Master's thesis in Environmental Sciences
Instructions given for thesis may differ between different departments. Thesis done in the Master's Degree Programme in Environmental Sciences should follow the instructions published and discussed in the yearly Research Seminar (YMPS1039). Printable versions of the forms filled in during the thesis work are the following ones:
Evaluation of Master's Thesis (used by the examiners)
Approval of grading of the Master's Thesis
The thesis are evaluated based on criteria set by the Faculty. The seven-step grading of the master’s thesis will be considered as part of the advanced studies by changing the seven-point scale into 1-5 point scale as follows: approbatur = 1, lubenter approbatur = 1.667, non sine laude approbatur = 2.333, cum laude approbatur = 3, magna cum laude approbatur = 3.667, eximia cum laude approbatur = 4.333, and laudatur = 5.
Instructions for applying for the degree certificate and graduating are published here. The schedule of graduating during summer or Christmas time is told on the website of current issues in the faculty.
Examples on MSc. Thesis produced in the Programme
ESCE = Ecotoxicology, ESCG = Geoinformatics in Environmental Research, ESCP = Quaternary Paleoecology and Environmental Change, ESCT = Tropical Environments and Development
ALSUHAIL, FARIS: Answering to the Needs of Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Finland: a GIS Approach. (ESCG)
AMELINCKX, SIMON: Spatial and spectral separability of grasslands in the inner Turku archipelago using Landsat thematic mapper satellite imagery. (ESCG)
BAO, RINA: Waste and recycling attitudes and behavior of students in Turku. (ESCT)
BAUSHEVA, OLGA: Effects of copper ions on the swimming ability and oxygen transfer in rainbow trout. (ESCE)
CARDENAS RAMIREZ, GLENDA: (ECST)
DOTTA, DANIEL SAKU: Local involvement in biodiversity conservation in Cameroon; the case of the Mount Cameroon region. (ESCT)
ECKHARDT, KAREN: Species distribution patterns of Amazonian birds. (ESCT)
ETONGO BAU, DANIEL: Impact assessment of agricultural practices on the forest ecosystem. The case of Ekondo- Titi sub-division, South West of Cameroon (ESCT).
FLENER, CLAUDE: Evaluation of remote sensing based bathymetry models: a case study on the river Tana in Lapland. (ESCG)
GALMEZ MARQUEZ, VERÓNICA: The role of agricultural knowledge in environmental suitability assessment for cropping site selection. Case study: The Matsigenka of the Timpia native community in Peruvian Amazonia. (ESCG)
GAO, KAI: Comparison of Oxidative stress between Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) before (South Africa) and after (Finland) migration. (ESCE)
GÓMEZ AVILA, ISRRAEL: Diversity and distribution of pimpline parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae) in Peruvian Amazonia. (ESCT)
GRÜNENWALD, BÜSRAN: CDM projects under the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and their contribution to sustainable development. (ESCT)
HÄMÄLÄINEN, SAMPSA: The use of remotely sensed land cover data for modelling nutrient loading using the SWAT model. (ESCG)
KARKI, SUDHIR: Evaluation of elevation models of different resolution for flood modelling: a case study of Kokemäenjoki river in SW Finland. (ESCG)
KASTEPOHJA, JOHANNA: Tourism, resource access and power´s modalities in Zanzibar, Tanzania: examining the linkages between tourism, coastal communities and the coastal environment. (ESCT)
KIHATO, REGINA: Remote sensing and GIS techniques in Land cover classification of Yala Swamp, Kenya. (ESCG)
KLEIN, ROBERT: The edaphic landscape of Unguja island, Zanzibar: An exploratory study on the relation between soil variability and the landscape. (ESCG)
LAMA, ANG DAWA: Potentiality of Jatropha curcas L. cultivation for bio-fuel production in Nepal. (ESCT)
MAKANDI, HARUN: Mapping cropland preferences of the village communities of Unguja, Zanzibar. (ESCG)
PANDEY, KUNDAN: Oil palm plantation : impact on indigenous people and biodiversity in Borneo. (ESCT)
RÄIKKÖNEN NATALIA: Characterizing Spatio-temporal Landscape Changes in Lenholm, SW Finland. (ESCG)
SAHOO, TARINI PRASAD: Metabolic rate determination in fish populations : effect of copper on oxygen consumption in nine- spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) (ESCE)
STOCK, ANDY: Using GIS to study shore slopes from coarse coastal terrain data: a test in the Southwest-Finnish archipelago. (ESCG)
TUOMINEN, MERI: Single and combined effects of hypoxia and copper on cellular reactive oxygen species in HeLa and RT-gill W1 cells (ESCE)