Graduation process in Lahti University of Applied Sciences презентация

Information channels concerning Master´s Thesis
Three options:
IN REPPU (REPPU.LAMK.FI)
1. Master Thesis, Environmental Technology (our own reppu course concentrated on the needs of the students in Urban sustainability, no keyword needed for access
2. LAMK Master School
Reppu course for all Master students in Lahti UAS, containing all common guidelines, keyword: masterschool
IN RESPA (RESPA.LAMK.FI)
Studying – LAMK Master School – Master´s thesis
Containing common guidelines, template and other documents
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Starting you thesis
When you have an idea about your thesis topic please discuss first with tutor teachers (Eeva, Paul)
Enroll yourself to the next thesis seminar (wiki/ Master thesis, Environmental technology)
Prepare you thesis subject seminar using the template (in Master thesis, environmental technology course in reppu) and present it in a Friday seminar (time limit 15 minutes, not including discussion)
Make a plan how to proceed and what kind of material you need to collect (timetable)

Documents needed in the beginning
You need to fulfill a special document called cooperation agreement on a research development project
You find it in a document Appendixes of Master Thesis (in Master Thesis, Environmental technology course) or in Respa / Studying / Master thesis
Save it in reppu

Thesis template and thesis guidelines
Start using thesis template when you start writing
Read throughly thesis guidelines – collect reference and source information carefully

The importance of meeting the tutor(s) regularly
You are expected to keep in touch with the tutor(s) regularly and to send your draft for comments
Face-to-face meetings are good but you can easily get comments also by email, also Skype or Acrobat Connect meeting are possible ways to contact
Especially when you are facing difficulties remember to contact the tutor(s)
Information about regular AC-meetings will be found in reppu

Thesis planning seminar
When you have been working with your thesis so far that you can figure out what kind of entity the thesis will be, you can have the thesis planning seminar (time limit 30 minutes) when the tutor gives you permission to have the seminar
In this stage you are recommended to have an opponent – another student from your group or some other group – remember add your opponent in the wiki in Master thesis course
The opponent gives comments to your seminar presentation in public (or sends the comments to the tutors if cannot participate the seminar)

The role of the opponent
The opponent is expected to read the material the student has prepared for the thesis and the seminar presentation
The opponent is expected to pay special attention to the following viewpoints
The definition of the goal of the thesis
The methods used in the thesis
The material collected in the thesis
The style of writing the thesis
The results achieved in the thesis
What is succesfull, what should be improved in the thesis
The opponent can give his/her statemant either in the seminar, online or in a written document

Finalising the thesis draft
When the student is in the final stage of the thesis process there are certain steps to follow:
Getting approval to the manuscript from the tutor(s)
Language checking is done as a part of the tutoring
Sending the Finnish abstract to examination (lecturer Mirva Rainio in Faculty of Technology)
Sending the manuscript to Urkund-service

Urkund service
Further information: http://www.urkund.com
Lahti University of Applied Sciences has implemented a service against plagiarism (URKUND by PrioInfo Ab).Before the publishing seminar the student must send a document written in word processor to the e-mail address given by the supervising lecturer. The service sends a confirmation message to student. The service sends analysis data which presents similarities compared to source material to supervising lecturer.
The thesis is sent to the service only once and it remains in the database to be used as comparison material. Thus also the thesis is protected against plagiarism.
When you get the permission from your supervisor you are supposed to send your thesis manuscript to this service so it will provide the report and your supervisor will pass it to you.
The address where to send the text is the following: [e-mail]
You can also get more information from the information center / [e-mail]

Making the final corrections to the manuscript
When the student has got the comments from
English / Finnish language
Finnish abstract examination
Urkund –service
It is time to make the final corrections and
Save the thesis as one pdf-format in www.theseus.fi in good time (2 weeks preferably) before the graduation day
The thesis is then publicly available

The publicity of the thesis
If the thesis contains information which cannot be published the student has to negotiate with the commissioner (tilaaja) and the tutor(s) about how to prepare a version which can be published
The thesis cannot be secret but there must always be a version to be published and saved to theseus

The thesis final seminar
When the student has got approval from the tutor(s) he/she can prepare the final seminar presentation and settle the time with the tutor(s) and the opponent
If the representative of the student´s work organisation wants to participate the seminar it is highly recommended
The seminar presentation is planned according the current template but the student can add more slides considering the time limit of 45 minutes

Getting the degree
The student has to make sure that all the courses needed (altogether 30 ECT cr) have been passed and evaluated / are visible in the study register
The student has to make the application for graduation one month before the graduation day – link to the application is found in Respa
The amount of professional and elective studies is 20+10 ECT cr (minimum); the student can have more credits if he/she chooses so

The press release
The student has to make a press release according separate instructions (found in Master thesis, environmental technology course in reppu)
The press release is replacing the maturity test used in Bachelor programmes
The press release is sent to the tutor(s) who accept it and send it the the communication planner of LUAS
The communication planner Terhi Kuisma will decide where she will offer the release