Learning outcomes

After a successful completion of this course, students will be able to use and apply academic knowledge and report the data concerning their research problem in writing and present it orally as well.

Contents

After a successful completion of this course, students will be able to use and apply academic knowledge, report the data concerning their research problem in writing, and be familiar with the practices of academic argumentation. The seminar is divided into two parts. During the seminar, students write a Bachelor’s thesis of 20-30 pages.
The aim and contents of the first part of the seminar is to prepare a research plan, in which students become familiar with the earlier research literature of the topic that they have chosen, and to identify a research question and understand the theoretic-methodical approach. This stage of the seminar also includes a period of international relations studies, procedures and material, which introduces students to the basics of the use of research methods.
A finished research plan is revised by a language consultant in the Language Centre as a maturity test required for a Bachelor’s degree. The contents of the maturity test are revised during the entire thesis writing process as a whole.
The second part of the seminar consists of a presentation prepared in accordance with the research plan, which is then worked up by the student into a final Bachelor’s thesis. Seminar work requires active participation from all students.

Further information on prerequisites and recommendations

For degree/major subject students. Minor subject students may be admitted to the course, depending on the seminar group sizes.

Teaching methods

The Bachelor’s seminar is divided into three periods as follows:
The 1st (3rd) period consists of preparing a research plan, completing the course YYHT6 Information Seeking in Intermediate Studies of the Faculty's General Studies and the course on academic writing (language studies), and writing a maturity test. It is recommended that students attend a course on the basics of empirical research in the Faculty's General Studies.
The 2nd (4th) period consists of individual tutorials between the student and the instructor, for guidance in the thesis writing process.
The 3rd (1st) period consists of a seminar, in which a preliminary Bachelor’s thesis is processed.

Teaching language

Finnish

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
The evaluation of the Bachelor’s thesis is based on the applied criteria of the Department of Political Science and International Relations concerning theses and dissertations.

Recommended year of study

3. year autumn
3. year spring

Bachelor's studies: third year.

Belongs to following study modules