Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title	Weighting	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Dissertation (Master Thesis)	80%	0	0	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Oral defense Master thesis	20%	1	0.04	1, 9

To be evaluated, the student must meet the following requirements regarding format, dates, and presentation rules:

• Length (Master in Anthropology: Advanced Research and Social Intervention): The research work will have a maximum length of 16,000-20,000 words, not including bibliography or index. There is the possibility of including additional information in an annex if the type of work requires it and always at the discretion of the supervisor. Annexes do not count towards the maximum word limit.
• Language: The final document can be submitted in Catalan, Spanish, or English. In all cases, the student is responsible for linguistic correction.
• Length (Master CREOLE): The research work will have a maximum length of 32,000-40,000 words, not including bibliography or index. There is the possibility of including additional information in an annex if the type of work requires it and always at the discretion of the supervisor. Annexes do not count towards the maximum word limit.
• Language: The language and defense of the CREOLE Master's Thesis will be in English.
• Cover Page: The cover must include the title of the Master's Thesis, the student's full name, and the supervisor's name. It should state that it is a Final Master's Thesis in Anthropology: Advanced Research and Social Intervention and must include both the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology and the UAB. Finally, it must include the submission date or academic year.
• Format: Formal aspects include: left and right margins of 3 cm, top and bottom margins of 2.5 cm; 1.5 line spacing; Arial 12 or Times New Roman 13 for the main text and Arial 10 or Times New Roman 11 for footnotes. Footnotes should be placed at the bottom of the page for easy reading and correction. Tables and figures must be numbered and titled, specifying their sources. The thesis must have an index and a bibliography.
• Submission: The thesis will be submitted to the Virtual Campus of the TFM Module on the scheduled dates (before July 1st at 23:55), with the supervisor's signature.
• Defense: The thesis will be presented on July 11th in a public session before a thesis committee appointed by the master's commission. The master's thesis committee consists of 3 members (one member is the master's coordinator, who acts as secretary). The order of intervention and the room will be published one week before the examination. The structure of the exam is as follows:
• Candidate's presentation: 10-15 minutes
• Committee members' intervention: 10 minutes each (20 in total)
• Candidate's response: 10 minutes
• Deliberation, resolution, and minutes: 5-10 minutes.

CREOLE TFM defenses will have more time availability.

Theses that do not meet formal requirements or do not have the supervisor's approval will be marked as "Not Evaluable." For any doubts or clarifications, students can contact their thesis supervisor or the coordinator.

Evaluation considers three items:

• 10%: Supervisor's report
• 60%: Written report
• 30%: Oral defense

Throughout the course and within the Research Laboratory subject managed by the program's coordination, a TFM evaluation rubric will be provided to guide students in producing a good TFM.

The criteria considered are:

• Problem formulation:
• The student must demonstrate the ability to formulate a relevant and pertinent research problem, related to the social issues that motivated their choice.
• Explicit articulation of the approach adopted in the master's thesis, especially if the student intends to continue the research in a doctoral thesis.
• Originality of research:
• The research work must be designed and argued by the student, evenif it is part of a larger collective research project or a subsequent doctoral thesis, which should be mentioned in the introduction.
• Originality is understood as the contribution of previously unpublished knowledge. This can take different forms in this initial research phase:
• an empirical work not previously conducted;
• a literature review not yet performed;
• the use of known material with a new interpretation;
• the application of a known research design to an unstudied reality.
• Quality of conducted research:
• Seeking and using appropriate bibliographic sources for the familiarization phase with the problem or research area proposed. All included bibliography must have been read and analyzed, and the text should reflect this knowledge directly and indirectly.
• Definition of the study object and project objectives.
• Theoretical orientation and perspective within the discipline.
• Research background and theoretical framework developed according to the object and objectives.
• Proper conceptual treatment and clarity of the questions raised.
• Explicit statement of hypothesis/research questions, even if they are not advanced in their testing in the research work (for example, in the case of a literature review as the beginning of a thesis project).
• Delimitation of the study group, definition of the unit of analysis and observation units, and explanation of the selection or sampling used, if necessary for the type of work.
• Identification and justification of the sources used.
• Justification and suitability of the techniques and instruments selected and applied.
• Ability to organize the collected data and clarity in the construction and use of analysis categories of obtained data and consulted sources.
• Relevance of conclusions and, if applicable, continuity proposals:
• Assessment of the ability to analyze, synthesize, and identify support obtained in relation to the objectives and/or hypotheses formulated.
• Acknowledgment of weaknesses (deficiencies, imbalances, and risks) of the work presented and proposals for overcoming them in subsequent phases.
• Prudence in presenting conclusions and improving initial questions.
• Explicit statement, if applicable, of continuity perspectives and work plan to follow.
• Organization of the narrative:
• The final master's thesis should be a document with a logical index reflecting the research sequence and/or thematic development.
• The language should be clear and follow the conventional expressive register of a scientific work in Social Sciences, allowing for smooth reading.
• It should make good use of citations as an explanatory resource to provide greater precision and detail, avoiding paraphrasing at all times. For other formal matters, such as citation styles and formatting of bibliographic references, it is recommended to use Mendeley or systems recommended by the Humanities library (courses and online access from the UAB libraries website: http://www.bib.uab.es). Figures or images should also be properly cited, see http://www.bib.uab.cat/infoguies/tfmes/.
• Oral defense:
• Finally, the quality of the oral defense will be taken into account: clarity of presentation and the extent to which the student's response to committee comments is measured.

General rules:

• Evaluation is understood as a continuous process throughout the academic period.
• Grades used will be on a scale of 0-10 with one decimal place. To pass the subject, a minimum grade of 5.0 is required as an average resulting from the grades obtained in each activity, considering the percentage of each in the final grade. Once the subject is passed, it cannot be reassessed.
• The evaluation activities schedule cannot be modified, except for exceptional and duly justified reasons. In this case, a new schedule will be proposed within the corresponding academic period.
• Anyone who engages in irregularities that could lead to a significant alteration of the qualification for any evidence will receive a grade of 0 for it, regardless of any disciplinary process that may be initiated. If several irregularities occur in the evaluation tests of the same module, the final grade for that module will be 0.
• The "Not Evaluable" qualification on the final evaluation report implies the exhaustion of the rights inherent to enrollment in the subject or module, although "Not Evaluable" will not count on the academic record.
• Copying or plagiarism of material, both in the case of assignments and exams, constitutes an offense that will be punished with a zero for the activity, without the right to reassessment, and the entire subject will be suspended. It is noted that a "copy" is a paper that reproduces all or a large part of another student's work. "Plagiarism" is presenting all or part of a text from an author as one's own, without citing sources, whether on paper or in digital format. See UAB documentation on "plagiarism" at: http://wuster.uab.es/web_argumenta_obert/unit_20/sot_2_01.html. Also see http://www.bib.uab.cat/infoguies/tfmes/.
• Declaration on the use of generative tools (AI): The use of style revision, translation, bibliographic references editing tools in the editing of TFG or TFM does not require an explicit declaration in the text. However, the use of AI-assisted technologies during the writing process to generate new textual or graphic content must be stated in a section before the bibliographic references titled "AI Use Declaration," where the content in question must be identified and adequately justified for inclusion. In any case, the author assumes full responsibility for the content of the publication.

This subject/module does not foresee a unique evaluation system.