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Bachelor's Degree Final Project

Code: 100723
Credits: 6
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Archaeology OB 4

Contact lecturer

Name :
Paloma Gonzalez Marcen
Email :
paloma.gonzalez@uab.cat

Teaching staff

Anna Maria Bach Gómez
Esther Rodrigo Requena

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

Students can enroll in their Final Degree Project once they have passed 160 credits over the previous three years. However, it is recommended to enroll during the last year of studies of the Degree.

Objectives

Students in the last year of their studies must show that in addition to having acquired significant conceptual and empiric knowledge of the discipline, they also master the abilities and skills that are typical of the demands imposed by the scientific and professional practice of archaeology .Through this Final Project, students must demonstrate that they have achieved the competencies and the basic learning results acquired during their academic training by writing and presenting a initial research project, consisting in the elaboration and public presentation of a topic that allows a global and synthetic evaluation of the specific and transversal competences associated to archeaology. A teacher will supervise the work and guide the students during the elaboration process. The projects must have an original character and they will be done individually.
The results of the Final Project will be exposed in a public presentation session. By means of this presentation, students will have to demonstrate their competences in the field of the academic communication of research.

Learning outcomes

  1. Effectively expressing themselves and applying the argumentative and textual processes of formal and scientific texts.
  2. Carrying out oral presentations using appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  3. Using the specific interpretational and technical vocabulary of the discipline.
  4. Recognising the importance of controlling the quality of the work's results and its presentation.
  5. Autonomously searching, selecting and processing information both from structured sources (databases, bibliographies, specialized magazines) and from across the network.
  6. Using suitable terminology when drawing up an academic text.
  7. Transmitting the results of archaeological research and clearly communicating conclusions in oral and written form to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  8. Identifying main and supporting ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
  9. Mastering the relevant languages to the necessary degree in the professional practice.
  10. Applying proper techniques and analytical tools in case studies.
  11. Mastering the diachronic structure of the past.
  12. Mastering and identifying the history of immediate environment.
  13. Using specialized knowledge acquired in an interdisciplinary context when debating.
  14. Interpreting and analysing documentary sources.
  15. Reflecting on their own work and the immediate environment's in order to continuously improve it.
  16. Establishing investigation protocols for original research projects.
  17. Organizing their own time and work resources: designing plans with priorities of objectives, calendars and action commitments.
  18. Carrying out an individual work that specifies the work plan and timing of activities.
  19. Using computing tools, both basics (word processor or databases, for example) and specialised software needed in the professional practice of archaeology.
  20. Applying both knowledge and analytical skills to the resolution of problems related to their area of study.
  21. Mastering Universal History from Prehistory to the Late Modern Age.

Contents

The TFG consists of the development and presentation of a topic directly related to the content of the subjects of the Archaeology Degree that must allow a global and synthetic evaluation of the specific and transversal skills associated. The TFG must be a fundamentally academic work, not a research work in the strict sense, a character reserved for the TFM. Exceptionally and never in a generalized way, the Degrees may propose some topics that involve the initiation to the handling of the basic research tools.

Specifically, the TFG consists of:

  • The choice of a topic directly related to the contents of the Archaeology Degree
  • The research of documentation and bibliography, the selection, treatment and critical analysis of the data and literature specific to the chosen topic
  • The development of the theoretical framework, hypotheses and conclusions derived from this research
  • The written presentation of the work
  • The oral presentation of the most significant aspects of the work carried out


The Final Degree Project consists of 2 parts: (1) the written assay and (2) the oral presentation


(1) The written assay will consist of the writing of a text in each student's own language and must strictly follow the formal presentation requirements, both in terms of spelling and references, bibliographical citations, notes and index.

The written assay must include the following sections:

Cover with title in Catalan/Spanish, name of the author and tutor and academic year.

Summary of the content in Catalan/Spanish and English (300 words for each summary) and keywords (4-6) in Spanish/Catalan and English

Paged index

Body of the work (minimum length of 12,000 words and maximum of 18,000 words):

Presentation or introduction.

Development (subdivided into sections/chapters).

Conclusions.

Cited bibliography

Appendices (optional)

The format will be free except for line spacing (1.5), font size (11 or 12 points) and margin width (never greater than 3 cm). All pages, with the exception of appendices, must be numbered.

The body of the TFG may include figures, graphs and tables that will be numbered and referenced in the text with an explanatory footnote where the origin will also be indicated, in parentheses, or indicating whether they are the student's own work.

