The objective of the Final Degree Project (TFG) is for the students to engage in inquiry, analysis, and composition tasks through the completion of an autonomous and original work, demonstrating that they have achieved the level of academic rigor corresponding to the first cycle of university education. Additionally, it aims to show their ability to adequately integrate and relate the competencies associated with the degree and the learning content acquired throughout it. Successfully completing this work, which will include an oral defense, will ensure that the student has successfully met the competencies and skills required to either continue with second-cycle studies or transition into the professional field, meeting the necessary requirements. Specifically, through this personal exercise developed on the methodological, theoretical, and practical foundations of the areas or disciplinary fields that make up the degree, the student will have consolidated critical thinking, systemic thinking, communicative ability, and the practice of interdisciplinarity.
The topics for the Final Degree Project (TFG) will be related to the disciplinary fields of the degree and will be offered for selection by the students by the teaching staff of the degree. These topics will be made known before the end of the academic year prior to the one in which the TFG will be completed.
In general, the student will also choose one of the following two types:
(a) Theoretical-conceptual works: In relation to a specific topic, the student will need to address the formulation of the appropriate theoretical framework or frameworks, the literature review of the state of the art, as well as the analysis of the main premises, developments, and proposals, demonstrating critical thinking and terminological rigor.
(b) Applied works: Based on the appropriate theoretical framework and conceptual premises, the student will analyze the practical implications of the topic, providing data and indicators that demonstrate its relevance and contribution to the current debate, also demonstrating critical thinking and terminological rigor.
The choice between one type or the other will depend on the student's interest in either theoretical deepening in the study of a specific issue or a more practical approach to any social phenomenon or situation with philosophical, political, and economic dimensions, which can be approached from an interdisciplinary perspective. In each case, the student will use the methodologies appropriate to the nature of the TFG.
The preparation of the Final Degree Project (TFG) fundamentally involves two teaching-learning methodologies: independent work by the students and tutoring sessions with the professor-tutors.
Specifically, the following methodological activities will be included:
? Analysis of texts and documents
? Search, reading, and study of documentation
? Writing of written works
? Oral presentations
? Attendance at group seminars, supervised by the tutor
? Attendance at tutoring sessions
? Monitoring the progress of the project
? Successfully presenting the project before the tribunal
? Being part of the tribunal that will evaluate the oral defense of the project
Participation in seminars and initial proposal for the final degree project: 15%.
Progress report from the supervisor of the final degree project: 35%.
Report from the tribunal evaluating the final degree project: 40%.
Oral defense of the final degree project: 10%.
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Tutoriales Biblioteca Universidad Pontificia Comillas,
http://www.upcomillas.es/es/biblioteca/guias-y- tutoriales.
Guía del Estudiante del TFG (Subject in the platform Moodlerooms)