See the document: \"Orientaciones para la elaboración del Trabajo de Fin de Máster\".

To pass the module students must pass the evaluation of the two subjects that compose it.

In the table, the hours of dedication to each activity are not specified because they may vary from one student to another. The approximate total hours of the student's personal work are specified in the table in the \"Methodology\" section.

The exercises of the subject EGYPTOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY will consist of class attendance and participation in practical sessions (‘Pass’ will be equivalent to 10 and ‘Fail’ to 0). With regard to the procedure for reviewing marks for the module ‘Methodology of Egyptological Research’, the teaching staff will inform the students of the details. As for the resit for this part of the module, the teaching staff will agree on a date with the students.

Since the main aim of these exercises is to prepare the student for the completion of the final dissertation, they will essentially be assessed on the basis of the dissertation itself. For this reason, for the purposes of the final mark for the module, they are assigned a specific weight of only 5%.

CHARACTERISTICS AND FORMAT OF THE FINAL MASTER'S DISSERTATION (TFM)

The TFM is presented as a research article that must respond, in content and methodology, to the standards of the Egyptological discipline. It is not, therefore, a monograph, the argument must be very well defined and limited, and the objectives must be realistic, taking into account the time available and the means available. The student can choose his tutor from among all the Master's professors, according to his thematic or methodological preferences. The student and the teacher will decide the tutoring by mutual agreement. Teachers can suggest possible topics to students. If, on the contrary,it is the students who propose specific topics to the teachers, they must assess their viability and validate or not the proposals. Once the student and the tutor have agreed on a topic, both must meet at least once a month to adequately monitor the work.

In accordance with its conception as a research article, the length of the TFM must be about 30 pages (with bibliography, critical apparatus and figures - drawings, photographs, tables, maps, plans... - included). If the theme of the work makes it necessary to incorporate further graphic material, the number of pages may be increased to 40. In no case may the work have more than 40 pages. The main text should be written in Times New Roman font, 12 points. The text of the notes must be written in Times New Roman font, 10 points. Only the cover of the work and the titles of the chapters (but not those of the sections) can be written in larger font (but always Times New Roman). The sheet must be DIN-A4 and the margins must be those that appear by default in Word. The line spacing of the main text must be 1.5. The work will be written in Spanish, Catalan or English and care will be taken to ensure that the language has the correctness and quality that corresponds to a university level of studies. Under no circumstances will works that are not correctly written be accepted for public reading.

Calendar and public reading

October 15, 2026. Pre-briefing

November 2, 2026. Deadline for communication to the coordinator of the master's degree the subject (provisional title) and the TFM tutor.

April 1, 2027. Deadline for delivery to the TFM tutor and the master's coordinator of a provisional index and a bibliography as complete as possible of the work.

June 20, 2027. Deadline for delivery to the TFM tutor of a first version of the completed work; The tutor will return the corrected work to the student before July 31.

July 10, 2027. Deadline for delivery to the TFM tutor of the final version of the work.

July 20, 2027. Deadline for delivery of the completely completed work to the tutor and master's coordinator.

July 21 and 28, 2027. Public reading of the TFMs.

The public reading of the TFM will take place in two parts. In the first, the student will give a presentation of about 20 minutes on the motivations for choosing the topic of the work, the objectives, the methodology used, the structure and content, the main contributions and conclusions. For this exhibition, the student must use Information and Communication Techniques (ICT). In the second part, the members of the TFM Commission will issue their judgments, comments and questions, to which the student will be able to respond in a final turn of reply. Reading each TFM will take a maximum of 40 minutes. Students in the in-person modality of the Master will defend their work in person, while those in the virtual modality will do so via streaming.

As for the FINAL MASTER'S DISSERTATION, the written work will be worth 80% of the final grade and the oral presentation will be worth 20%. If the teaching staff detects plagiarism, the work will be scored with a zero. Honors registration will be awarded to anyone who achieves or exceeds a final grade of 9.5, complying with current regulations that allow one HR to be awarded for every twenty students. In the event that two or more works with the same maximum grade are chosen for the same RH, the average grade obtained in the master's degree will also be valued.

Evaluation of written work. Rubrics (value: 80%):

a) Originality and quality of the contents: 20%

b) Argumentationand structure: 20%

c) Treatment of textual, iconographic and archaeological sources: 10%

d) Quality of the bibliography and critical apparatus: 25%

e) Commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 5%

Evaluation of the oral presentation. Rubrics (value: 15%)

a) Structure and contentof the oral presentation: 10%

b) Orality of the exhibition: 5%

Egyptological research methodology: 5%

The Master's Teaching Committee, made up of three professors, will appoint the members of the TFM tribunals, which will be made up of two or three professors, one of whom will be the professor tutor of the work. The Master's Commission and the final composition of thetribunals will be communicated to the students one week before the public reading event.

With regard to the grading review procedure, teachers will inform students of this procedure at the time of each assessment activity.

With regard to make-up tests, the teacher will agree the dates with the students, which must be within the month following the original test. Students who have passed a testbutwish to improve their marks may also sit the make-up test. The final master's dissertation is not subject to recovery.

With regard to the marks review procedure, lecturers will inform students of this procedure at the time each assessment activity takes place.

The Master’s dissertation is not subject to resit.

Artificial Intelligence (AI). In this module, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is not permitted at any stage. Any work containing AI-generated content will be considered a breach of academic integrity and will result in the assignment being marked as 0 and not being eligible for resit, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.

This module does NOT use the single-assessment system.

Students will obtain a not assessed/not submitted course grade unless they have submitted more than 30 % of the assessment items.

PUBLICATION:

It is recommended that all FMDs with a final grade equal to or greater than 9 be published in the UAB \"Dipòsit Digital de Documents\" (DDD). In order to be able to publish, the student must sign and deliver to the coordinator of the TFM module the consent form prepared by the Humanities Library of the UAB duly completed.

Normative:

• Reglament del Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB acord del Consell de Govern de 25 d’abril de 2012.

• Política institucional d’accés obert de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona aprovada en Consell de Govern el 25 d’abril de 2012.

• Llicències Creative Commons recomanades a la UAB aprovades per la Comissió d’Accés Obert de la UAB a gener de 2015 i revisades a octubre de 2017.

• Política de preservació del Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (DDD)aprovada en Consell de Govern el 3 de maig de 2018.