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2021/2022

Master's Degree Dissertation

Code: 44472 ECTS Credits: 9
Degree Type Year Semester
4317520 Territorial Studies and Planning OB 0 A
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:
Jordi Nadal Tersa
Email:
Jordi.Nadal@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
catalan (cat)

Prerequisites

You must have passed, or enrolled, the remaining 51 credits of the master's degree.

Objectives and Contextualisation

In this module the student will conduct individual research under the supervision of a tutor about
a topic related to the contents of the master's degree, previously agreed; will have to prove his
ability to set research objectives, apply appropriate methodologies and obtain results
learning activities that meet the objectives set, as well as to present and defend the work done in front of
a court.

Competences

  • Apply multiple methodologies of geographical analysis at different local and regional.scales
  • Develop a capacity for critical thinking, analysis and resolution of hypotheses with maximum rigour and quality for each area of local and regional specialisation.
  • Judge the impact of the legal, economic, political and social framework on local and regional dynamics
  • Promote planning strategies based on innovation and with a gender perspective.
  • Students can communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and rationale underpinning these to specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously.
  • That students have the learning skills that enable them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Adapt methodologies for analysis to the regional ambit of reference.
  2. Apply acquired knowledge and the capacity for problem-solving.
  3. Develop the chosen topic of the work taking into account the perspective of gender.
  4. Evaluate processes of regional and urban change applying methodologies and instruments linked to theories of reference, capable of measuring the mechanisms of action and the results.
  5. Know the main laws concerning the territory and its planning, as well as urban planning.
  6. Plan the work of the module from a position of scientific innovation.
  7. Students can communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and rationale underpinning these to specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously.
  8. That students have the learning skills that enable them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
  9. Understand the concept of the Master's degree dissertation as an initial practical project for the world of employment.
  10. Use the most appropriate research methodologies for the proposed objectives.

Content

The module is structured in three blocks:
Methodological training seminars
Elaboration of the Final Master's Thesis
Labor Defense in Court
The seminars, of obligatory attendance, give the guidelines on methodologies to elaborate the TFM, bottom
of information and models of presentation and defense. The main lines of work in which you must register are set out
the works and the students are put in contact with tutors.
Elaboration of a research work on an unpublished topic is carried out in meetings between the student and the tutor.
In order to submit the work and submit it, you must have the approval of the tutor.
The defense is made in a public act where the student presents his work in a court of three professors
doctors for 20 minutes and answer the questions asked by this court.

Methodology

The basic objective of this module is the elaboration of a research work and its defense before a court.
To do this, as shown in the Contents section, we work on the basis of three activities: seminars
of presentation, elaboration of the work and public defense.
Seminars are the only group activity, where generic work methodologies are shown and, depending on
the orientation and thematic of the proposals of TFM, others of more concrete. The research and elaboration of the TFM is
carries out in personalized tutorials between student and tutor. Finally the public defense that takes place in one
date set for end of semester.

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      
Workshops and seminars 25 1 7
Type: Supervised      
Tutorials 35 1.4 10
Type: Autonomous      
Elaboration of the work 120 4.8 6, 8, 10
Presentation and defense of the work 42 1.68

Assessment

The TFM must be handed in to the teacher of the module, always with the approval of the tutor. The coordination of the
master will set the date of defense of the works within the month of July. This court will consist of a one
doctor whose field of research is related to the work presented and who will act as
president, the master's degree coordinator, who will act as secretary, and a member, who will be the tutor.
The student will have 20 'to present the parts that he considers opportune of his work to give way
then to the interventions of the members of the court. The approximate total duration of the event will be 45 minutes.
The grading criteria will be defined by rubrics that students will have from the outset.
VERY IMPORTANT: Total or partial plagiarism of any of the exercises will automatically be considered a
SUSPENSION (0) of plagiarized exercise. PLAGIARISM is copying from unidentified sources of a text, be it a single sentence
or more, posing as own production (THIS INCLUDES COPYING PHRASES OR FRAGMENTS
OF THE INTERNET AND ADD THEM WITHOUT MODIFICATIONS TO THE TEXT PRESENTED AS ITS OWN), and is
a serious offense. It is necessary to learn to respect the intellectual property of others and to always identify the sources that are
they can be used, and it is essential to take responsibility for the originality and authenticity of the text itself.

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Delivery of work 75% 2 0.08 2, 7, 8, 10
Presentation and defense of the work 25% 1 0.04 1, 4, 9, 5, 3, 6, 7

Bibliography

For each master's thesis, the tutor will give recommended and compulsory readings, if applicable, and others.
references of the publications of the most recent results.

Software

Each TFM may require specific software that must be assessed by students.