Bachelor's Degree Final Project
Code: 104093 ECTS Credits: 12| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500259 Political Science and Public Management | OB | 4 | 0 |
Contact
- Name:
- Ferran Izquierdo Brichs
- Email:
- Ferran.Izquierdo@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- Yes
Teachers
- Alexandre Casademunt Monfort
- Dafne Muntanyola Saura
- Ferran Izquierdo Brichs
Prerequisites
The requirements to register for the subject are the following:
a. Having passed all the subjects of the first year of the degree.
b. Have passed a minimum of 2/3 of the total credits of the curriculum (160 credits)
Objectives and Contextualisation
The final project is an essential part of the degree and constitutes 12 ECTS. The student must develop a final project and defend it in front of a comission. The student counts with the support, and superivision, of a tutor.
Competences
- Demonstrating good writing skills in different contexts.
- Designing data collection techniques, coordinating the information processing and meticulously applying hypothesis verification methods.
- Identifying sources of data and conducting bibliographic and documentary searches.
- Interpreting and applying English texts in an academic way.
- Managing the available time in order to accomplish the established objectives and fulfil the intended task.
- Planning complex tasks in the fields of analysis, conduction of studies or implementation of interventions within the several subdomains of political science, international relationships or public administration.
- Producing and planning researches or analytical reports.
- Realising effective oral presentations that are suited to the audience.
- Showing a good capacity for transmitting information, distinguishing key messages for their different recipients.
- Synthesizing and critically analysing information.
- Using the main information and documentation techniques (ICT) as an essential tool for the analysis.
- Working autonomously.
- Working by using quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques in order to apply them to research processes.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrating good writing skills in different contexts.
- Designing data collection techniques, coordinating the information processing and meticulously applying hypothesis verification methods.
- Identifying sources of data and conducting bibliographic and documentary searches.
- Interpreting and applying English texts in an academic way.
- Managing the available time in order to accomplish the established objectives and fulfil the intended task.
- Planning complex work in the fields of analysis, conduction of studies or implementation of interventions within the several subdomains of political science, international relationships or public administration.
- Producing and planning researches or analytical reports.
- Realising effective oral presentations that are suited to the audience.
- Showing a good capacity for transmitting information, distinguishing key messages for their different recipients.
- Synthesizing and critically analysing information.
- Using the main information and documentation techniques (ICT) as an essential tool for the analysis.
- Working autonomously.
- Working by using quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques in order to apply them to research processes.
Content
The Final Degree Project (TFG) has the following characteristics:
- It is a 12 ECTS course.
- The main objective is to develop a final project with the supervision of a tutor.
- The work can be one of the three types: Research, Theoretical, Applied.
- The work is individual of the students, and implies an important autonomous dedication, but has the supervision of a tutor / a.
- The teaching load is 300 hours of work for the students.
- The work involves the realization of an initial project, follow-up tutorials, and the delivery of a final report, an executive summary and a poster.
- The work and the poster is presented before a court composed of qualified personnel.
- The course also consists of specific training sessions to support the students.
- The subject of the work can be chosen with reservation modality (previously agreed with the teaching staff) or with an offer modality (to be chosen from a catalog and through a prioritization system based on the grade).
Check the website of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology for information regarding the procedure for assigning topics and supervisors. On the other hand, in the virtual space of the subject will be the guidelines for the preparation of the TFG and the characteristics of the evidence of evaluation to be delivered, as well as specific information of each course related to the calendar of the subject, training sessions, materials and evaluation.
Methodology
The subject contemplates three plenary sessions (one for presentation and two sessions Training oriented to the training in documentary exploration and preparation of the poster) and direct monitoring by the supervisor assigned.
The supervision will include a minimum of 5 face-to-face tutorials that correspond to the evidence presented, unless otherwise agreed with the students. Based on the guidance of the supervisor, the student will have to develop and deliver, throughout of the process, various evidence of evaluation: project, evolution, final report and poster, presenting publicly the results of the work before a court designated by the Faculty. The virtual space of the subject will expand the information regarding the characteristics of the evidence to be delivered and specific information about each course will be found.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Group sessions | 6 | 0.24 | 2, 7, 5, 12 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Development and writing of the FGP | 215 | 8.6 | 3, 6, 10 |
| Office hours | 7 | 0.28 | 1, 4, 10, 13, 11 |
Assessment
The evaluation of the TFG will be done through a heading, free of charge for teachers and students.
The TFG is a subject that requires follow-up, and a continuous evaluation.
The total or partial plagiarism in the evidences delivered will imply a 0 in the delivered evidence and a 0 of the subject if this is possible in the evidence E3 or E4.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E1. Project | 10 | 10 | 0.4 | 6 |
| E2. Evolution of the project | 25 | 15 | 0.6 | 3, 4, 10, 13 |
| E3. Final Report | 35 | 35 | 1.4 | 1, 8, 9, 11 |
| E4. Poster | 10 | 10 | 0.4 | 7, 8, 5, 12 |
| E5. Oral presentation | 20 | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 7, 8, 12 |
Bibliography
You will find complementary resources and more information on the website of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology (at the special section devoted to it).
Software
No specific software