Academic Year/course:
2023/24
295 - Degree in Physical Activity and Sports Science
26327 - Undergraduate Dissertation
Syllabus Information
Academic year:
2023/24
Subject:
26327 - Undergraduate Dissertation
Faculty / School:
229 - Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y del Deporte
Degree:
295 - Degree in Physical Activity and Sports Science
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
4
Semester:
Second semester
Subject type:
End of Grade Dissertation
Module:
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1. General information
It is necessary to corroborate that students are able to integrate all the knowledge and skills acquired throughout their training and apply them to a final project. This is necessary given that the contexts of professional development are varied and complex and future professionals need to be able to master different professional orientations.
In accordance with the regulations, students are required to present and defend their degree´s final project (DFP) before a board of examiners in order to finish the degree. In it, they must demonstrate that they have acquired the necessary competencies to develop their future professional work.
These approaches and objectives are aligned with the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations Agenda 2030 (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/), so that the acquisition of the learning results of the subject provides training and competence to contribute to some extent to their achievement. Especially in relation to the following objectives:
A) On a priority basis:
3- Health and wellness.
4- Quality education.
B) In a cross-cutting manner:
5- Gender equality.
2. Learning results
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To carry out autonomously and with the tutoring of a teacher, an academic or specific practical project or laboratory project, or as a result of a stay in another university, related to physical, sporting and expressive activities, in which an interdisciplinary approach is recognized and in which as much as possible of the knowledge acquired during the training is applied in order to demonstrate the professional ability to work of the graduate in Physical Activities and Sport Sciences.
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Defend orally the project carried out (including a section in English or French), with communicative correctness, optimal audiovisual presentation, showing an appropriate attitude and solving the questions posed by the board of examiners with accuracy and relevance.
3. Syllabus
There is no program in this subject
4. Academic activities
The activities will be agreed between the student and the director of the Final Project in each case
The following tutorials are available for guidance:
Tutorial 1: Presentation of the topic.
Tutorial 2: Planning of the final project.
Tutorial 3: Development of the final project and problem solving.
Tutorial 4: Defence of the final project
The work schedule will be agreed upon by student and teacher.
The general phases will be the following, without prejudice to what is indicated in the Faculty's regulations regarding elaboration of the degree final project.
1.- Decide the modality of the DFP (line, Practicum or original work)
2.- Contact potential tutors.
3.- Attend the call for the election of a tutor
4.- Confirmation of the commitment with the tutor in a definitive manner.
5.- Completion of the first tutorial with the tutor, and completion of Annex I, including the title and theme of the DFP, the justification for its choice and a brief initial approach that must be approved by the Quality Assurance Commission
6.- Conducting the necessary tutorials with the tutor.
7.- Prepare one section in a foreign language as it will be written and defended in English or French.
8.- Delivery of the DFP to the tutor for authorization with sufficient time for its review.
9.- Deposit it in the Zaguan repository
10.- Submit the report at least 10 days before the date of the defence at the secretary's office of the Faculty through the Electronic Registry of the University.
11.- DFP defence. (15 minutes presentation + questions from the board).
The date of the annual calls will be conveniently published in the official examination calendar.
It is recommended to follow the specific calendar of this subject that is published each year in Moodle and to review the different announcements that are made through it.
5. Assessment system
In any case, the Degree Final Project will be guided by the Regulations for the elaboration of final degree and master's degree projects of the Faculty of the Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences.
Evaluation test: DFP report: 60%
Structure:
1. COVER
a. UPPER HEADER. Must include:
Universidad de Zaragoza
Degree in Physical Activity and Sports Science
b. TITLE: the appropriate title to adequately reflect the content of the DFP (it should appear in
Spanish and English)
c. AUTHOR OF THE WORK: Name and Surname
d. TUTOR(S): Name and Surname and area of knowledge
e. DATE OF PRESENTATION
2. ABSTRACT: in Spanish and English with a maximum length of 300 words. It must include at least 5 keywords.
3. INDEX AND LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
4. CONTENT OF THE REPORT (can be adapted to the characteristics of the work)
a. INTRODUCTION
b. OBJECTIVES
c. DEVELOPMENT (this section should be adapted according to the type of work selected and agreed with the tutor)
d. CONCLUSIONS
5. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Vancouver, APA, or any other recognized.
Formatting standards.
The paper will have a maximum of 60 pages excluding annexes.
It should be submitted in Times New Roman or Arial font, size 12, double-spaced. The margins of the upper and lower text will be 2.5cm and 3cm for the right and left margins.
Each student must deposit it in the Secretary's Office of the Centre and also make the electronic deposit in the document repository of the University of Zaragoza (DEPOSITA), a minimum of 10 days before the day officially reserved for the defence of the work; each student will present this report in a printed document , and also include a copy in electronic format in the same or send it to secrefsd@unizar.es.
It must be deposited together with Annexes II and III. The name of the academic tutor and the name of the student must appear on the cover page, title page and labels of all works, both printed and computerized,.
Subsequently, the tutor will send by internal mail their grade (Document E.1) to the coordinator, at least one week before the official call for the DFP defence.
Remarks:
The tutor must give the approval for the presentation and defence of the work (a minimum of 5 points is required to present the work to the board)
Evaluation test: Oral defence of the project before a board designated by the dean. (40%)
The student's presentation to the panel will be public and will not exceed 15 minutes, followed by a question and answer session discussion and questions by the members of the board.
Remarks:
The defence of the final project may be carried out once the student has a maximum of twelve ECTS of the degree pending to be passed
The defence of the final degree project may be carried out once the student has a maximum of 12 ECTS of the degree pending to be passed (Article 9 of the Agreement of September 11, 2014, of the Governing Council of the University), which approves the Regulations of the final degree and master's degree projects at the University of Zaragoza)
At least one of the sections must be defended in English or French.
The evaluation of this subject will be global.
Given the exceptional circumstance of non-presence that may occur, the evaluation of the work will be carried out by means of the simplified procedure approved by the Quality Assurance Commissions of the degree programs
Fraud or total or partial plagiarism in any of the evaluation tests will result in the failure of the subject with the minimum grade, in addition to the disciplinary sanctions that the guarantee committee adopts for these cases. For a more detailed knowledge about plagiarism and its consequences, please consult: https://biblioteca.unizar.es/propiedad-intelectual/propiedad-intelectual-plagio#.