Course syllabus
(6747) TFM MÁSTER UNIVERSITARIO EN DIRECCIÓN Y GESTIÓN EN COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL / INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Academic term 2024/2025

Spanish course syllabus

  1. Identification

    1. About the course

      2. Academic Term
      2024/2025
      Degree
      MÁSTER UNIVERSITARIO EN DIRECCIÓN Y GESTIÓN EN COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL / INTERNATIONAL TRADE
      Course
      TFM MÁSTER UNIVERSITARIO EN DIRECCIÓN Y GESTIÓN EN COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL / INTERNATIONAL TRADE
      Code
      6747
      Year
      PRIMERO
      Course type
      TRABAJO FIN DE MÁSTER
      Number of groups
      3
      ECTS
      6.0
      Estimation of workload
      150.0
      Timeline
      2º Cuatrimestre
      Languages
      English
      Academic Term 2024/2025
      Degree

      MÁSTER UNIVERSITARIO EN DIRECCIÓN Y GESTIÓN EN COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL / INTERNATIONAL TRADE
      Course TFM MÁSTER UNIVERSITARIO EN DIRECCIÓN Y GESTIÓN EN COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL / INTERNATIONAL TRADE
      Code 6747
      Year PRIMERO
      Course type TRABAJO FIN DE MÁSTER
      Number of groups 3
      ECTS 6.0
      Estimation of workload 150.0
      Timeline 2º Cuatrimestre
      Languages English

    2. Teaching staff

  2. Presentation

    3. The Master's Thesis (MT) is a compulsory course for students enrolled in a Master's Degree. The MT is a personal and autonomous piece of work intended for students to show the skills and contents gained throughout the degree programme. It will always be developed under the supervision of a tutor who will guide the student and it will be publicly and individually presented and defended.

  3. Conditions of access to the course

    1. Incompatibilities

      2. There are no records

    2. Requirements

      3. There are no records

    3. Recommendations

      4. No existen recomendaciones para esta asignatura.

  4. Competencies

    1. Basic competencies

      • CB6: Poseer y comprender conocimientos que aporten una base u oportunidad de ser originales en el desarrollo y/o aplicación de ideas, a menudo en un contexto de investigación
      • CB7: Que los estudiantes sepan aplicar los conocimientos adquiridos y su capacidad de resolución de problemas en entornos nuevos o poco conocidos dentro de contextos más amplios (o multidisciplinares) relacionados con su área de estudio
      • CB8: Que los estudiantes sean capaces de integrar conocimientos y enfrentarse a la complejidad de formular juicios a partir de una información que, siendo incompleta o limitada, incluya reflexiones sobre las responsabilidades sociales y éticas vinculadas a la aplicación de sus conocimientos y juicios
      • CB9: Que los estudiantes sepan comunicar sus conclusiones y los conocimientos y razones últimas que las sustentan a públicos especializados y no especializados de un modo claro y sin ambigüedades
      • CB10: Que los estudiantes posean las habilidades de aprendizaje que les permitan continuar estudiando de un modo que habrá de ser en gran medida autodirigido o autónomo.

    2. Degree competencies

      • CG1: Capacidad para identificar y analizar las oportunidades de negocio en el ámbito del comercio internacional.
      • CG2: Desarrollar una propuesta de mejora en el área de comercio internacional de la empresa que mejore su competitividad en los mercados internacionales.
      • CG3: Capacidad para identificar los diferentes elementos relacionados con la operativa del comercio internacional para alcanzar los objetivos de la empresa.
      • CG4: Capacidad para integrar y relacionar, desde la ética profesional, las operaciones de comercio internacional en la estrategia de la empresa.
      • CE14: Planificar y desarrollar un proyecto completo de internacionalización y operaciones de comercio internacional de la empresa.

