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Stage |
Content |
Documentation and/or seminars |
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Orientation Stage |
Finding a topic Finding a commissioning party |
Idea(tion) seminar |
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Kick-off Stage |
Communicating with supervisors and the commissioner |
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Approval of the topic and naming reviewers Signing a thesis commission agreement |
Thesis topic and supervision plan Preliminary plan Commission agreement |
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Creating the knowledge base (literature review) Creating a thesis plan |
Literature review
Thesis plan Planning seminar |
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Implementation Stage |
Working on the thesis |
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Guidance from the thesis supervisor Communicating with the commissioning organisation |
Written drafts of the thesis Intermediate seminar(s) |
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Reporting and presenting the thesis in the results seminar |
Results/ final seminar |
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Finalising Stage |
Finalising the thesis |
Finalised thesis |
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Detecting and checking for plagiarism Submitting the thesis to reviewers for assessment and taking the maturity test |
Maturity test Evaluation statement |
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Receiving the permit for publishing and publishing the thesis in Theseus |
Saving the thesis in the Theseus Open Repository/ providing the binding of the thesis to Student Services and the PDF file to opinnayte@karelia.fi |
The process described above is a rough outline and can differ slightly among programmes. For example, there may be differences in what the seminars and practices are called. Moreover, some of the processes are parallel. Teachers of different programmes will give further instructions if needed.
Before starting the thesis, the student should complete methodological studies in his/her field. Additionally, the student should be familiar with Karelia UAS Thesis Instructions and the Reporting Instructions, for example regarding citations and referencing techniques and the mechanics of writing.