The Bachelor’s Degree Final Project course only has an initial presentation as direct teaching activity. That is why the virtual classroom is the space to exchange information between the coordination team and the student, in addition to being the space to submit the various different assessments that are set during the course. It is essential, therefore, that the student consults the virtual classroom periodically, as well as the email address associated with it, to guarantee that they receive all the necessary information to undertake an effective follow-up.

To undertake their Bachelor’s Degree Final Project, students will have to submit a request for their preferences in relation to the topics proposed by the faculty (which will supervise their work). The proposed topics represent the different optional subjects on the degree. After careful review, the faculty will assign the final bachelor's topic for each student.

The methodology of the undergraduate project is divided into monitored work, independent work, and evaluation activities.

The supervised activity includes two different formats: on the one hand, there are 6 hours of mandatory monitored sessions scheduled from the start (divided into 4 sessions); on the other hand, students can request up to 6 additional hours of follow-up tutoring, which will be arranged with the supervising professor. The supervisory sessions programmed are training in nature and will also be assessed, since they must serve to assess the competences corresponding to the task.

Three different stages can be distinguished in the Bachelor’s Degree Final Project in Speech Therapy: an initiation stage during which the work is specified and proposed (workload of approximately 25 hours of student work), a development stage of the work (workload of approximately 75 hours), and an end and closing stage culminating in the presentation of a report and the public defence of the final work (workload of approximately 50 hours).

The six attendance-based sessions will be divided into three stages. During the first compulsory session (S1, September), the coordinating team of the course will present detailed information to all students about the specific Bachelor’s Degree Final Project procedures, as well as the schedule of the main milestones to provide the student with an overview of the course. The second compulsory session (S2, to be held approximately before the first half of the first semester), corresponds to the supervising faculty, and should serve to establish the specific objective of the work, and the follow-up methodology. The third compulsory supervisory point (S3, approximately beginning or middle of December) will serve to evaluate the progression of the project, and will therefore have an assessment character as well being training. At the fourth compulsory supervisory point (S4, approximately at the beginning of the second semester), the progress/development of the Bachelor’s Degree Final Project will be evaluated in order to determine which state the project is in and help with the last stage to prepare the final assessment assignment to be submitted.

The final assessment will include a fifth compulsory session of final supervision of the work done (S5, approximately in the middle of the second semester), the writing of an executive summary aimed at non-experts on the subject and a press release for dissemination, all of them compulsory assessments. Finally, in the sixth compulsory session, students must undertake an oral presentation of their Bachelor’s Degree Final Project in a joint session with other students who will have worked in related subjects (S6, during the last teaching week of the second semester established by the faculty).

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.

Five evaluative stages are programmed: the first three corresponding to the project stage and the last two to the diffusion of the work done.All evidence documents will be delivered in the virtual classroom.

Evidence 1a (Project) and S3: The students must submit a written assessment on the project they wish to undertake, answering questions from the supervisory faculty during the follow-up session.

Evidence 1b (Development) and S4: The students must submit a written assessment on the introduction and methodology of their work, and answer the questions of the supervisory faculty during the follow-up session in relation to the development of the work and the planning of the results.

Evidence 1c (Final report) and S5: The students must submit a written assessment in the form of the final report and answer questions from the supervisory faculty during the follow-up session.

Evidence 2a and 2b (Executive summary and press release): The students must submit the written assessment of the executive report and the press release that will be graded by a member of the faculty (who must not be in any case the person who has supervised the work).

BEWARE: Evidences 2a and 2b must be undertaken and submitted individually, regardless of whether the Bachelor’s Degree Final Project is undertaken in pairs. Not doing so implies a penalty in the grading for these assessments.

Evidence 2c and 2d (S6: oral presentation and peer-assessment): Students will have to do 15 minute oral presentation of their work (20 minutes if working in pairs), using audiovisual support; the file of the presentation must also be submitted via the virtual classroom. This assessment will be graded by the same person as assessments 2a and 2b. In this presentation, the student must also evaluate other classmates that present in the same session (Assessment 2d), following the same guidelines as the grading teaching staff. Peer assessment must be submitted via the virtual classroom after the session and although this 2nd assessment does not directly affect the final grade, failure to submit peer assessments will result in a penalty of the total grade.

BEWARE: Evidence 2d must be undertaken and submitted individually, regardless of whether the Bachelor’s Degree Final Project is undertaken in pairs. Not doing so implies that it will be considered as not submitted, and the final mark will have a % penalty (as detailed in the Table below).

In order to pass the Bachelor’s Degree Final Project, students must:

a) Undertake the four follow-up sessions with the supervising faculty, one in each of the four stages programmed (S2, S3, S4 and S5).

b) Undertake the presentation corresponding to assessment 2c (S6) and submit, by the set deadlines and via the virtual classroom, the documents corresponding to all mandatory assessments (1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b and 2c).

c) Obtain a final grade of 5.0 points or more in the total of all assessments, and obtain at least 3.25 points on the project (assessments 1a+1b+1c) and at least 1 point in their oral presentation (evidence 2c).

d) In the event of any breach of these requirements, the overall mark that will be stated will be a maximum of 4 points.

e) A change of subject that has not been previously agreed with the supervisor will result in the failure of the part of the report and, consequently, in the failure of the whole subject.

The assessment is designed to show whether the student proves certain learning outcomes at different times of the process, it is understood that it is important to determine the state of these learning outcomes at those specific moments when they are assessed. The final grade is obtained by the sum of the scores reached over time and it is representative of the achievements at each moment, it is understood that the moment to demonstrate each achievement is not indifferent, and that each one has its moment.

Re-assessment is continuous and is included within the development of the course. It is not contemplated at the end of the course.

Students who have submitted assessments with a weight equal to or greater than 4 points (40%) cannot be classified on file as "non-evaluable".

The Bachelor's Degree Final Project course does not provide for a single assessment.

Link to the guidelines of assessment of the Faculty of Psychology 2022-23 (approved in Permanent Board of 06.05.2019): https://www.uab.cat/web/estudiar/graus/graus/avaluacions-1345722525858.html

ATTENTION: Use of AI

In this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is allowed as an integral part of the development of the work, provided that the final result reflects a significant contribution of the student in the analysis and personal reflection. The student will have to clearly identify which parts have been generated with this technology, specify the tools used and include a critical reflection on how they have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. Lack of transparency in the use of AI will be considered a lack of academic honesty and may lead to a penalty in the grade of the activity, or greater penalties in cases of seriousness.