Assessment

Itinerary of Musicology and Music Education

The TFM will be assessed by a panel of two or three members in a public defence that will evaluate the content of the work (70%), the oral presentation of the results (20%), and the final tutorial report of the work (10%).

The specific assessment criteria for the final version of the dissertation depend on its thematic nature. Nevertheless, the following rubrics will be considered:

1) Adequacy between objectives and methodology (25%).

2) Quality of the bibliographic search and analysis, if applicable, of primary sources (25%).

3) Correctness and terminological appropriateness of written expression and attention to the academic reference standards (25%).

4) Care in the presentation and layout of the submission (25%).

Before the public session of the examining board, the TFM tutor must authorise its defence and provide a brief report justifying the monitoring process, with a description of the acts of tutoring.

Once the public session for the defence of the TFM has concluded, the panel will meet to set the grade, which will be communicated to the students by the module coordination and subject to the ordinary review procedure, which is the joint responsibility of each tutor and the said coordination.

In the oral presentation, competencies associated with the presentation will be assessed according to the following general rubrics:

1) Accuracy of oral expression (30%).

2) Quality of presentation materials (25%)

3) Orderly structure of the presentation (25%)

4) Ability to respond to the suggestions and questions posed by the examining board (20%).

Itinerary of Early Music Interpretation

The evaluation of the TFM/CFM will be done through tribunals formed by two or three members in acts of public defence that will value:

a) Follow-up report by the instrument teacher (10%).

b) Presentation of the performance in a public concert in a professional format (50%). The student's ability to perform and interpret in front of an audience in an open concert will be assessed.

c) Report by the director responsible for the research work (10%).

d) Public defence of the research project (30%).

The oral defence of the project will last approximately 60 minutes and will consist of the following:

(i) Presentation and defence of the project lasting 20 minutes.

ii) Time for questions from the panel (reply).

iii) Additional answers and clarifications by the student (counter-reply).

Other considerations common to both itineraries

1) By general indication of the Faculty, the Master's Final Project does not allow for a Single Assessment.

2) By general indication of the Faculty, the Master's Final Project does not have the possibility of retake after the internal process of ordinary revision by the degree programme. The extraordinary review procedure is governed by the general regulations of the Faculty for its execution.

3) A student who has not provided sufficient evidence of assessment throughout the course will be considered "Not Assessable".

4) To obtain the "Matrícula de Honor" award, the examining board members must submit a specific proposal by unanimous agreement at the time of signing their minutes. The Master's Coordination Committee will appoint a two-member committee that will take into account the following criteria for the definitive award of the "Honours Degree":

a) Overall grade of the TFM (up to 60%).

b) Average mark of the student's transcript in the rest of the modules taken (up to 20%).

c) Evidence of the tutorial monitoring process and compliance with the characteristics, requirements and format rules of the TFM set out in this teaching guide (up to 20%) 

5) In the event that the student carries out any type of irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of a given evaluation act, this will be graded with 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may result from it. In the event that several irregularities are verified in the assessment acts of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0.

6) If the tests cannot be taken in person, their format will be adapted (without altering their weighting) to the possibilities offered by the virtual tools of the UAB/ESMUC. Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussions of exercises through Teams, etc. The lecturer will ensure that students have access to these resources or will offer them alternative resources that are available to them.

7) It is recommended that all TFMs with a final mark equal to or higher than 9 be published in the UAB DDD. To publish a TFM, the student must sign and submit the consent document from the Humanities Library to the TFM coordinator.