Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500246 Philosophy | OB | 4 | 0 |
No.
The objective of the subject is to elaborate a piece of work that shows the level of achievement of the competences of the Degree of Philosophy.
The work consists in the written elaboration and oral presentation of a paper that allows a global and synthetic assessment of the specific and cross-curricular competences associated to the degree of Philosophy.
The content of the TFG must be referred to some topic in any of the area of the Degree of Philosophy or the interrelation between them. It must be an individual essay (joint development is not allowed) and fundamentally academic; not a research project in the strict sense of the word, which is what a TFM of the master’s degree.
1. Theme and supervisor assignment.
The theme of the TFG will be proposed to the coordinator by the student. It is necessary, however, to obtain the approval of a supervisor.
Supervisors will be assigned in November by coordinator from among the teaching staff of the Department of Philosophy. A student who has an appropriate proposal, but whose subject matter does not appear in any of the subjects of the Degree, must obtain the approval of the coordinator and the his or her supervisor.
2. Format.
The TFG must conclude with the delivery of a paper and with its presentation and public defence before an academic committee of two teachers.
2.1. Written part
The extension of the paper must be between 20 and 30 pages (2100 characters / page), Bibliography and Annexes excluded.
The writing language can be Catalan, Spanish or English. To draft it in any other language, the consent of the coordinator and the supervisor must be agreed.
The structure of the text will be the following, in the same order:
Text’s format must respect the following rules: the base letter will be of the calibre type or similar, of size 12; the footnotes, of size 10, and the cited fragments and indentations inside the text, size 11. All the paragraphs will be justified. The notes will be numbered consecutively at the bottom of the corresponding page and not at the end of the text. It is recommended to reduce its use to the maximum and that this use is explanatory and never a bibliographical citation. The pages will be numbered on the footer from the index page, starting with number 1. The literal quotations will be in quotes and followed by the corresponding reference in brackets, which will include the cited pages. If the citation exceeds four lines, it will be transcribed in a separate paragraph, without quotes, with a larger indentation than the body of the text and a smaller font size (11). The non-textual elements (tables, pictures, maps, graphics, illustrations, etc.) that contain the work will be inserted in the place of the corresponding text. All will be numbered and with a title, the source will be specified, and explicit reference will be made to the text.
The style of citations and references will follow the Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide in its author-data version. The information can be found at this URL: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-2.html
The evaluation of the written part and the work of its elaboration has a value of 60% of the final grade of the TFG and is made in accordance withthe instructions explained in the "Evaluation" section of this Guide.
2.2 Oral part.
The TFG concludes with its oral presentation by the student, in public session, before a commission formed by members of the teaching staff of the Department of Philosophy appointed by the coordinator. The evaluators of the oral part may coincide with the evaluators of the written part of the TFG.
The duration of the presentation of the TFG will be a maximum of 30 minutes. The student will have a maximum of 20 minutes to make their presentation, which can be in any format (such as presentation with power point, description of a poster, oral explanation, etc.) that the student considers to be attached with the criteria of its evaluation.
The evaluation of the oral part has a value of 30% of the final grade of the TFG and is made in accordance with the instructions explained in the "Evaluation" section of this Guide.
This subject has no weekly in-class teaching activities. The student will develop his work in an individual manner and will have at least tutorials with the supervisor.
The work of the student is supervised by a supervisor who is a member of the teaching staff of the Department of Philosophy and that is related to the theme of the TFG chosen by the student. The determination of the topic and the tutor of the TFG is made in accordance with the procedure detailed in the "Contents" section of this Guide.
All the activities of the student regarding the preparation of their TFG are subject to follow-up, which will be done through the UAB Campus Virtual.
Calendar of activities:
1. TFG assignment process (by the coordinator).
1.1. Second fortnight of September and first fortnight of October 2022: period of project proposals to the coordinator by the student.
1.2. First fortnight of November 2022: publication of the first list of subjects and tutors by the Coordinator. This list may be amended if the student requests changes.
1.3. End of January 2023: publication of the final list of students, subjects, and tutors by the Coordinator. This list may not be modified at the student's initiative. Students who do not accept to do their TFG under these conditions will be classified as "Not evaluable".
2. TFG monitoring process (by the tutor, who will also carry out a continuous assessment).
2.1. Second half of February 2023: the student must submit an outline-script of his/her TFG to the tutor.
2.2. From March to May 2023: period of tutorial meetings, preparation of drafts, partial deliveries, and corrections in accordance with a timetable officially established by the tutor. In any case, it will include at least two face-to-face or virtual meetings and two deliveries of partial versions or drafts of the written part of the TFG.
