Principal working language: that of the student, typically in Catalan (cat), Spanish ( spa ) or English ( eng ); bibliographic materials may be in any of these languages (mostly in English).

The coordination will organize a prior informational meeting (October) to inform the students of the purpose of the Master dissertation, the procedure to be followed for the assignment of tutor teachers, the preparation of the proposal and the calendar.

Along February and March, work proposals will be made public. These proposals will contain the names of the teaching staff, a summary, the materials, the methodology and some orientation references, and will be made available to the students in the corresponding Moodle classroom.

At the end of March, the coordination will open a form for a period of one week so that each student can choose the 3 proposals that are most interesting to them, scoring them from 1 to 3.

Once the period is over, the coordination will contact each student to agree on the selected work. If possible, it will be ensured that students can work on the proposal ranked as 1. If there is more than one student interested in the same proposal, the following options will be considered:

- Do the work in pairs.
- Duplicate the proposal (two areas of study, essay of different methods...) if, after contacting the tutoring staff, this possibility is authorized.
- If neither of the two previous options is possible, the tutoring staff will assess the student's profile through an interview in order to select one of the interested students. The student who is not chosen will be able to do the work ranked as 2 or 3.

The entire process will be transparent for all students.

The coordination will contact the tutoring staff and the students in order to inform them that the work can effectively start.

During the month of May, students must inform about the call in which they will present the work (July or September).

General guidelines for the delivery of the Master’s dissertation

In the Moodle classroom, the following information will be made available to the students:

- A summary guide with key dates and procedures.
- Layout of the Master dissertation. If the work will be submitted to be published in a specific journal, the journal layout can be used.
- Help documents and recommendations for executing the Master dissertation and the oral defense elaborated by the coordination. Instructions for accessing the support materials about preparing research papers from the UAB Library Service.
- Examples of Master dissertation from previous years.

Students must send the final document in Word and PDF format to the corresponding Virtual Campus delivery folder before the deadline for sending. The file must be named with the format \"SurnameStudent_NameStudent_TFM.xxx\".

The evaluation committee can reject Master dissertations delivered after the deadline.

This module does not incorporate single assessment.

The Master Thesis will consist in a written report and an oral defence. The written report will be valued by a court formed by 3 members in public session. Only members of the court are involved in this assessment.

The assessment will take into account the following aspects:

1. Aspects of form to the oral presentation

• Clear speech and structure of the exhibition
• Emphasis on the presentation of the main ideas
• Structure and format for easy understanding

2. Aspects of form in written work

• Clear and structured speech
• Emphasis on the presentation of the main ideas
• Easy comprehension writing and format
• Proper contextualization of work

3. Content of the Master Thesis

4. Membership and viability of the objectives set

5. Correspondence between objectives, methodology and results

6. Proper treatment of the questions and observations of the court

Aspects to take into account.

Students MUST submit to the Master Coordination a verification form for some general and formal aspects about their written report before submitting it to the Tribunal.

It is MANDATORY that the written report be checked by the Tutors before submitting it to the Tribunal. It is important to note that Tutors does NOT have to correct the written report but to make recommendations for its improvement.

It is MANDATORY that Tutors accept to submit the Final Master's Thesis to the Tribunal to be defended in public session within the dates scheduled by the Master Coordination.

The commission of any irregularity in an assessment activity (academic fraud, plagiarism or improper use of AI, unless such use is expressly authorised in the course guide) that may lead to a significant change in the grade will result in that assessment activity being graded with a 0. If the course guide stipulates that obtaining a minimum grade in that assessment activity is an essential requirement for passing the course, or if several irregularities occur in the assessment activities of the same course, the final grade for that course will be 0. In addition, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any student who incurs any of these irregularities.