Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500256 Social and Cultural Anthropology | OB | 4 | 1 |
The student can join the BA Final Project (TFG) after the succesful completion of the methodological sequence:
Otherwise, the satisfactory achievement of the course training objectives would become severly hindered.
The TFG is a 4th year, 6 ECTS, compulsory course within the Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology.
The TFG is conceived as the culmination of a sequence of methodological and technical courses offered during the second and third academic years. That sequence, taken as a whole, does constitute a model of ethnographic research in Anthropology and is developed throughout the first semester of the 4th year. By scheduling it during the first semester, the BA allows: a) the continuity of the formative sequence in the anthropological investigation (which was initiated four semesters before and has been taken consecutively since then), as well as b) the possibility of distributing the 4th year students' workload, favouring the attendance of the External Practices module in the second semester, thus avoiding the overlapping with the TFG.
Hence, the TFG topic is already defined by the previous learning experience of the student in ethnographic research. Therefore, the TFG will deepen and expand the theoretical status of the covered subject and will include the methodological and technical design executed during the previous work, as well as the development of the analysis of the results of the research and the final conclusions. Thus, this work is not exclusively based on the hypothesis worked on in the sequence, but it goes hand in hand by expanding the focus from a thematic point of view. At the beginning of the course, the student and the supervisor of the TFG will establish the work scheme.
Regarding the supervisor, the student's choice among the teaching staff awarded in this subject will be considered.
The final TFG Project is a written essay that consists of:
A detailed template of the TFG final project will be available on the Virtual Campus.
The structure of the public defence will be as follows:
After the first plenary class, the student will choose his/her supervisor within the teaching team of that academic year. Each supervisor will only assume the number of students stipulated in his/her teaching plan.
Individually supervised development of the processes for the preparation of the information obtained for the analysis, the process of analysis and writing of the TFG.
Systematization of information, analysis of ethnographic data and drafting of the TFG.
TFG Schedule:
PLENARY SESSION |
TFG Course plenary session |
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1st TUTORIAL |
Short info about the research work done in the sequence |
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2nd TUTORIAL |
Delimitation of the research topic. |
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3rd TUTORIAL |
Bibliographic search (theoretical framework) |
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4th TUTORIAL |
Integration of the theoretical framework with previous ethnographic outcomes (BA courses: Fieldwork I & II) |
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5th TUTORIAL |
Analysis and research outcomes |
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6th TUTORIAL |
Review ethnographic content with theoretical contributions (from the theoretical framework). |
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7th TUTORIAL
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First TFG draft (following the provided template) |
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Submission of the First TFG Draft |
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8th TUTORIAL |
REVISION OF THE TFG FINAL DERAFT |
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9th TUTORIAL (PLENARY) |
PREPARATION OF THE TFG ORAL PRESENTATION |
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SUBMISSION OF TFG FINAL VERSION (PDF) |
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10th TUTORIAL |
Office attention. Individual review of oral presentations. |
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ORAL PRESENTATION |
Any modification of this calendar will be duly announced on the Virtual Campus.
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 | |||
Plenary sessions | 5 | 0.2 | 4, 5, 13, 17 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Individual tutorials. Systematization of gathered information, analysis of ethnographic data and TFG writing. | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 3, 2, 14, 15, 16, 12, 8, 6, 5, 10, 9, 7, 19, 11, 17, 18 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Bibliographic search. Supervised development of the preparation of gathered information for the analysis, the analytical process itself and the TFG final writing | 84 | 3.36 | 1, 12, 8, 11, 18, 20 |
The evaluation consists of two phases, which must be individually passed:
- Written TFG manuscript:
• Source: Times New Roman 12. Color black.
• Interlined: 1.5
• Main entrance: bold.
• Secondary entry: bold and italic.
• Appointment style and bibliography: APA 6th edition.
• It will be necessary to differentiate between bibliography, filmography and webography
- TFG Oral and public defense:
The course evaluation rubrics are to be found in the Virtual Campus.
On carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.
Important: The students must accomplish all the courserequired tasks in order to be graded. It is, therefore, NOT EVALUABLE the student who has not followed the tutorial process since the beginning and / or has not done a minimum of four tutorials.
PLAGIARISM: In accordance with current regulations: 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.
The TFG cannot be re-assessed.
Given the sensitivity of the gathered data, the final TFG versions, properly anonymized, will be kept in a specific departmental depository.
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.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Oral Presentation | 30 % | 1 | 0.04 | 15, 10, 9, 7 |
Written TFG version | 70 % | 40 | 1.6 | 1, 3, 2, 4, 14, 16, 12, 8, 6, 5, 10, 9, 19, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20 |
Compulsory readings for each TFG will be determined in accordance with the particular topic developed by the student. If, at the suggestion of the supervisor, the methodological basis for qualitative research should be reinforced, we recommend the following manual:
Additionally, if needed, the student can also read any of the following references:
Adviced repositories:
The use of Mendeley reference manager is advised.