Master's Degree Dissertation
Code: 44176 ECTS Credits: 12| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4316837 Tourism Management in Cultural Heritage | OB | 1 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Maria Abril Sellarés
- Email:
- Maria.Abril@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- spanish (spa)
Other comments on languages
NoPrerequisites
There are no prerequisits
Objectives and Contextualisation
The objective of this module is to demonstrate that the student masters dominate the appropriate theoretical and methodological concepts and instruments to conduct their own and in-depth research on the chosen topic related to the cultural tourism sector. And demonstrate that they can research in the future and/or be able to meet the needs that the tourism cultural sector may have in the management and creation of its contents.
Competences
- Analyse the value of arts, humanities and social sciences applied to tourism.
- Assume responsibilities and decisions critically and autonomously.
- Be able to continue the learning process autonomously
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Design and develop research projects in the area of management of cultural heritage for tourism.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Manage and develop original contributions in the framework of theoretical research and/or practical application.
- Use acquired knowledge as a basis for originality in the application of ideas, often in a research context.
Learning Outcomes
- Aly a scientific method in the design and execution of the Master's Degree Final project.
- Apply research tools to relate the arts and humanities with tourist management.
- Assume responsibilities and decisions critically and autonomously.
- Be able to continue learning autonomously.
- Carry out bibliographical searches on the subject of the Master's Degree Final project.
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Identify emerging themes on matters of the management of cultural heritage for tourism.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Manage and develop original contributions in the framework of theoretical research and/or practical application.
- Use acquired knowledge as a basis for originality in the application of ideas, often in a research context.
Content
The objectives of this module are as follows:
To implement the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the master's degree in a Final Work written and subsequently defended before a court.
Demonstrate your knowledge of the techniques of analysis and description that corresponds to the theme you have chosen within the relationship tourism - cultural heritage- arts and humanities
Having mastery of the bibliography, the use of fonts and their application, if necessary, with specific exemplification, and all from original approaches, as well as results derived from said study.
Methodology
The teaching methodology of this module is as follows:
- Work Preparation
- Tutoring
- Presentation and Oral Defense of Work
- Reading articles, reports and books of interest
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Classroom | 4 | 0.16 | 9, 8, 4 |
| Partials Delivery Work | 11 | 0.44 | 2, 1, 3, 7, 6, 5 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorials | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 3, 7, 4, 10 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Workshop | 260 | 10.4 | 2, 1, 3, 9, 6, 4, 5 |
Assessment
The evaluation activities of this module are based on:
- Assessment of the Academic Tutor of the Master's Final Work
- Assessment of the Master's Final Work Tribunal
- Assessment of the Oral Defence of Master's Final Work Tribunal
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Tutor Assessment | 40% | 5 | 0.2 | 3, 9, 8, 6, 4 |
| Assessment of Oral Defense of the Master's Final Work Tribunal | 30% | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 7, 6, 5 |
| Assessment of the Master's Final Work Tribunal | 30% | 5 | 0.2 | 2, 1, 7, 6, 4, 5, 10 |
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