The student must complete an original, individual research project under the supervision of a faculty tutor. The project will be carried out individually, although collaborative activities may be established during its development if several students share the same case study.

When selecting the topic and completing enrolment, the student must indicate whether they intend to submit the project in the February or June examination period, bearing in mind that only one submission is permitted per examination period and academic year.

The project must comply with the criteria and requirements established by the course regulations. Most of the work will be carried out independently by the student, including the collection and analysis of information, the development of the research, the writing of the dissertation, and the preparation of the oral defence. Once the research process has been completed, the student must prepare a written dissertation and an oral presentation for the defence of the project before an assessment committee composed of faculty members from the degree programme.

The faculty tutor and the student must agree on at least three supervisory meetings throughout the academic year to monitor the progress of the project. Students are responsible for preparing the minutes of these meetings and submitting them as a single document in the designated area of the Virtual Campus.

The course coordination team will provide information on the organisation of the course and the corresponding schedule through the course space on the Virtual Campus.

Written Dissertation and Oral Presentation

A template for the dissertation will be made available on the Virtual Campus as a guide. The dissertation must not exceed 10,000 words and must include the following sections:

• Cover page: including the title, the names of the student(s) and tutor(s), the academic year, and a statement indicating that the document is a Bachelor's Final Project for the Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Sciences at the UAB. Any institutions that have collaborated in the development of the project should also be acknowledged, where applicable.
• Acknowledgements (optional).
• Table of contents.
• Abstract.
• Introduction/background.
• Project objectives.
• Methodology.
• Results and discussion.
• Conclusions.
• References.
• Appendices (if necessary).

For the purpose of calculating the length of the dissertation, only the sections from the Introduction to the Conclusions will be counted. The table of contents, abstract, references, and appendices will not be included in the word count.

The oral presentation will last a maximum of 15 minutes and will be followed by a discussion with the assessment committee lasting no more than 15 minutes. The questions will be intended to assess whether the student has achieved the level of maturity and the knowledge expected of a graduate in Environmental Sciences. The presentation will take place in an open session before an assessment panel composed of at least two faculty members from the degree programme.

Both the written dissertation and the oral presentation may be completed in Catalan, Spanish, or English.

As a general guideline, the oral defences of the Bachelor's Final Projects will be scheduled one week before the deadline for the submission of final grades for the corresponding examination period (February or July). The written dissertation must be submitted through the Virtual Campus between one and two weeks before the date of the in-person defence.

The deadlines for submitting the written dissertation will be announced at the beginning of the academic year through the Virtual Campus.

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.

The assessment process for the Bachelor's Thesis (TFG) will evaluate (i) the student's continuous work throughout the course, (ii) the final thesis submitted at the end of the course, and (iii) an oral presentation of the thesis, in accordance with the following criteria:

• 30% of the final grade: assessment by the TFG supervisor, based on the final report documenting the supervision process.
• 70% of the final grade: assessment by an examination committee composed of at least two members, selected from among the degree programme teaching staff and/or TFG supervisors according to the criteria of (i) thematic affinity and (ii) distribution of teaching responsibilities among departments. Each member of the committee will assess both the written thesis and the oral presentation using an assessment rubric provided in advance by the person responsible for the TFG course.

The person responsible for the TFG course reserves the right to consult the supervisors and/or the members of the examination committee in order to clarify the rationale behind the grades proposed by each of them. In all cases, the person responsible for the TFG course will be responsible for assigning the final grade for each TFG and recording the corresponding information in the official assessment records.

• A final grade of Fail does not allow the thesis to be resubmitted during the same academic year. The student must therefore re-enrol in the TFG course in the following academic year.
• If the grade awarded in the supervisor's report is below 5.0, the student will not be allowed to defend the TFG.
• The final grade will automatically be Fail if all members of the examination committee award the thesis a failing grade.
• The final grade will be Not Assessed if the student does not submit the written thesis to the supervisor or to the examination committee within the established deadline.

According to UAB regulations, Honours (MH) may only be awarded to students who obtain a final grade of 9.00 or higher. The assessment rubrics will include the following question: "Do you consider that this Bachelor's Thesis merits the award of Honours?" To award an MH, both the supervisor and all members of the examination committee must answer this question affirmatively. The final decision rests with the person responsible for the course. In accordance with university regulations, a maximum of 5% of the students enrolled in the course may be awarded Honours.

Use of AI

Restricted use. For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is allowed exclusively in support tasks, such as searching for information or bibliography, extracting content from documents, translating texts and correcting grammar. The generation of textual content using these tools is not allowed. The student should clearly identify which parts have been generated with this technology, specify the tools used, and include critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final outcome of the activity. The non-transparency of the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered academic dishonesty and may lead to a partial or total penalty in the grade of the activity, or greater sanctions in cases of severity.