ISM-E5001 - Master's Thesis Seminar, Lecture, 6.9.2023-6.6.2024

Topic outline

• Materials
  Below you can find:

  • Slides of the introductory lectures.
  • Instructions and guidelines regarding research plan, presenting and acting as a discussant
  • Turnitin guide
  • Information retrieval
  • Templates for thesis and presentations
  • Examples of highly regarded theses

  
  

  • Select activity Introductory lecture slides

    Introductory lecture slides

    
    

  • Select activity Introductory lectures

    

    Introductory lectures Folder
  • Select activity Intro_lecture_2_Spring_2024_Pekka

    

    Intro_lecture_2_Spring_2024_Pekka URL
  • Select activity Instructions

    Instructions

    
    

  • Select activity Research plan guidelines

    

    Research plan guidelines File PDF

    Some general guidelines on how to write and structure your research plan.
    

    Please note: "preliminary research plan" for communicating your topic and ideas to your supervisor can be only 1-2 pages.

    The actual research plan you present in the seminar should be more substantial, so that the opponent/discussant (as well as others) get a sufficient idea of what you're planning to do and how.

    
    

    Note: if your research has already progressed farther than being a plan (you've already put some work on it), do not restrict your self with the plan template. Please, make sure that the "plan" reflects the actual current status of your research. Also, email your presentation slides to the opponent beforehand in a case where the presentation contains more information than the uploaded plan.

    
    

  • Select activity Presentation guidelines

    

    Presentation guidelines File PDF
  • Select activity Discussant guidelines

    

    Discussant guidelines File PDF
  • Select activity Thesis evaluation form and rubric

    

    Thesis evaluation form and rubric File PDF
  • Select activity Completing your master's thesis

    

    Completing your master's thesis URL
  • Select activity Turnitin

    Turnitin

    
    

  • Select activity Turnitin thesis checker

    

    Turnitin thesis checker URL

    You are encouraged to use the Turnitin software throughout your thesis writing process to check your work for originality.

    The Turnitin return box automatically conducts an electronic originality check of submissions made into it. The features of these Turnitin return boxes are:

    • Originality report is created immediately at the first submission. Re-submissions are allowed until the due date. It may take up to 24 hours to process originality reports for re-submissions.
    • Student papers are stored in the Aalto repository.
    • Student papers are checked against stored student papers, the Internet, journals, periodicals, publications, and the Aalto repository.

    Please familiarize yourself with Turnitin's Instructions for Students before getting started.

    
    

  • Select activity Information retrieval

    Information retrieval

    
    

  • Select activity Information retrieval guides

    

    Information retrieval guides URL

    Library's guides for retrieving information from various sources
    

  • Select activity Tutorial videos for thesis writers

    

    Tutorial videos for thesis writers URL

    Though the material talks about bachelors, the principles are the same for master's thesis.
    

  • Select activity Finding your research topic & background literature

    

    Finding your research topic & background literature URL

    Videos cover topics such as utilizing various databases, the use of references and handling of Mendeley reference manager. Note that even though you are signed in to the MyCourses, you need to click one of the viedos to sign-in with Aalto credentials to unlock panopto-videos. After this second sign-in you may have to refresh the page.
    

  • Select activity Templates

    Templates

    
    

  • Select activity Thesis Word template (updated 22.11.2023)

    

    Thesis Word template (updated 22.11.2023) File DOTX

    Use this template to format your thesis. Make sure you read the instructions in the file and have comments enabled to see additional topical instructions before you modify the contents. The template incorporates the official Aalto Abstract template and Cover Page.

    *** If you encounter an issue where the section heading is not displayed in the page header, it is likely due to the localization of your copy of Office. To fix the issue, you can edit the field to change the part that says "Heading 1" to the name of it in the language you're using. ***

    
    

  • Select activity Presentation PowerPoint template

    

    Presentation PowerPoint template File PPTX
  • Select activity Mendeley instructions

    

    Mendeley instructions File PPTX
  • Select activity Examples of highly regarded theses

    Examples of highly regarded theses

    
    

  • Select activity Example theses

    

    Example theses Folder
  • Select activity Aalto Thesis

    

    Aalto Thesis File PDF