The work may have at the end annexes of documentation, graphs, illustrations, plans, files, that have not been included in the body of the text

The citations and bibliographical references will conform to the Harvard System, the APA (American Psychological Association) style, Chicago or any other standardized model that the tutor deems appropriate given the characteristics and content of the TFG. For more information on citation and bibliographic referencing systems, you can consult the resources of the UAB Libraries https://www.uab.cat/ca/biblioteques/ccr/citacions-bibliografia

For the preparation of the TFG, the use of a bibliographic manager such as Mendeley or Zotero https://www.uab.cat/ca/biblioteques/gestors-bibliografics


(2) The oral presentation will consist of the public presentation of the TFG by the student before an Evaluation Committee composed of two members of the Archaeology Degree teaching staff or experts designated by the TFG coordination. The TFG Coordination will assign a date and place for the public reading of the TFG.

The presentation by the student will have a maximum duration of 15 minutes with the support, if deemed appropriate, of digital presentation programs or other audiovisual tools, as long as the presentation does not extend beyond the established duration. The Evaluation Committee may ask questions and request clarifications about the TFG during the presentation ceremony. As a guideline, the committee will pay attention to the student's presentation values, instrumental resources and expressive sufficiency, but also the content of the research presented, its coherence and the relevance of the research process presented and its results.

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Research and elaboration of the project 130 5.2 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
Supervision 10 0.4 4, 15, 16, 17, 20

Course organization

Despite being a semester subject, the TFG preparation calendar is annual. The selection of the topic to be developed and the tutoring sessions will take place throughout the academic year, both in the first and second semesters. Throughout the course, the Degree Coordination will convene 3 general meetings with students enrolled in the TFG (September/October, February, May) to explain the objectives of the work to be carried out, facilitate the procedure for assigning tutors and provide support for the general process of preparing the TFG. The specific dates and places where the meetings will be held will be made public, at least one week in advance, through the Virtual Campus. Attendance at these meetings is mandatory and will have a contingency in the evaluation of the follow-up. Different documents must also be delivered to the Degree Coordination and/or the tutor professor to monitor the follow-up of the TFG preparation process of each enrolled student. The delivery dates and document templates will be available on the Virtual Campus.

The final version of the TFG will be delivered to the tutor in electronic format (pdf) no later than June 15 (oral presentation at the end of June/beginning of July) or July 20 (oral presentation at the beginning of September). On the same date, a copy in pdf must also be sent to the Degree's TFG Coordination, which will serve as official proof of delivery.

The Degree may organize complementary training seminars throughout the course for the preparation of the voluntary TFG.

Given that this is a subject without a fixed schedule or meeting space, it is essential that students regularly consult the Moodle of the Virtual Campus to be informed of the meetings called, the documents necessary for monitoring and other relevant information that may arise.


Procedures for choosing or assigning a topic and tutor:

Students will have the possibility of choosing one of the topics that have been worked on in the Archaeology Degree. All the teaching staff of the Degree will be involved in the subject. Students will be able to choose the person who will tutor the TFG from among all the teaching staff who teach in the Degree, depending on the substantive line or specialty of the work and the availability of the chosen teaching staff. The coordinator of the Degree will provide the necessary support to guarantee that each student who enrolls has this tutoring. Any change in the topic or the person assigned to tutor the TFG must be authorized, within the limits established by the work calendar, by the Coordination of the Degree and the Teaching Committee of the Archaeology Degree. Each teacher will supervise a maximum of students based on the criteria established by each unit or area of ​​knowledge within the Degree.


Tutoring sessions:

Tutors are meetings arranged between the student and the tutor to resolve doubts, hold discussions on the specific contents of the work and monitor the process of preparing the TFG according to the calendar agreed between the tutor and the student. The monitoring sessions may be in person or virtual and will involve the partial delivery of the agreed sections and the preparation of progress reports by the tutor professor. It is recommended that a minimum of 2 tutoring sessions be held per semester. The progress reports of each student will have a contingency in the evaluation of the monitoring.


Some of the monitoring and delivery processes of materials will be carried out from a specific application that will be informed in the first information session with the enrolled students.


