Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - Barcelona

Final Degree Project

• code 10734
• course 4
• term Semester 2
• type TF
• credits 6

Main language of instruction: Spanish

Head instructor

Dr. Santiago JUSTEL - sjustel@uic.es

Office hours

For any queries related to the organization of FDP, students can turn to Santiago Justel (sjustel@uic.es).

The Final Degree Project (FDP) is the realization of a professional project of journalistic information. 

The FDP is the result of the work of a team of 3-5 members, who receive guidance from the tutor assigned by the Faculty to each group, based on the characteristics of their project.

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Apply, integrate and develop the knowledge, skills and competences acquired during the degree.

• 07 CG - The ability to confront difficulties and resolve problems
• 09 CG - The ability to innovate
• 11 CG - Knowledge and mastery of different research resources
• 15 CE - Lingustic ability in Catalan, Spanish and English
• 16 CE - The ability to make judgments and well-argued critical assessments
• 17 CE - The ability to produce spoken and written texts for journalistic projects
• 19 CE - The ability to elaborate a budget for a journalistic project.
• 20 CE - The ability to plan and carry out journalistic projects
• 22 CE - The ability to critically analyze Spanish, European and World journalism.
• 23 CE - The ability to contextualize and critically analyze mass media products
• 02 CG - The ability to learn and act an autonomously and responsibly
• 03 CG - The ability to work in a group
• 04 CG - The ability to organise time and workspace
• 05 CG - The ability to develop an ethical attitude
• 06 CG - The ability to read, analyze and synthesize
• 26 CE - The ability to understand and apply the legal dimension of a journalistic product
• 28 CE - The ability to understand and apply production and editing techniques for newspaper, radio, television and Internet
• 29 CE - The ability to understand and apply different journalistic genres and formats
• 30 CE - The ability to understand and apply the various stages of creation and implementation of a radio or television program
• 48 CE - The ability of insight, ingenuity and creativity
• 52 CE - The ability to adapt to changing circumstances

• They will work with ease and professionalism in a radio studio and a TV studio.
• They will handle fluently video editing software, audio, web pages and graphics editing.
• They will know the resources needed in a radio or television.
• They will develop journalistic or Internet communication projects.
• They will know how to use graphic resources in journalism or communication projects.
• They will be able to design radio or television programs according to a typology, and yet be consistent with the structural reality of the sector.

• The PFG will be divided into two phases: 6 ECTS that must be overcome in the first half, as part of the subject Design of Journalistic Projects; 6 ECTS in the second half, as part of the subject Final Degree Project.
• At the end of the subject Design of Journalistic Projects the students must submit a written work, including the results of the documentation process carried out for:

1. Justify and develop the journalistic content to be distributed across each product: relevance of the chosen theme, fonts to use, that aims to satisfy needs, approach to be adopted...
2. Analyze the market in which the journalistic product is positioned and the audience it targets.
3. Define the business model that will ensure the viability of the product.
4. Planning a promotional strategy and product distribution.

• During the second semester, students will develop the final product under the supervision of the tutors of each project.
• At the end of the second semester, students will submit the final product and defend it.

• The evaluation of the written work will be conducted within the framework of the subject Journalistic Projects Design. Professors teaching this course will establish the evaluation criteria. 
• In the event that a group fails this subject, will be submitted to the second edition of this course, a month after the first convened.
• The note of FDP is the sum of the following percentages:

1. Individual Note established by the tutor of each FDP for each of the team members: 50%.
2. Overall Rating of FDP established by the board members: 50%.

• In the assessment by the court both the final product as the research dossier will be considered and evaluated:

1. The professional quality of the project and the work done by the team at all stages of preparation and presentation.
2. The journalistic quality: content value, contrast of sources, contextualization of information, news, social relevance and adaptability to the needs of the audience to which it is addressed.
3. The economic, legal and professional viability.