7 Thesis implementation – Phase 2/3

This phase relates to the following courses:

• Bachelor’s Thesis, Implementation, 6 cr ZZ00BL92
• Master’s Thesis, Implementation, 10 cr YZ00BL95

When your thesis supervisor has accepted your thesis plan and you have written 3–5 pages for knowledge base, you will start the practical implementation of the thesis. This phase requires independent work, which is supported by group sessions and personal guidance when needed. Contact your thesis supervisor when you need help and if you have a commissioner (client), keep communicating and cooperating with them, so that you get their feedback as well.

Create and complete the following tasks in Wihi

• Complete the knowledge base and the methodology description.
• Present your methodology description in the seminar or the small group arranged by your thesis supervisor.
• Execute the practical implementation of the thesis according to your plan
• Check your thesis in Turnitin (plagiarism check), see the links!
• In problems related to the writing and language, book a time from the Language Center clinic.
• When needed, ask your thesis supervisor for individual guidance.

The thesis implementation phase

In this phase, you will:

• expand and deepen the knowledge base and method section;
• execute a research or development assignment;
• collect and analyse research or development data;
• present the results or outputs; and
• evaluate and consider the results or outputs of your work in a written report.

In this phase, you write the first draft of your thesis. Make sure that the different parts of the work are coherent and that the structure of the work is balanced and in line with the JAMK reporting guidelines. Take time to record the results of your work and discuss on their significance. The results are described as they are, but the discussion seeks to find an explanation and meaning for them, drawing on the content of the knowledge base. You will continue to deepen the knowledge base, acquire and analyse the material and research data you have collected. See the reporting guide for writing support. Talk with your thesis supervisor when you can’t make progress on your own.

Note: If you use AI in your work, be sure to make it visible! See section 3.2 of the Reporting Guidelines. You can write this for example to the Research ethics -section of your work.

Check your work for plagiarism

Check your work for plagiarism at the latest when you have drafted the text for each chapter of your thesis. Do this in Moodle’s Turnitin workspace, where you can check the quality of the text in detail (see links). You can do this as many times as you like. You can also check only parts of the work. Do not put confidential text into Turnitin check (confidential parts of the thesis).

The thesis supervisor approves the phase in Wihi when you have completed all related tasks. At the same time, the next phase of the thesis opens in Wihi.

Note: Use Wihi as a messaging tool with your thesis supervisor during the thesis process. Upload the draft versios of your work there. Do not use e-mail or send Teams private messages. Your thesis supervisor gets an email about your Wihi-messages.

Updated 29.4.2025