research groups
- is familiar with practices of scientific writing and oral presentation
- understands the process nature of compiling and writing an empirical study
- knows the basic principles of research ethics
- is aware of differences between lay thinking and scientific argumentation
- has adopted information literacy and is acquainted with advanced systematic literature researching
- has selected the subject of his/her own master’s thesis and has drawn up an idea paper on it

Contents

- master’s thesis; its purpose, aims and structure
- compiling and writing an empirical study as a process
- literal and oral description of the subject of one’s own study

Teaching methods

Participating workshop sessions, familiarizing oneself with the literature, doing literal assignments, commenting other participants’ papers, drawing up a learning diary and participating the course on electronic resources arranged by the department of Health Science library

Teaching language

English

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Pass/fail.
The course is graded on a scale of pass / fail. Evaluation is based on the student’s activity in group work, on completion of literal assignments and on ability of compiling a learning diary.

Recommended year of study

1. year autumn

Study materials

The students will be informed concerning the course literature later on.

Further information

Having passed or attending the course is a prerequisite for access to the master’s thesis seminar

Belongs to following study modules