Contract UM_CP Tempus Compact Project “Development of a New Framework for M.Sc. Thesis Work”: Progress report University of Jyväskylä, Finland 28 August 2000

Overview Project Web-site Outcome 1: The set of manuals for management of students’ M.Sc. Thesis work Outcome 2: The set of manuals for accounting credits for courses and projects Additional outcome 2: The Web-based system for credit transfer between universities

Project Web-site General info Project news Outcomes in Russian Outcomes in English Credit transfer system

Outcome 1 The set of manuals for management of students’ M.Sc. Thesis work Current state: final corrections

The Set of Manuals for Management of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work The General Scheme for Management of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work The Manual for Implementation of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work The Manual for Supervising, Reviewing and Evaluating of M.Sc.Thesis The Manual for Management of M.Sc. Thesis Work for University Subdivisions The Set of Manuals for Management of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work

The Set of Manuals for Management of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work The General Scheme for Management of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work Students Supervisors Reviewers Examining board Department Dean’s office Studies office Library Archive 1

Stage 1: Supervisor and thesis topic selection The General Scheme for Management of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work Students' group Professors of the department StudentSupervisor Students’ group of one supervisor Supervisor StudentSupervisor Department 3 Selecting a supervisor for the thesis work 2 Presentation of research leads of potential supervisors 5 Selecting a topic for the thesis work 1 Lectures with varying topics 4 Seminar on topic selection with the supervisor New! Changed! Partly new!

StudentSupervisor Department Stage 2: Preliminary work and topic approval Department Dean's office StudentSupervisor Student Students’ group of one supervisor Supervisor Students’ group of one supervisor Supervisor 4 Changing the topic within research lead of the supervisor 2 Reading related literature, writing a research proposal 5 Topic approval 1 Lectures with varying topics 3 Seminars on topic approval in groups of one supervisor 6 Presentation of research proposal New! Partly new! The General Scheme for Management of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work

Stage 3: Beginning of the thesis work StudentDean's office Student 2 Literature analysis and task formulation 1 Lectures and passing examinations 3 Seminars in groups of one supervisor 4 Permit to thesis practice Students’ group of one supervisor Supervisor Partly new! New! The General Scheme for Management of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work

Stage 4: M.Sc. thesis practice Department Dean's office Rector Student Supervisor from external organisation StudentSupervisor Dean's office Students’ group of one supervisor Supervisor 6 Report on thesis practice 3 Order on thesis work practice 1 Selecting an organisation, where thesis practice is taken place 2 Selecting a supervisor from external organisation 4 Thesis work practice 8 Permit to perform a thesis 7 Accounting external thesis practice 5 Seminars in groups of one supervisor StudentDean's office StudentSupervisor Department StudentDepartment Dean's office New! The General Scheme for Management of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work

Stage 5: Writing M.Sc. thesis Student Consultant Department Dean's office Rector StudentConsultant Supervisor StudentConsultant 4 Completion of the thesis work and writing a thesis 1 Selecting a consultants 2 Order to implement a thesis work 5 Presentation to consultant and supervisor 3 Seminars with consultants New! Partly new! The General Scheme for Management of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work

Stage 6: Thesis evaluation StudentReviewer Student Supervisor 2 Supervisor's review on thesis 1 Thesis 3 Selecting an external reviewer 7 Permit to defence 5 Review of external reviewer 4 Preliminary defence in the department 6  Accounting external thesis work Students’ group of one supervisor Professors of the department StudentReviewer StudentDepartment Dean's office StudentHead of the department Dean's office New! Changed! The General Scheme for Management of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work

Stage 7: Thesis work defence StudentExamining board StudentSpecial board StudentDepartment Rector Student Examining board RectorDepartment StudentSpecial board 7.1 Thesis with reviews 7.2 Presentation to the examining board 7.4  Appeal of the examining board's decision 7.3 The examining board's decision 7.5  Calling a special board 7.7 Special board's decision 7.6 Presentation to special board Changed! The General Scheme for Management of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work

