University of Barcelona

Communication and the Culture Industry

Final project

Final Project

In the final years of their studies, undergraduate students must take and pass the Final Degree Project (TFG), which is mandatory.

The Royal Decree 1393/2007, of October 29, which establishes the organization of official university courses, establishes its mandatory nature and says: "The work at the end of the Degree... must be carried out in the final phase of the plan of studies and be oriented towards the evaluation of skills associated with the degree".

The TFG involves the completion by the student and individually of a project in which the skills (knowledge, skills and attitudes) acquired throughout the degree are applied, integrated and developed.

Exceptionally, and when the difficulty, complexity or interdisciplinary nature of the work justifies it, it can be done in a group (maximum 3 students); in these cases it is necessary for the tutor to draw up a short report justifying the work and to receive the authorization of the TFG coordinator of the education.

The TFG can be carried out simultaneously or consecutively to the realization of external curricular practices (compulsory or optional). In this case, the student can link both subjects.

As a general rule, the TFG must conform to one of the following types:

  • In-depth study and/or synthesis based on the research of bibliographic sources (state of the issue, review, synthesis, theoretical and conceptual development).
  • Essay or work where the acquired knowledge and skills are applied.
  • Creative work of a professional nature linked, preferably, to external curricular practices.

The training activities of the TFG correspond fundamentally to the student's independent work.
The TFG is regulated by the General Norms governing final degree theses of the University of Barcelona, approved by the Governing Council of June 7, 2011 and by the Final Degree Thesis Regulations of the Faculty of Philology and Communication, approved by the Academic Commission of the Center on February 3, 2023.

According to this regulation, "the student must write the TFG when he is in the final phase of the study plan. He can do it when he has registered all the credits he lacks to obtain the degree".

Enrollment requirements

The subject "Final Work of Degree" can be enrolled by selecting it in the automatic registration in the block of compulsory subjects of the fourth year. The requirement is that the student completes the degree studies in the year in which he enrolls in the TFG. In this sense, the Secretariat will review the registrations and files of the students and, in those cases where it is verified that the requirement is not met, a modification of the registration will be made ex officio by deleting the TFG.

The TFG is carried out under the guidance of a TFG tutor, who must act as a facilitator and facilitator of the learning process.

The tutor must be a teacher, preferably with teaching linked to the corresponding degree.

The tutoring of a TFG is structured in an established number of face-to-face group sessions and in a series of individual tutoring sessions. In any case, at least three individual sessions and two collective sessions must be held.

The teaching staff guides the student in relation to:

  •     Delimitation of the subject.
  •     Goal setting.
  •     Establishment of the TFG preparation calendar.
  •     Documentary and methodological guidelines.
  •     Monitoring the development of the work.
  •     Obtaining conclusions.
  •     Guidelines for the oral presentation and defense of the TFG.

When assigning or choosing TFG subjects, it must be borne in mind that, in order to be able to evaluate the skills achieved by the student, the subject chosen as an object of study must be directly linked to the subjects that make up the degree

For the choice of the subject of the TFG, the tutor must provide a selection of subjects to the student or can attend to the student's proposals in this regard. In any case, the choice made by the student must be approved by the tutor.

The evaluation of the TFG is ongoing. Given the unique nature of the TFG, in which transversal skills must be assessed, which can only be done through the monitoring and tutoring of the student, there is no possibility of accepting the single assessment .

For this reason, it is not possible for the student to opt for the extraordinary end-of-studies convocation. You can only be accepted if, while attending the stipulated collective and individual sessions, you have not been able to present the TFG in the June and September calls of the course immediately preceding the registration date of the extraordinary call

The evaluation periods of the TFG are adjusted to the evaluation calendar established for each academic year.

The teaching plan for the TFG subject includes the criteria and the evidence that make up the evaluation system and the weighting of each one. The evidence is, at least:

  •  The individual tutorials, where the following transversal skills are especially assessed:
  1.         Capacity for criticism and self-criticism;
  2.         Creative ability in decision-making;
  3.         Ability to organize and plan work;
  4.         Learning capacity and responsibility;
  5.         Ability to locate, critically evaluate, use and synthesize bibliographic information.
  • The written memory. The tutor assesses the rigor and quality of the content of the work and the formal quality of the written work (correct spelling and grammar, structure of the discourse and relevant use of vocabulary).
  • The oral defense of the work. A court especially assesses the student's oral communication ability, that is to say, the correctness of expression and the student's ability to communicate and debate.

It is an essential requirement that the student approves the written report in order to pass the subject.

The requirements and formal characteristics and content of the written report are included in the corresponding teaching plan for the subject of each degree.

To be able to carry out the reassessment of the TFG, it is required that the student has done the individual tutorials and the oral presentation within the period of the continuous assessment.

The TFG assessment of Philology degrees follows a rubric system as indicated in the attached document.

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