Periods
(2-Sep-2013
– 18-Oct-2013)
(21-Oct-2013
– 13-Dec-2013)
(7-Jan-2014
– 7-Mar-2014)
(10-Mar-2014
– 16-May-2014)
These General Studies are taken by new and old degree students.
This one week orientation course is offered jointly for all international students (degree and exchange) at the beginning of the Autumn and Spring semesters. It is most important for you to take part in it.
On the first day of the Orientation, a session on how to fill in the registration papers is offered. During the week you will get information on studies and study practices as well as library, computer and other systems and services at the University of Tampere. You will also learn about Finnish customs and the history of the City of Tampere. A bus tour around the city is also included.
Sign-up via e-form by 31 July 2013.
The Orientation Week programme will be published in the summer 2013.
The School of Information Sciences will arrange on 28 August 2013 (afternoon) an information session for the new students in the Master's degree programmes in Human-Technology Interaction, Game and Internet Studies, and Software Development.
The session is compulsory for the new degree students in the Master programmes given above.
No registration is needed. The session is compulsory for all new Master degree programme students.
This practical two-day orientation is offered for international students studying in the Master's Degree Programmes offered through the medium of English. The orientation offers a general overview to academic and study-related practices as well as to livelihood and social security of a degree student in Finland.
The preliminary programme of the orientation is available at http://www.uta.fi/admissions/newstudents/orientation/intro_to_academic_culture_and_degree_studies_2013.pdf
This module (54 hours) is two periods long and is online apart from individual teacher-student tutorials for discussion of the submitted thesis extract. The work consists of readings, group analysis tasks and thesis writing work. Students should take the module after their research proposal has been accepted by their programme and they are about to embark upon the writing of their thesis.
Selection criteria: Priority is given to degree students. Otherwise the selection criterion is the date of registration. Selections on view: The final course lists will be posted on the Language Centre's notice board on 30 August.
This module is made up of class sessions including group work (20 hours), as well as independent out of class tasks (61 hours). The module will be two periods long and will take place in the autumn semester of the first year of the master’s degree programme.
This module (54 hours) is two periods long and is online apart from individual teacher-student tutorials for discussion of the submitted thesis extract. The work consists of readings, group analysis tasks and thesis writing work. Students should take the module after their research proposal has been accepted by their programme and they are about to embark upon the writing of their thesis.
This module is made up of class sessions including group work (20 hours), as well as independent out of class tasks (61 hours). The module will be two periods long and will take place in the autumn semester of the first year of the master’s degree programme.
This module (54 hours) is two periods long and is online apart from individual teacher-student tutorials for discussion of the submitted thesis extract. The work consists of readings, group analysis tasks and thesis writing work. Students should take the module after their research proposal has been accepted by their programme and they are about to embark upon the writing of their thesis.
Instructions will be on page
Instructions and enrolment info will be available on page:
http://www.uta.fi/kirjasto/en/courses/courses_in_mainlibrary/basics.html
The course has three parts:
1) Introduction focuses on the process and methodology of qualitative research. Different ways to interpret the reality and understand knowledge are discussed. Students learn how the research questions and findings are related to the scientific assumptions on which the research methods are based.
2) Students will examine one specific, established qualitative research method (discourse analysis/ narrative analysis/ ethnography etc.). The focus will be on the methodological basis, the forms of data and the ways of analyzing the data. The selection of the covered qualitative methods will be based on the interests of the students.
3) The collection of data and analysis of the data will be exercised. Basic rules of qualitative research method are practiced with a given data in a step-by-step process. The end result will be a well-grounded argument based on the analysis.
The course begins with a period of face-to-face lectures and continues in Moodle.
The course is meant for students of international Master's programmes. Max. number of students: 25. If there are more interested students, there is a possibility of organising another group.
Compensates PEACE003
This module (54 hours) is two periods long and is online apart from individual teacher-student tutorials for discussion of the submitted thesis extract. The work consists of readings, group analysis tasks and thesis writing work. Students should take the module after their research proposal has been accepted by their programme and they are about to embark upon the writing of their thesis.
The course has three parts:
1) Introduction focuses on the methodology of quantitative research. Different ways to examine the data and understand results are discussed. Students learn how the research questions and findings are related to the scientific assumptions on which the research methods are based.
2) Students will examine one specific, established quantitative research method (regression analysis/ variance analysis/ factor analysis etc.). The focus will be on the methodological basis and the ways of analysing the data. The selection of the covered quantitative methods will be based on the interests of the students.
3) The analysis of the data will be exercised. Basic rules of quantitative research method are practiced with a data by step-by-step process. The end result will be a well-grounded argument based on the analysis.
The course begins with a period of face-to-face lectures and continues in Moodle. Mid-term meeting will be agreed with the teachers at the beginning of the course.
The course is meant for students of international Master's programmes. Max. number of students: 25. If there are more interested students, there is a possibility of organising another group.
Compensates PEACE003.