The Set of Manuals for Management of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work Students The Manual for Implementation of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work 2 The scheme for supervisor and topic selection Instruction for writing thesis The scheme of research seminar Recommendations for defence

Recommendations to the supervisor Recommendations to the reviewer Evaluation criteria Recommendations to the examining board The Set of Manuals for Management of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work Supervisors Reviewers Examining board The Manual for Supervising, Reviewing and Evaluating of M.Sc.Thesis 3

Theoretical Thesis Evaluation Mark given by examining board Recommended for the postgraduate studies Mentioned research abilities or there are published articles Laudatur5YES Eximia5NOTYES Magna cum laude5NOT Cum laude approbatur4NOTYES Non sine cum laude approbatur 4NOT Lubenter3NOT Approbatur2NOT Conversion Ukrainian grade marks to the new grade system Theoretical thesis The Manual for Supervising, Reviewing and Evaluating of M.Sc.Thesis

Constructive Thesis Evaluation Mark given by examining board Recommended for the postgraduate studies Laudatur5YES Eximia5NOTYES Magna cum laude5NOT Cum laude approbatur4NOTYES Non sine cum laude approbatur 4NOT Lubenter3NOT Approbatur2NOT Conversion Ukrainian grade marks to the new grade system Constructive thesis Recommended for implementation

The Set of Manuals for Management of Students’ M.Sc. Thesis Work The Manual for Management of M.Sc.Thesis Work for University Subdivisions 4 Department Dean’s office Studies office Library Archive Instruction to the libraryInstruction to the archive Instruction to the Dean’s office Instruction to the department Instruction to the Studies office

Outcome 1: Conclusion What is done: outcome is developed, all issues are covered. What should be done: waiting for comments till September 10 Current state: complete draft version When it will go to press: 10 September 2000

Outcome 2 The set of manuals for accounting credits for courses and projects Current state: draft version

The Set of Manuals for Accounting Credits for Courses and Projects Scheme of higher technical education in Ukraine EUROPEAN CREDIT TRANSFER SYSTEM (ECTS). Instruction to dean Instructions to dean’s secretary and student The set of manuals for accounting Credits for Courses and Projects

ECTS-based application-supplement 1. INFORMATION IDENTIFYING THE HOLDER OF THE QUALIFICATION 1.1 Family name; 1.2 First name; 1.3 Date of birth (day/month/year); 1.4 Student identification or code (if available). 2. INFORMATION IDENTIFYING THE QUALIFICATION 2.1 Name of qualification and (if available) title conferred (in original language) 2.2 Main field(s) of study for the qualification 2.3 Name and status of awarding institution (in original language) 2.4 Name and status of institution administering studies (in original language) 2.5 Language(s) of instruction/examination 3. INFORMATION ON THE LEVEL OF THE QUALIFICATION 3.1 Level of qualification; 3.2 Official length of programme;3.3 Access requirements. 8. CERTIFICATIONS OF THE SUPPLEMENT 8.1 Date; 8.2 Signature; 8.3 Capacity; 8.4 Official stamp or seal; 4 INFORMATION ON THE CONTEXT AND RESULTS GAINED 4.1 Mode if study; 4.2 Programme requirements; 4.3 Programme details: (e.g. modules or units studied), and the individual grades/marks/credits obtained; 4.4 Grading scheme and if available, grade distribution guidance; 4.5 Overall classification of the qualification (in original language);

Scheme of higher technical education in Ukraine № пп SUBJECT NAME ExamsTests Total hours I. Series of lectures in humanitarian and socio-economic subject. 1History of Ukraine. Ukrainian and Foreign Culture 1М Science of Law Foreign Language 4М1,2, TOTAL Curriculum Class work hours Home work hours Home work hours ECTS

