HOW TO WRITE

A THESIS
PROPOSAL
 THESIS PROPOSAL (AIHEANALYYSI/ÄMNESANALYS)

 Short description of the subject and theme

 Purpose of the thesis
 Thesis task/research problem (aim and objective)
 Main steps to get to the target
 Some information about the theory (mention some sources that you are going to
use)
 Some information on the empirical or practical part
 Potential commissioner (company or organisation)

 Name of the opponent

 Goal for the final grade (1-5)
 The length of the thesis proposal is 1-2 pages
 Hand in through email (or Optima), the supervisor will give you an approval
before you can continue
 After the approval you can make the contract with the commissioner
AIMS VS OBJECTIVES
 Although many of us use the words Aims and Objectives
interchangeably there is a difference between these two words.
It is important to bear in mind that aims and objectives both
refer to goals and targets. An aim refers to an overall target that
needs to be achieved. Objective, on the other hand, refers to a
specific requirement that needs to be met to accomplish the
overall aim. This is the main difference between an aim and an
objective.
 Aim could be seen as the general direction or intent (or the
What of the research, while Objective is more specific or even a
concrete goal (or the How of the research) https
://patthomson.net/2014/06/09/aims-and-objectives-whats-the-difference /
SOME OF THIS INFO IS PART
OF THE THESIS:
 Thesis task/research problem (aim and objective)
 Some information about the theory (mention some sources
that you are going to use)
 Some information on the empirical or practical part
 Potential commissioner (company or organisation)

These part can be part of the introduction!

AND SOME ARE NOT PART OF THE FINAL
THESIS, BUT ARE IMPORTANT
INFORMATION:
 Name of the opponent
 Goal for the final grade (1-5)
HOW TO DO IT:
 Just open a word document, and start to write!
 Before you send it in to Sara (by email):
 Think about all the parts, have you mentioned them?
 You can expect to get feedback within a week, probably some
comments in an email, in this email you also get further
instructions on what to do next!

 You do not need to use the template, the template can be used
from the implementation plan (but then you do not need to have
the abstracts yet). Only include the necessary pages!