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2021/2022

Master's Dissertation

Code: 42855 ECTS Credits: 10
Degree Type Year Semester
4313805 Economic Analysis OB 2 2
The proposed teaching and assessment methodology that appear in the guide may be subject to changes as a result of the restrictions to face-to-face class attendance imposed by the health authorities.

Contact

Name:
Maria Teresa Cabeza Gutes
Email:
Maite.Cabeza@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
english (eng)

Prerequisites

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Objectives and Contextualisation

During  the  second  year  of  studies,  the  student  writes  a  Master’s  Thesis  under  the  supervision  of  a  faculty  member.  The  advisor  (or  advisors)  guides  the  student  in  his/her  work.  The  goal  of  the  Master’s  thesis is  to  assess  the  student’s  maturity  and  his/her  ability  to  conduct  independent  research.  The  student  chooses  a  field  of  interest  for  his/her  Master’s  Thesis.  The  field  of  interest  must  be  one  of  IDEA’s  fields  of specialization.  The  student  establishes,  with  the  approval  of  the  advisor,  the  research  question  and  its  boundaries.  The  role  of  the  advisor  is  to  support  and  guide  the  student’s  research  activity.  After  submitting the  Master’s  thesis,  the  student  presents  his/her  work  before  a  committee  that  evaluates  the  thesis. 

Competences

  • Apply the methodology of research, techniques and specific advanced resources to research and produce innovative results in a specific area of specialisation
  • Conceptually analyse a specific economic problem using advanced analytical tools
  • Demonstrate an open , innovative and analytical attitude towards research questions
  • Design, plan and carry out economic research
  • Make independent judgements and defend them dialectically
  • Search for information in the scientific literature using the appropriate channels and integrate the information to propose and contextualise a research topic
  • Student should possess the learning skills that enable them to continue studying in a way that is largely student led or independent
  • Students should be able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgements based on information that may be incomplete or limited and includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities associated with the application of their knowledge and judgements
  • Students should know how to apply the knowledge they have acquired and their capacity for problem solving in new or little known fields within wider (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the area of study
  • Students should know how to communicate their conclusions, knowledge and final reasoning that they hold in front of specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously
  • Use new technology for the collection and organisation of information to solve problems in professional activities

Learning Outcomes

  1. Apply the methodology of research, techniques and specific advanced resources to research and produce innovative results in a specific area of specialisation
  2. Demonstrate an open , innovative and analytical attitude towards research questions
  3. Frame an economic question and offer a theoretical model or empirical methodology that will offer an answer to the question
  4. Give an answer to an economic question using models formed from mathematical logic or an empirical methodology that is able to identify the correct answer
  5. Make independent judgements and defend them dialectically
  6. Search for information in the scientific literature using the appropriate channels and integrate the information to propose and contextualise a research topic
  7. Student should possess the learning skills that enable them to continue studying in a way that is largely student led or independent
  8. Students should be able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgements based on information that may be incomplete or limited and includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities associated with the application of their knowledge and judgements
  9. Students should know how to apply the knowledge they have acquired and their capacity for problem solving in new or little known fields within wider (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the area of study
  10. Students should know how to communicate their conclusions, knowledge and final reasoning that they hold in front of specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously
  11. Use new technology for the collection and organisation of information to solve problems in professional activities

Content

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Methodology

 

 

•     Seminars      

•     Tutorials  

•     Writing  a    research    article        

•     Presenting  a    research    article    

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: Supervised      
Tutorials, seminars 62.5 2.5 1, 6, 4, 3, 8, 9, 10, 7, 11
Type: Autonomous      
Writing and presenting a research article 187.5 7.5 1, 6, 2, 4, 5, 3, 8, 9, 10, 7, 11

Assessment

Master’s  Thesis    (article)    

80%  

Presentation  

20%  

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Master's thesis 80% 0 0 1, 6, 2, 4, 5, 3, 8, 9, 10, 7, 11
Presentation 20% 0 0 10

Bibliography

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Software

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