    3. Transversal and course competencies

      There are no records

  5. Research lines or work topics

    6. Research lines

  6. Training activities

    7. Training Activity Methodology Hours In-person
    AF1: Exposición Teórica / Clase Magistral 5.0 100.0
    AF2: Seminarios / Aprendizaje orientado a proyectos / Estudios de Casos. Exposición y Discusión de Trabajos 5.0 100.0
    AF3: Trabajo autónomo del estudiante 120.0 0.0
    AF4: Tutorías individualizadas o en grupo 20.0 100.0
    Total 150.00

  7. Course schedule

    8. https://www.um.es/web/estudios/masteres/international-trade/2024-25#horarios

  8. Assessment systems

    9. Identifier Name of the assessment tool Assessment criteria Weighting
    SE4 Evaluación del Trabajo Fin de Máster por el Tutor.

    The tutor will evaluate the student throughout the course based on different aspects of both the attitude of the student in carrying out the TFM (attendance at planned work meetings, punctuality in the delivery of the documentation, etc), as well as the quality of the work, its writing, its technical coherence, etc The quality of the corresponding executive summary and of the preparation of the presentation before the Evaluation Court The student will have to deliver two drafts (deadlines are provided at the beginning of the process) The work must be original to the student so that it can be approved

    		 50.0
    SE5 Evaluación mediante defensa pública del Trabajo Fin de Máster ante el tribunal.

    A panel will assess the adequate defense of the work by the student, taking into account factors such as the feasibility and applicability of the work, the means, the quality and format of the presentation, the language, voice and rhythm used in it, the ability to respond to questions asked by the members of the panel, etc

    A minimum mark of 4 out of 10 must be obtained in this element. Otherwise the tutor's mark will not be added to this mark to calculate the average.

    		50.0

  9. Exam dates

    10. https://www.um.es/web/estudios/masteres/international-trade/2024-25#examenes

  10. Learning outcomes

    11. The Master's Final Project (TFM) is a compulsory subject that the student must take to obtain the Master's degree It is a personal and autonomous work of the student whose purpose is to carry out in an integrated way of the contents and competences that have been acquired with the rest of the subjects and/or subjects that make up the curriculum It will always be developed under the supervision of a tutor that will guide the student in its elaboration, and must be presented and defended individually and publicly

  11. Bibliography

    12. Basic bibliography

    There are no records

    Further reading

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  12. Remarks

    13. The project is the application of knowledge to a real case There are 10 lines offered to students:

    ARPS 1 Building International Competitiveness

    ARPS 2 International Business Investment

    ARPS 3 International Business Market Entry

    ARPS 4 International Business Relationships

    ARPS 5 Market Assessment, Definition, Potential

    ARPS 6 International Negotiations Platforms

    ARPS 7 Small & Medium Sized (SMEs) Growth Strategies

    ARPS 8 Service Industries and International Markets

    ARPS 9 International Business Environment and Global Trends

    ARPS 10 International Human Capital and Talent Management

    It is essential to have approved the mark granted by the tutor to be able to access the presentation/ defense of the TFM.

    In order to pass the TFM, two conditions must be met:

    1- A minimum grade of 4 points out of 10 must be obtained in the oral defense. This grade is obtained as the arithmetic average of the grade awarded by each of the members of the panel.

    2- A mean of 5 points out of 10 must be obtained after adding the tutor's mark and the panel's mark.

    SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

    Those students with disabilities or special educational needs may contact the Service of Attention to Diversity and Volunteering (ADYV - https://www.um.es/adyv) to receive guidance on better use of their training process and, where appropriate, the adoption of measures of equalization and improvement for inclusion, under the Rectoral Resolution R-358/2016. The treatment of information about this student body, in compliance with the LOPD, is strictly confidential.

    STUDENT EVALUATION REGULATIONS

    Article 8.6 of the Student Evaluation Regulation (REVA) provides that "except in the case of activities defined as compulsory in the teaching guide, if the student is unable to follow the continuous evaluation process due to duly justified supervening circumstances, he/she shall be entitled to take a global test".

    It is also recalled that Article 22.1 of the Student Evaluation Regulations (REVA) stipulates that "the student who uses fraudulent conduct, including the improper attribution of identity or authorship, or is in possession of means or instruments that facilitate such conduct, will obtain a grade of zero in the evaluation procedure and, where appropriate, may be subject to sanction, after opening disciplinary proceedings".