Course calendar

  • 2nd half of September/1st half of October (1st meeting of all enrolled students): Session with all enrolled students on the objectives, calendar and procedure for preparing the TFG. The specific date and place of the meeting will be announced at least one week in advance through the Virtual Campus. In parallel, an indicative list of topics (and, where applicable, tutors) will be disseminated through the Virtual Campus. Students on an Erasmus stay will be informed in a personalized way through the Virtual Campus and will be provided with their assignment to a tutor.
  • October 15 (Delivery of documents): Throughout the first half of the month, students will formally request the topic to be developed in the TFG by submitting a form available in the Moodle Space of the Virtual Campus. This sheet must include:
  • Provisional title of the project
  • Project tutor/s
  • Objectives of the TFG
  • Initial reference bibliography
  • The original (or digital) signature of the TFG project tutor is mandatory.
  • This sheet must be submitted through the Virtual Campus file submission tool.
  • October 30 - Publication of the definitive list in the Moodle Space of the Virtual Campus of accepted TFGs and the person responsible for their tutoring
  • February 15 (Delivery of documents): Each enrolled student shall send an email to the Degree TFG Coordination with a copy to the tutor that includes the detailed index of the written work and a fully written section (following the instructions of the TFG tutor) will respond to a form sent from the TFG coordination to assess the progress in the preparation of the TFG and the tutoring dynamics
  • 2nd half of February (2nd Meeting of all enrolled students): Consultation session and monitoring of the TFG preparation process. The specific date and place of the meeting will be announced, at least, one week in advance through the Virtual Campus.
  • 1st half of May (3rd Meeting of all enrolled students): Session to address issues related to completing the TFG and, especially, to provide general guidelines for the oral presentation. The specific date and place of the meeting will be announced at least one week in advance through the Virtual Campus.
  • 30 May (Delivery of documents): Each enrolled student will respond to a form sent by the TFG coordination to inform whether the written TFG will be delivered on 15 June or 20 July (this communication is essential to include the student in the list of assessable students)
  • 15 June (Delivery of written work from the June group): Deadline for submitting the work for its oral presentation during the first week of July. The work must be sent by email to both the tutor and the TFG Coordination of the Degree in pdf format. No paper copy of the TFG is necessary.
  • June 16-22 - Publication of the date and time and composition of the Evaluation Committees for the June oral presentations
  • June 28-29 - June oral presentations
  • July 20 (Delivery of written work from the September group): Deadline for submitting the work for oral presentation during the first week of September.
  • July 23-26 - Publication of the date and time and composition of the Evaluation Committees for the September oral presentations
  • September 1-2 - September oral presentations

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.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Public presentation TFG 40 0.5 0.02 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 15
Supervision 10 0.5 0.02 4, 17
Written essay TFG 50 9 0.36 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

The TFG may be submitted to the June or September call. Each enrolled student will have to communicate to the month of May which of the two calls is to be presented, through the mechanisms established by the Coordination of the TFG of the Degree.


THE TUTOR'S APPROVAL IS AN ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE FINAL DEGREE PROJECT.


Evaluation of the written work (50% of the final mark)The written work will be evaluated by TFG supervisor who will have to write a report that will be presented to the TFG Coordination of the Degree following an established model that will assess the following aspects:

  • Ordered structure of work
  • Bibliography search: selection and critical analysis of the specific bibliography of the chosen subject.
  • Approach to the theoretical framework and state of affairs
  • Description, analysis and presentation of the documentation and the elaborated data
  • Ability to scientific reasoning through experimental planning, hypothesis approach and its possible contrast
  • Formal submission requirements, both for spelling and syntax, as well as bibliographic citations, notes and index.

Evaluation of the oral presentation (40% of the final mark)

The written work will be evaluated by a Commission formed by two members of the teaching staff of the Degree of Archeology who must write a report that will be presented to the Coordination of the TFG of the Degree following an established model. The teaching staff that evaluates the presentation of the TFG can not be the supervisor of the project. The following aspects will be assessed:

  • The oral expression of the student
  • The structure of the oral presentation (formulation of the problem, description of the method, presentation of the results and interpretation)
  • The consistency and relevance of the research process presented and its results
  • The relationship between the oral presentation and written work
  • Setting the presentation time set
  • Theproper use of audiovisual media

Follow-up evaluation (10% of the final mark)

The monitoring of the TFG development process will be for the TFG Coordination of the Degree, valuing the following aspects:

  • Attendance at the 3 general meetings of the enrolled students
  • Delivery within the established deadlines of the documents programmed by the TFG Coordination of the Degree
  • Supervisor's progress reportS


Qualifications marks

The qualification mark of a TFG has the same value as any other course of the degree. Those TFGs that are considered \"Not evaluable\" will be because the written essay has not been delivered on the given date, does not present the specific regulatory requirements (stylistic, orthographic, plagiarism, bibliography ...) rules, the student has not made the oral presentation or the supervisor considers that the project does not meet the conditions to be presented. The TFG only has a call and can not be re-evaluated.

