Checking date: 02/11/2022


Course: 2021/2022

Masters Thesis
(17796)
Geopolitics and Strategic Studies (Plan: 387 - Estudio: 346)
EPC


Coordinating teacher: HIDALGO TRENADO, MANUEL

Department assigned to the subject: Social Sciences Department

Type: Master Final Project
ECTS Credits: 12.0 ECTS

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Objectives
After completing the course, the student will be able to carry out a full investigation, the final result of which will be a document (report, scientific article, or working document) with the quality standards of a professional analyst. For this the student: 1. will come to dominate a specific topic in the field of geopolitical and strategic analysis. 2. will be able to prepare a document with a rigorous theoretical base based on the knowledge acquired in the Master. 3. will put into practice the knowledge about methodology and analysis techniques acquired during the Master. 4. will produce and / or use the most appropriate qualitative or quantitative data to address the space or geopolitical phenomenon studied. 5. will analyze available data with appropriate research techniques. 6. will write the document in a clear and rigorous manner, from the written, iconographic or visual point of view, so that the results can be communicated effectively. 7. will present and defend orally the results of her/his work before a committee composed of at least one professor of the Master.
Skills and learning outcomes
Description of contents: programme
1. Selection of a space and relevant geopolitical phenomenon to analyze. 2. Link the studied subject to existing knowledge in the field of geopolitical and strategic analysis. 3. Develop a research design that allows to analyze with efficiency and rigor the topic selected. 4. Apply concepts and select and / or generate data. 5. Analyze the data to carry out the project. 6. Organize the structure of the dissertation. 7. Write the work and present the data in an effective and rigorous manner. 8. Defend publicly the thesis and answer the questions that are asked.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 100
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 0

Assessment Matrix
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Additional information

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