The Final Degree Project involves each student doing an individual, original project, report or study with the guidance of one or more supervisors. This process should use and put into practice the academic content, skills, competencies and abilities they have acquired during the degree course.



The project must be assessable and show that the degree candidate has the minimum key skills and knowledge necessary for their future professional development. It must take the form of a piece of professional/academic research that requires the student to put their knowledge, creative skills and originality to use, in a test of maturity before embarking on their career.



To enrol for the Final Degree Project, students must be enrolled on all the subject courses required to complete the curriculum.

Competencies acquired in this module for the Degree in Business Administration and Management:



- The ability to apply the knowledge acquired to their work in any field related to business administration and management

- The ability to give reasoned opinions on the basis of the data gathered

- Knowing how to search for, identify, analyse and synthesise information from different sources, with the critical ability to assess the position and prospects of a business, give reasoned opinions and take decisions about relevant matters of an economic/business, social and ethical nature.

- Drawing up, issuing and presenting any report clearly and coherently regarding issues and situations within the business and regarding specific situations in other companies and markets that might assist appropriate decision-making, for both specialist and non-specialist audiences.

- Developing the learning skills to acquire a high degree of autonomy, with a view to both undertaking further studies and their own self-training in a field involving constant change and innovation.

- Running and administering a business or organisation, understanding its competitive and institutional position and identifying its strengths and weaknesses.

- Knowing how to fit into any functional area of a business or organisation and competently perform any management task that may be required of them, with the abilities necessary to work in diverse environments and multicultural organisations

- Effective assignment of the resources available, using information and communications technology within their field of study and professional context.

- The capacity for fluid verbal and written communication.

- The capacity to work in a team with responsibility and respect, initiative and leadership.

- The capacity for analytical thought and critical reflection

- The capacity to use creativity, innovation and an enterprising spirit.

- The capacity to communicate in a foreign language, preferably English, French or German.



The learning results associated with this module are the following:



- Finding and organising documentation.

- Synthesis and abstraction of the basic ideas in the documentation used.

- Application of economic theory and reasoning to a specific area.

- Writing a report including the approach, execution and main conclusions of the project.

- Presenting work in a manner appropriate to the audience

Students will do a piece of work that will show their achievements in terms of studying and assimilating knowledge, solving problems and tasks in the field of the skills associated with the degree, and they will be responsible for their own learning process.



The Final Degree Project must be oriented towards application of the general competencies associated with the degree, to practising finding, managing, organising and interpreting relevant data, normally within their field of study, to give opinions that include reflection on relevant issues of a social, academic, technological or ethical nature, and helping to develop critical, logical and creative thought and judgement. The project can be of an empirical, theoretical or practical nature in professional terms.

The methodology of this module is based on autonomous work by students, under the guidance of their tutor. Students must attend a seminar giving guidance on how to approach the Final Degree Project. The supervisor will be in charge of facilitating the student's learning process by guiding them in the execution of the project, its writing and its oral presentation, by means of different teaching and tutorial activities. In summary, the methodology is centred on the student as the key part of the teaching system, with the lecturer/tutor supervising and facilitating the learning process.



In any case, preparing the Final Degree Project requires the student to: a) identify relevant issues of interest to progress in knowledge of a specific area of the Degree; b) take decisions about the type of project to submit to answer the questions raised; c) collect information, analyse it and interpret it critically; d) write the report with academic rigour and e) defend it orally.

• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Oral defense (%): 30
  • Individual works (%): 70

The final degree project is to be produced and handed in in writing and must be presented and defended orally in the language in which it was written. The pertinent committee will assess the work on the basis of the written report, the tutor's prior report and the public exposition and defence of the said work. Assessment criteria will be: academic quality, clarity of exposition (written and oral) and capacity for argument.



To withdraw from the ordinary session it is sufficient not to attend the defence of the paper.

The final degree project is to be produced and handed in writing and must be presented and defended orally in the language in which it was written. The pertinent committee will assess the work on the basis of the written report, the tutor's prior report and the public exposition and defence of the said work. Assessment criteria will be: academic quality, clarity of exposition (written and oral) and capacity for argument.



To withdraw from the ordinary session it is sufficient not to attend the defence of the paper.

Basic bibliography

Documentation specific to the Final Degree Project posted on the centre's website.