Scheme of higher technical education in Ukraine 2. Evaluation of student’s knowledge GradeCriterion Excellent (5)The complete knowledge is shown Good (4)The shown level of knowledge is above average, minimum of minor mistakes Satisfactory (3)The level of knowledge is sufficient, but with significant mistakes Unsatisfactory (2)It is not enough of knowledge for getting credit, the significant independent work is required Failure to appearStudent is absent ECTS Grade Criterion AExcellentOutstanding performance with only minor errors BVery goodAbove the average standard but with some errors CGoodGenerally sound work with a number of notable errors DSatisfactoryFair but with significant shortcomings EEnoughPerformance meets the minimum criteria FXNot enoughSome more work required before the credit can be awarded FNot enoughConsiderable further work is required ECTS Ukrainian System

Scheme of higher technical education in Ukraine 3. Dean’s office documents ECTS Ukrainian system №Subject nameHoursGrade 1Foreign language324excellent 2Basics of law54good 3History of Ukraine108good 4Basics of discrete mathematic189excellent 3.2 Diploma supplement №Family name, initials No. of student's record books Grade of testSignature of teacher and date Examination grade Signature of examiner 1.Dubovik S.M excellent 2.Turchin P.V good 3.1 Test and examination list

Instruction to the dean ECTS Ukrainian 1. The changed curriculum № пп SUBJECT NAME ExamTest Class work hours Home work I. Series of lectures in humanitarian and socio-economic subjects 1History of Ukraine. Ukrainian and Foreign Culture 1М Science of Law Foreign language 4М1,2, Total 1188 Cr. in ECTS Credits in ECTS = ((Class work in hours + home work in hours)/54)*2

2. The changes in the evaluation grades ECTS Ukrainian system Instruction to the dean GradeLevel in ECTS Criterion Excellent А, ВThe complete knowledge is shown Good СThe shown level of knowledge is above average, minimum of minor mistakes Satisfactory D, EThe level of knowledge is sufficient, but with significant mistakes Unsatisfactory FXNot enough knowledge for getting the credit, the significant work is required Failure from appear F

3. Changes in diploma supplement Instruction to the dean №Subject nameHoursCredit ECTS GradeGrade ECTS 1Foreign language324 2Basic of law54 3History of Ukraine108 №Surname, initials № of student’s record books Grade of test Signature of teacher and date Examina- tion grade Grade in ECTS Signa- ture of exami- ner Changes in test and examination list Test 1 2 Passed 1 credit ECTSProject += 1 cr. «excellent» 0,5 cr. «good»

The scheme of interaction between student and dean secretary Instruction to the dean secretary and instruction to the students in ECTS Diploma supplement 1. Inf. ident. the holder of the qual. 2. Inf. ident. the qualification Dean’s office secretary student External university 5

Outcome 2: Conclusion What is done: framework is developed, main aspects are shown. What should be done: administrative staff from KhTURE should take part in Tempus activity (September- October) in order to realize how it will work and give remarks Current state: draft version When it will be send to publishing house: November 15, year 2000

Additional outcome 2 The Web-based system for credit transfer between universities Current state: developed model and data structures

Objective: The new model for automatic exchange of the diploma grade lists between the universities Web-based Open Scalable - one, two, three... Ready to use - we can not wait for a long time Documentable - we need to make the manuals Requirements:

How it might work

Idea: grade list  courses  topics The architecture

Data structure: Course Descriptor ID (LOGIS15) Level (beginner, intermediate, advanced) Hours Practical assignment Readings Grade levels...

Future outcomes The complete web site for credit transfer, useable by normal administrative staff Research issue : shared knowledge base with curriculums (main result of somebody's M.Sc. thesis work) Dissemination (next year of the project)

Additional outcome 2: Conclusion What is done: architecture and data structures What should be done: Web-site for credit transfer (somebody's M.Sc. thesis work) Current state: work in progress When it will be ready to use: 1 st version - December 15, year 2000