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Opinnäytetyö (OPNAT100), 15 op

Basic information

Course name:Opinnäytetyö
Bachelor´s´Thesis
Course Winha code:OPNAT100
Kurre acronym:
Credits:15
Type and level of course:Dissertation
Year of study, semester or study period:4.year
Implementation:Spring semester
Semester:0708
Language of tuition:Suomi
Teacher:NN
Final assessment:Grading scale (0-5)

Descriptions

Prerequisites

Professional studies related to student's own field of expertise, Methodology, Theoretical introduction to crafts and design, Bachelor's Thesis Project.

Course contents (core content level)

Bachelor's Thesis is either a development work, research work or a product development work where earlier studies of the degree programme are put in practise. It will be carried out in collaboration with industrial partners or it will be otherwise benefinicial to the student's field of profession. Bachelor's Thesis always contains a written part and a maturity test.

Course contents (additional)

Core content level learning outcomes (knowledge and understanding)

The course will provide the students with information about the search and use of source materials as well as applying knowledge and skills acquired from different sectors of the degree programme.
The purpose of the Bachelor's thesis is to get practise in development and reseach work relating to the students' own field of expertise.

Core content level learning outcomes (skills)

Recommended reading

Anttila Pirkko. 1996. Tutkimisen taito ja tiedon hankinta. Taito-, taide- ja muotoilualojen tutkimuksen työvälineet. Helsinki. Akatiimi Oy.
Hakala Juha 2004. Opinnäyteopas Ammattikorkeakouluille. Helsinki. Gaudeamus.
Vilkka Hanna, Airaksinen Tiina. 2003. Toiminnallinen opinnäytetyö. Jyväskylä. Tammi.
Hirsjärvi Sirkka ym. 2000: Tutki ja kirjoita 6-8.painos. Tammi, Helsinki.
EVTEK Muotoiluinstituutin opinnäytetyöohjeisto. Available on the internet.
Other specified literature.

Teaching and learning strategies

Bachelor's Thesis is an independent project. As well as receiving individual tutoring, students must participate in seminars (1-2 or 1-3 tba) and to opponent another student´s work and finally pass the maturity test.
At the end the student will be asked to submit two copies of the original reports and one in electronic form to the EVTEK Institute of Art and Design.

Teaching methods and student workload

Assessment weighting and grading

Bachelor's Thesis and the process will be assessed on a scale o 0-5. Please see the separate Bachelor's Thesis assessment document.

Related competences of the degree programme

Visuaalinen osaaminen (M07)
Suunnitteluosaaminen (M07)
Tuotanto-osaaminen (M07)
Muotoiluprosessien osaaminen (M07)

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