In the June call it will be awarded, if applicable, the total of Honor Matricules that correspond to the number of students enrolled. No Honor Matricules are reserved especially for the September call, although if in June they are not awarded, the ptojrcts presented in September will have this option. In the case of having more candidates than number of enrollments, a Teaching Committee may be designated to determine the criteria for granting.

On the detection of plagiarism

If the teaching staff at any time of the evaluation of a work detects evident plagiarism, it will mark the TFG with a "Not evaluated", in application of the commitment that the student signs at the moment of the registration to respect the rules on the originality of the projects.

This course allows the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies exclusively for bibliographic research or information retrieval tasks and for proofreading or translating texts.Students must (i) identify the parts generated using AI; (ii) specify the tools used; and (iii) include a critical reflection on how these tools influenced the process and the final result of the submitted work. If the instructor detects obvious plagiarism at any point during the evaluation of a piece of work, the assignment will be marked as "Not Submitted." Lack of transparency regarding the use of AI will be considered academic dishonesty and will result in the assignment receiving a grade of 0, with no possibility of a resit.


About the process of reviewing and claiming qualifications

The TFG is subject to the same processes of ordinary review and extraordinary revision of any other subject of the degree. That is why i) must establish clear criteria (headings) to evaluate both the written presentation and the oral presentation; ii) raise the record of the monitoring process; and iii) make the lack of work in the oral evaluation committee explicit in public. This information is essential in the processes of extraordinary review.


About the certification of the TFG title

As of course 2017/2018 the TFG titles will not be included in the academic record of the students. The students who request it may apply for a certificate to Academic Management showing the title of the TFG. During the first fortnight of July, the coordinations of the TFG will reach the academic GA a complete list with the names of the students and the titles of the TFGs presented in the way that they are indicated from the Dean


About the publication of TFGs in the DDD

The publication in the UAB Digital Repository of all TFGs with a final grade of 9 or more is recommended. In order to be able to do the publication, the student must sign and submit to the TFG coordinator the consent document prepared by the Humanities Library.


This subject does not incorporate single assessment.

Bibliography

It is recommended to consult the online resources on how to prepare a TFG from the UAB Library Service. https://www.uab.cat/ca/biblioteques/com-fer-tfg-tfm


Coromina, Eusebi; Casacuberta, Xavier; Quintana, Dolors (2000) El Treball de recerca : procés d'elaboració, memòria escrita, exposició oral i recursos. Universitat de Vic: Vic.

Eco, Umberto (2001). Cómo se hace una tesis: técnicas y procedimientos de estudio, investigación y escritura. Editorial Gedisa: Barcelona.

Estella, Marta (1994). Les Referències i les citacions bibliogràfiques, les notes i els índexs. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Gabinet de Llengua Catalana

Ferrer, Virginia; Carmona, Moisés; Soria, Vanessa (eds.) (2013). El Trabajo de fin de grado : guía para estudiantes, docentes y agentes colaboradores. McGraw Hill:Barcelona

Meloy, J. M. 2002. Writing the qualitative dissertation: understandign by doing. Ed. Mahwah: Lawrence Enlbauw Associater.

Murray, R. 2008. Writing up your university assignments and research projects:a practical handbook. McGrow-Hill. Open University Press. https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.are.uab.cat/lib/uab/detail.action?docID=345139

Montolío, Estrella (coord.) (2000). Manual práctico de escritura académica. Editorial Ariel: Barcelona

Sánchez Asín, Antonio et al. (2016). Trabajos de fin de grado y de postgrado: guía práctica para su elaboración. Editorial Aljibe: Archidona.

Sancho, Jordi (2014). Com escriure i presentar el millor treball acadèmic : guia pràctica per a estudiants i professors. Eumo Editorial: Vic.

Swales, John M.; Feak, Christine B. (2004). Academic writing for graduate students: Essential tasks and skills. University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor, MI.

Software

There is no specific software.

It is recommended to use a bibliographic manager, such as Mendelay https://www.uab.cat/web/estudia-i-investiga/mendeley-institucional-1345718283901.html

Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE

Type of teaching Group Language Semester Shift
(TFG) Treball de fi de grau 1 Unknown Undefined morning-mixed