5 Thesis plan – Phase 1/3
This phase relates to the following courses:
- Bachelor’s Thesis, Planning, 3 cr ZZ00BL91
- Master’s Thesis, Planning, 7 cr YZ00BL94
When your topic proposal has been approved, start working on your thesis plan (research plan). Use Jamk Other reporting template. Download it to your computer from the Jamk Office templates page (requires login).
Don’t be discouraged, even if it may feel like there is a lot to do. A well-designed plan will facilitate and guide your work. Ask your thesis supervisor for help!
The sub-pages (5.1 – 5.5) give more details on the tasks. Read the pages carefully. If your thesis has a commissioner (client), see section 3 Commissioner and thesis topic.
Create and complete the following tasks in Wihi
- Review the Jamk reporting instructions and thesis assessment criteria.
- Read through the information on good scientific practice and ethical practices, data protection and copyright.
- Make an agreement with your commissioner (client) if you have one. If necessary, sign also a non-disclosure agreement.
- Familiarise yourself with how to handle the research data. Write a data management plan.
- Find out if you need to apply a research permit.
- Present your thesis plan in the thesis seminar or the small group arranged by thesis supervisor.
- Draw up the thesis plan and its appendices using the ‘other reporting’ template. Ask comments from the thesis supervisor in Wihi.
- Participate the self-paced course Information Seeking for Thesis Writers and do the related tasks.
- Write 3–5 pages of knowledge base.
- Enroll to ‘Thesis writing, Bachelor’s degree’ (2 cr) or ‘Research writing, Master’s degree’ (3 cr) course. Choose the course that fits best with your thesis schedule.
- When necessary, ask for individual guidance from your thesis supervisor
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