Information for the student – Specialized Communication

Final project

Characteristics

The student will have to prepare a written work under the supervision of a doctoral tutor in which he will have to demonstrate his ability to develop an intervention or research in the professional field and his ability to work independently. The student is also expected to integrate and apply the knowledge acquired throughout the Master's. The Work will have to be defended publicly at the end of the Master's.

Regulation

Projects should be carried out as research assignments:

General regulatory rules for University Master's theses of the University of Barcelona (in catalan), approved by the Academic Commission of the Governing Council of 8 June 2011 and by the Governing Council of 19 July 2011.
Regulatory regulations for the final university master’s theses of the Faculty of Philology and Communication (in catalan) of the University of Barcelona, approved by the Commission for official master’s degrees and own postgraduates on May 7, 2024 and by the Academic Commission of the Governing Council on June 26 of 2024.

Tutoring

Options:

A PhD tutor from the Master's teaching team.
Two doctoral tutors from the Master's teaching team.
A doctoral tutor for the Master's and an external doctoral professor for the Master's.
The tutor (or tutors) supervises the development of the TFM and prepares a short report at the end, but cannot be part of the evaluation committee.
The Master's Coordinating Committee will assign a tutor to each student after knowing the student's interests and in accordance with the line of research to which he is assigned. In order to make it easier for students to choose, the Master's teaching staff will draw up a menu of proposals.

Assessment Committee

Three members; a committee will be formed for each specialization:

Coordinator.
A PhD-holder from the master's degree teaching staff.
An external PhD-holder, from one of the departments involved in the teaching of the master's degree.

Final Project defence and calendar

Presentation and defence of the Final Project (20 minutes) and subsequent discussion with the examination panel, in a public session.

The final grade is a weighted average of the mark awarded for the final project, the mark for the student's presentation, and the tutor's report.

Submission deadline for final projects: 16 June (first assessment period) or 12 September (second assessment period). The defence will generally take place within the following three weeks.