2.3. 4 June 2023: deadline for the official submission of thefinal written work through the UAB Virtual Campus.
3. TFG evaluation process (by the evaluators).
3.1. From 5 to 23 June 2023: period of evaluation of the written work by the tutors and the second evaluators.
3.2. From 15 to 22 June 2023: period of evaluation of the oral presentations by a committee of members of the teaching staff of the Department of Philosophy, in a public session.
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.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Face-to-face or virtual sessions with the supervisor | 15 | 0.6 | 5, 12, 2, 21, 23, 27, 11 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Follow-up | 15 | 0.6 | 12 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Preparation of the oral presentation | 6 | 0.24 | 4, 8, 10, 9 |
Research, reading, study | 87 | 3.48 | 4, 14, 15, 16, 18, 37, 8, 27, 26, 32, 39, 40, 34, 43, 44, 48, 47, 50 |
Writing of proposal and of final paper | 19 | 0.76 | 5, 49, 2, 36, 35, 21, 23, 11, 52 |
The written part and the oral part of the TFG are evaluated separately. The written part and its preparation represent 60% of the final mark and the oral part represents 40%. A continuous assessment is also performed that represents 20%, included in 60% of the written part. The structure of the evaluation of the TFG of the Degree of Philosophy is the following:
Activity |
Starting proposal and fulfilment of the established goals |
Research and work with the sources and partial deliveries |
Final paper |
Oral presentation |
Who evaluates |
Supervisor |
Supervisor |
Supervisor |
Committee |
Percentage on the final mark |
5% |
15% |
40% |
40% |
Reassessment is not applicable in the TFG. If the final document is not delivered on the established deadline, the student will obtain a "No avaluable".
The detection of plagiarism at any time of the evaluation of the TFG will mean its rating with a zero.
All the TFG of the Degree of Philosophy of the 2022-2023 course will be evaluated using the same rubrics. The coordinator will publish them in a document before finishing the month of November 2022, through the UAB Campus Virtual.
The qualification of the TFG has the same degree as any other subject of the syllabus. TFGs with a mark ≥9 can opt for “Matrícula d’Honor”, if the evaluators agree. The award of the qualification of Matrícula d’Honor corresponds to the Degree Committee, which will take into account the TFG note by 75% and 25% the student's record of the last two courses (3rd and 4t).
The student may request an ordinary review of the TFG during the week following their evaluation.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Since the 2017/2018 academic year, the TFG title is not included in the student's academic record. The student who requests it will be able to apply for a certificate to the Academic Management of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, which includes the title of the TFG.
The coordinator recommends that the TFGs with a mark ≥9 be published in the Digital Repository of Documents (DDD) of the UAB, for which the explicit consent of the tutor and the same student will only be necessary.
The student with a mark ≥8.5 in the TFG can opt for the TFG awards of The Autonomous Solidarity Foundation (http://www.uab.cat/web/fas-1254380703729.html) and the prizes for the best TFG with a gender perspective from the UAB of the Observatory for equality (http://www.uab.cat/web/l-observatorio/premis-1345699078441.html), provided that the content of the TFG deserves it. Evaluators may recommend it.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Compliance of targets | 5% | 0 | 0 | 8, 34, 51, 44, 50 |
Control of bibliographic research, readings and drafts | 15% | 6 | 0.24 | 49, 14, 17, 16, 18, 45, 28, 48, 52 |
Evaluation of written work | 40% | 0 | 0 | 4, 6, 29, 7, 49, 13, 17, 15, 36, 35, 25, 38, 41, 46 |
Oral presentation | 40% | 2 | 0.08 | 5, 4, 12, 49, 2, 54, 14, 17, 15, 16, 18, 36, 35, 37, 21, 8, 22, 23, 24, 19, 10, 9, 55, 45, 27, 26, 30, 31, 28, 32, 33, 39, 40, 1, 34, 20, 51, 42, 43, 11, 44, 46, 48, 47, 50, 52, 3, 53 |
The supervisor of the TFG will provide the expert support for the elaboration of the specific bibliography, which in any case will be the ultimate responsibility of the student.
For a generic bibliography on Degree Final Projects, the "bibliography" section of the Teaching Guide of the subject "Resources for Research in Philosophy" can be consulted.
Not applicable.