Master’s thesis
General information
- ECTS: 12 ECTS
- Requirements: The Regulation of Assessment and Qualification of Apprenticeships in the Degrees and Masters of the University of Lleida (approved by the Governing Council of 29 June 2023) provides that students may only enrol in the TFM when they register all outstanding credits to complete the degree.
Development plan
- The subject is developed in three phases, a) Choice of Theme, b) Elaboration of the TFM, & c) Deposit..
a) Choice of theme (September).
The choice of theme will be made through a scheduled activity on the virtual campus. In this phase, each student will be assigned a director.
b) Preparation of the TFM (September-May).
The student will develop the TFM and the director of the TFM will guide and follow up the student in detail.
c) Deposit (January or May).
The presentation will be made in the section of ACTIVITIES OF THE VIRTUAL CAMPUS in one of the following two periods:
1. Until 08 January 2025 at 11pm.
2. Until 26 May 2025 at 11pm.
The deposit includes two documents:
1. TFM Memory.
2. Signed report of the tutor (model available in the section of Resources).
System of evaluation
The evaluation of the TFM consists of three sections (percentage on the final rating): a) Director (reasoned report, heading [optional]), b) Memory (70%), and c) Oral defense (30%).
Paragraph a) is carried out by the director of the TFM. The director has to authorize the submission of the TFM by means of the reasoned report (optional heading).
Paragraphs b) and c) are carried out by an evaluation committee made up of 2 different teachers from the director (president and vocal), who teach at MPGS or have a minimum master’s degree. Memory and oral defense can be done in Catalan or Spanish.
The student’s oral defense will be for a maximum of 20 minutes. The two members of the committee will make questions and comments that the student will have to answer and argue. This discussion with the committee will be about 15 minutes maximum. The date, time and place of the TFM oral defense will be communicated to students at least three days before the day set for the oral defense.
The TFM that exceeds if the final assessment [Memory + Oral Defense] >= 5.00, according to the evaluation rubric applied to the criteria of each section. All items in the heading are scored with a quantitative value that can vary between 0 and 1 (0, 0.1, 0.2, ... 0.8, 0.9, 1).