Activities and Methodology

Title	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed
Introductory session	3	0.12	KA33, SA27, SA28, SA29, SA30, SA31, KA33
Type: Supervised
Academic tutoring	86	3.44	CA18, KA33, SA27, SA28, SA29, SA30, SA31, CA18
Type: Autonomous
Documentation, Study and elaboration of TFM	210	8.4	CA18, KA33, SA27, SA29, SA30, SA31, CA18

 

Methodology

The Master's Thesis (TFM) is an original and unpublished research paper, written by each master's student in agreement with the assigned tutor and submitted for evaluation by a committee of three professors-doctors in a public session.

The research will be carried out based on three axes of study: (i) A theoretical or historical investigation of the performing arts; (ii) a theoretical reflection and conceptualization around a complete creation process (a play, a show) or (iii) an edition of a theatrical text or theoretical or critical material on the performing arts.

The work must have the character of specialized academic research and must comply with the conventions that are inherent to it.

Work calendar

Preliminary session for those enrolled in the TFM with the module coordinator, in which the guidelines to be followed for a good individual development of the TFM will be explained (see the calendar below).
The student will present to the coordinator a proposal for the topic of their work (provisional title, very brief summary, summary bibliography). The module coordinator, with the approval of the MUET Academic Committee, will assign a tutor according to the characteristics of the chosen topic.
Orientation and discussion sessions with the tutor: (i) final choice of topic; (ii) subsequent approval by the coordinator, and (iii) orientation sessions with the tutor on the preparation of the work: consultations on the bibliography, and preparation and presentation of a provisional work outline.
Writing of a report containing a brief presentation of: a) presentation of the TFM; b) starting hypothesis; c) research objectives and questions; d) status of the bibliographic issue; e) work methodology; f) provisional index; g) significant advances; and h) doubts and problems. Report length: 4 pages (8,400 characters with spaces) maximum. This report must be sent to the tutor and the module coordinator within the deadlines established by the TFM calendar. The student will receive the appropriate feedback on their document.
Preparation of the work: (i) submission of the work in parts according to the tutor's instructions; (ii) submission of a first complete draft of the work within the deadline established by the TFM calendar, and (iii) submission of the work: one copy for each member of the panel, one copy to the module coordinator through the virtual campus and another for the Integrated Departmental Administrative Support Unit for Philologies / Management of Third Cycle Degrees in Philologies <uisad.filologies.tercer.cicle@uab.cat>.
No work will be accepted after the established deadline.

6. Publication of the committees, dates and presentation rooms (see calendar). The student must deliver a copy of the work submitted to each member of the committee.

7. Public defense session and evaluation of the work.

Calendar

October 17 (10:00-12:00)

Presentation session: first indications about the TFM.

October 31

Delivery of a first proposal to the coordinator

November 14

Assignment of tutors

December 5

Delivery of a definitive proposal to the coordinator and the assigned tutor.

February 13

 Seminar

June 1

Delivery of a complete version of the TFM to the tutor

June 19

Delivery of the definitive version to the coordinator and the UISAD.

June 30

Communication of the composition of the committees

July 1

Delivery to the rest of the committee

July 13

Public defense of the TFMs at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the UAB

Procedures

The methodology adopted in the preparation of the TFM will depend on the chosen topic and the corresponding tutor.

The tutor's individual advice is combined with the support of the module coordination during the process of preparing the TFM.

The following general considerations must be taken into account regarding the characteristics of the work:

1. The TFM must be between 25 (62,500 spaces including blanks or 11,000 words, approx.) and 60 pages (150,000 spaces including blanks or 27,000 words approx.). See the complete presentation rules on the virtual campus.
2. Studies that are not original or unpublished will not be accepted. Total or partial plagiarism will result in immediate failure of the module.
3. The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is not permitted in any of the phases. Any work that includes fragments generated with AI will be considered a lack of academic honesty and will result in the activity being evaluated with a 0 and cannot be recovered, or greater sanctions in serious cases.
4. TFM papers can be written in Catalan or Spanish. The works must observe an appropriate use of the linguistic register, grammar and spelling of the language in which they are written. Poorly written thesis papers may be excluded from the defense by the tutor or negatively assessed by the tutor or negatively assessed by the tribunal. 

5. All sources used must be exhaustively referenced. The works must conform to the MLA ( https://www.mla.org/MLA-Style) or Harvard ( https://library.aru.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm) citation rules.

6. In the event that the TFM is associated with a creative process, the student must consider at least the following aspects: starting hypothesis, research questions, theoretical references, artistic precedents (contextualization), methodological explanation, monitoring and documentation of the process, and finally, brief conclusions. If the creative process includes third parties, signed permissions for the use of their image and/or their participation must be included in the annexes to the work.
7. All TFMs must contain brief conclusions related to the objectives formulated in the introduction.
8. All TFMs may contain an appendix with unpublished documentation(textual documents, images, audiovisual recordings, etc.). Permission to use must be included if applicable.
9. The TFM may only be submitted and defended with the approval of the tutor (signed with date).
10. The tutor must oversee the process of preparing the TFM with face-to-face tutorials (at least 3) and has the authority to not authorize the presentation of those works that he or she considers insufficient or that have failed to meet the submission deadlines or any of the established rules.
11. The change of tutor is only authorized in extreme cases and for very justified reasons. From March 1, no change will be authorized.
12. The cover of the TFM will include the full title, the name of the author, the tutor, the name of the master's degree and the course (see the model in the Moodle classroom).
13. The public defense of the TFM is in person and can only be carried out on the days scheduled at the beginning of the course according to the module calendar (Works outside the established limit will not be admitted. Regarding the evaluation, see below.
14. The preceding points, which govern the operation of the module, do not contemplate exemptions or exceptions.

Note: 15 minutes of a class will be reserved, within the calendar established by the center/degree, for the completion by students of the evaluation surveys of the performance of the teaching staff and the evaluation of the subject/module.

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.