Content related to the topic chosen for the TFM.
Interviews with the work tutor. Tutors may be lecturers from the Masters programme.
The student will report on the status of their work in two follow-up sessions.
The student will give a final oral presentation of the dissertation before a board.
At the beginning of the course, the tutor will announce the timetable and inform about all activities related to the TFM.
ASSESSMENT AND GRADING CRITERIA
The recommended length of the TFM is 60 to 100 pages. 3 copies of the TFM in hard copy will be handed in at the Secretarys Office of the Faculty. The submission will also be communicated by email to the Masters Coordinator, attaching the same document in PDF format. The Coordinator will confirm to the student proper reception of the document, once they have received the final approval from their Tutor.
The deadlines for the submission of the TFM for each of the sessions and the dates of the corresponding oral presentations will be established in the Facultys Course Calendar. The Coordinator will convene the examining board, made up of two lecturers from the Faculty of Philosophy-URL, preferably with teaching experience in the Masters Degree, and will formally communicate the date and venue of the oral defence.
The final assessment will correspond to the TFM tutor (25%) and the Examining Board (50% from the work and 25% from the defence). The Tutor will record the assessment of the work in a TFM assessment report for the tutor, which will be signed and submitted to the Masters Coordinator prior to the oral presentation of the work.
The oral defence of the paper will be brief (about 30 minutes). The student will justify the work, and will answer any questions posed by the examining board. The examining board will record the assessment by signing the Minutes of the TFM Defence in which the marks awarded by the examining board will be recorded, according to the established weightings.
The Masters Coordinator will receive both the tutors and the examining boards assessment report and, in accordance with the corresponding weightings, will formally record the grades and calculate the final grade for the dissertation, which will be sent to the academic secretarys office and will be communicated to the student after the oral defence through the academic management system.
-Assessment of the TFM by the Tutor (25%):
I. Overall assessment of the Work
- Clarity in the formulation of objectives and problems
- Internal coherence of the work
- Relevance and originality
II. Use of theories
- Explanation of theories underpinning the work
- Synthesis and integration of theories and theme
- Contribution to theoretical advancement
III. Research Methodology
- Appropriateness of the methodology to the subject matter
- Consistency and adequacy of conclusions
IV. Formal aspects
- Order and clarity of structure
- Compliance with standards (spelling, syntax, etc.) and formal correctness
- Updated and appropriate bibliographical references
V. Assessment of the process
- Organisation and follow-up of the work in phases by the learner
- Meeting deadlines according to the agreed schedule
- Improving autonomy in research
- Assessment of the TFM (written work) by the Tribunal (50%):
I. Overall assessment of the Work
- Clarity in the formulation of objectives and problems
- Internal coherence of the work
- Relevance and originality
II. Use of theories
- Explanation of theories underpinning the work
- Synthesis and integration of theories and theme
- Contribution to theoretical advancement
III. Research Methodology
- Appropriateness of the methodology to the subject matter
- Consistency and adequacy of conclusions
IV. Formal aspects
- Order and clarity of structure
- Compliance with standards (spelling, syntax, etc.) and formal correctness
- Updated and appropriate bibliographical references
- Assessment of the oral presentation of the TFM by the examining board (25%):
V. Defence of the TFM
- Oral explanation: communicative and informative skills
- Quality of arguments and debate
- Ability to defend ones own ideas
- Ability to synthesise and adapt to the time allotted
Recommended by the tutor depending on the topic chosen for the TFM.
Recommended by the tutor depending on the topic chosen for the TFM.