The Final Degree Project is a compulsory subject worth 12 ECTS credits. It must be taken during the second semester of the fourth year of studies, once the preparatory course on Research Techniques has been completed.
The Final Degree Project will be tutored, and the appointment of the tutors who design and supervise its development will take into account their specialization profile as well as the criteria established for this purpose by the center's competent bodies in matters of teaching organization.
The topics for the final degree projects will be included in a catalog so that students can choose based on their previous experience. The catalog will be compiled by a joint committee composed of faculty and representatives of social organizations.
The Final Degree Project will last no more than one semester. In order to prepare students for the completion of the Final Degree Project, a compulsory subject worth 6 ECTS credits is established, taught in small groups. It is called "Research Techniques in Economics." It must be taken and passed before starting the Final Degree Project, in the first semester of the fourth year. Its contents will focus on the skills and knowledge required in the different fields involved in applied research and will be organized into thematic areas. Guidelines will be established in the corresponding course guide to ensure compliance with minimum criteria of quality and consistency between the contents taught in the different groups in which the course is organized.
The following table provides a summary description of the module in which the Final Degree Project is framed.
ECTS credits: 30
Module name
Internships and final degree project
Duration and temporal location within the curriculum
The subject that gives its name to this module is taught in the first and second semesters of the fourth year.
Generic instrumental skills: capacidad de análisis y síntesis: desarrollar la capacidad de razonar y abstraer de forma adecuada y lógica, con economía de pensamiento y sentido del rigor, utilizando la memoria sólo como complemento a la lógica y el razonamiento; comunicación oral y escrita en la lengua nativa (español): capacidad para realizar y presentar diferentes tipos de documentos escritos correctamente, para hablar en público, organizar y/o participar en un debate así como mantener una entrevista de forma correcta, para preparar y presentar un tema de forma correcta y satisfactoria, para emitir informes y redactar proyectos empresariales, para comunicarse con fluidez en su entorno; comunicación en una lengua extranjera (inglés): potenciar la lectura de artículos científicos y libros en inglés que profundicen en los temas objeto de estudio, así como la exposición en inglés de algunos de los resultados del trabajo de investigación realizado; capacidad de organización y planificación: desarrollar la capacidad de ordenar y estructurar la información disponible y planificar el proceso de resolución de problemas; conocimientos de informática relativos al ámbito de estudio: dominar tecnologías de procesado y análisis de la información sobre fenómenos económicos; habilidad para analizar y buscar información proveniente de fuentes diversas: desarrollar la capacidad de buscar la información apropiada para el estudio de un fenómeno particular; capacidad para la resolución de problemas: saber interpretar los resultados de la investigación en términos útiles para la solución de problemas en el ámbito de la economía; capacidad de tomar decisiones.
Generic personal skills: Work in an interdisciplinary team; Critical and self-critical capacity: able to recognize the contexts in which acquired theoretical knowledge is useful, understanding its nature, scope, and limitations; Ethical commitment at work: understanding the importance of formulated hypotheses to ensure the validity of conclusions and the interpretation of results, and understanding the need to present them honestly; Ability to work in a team;
Systemic generic competencies: trabajar capacidad de aprendizaje autónomo: ser capaz de profundizar en el estudio y aplicación de los conocimientos adquiridos que resulten útiles para el análisis de un fenómeno económico; trabajar creatividad: potenciar la capacidad del alumnado para idear situaciones en las que sean aplicables los conocimientos adquiridos, así como para pensar en soluciones alternativas a los problemas que pretenden resolver determinados procedimientos; motivación por la calidad: potenciar un estilo minucioso, objetivo y claro en el desarrollo de los argumentos empleados, aportando racionalidad y rigor al análisis de la realidad económica; capacidad de adaptación a nuevas situaciones.
Specific skills: (Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Commercial Management; Commercial Research; Financial Management; Financial Investment Analysis; International Financial Economics; Business Organization and Administration; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics; Spanish and World Economy; Mathematical Analysis; Statistics; Corporate Tax Regime; Corporate Law; Economic History; Mathematics; Statistics; Econometrics; Mathematics of Financial Operations): integrate knowledge from the different areas of Business Administration and Management to approach a particular problem from different perspectives; know the sources of useful information for the analysis of the economic phenomenon under study; understand, apply and interpret the different technical procedures that help interpret economic reality and guide decision-making.
Competencies for applicability: Ability to apply knowledge in practice: being able to apply acquired knowledge to a particular economic situation; Information search and research skills: enabling students to understand the state of the art regarding a specific problem in the economic literature, as well as to decide on appropriate procedures to contribute to its solution.
Prerequisites
They have not been established
Subject 1
Final Degree Project
Subject 2
Internships
Research Techniques in Economics (OB, 6 ECTS)
Final Degree Project (OB, 12 ECTS)
External Internships (OB, 12 ECTS)
The assessment of the knowledge and skills acquired by students will take into account their active participation throughout the course, through the completion of proposed activities, individual or group work, and partial tests to determine their achievement of objectives.
Training and learning objectives of theoretical knowledge (nature of the economy and national and international environment; models and techniques for representing economic reality; instrumental knowledge).
To provide students with an integrative view of the different knowledge acquired when analyzing a particular economic phenomenon.
Understand and carry out all phases of economic research, from the examination of specialized literature and the search for information to the application of different models and techniques for representing economic reality and obtaining relevant conclusions.
To prepare students for the development of a final degree project, as well as its public defense before an academic panel. One ECTS will be allocated to assist students in preparing a research summary in English, as well as a summary presentation of the research in English before the academic panel that will evaluate it.
Approach to a practical economic study.The economic explanation.Data sources and empirical models.Economic implications.
These internships will be carried out in organizations outside the university, through the Center's internship program. Two ECTS credits will be allocated to training activities related to developing written and oral English language proficiency, to be delivered by the teaching staff of the Department of English Philology.
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Regulations for the subject "Final Degree Project" at the University of La Laguna (Approved at the Governing Council meeting of 18/12/2020)