Joint studies

The studies Philosophy of research and researcher's skills (20 ECTS) – or more informally joint studies – are open to all ULapland doctoral candidates and constitute a part of the doctoral degree. Joint studies provide doctoral candidates with an ability to independently and critically apply scientific research methods in creating new academic information.

Joint studies are divided into four modules:

1. Critical thinking and argumentation
2. Research methods
3. Orientation and researcher's skills 
4. Ethics. 
 

Kindly note that you should take courses from each module, and the required number of study credits for each module is flexible. In other words, we do not require you to take a particular number of credits in each module but require that you take and complete something from each module, thus building your expertise further to a suitable direction in your situation. Doctoral students who have begun their doctoral studies earlier than 1 August 2021 can flexibly shift into the new structure due to its flexibility.

One module can have a selection of many courses to choose from or only a couple of options. The modules focus on themes, but courses from different modules can discuss or contain references to the same themes. There is no specific order in which courses should be taken, but individual courses can have recommendations about previous studies. There are courses both in autumn and spring terms in all modules.

We aim to have courses both in English and Finnish. The course description on WebOodi is presented in the language of the course. If the course is implemented in both English and Finnish, the description is available in both language versions of WebOodi.

Read the course descriptions and register for the courses on WebOodi > Instruction and courses > By study guide > Graduate School - Philosophy of science and research skills, 2021-22.

Kindly note the following: if you have registered for a course but find out that you cannot make it, please remember to cancel your registration.

Structure of a doctoral degree in the thematic doctoral programme. In the field-specific doctoral programme, the structure can differ from this because of field-specific requirements.

Critical thinking and argumentation

• TUKO1277 Tutkimuksen filosofia ja argumentaatio (3 ECTS) Spring 2022. This is an online course that has been organised only in Finnish, but a possibility for multilingual implementation is under construction.
• TUKO1238 Philosophy of social sciences (3 ECTS) Possibility to participate in the lectures via an online connection. Please contact the teacher beforehand to ask about online connection arrangements.
• TUKO1260 Philosophy of art (3 ECTS) You can take the course either as a book exam or as an essay.
• UMUO1214 Philosophy of science in the realm of art (3 ECTS) Please contact the teacher if you wish to take this course in English.
  

Research methods

• TUKO1288 Phenomenological method of research (3 ECTS) Spring 2022. Intensive course with visiting scholar Alex Arteaga.
• TUKO1240 Webropol course for doctoral candidates (1 ECTS) Online course. Please register on WebOodi beforehand and get a Webropol license from Helpdesk (helpdesk(a)ulapland.fi).
• TUKO1242 ATLAS.ti laadullisen analyysin tukena (2 ECTS) *
• TUKO1276 Summer school of methodologies (5 ECTS) The summer school was cancelled due to the pandemic. We aim to organise the summer school again later.
•  TUKO1278 Qualitative methods: Workshop on narrative, discourse and rhetorical analysis (5 ECTS)
• TUKO1283 Grounded theory (1–2 ECTS) This course will not be organised in academic year 2021–2022.
•  UYLE0339 Visual methodologies (3 ECTS) *
• UYLE0301 Introduction to visual analysis (3 ECTS) *
• UKUL1112 Presence of history and the uses of historical knowledge (2 ECTS) *
• UKUL1201 Approaches to cultural history (3 ECTS) Please contact the course teacher to ask about the possibility to take this course in a language other than Finnish. There are literature examinations for this course.
•  UKUL1204 Use of archives and archive documents (2 ECTS) *
• UKUL1227 Analysis and interpretation of archive sources (3 ECTS) *
• UYLE0342 History of design (3 ECTS) If you’re interested in the course, please contact the course teacher to ask about the possibility to take this course in a language other than Finnish. There are literature examinations for this course.
• SMEN0311 Multivariate data analysis (4 ECTS)
  

Orientation and researcher's skills

• TUKO1111 Writing in English (4 ECTS) Spring 2022.
• TUKO1113 Presenting I: the academic audience (3 ECTS) Autumn 2021.
• TUKO1244 Presenting II: unfolding research to various audiences (3 ECTS) Spring 2022.
• TUKO1243 Orientation day for doctoral candidates (1 ECTS) The orientation day was organised on Friday 27 August 2021. You can, however, take the course afterwards online in your own pace.
• TUKO1245 Presenting and participating in the academic community (3–6 ECTS) You can get the credits by independently participating in various events organised at different times. Please read the course description carefully and discuss beforehand with your supervisor.
• TUKO1251 (code changed because of technical reasons, please see TUKO1289)
• TUKO1259 Open science (1 ECTS) National online course, including a contact meeting. Please ask the teacher beforehand if you wish to participate in the contact meeting remotely. To be organised again earliest in spring 2022.
• TUKO1284 Practical training of academic expertise (7–9 ECTS) Please read the course description carefully and discuss beforehand with your supervisor.
• TUKO1287 Career planning for doctoral candidates (2 ECTS)
• TUKO1289 Research: from planning to impact (2 ECTS)
• YMEN1804 Scientific information retrieval (2 ECTS)

Ethics

• TUKO1246 Research ethics (2 ECTS) National online course that was created in collaboration between Finnish universities, and the teacher of the course is dr Henriikka Mustajoki.
• TUKO1298 Research and fieldwork ethics of human sciences with a focus on local and indigenous peoples (4 cr.) Spring 2022.