JOIN.bsc - Bachelor's Thesis and Seminar, Lecture, 20.1.2023-14.4.2023

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• Grading Information, Style Guides, Templates, TurnItIn & Other Resources
  • Select activity Grading of thesesBachelor theses are graded in two...

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    Grading of theses

    Bachelor theses are graded in two steps. First, the Thesis Advisor proposes a final grade for the thesis in MyCourses according to the official Bachelor thesis assessment rubric (see below). Then, the Thesis Supervisor approves or modifies the grade in MyCourses according to the same official assessment rubric. Please note that unlike most courses, it is only possible to complete a Bachelor thesis once. (i.e., You may not redo a thesis if you are unsatisfied with the grade.) For more information, please see the link below:

    https://www.aalto.fi/en/applications-instructions-and-guidelines/aalto-university-general-regulations-on-teaching-and-studying-in-force-from-1-august-2021

    If a student believes that an error has occurred in the grading, they must contact the Thesis Supervisor & Coordinator, preferably in writing, to discuss the matter within 14 days of receiving notification of the grade. If no common ground can be reached on the matter, there is a possibility to appeal the matter. However, making an appeal is not a solution when a student fails to meet the criteria for a better grade. For more information, please see the link below:

    https://www.aalto.fi/en/applications-instructions-and-guidelines/academic-appeals
    

    Grading Rubric

    Bachelor thesis assessment rubric
    

    
    
    

  • Select activity Thesis Templates (LaTeX & MS Word)

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    Thesis Templates (LaTeX & MS Word) Page

    You will find information the Aalto Word template and a link to the Aalto LaTeX material here.
    

  • Select activity TurnItIn Practice: Check your Thesis for Plagiarism

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    TurnItIn Practice: Check your Thesis for Plagiarism Turnitin Assignment 2

    You can submit a new text every 24 hours.
    

  • Select activity Academic Style GuidesVancouver referencing (author...

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    Academic Style Guides

    Vancouver referencing (author-number, e.g., "According to [2],...")
    

    IEEE Editorial Style Manual for Authors 

    Style guide: http://journals.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/IEEE-Editorial-Style-Manual-for-Authors.pdf 

    Reference guide: http://journals.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/IEEE_Reference_Guide.pdf 
    

    Mathematics guide: http://journals.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/Editing-Mathematics.pdf

    Note: The IEEE is arguably the most widely utilised of the Vancouver style guides. However, for more detailed style issues, IEEE points to Chicago Manual of Style for additional support on usage and grammar.
    

    
    

    IEEE Computer Society Style Guide 

    https://ieeecs-media.computer.org/assets/pdf/2016CSStyleGuide.pdf
    

    
    

    American Chemical Society Guide to Scholarly Communication

    In-text citations: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsguide.40302
    

    References: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsguide.40303

    
    

    Harvard referencing (author-date, e.g., "According to Smith (2015),...")

    American Psychological Association
    

    Sample student paper with detailed APA explanations
    

    Sample professional paper with detailed APA explanations
    

    Detailed information about APA at Purdue OWL
    

    
    

    American Mathematical Society Style Guide

    https://www.ams.org/publications/authors/AMS-StyleGuide-online.pdf

    
    

    Chicago Manual of Style 

    https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
    

    Detailed information about Chicago Manual of Style at Purdue OWL

    Note: Chicago allows for both author-date (e.g. Smith, 2002) and notes & bibliography styles of citation. The latter which utilises superscript notes with in-text citations is typically not used in science and engineering, but it is used in the Arts and Humanities.
    

    
    
  • Select activity Academic WritingGeneral supportAcademic Writing in...

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    Academic Writing

    General support

    Academic Writing in English (Aalto) - http://sana.aalto.fi/awe/

    Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html

    Use of Images in Theses

    Aalto Learning Centre https://libguides.aalto.fi/c.php?g=578570&p=4667673
    

    Common Issues

    Verb tense usage in scientific writing
    

    Cohesion / Topical Progression

    Formality
    

    Parallelism

    Sentence Fragments
    

    Subject-verb agreement
    

    Use of Commas

    Articles (a, an, the)