FCE: Masters in Administration and Business Management (2121)

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Study Plan

Courses Structure and Course Unit Descriptions

The Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) is taught in one academic year divided into two terms, the first of which incorporates compulsory subjects aimed at expanding and deepening knowledge the students have about Business Management. In the second term, two additional compulsory subjects and twelve optional credits are included, in order to achieve a greater specialization of the graduates. Within the optional credits, the student will be able to do curricular internships in companies for a total of 8 ECTS. The student will finish the Master’s Degree with the presentation of the Master's Final Project (TFM) before a jury. The MBA curriculum comprises a teaching load of 60 ECTS, of which 32 correspond to the first semester and the remaining 28 to the second semester.

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION

The following table shows the distribution of credits that the student must complete.

SUBJECT TYPE	PROFESSIONAL ITINERARY
COMPULSORY	40
COMPULSORY INTERNSHIPS IN EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS	8
OPTIONAL	4
MASTER’S FINAL PROJECT	8
TOTAL NUMBER OF ECTS	60

Master’s Final Project

The Master's Final Project (TFM) in the degrees adapted to the EHEA is an assignment that each student must complete to finish the degree. In this Master’s Degree the TFM has a teaching load equivalent to 8 ECTS. The TFMs are based on the use of all the contents and competences acquired throughout Modules 1, 2 and 3. They will be developed through access to secondary sources of information (publications, Internet, etc.) and, where appropriate, primary sources of information (interviews, surveys, data collection in the companies themselves, etc.), under the supervision of a teacher-tutor member of the MBA teaching team. This teacher-tutor provides the supervision and the necessary tutorials for each student. In addition, professors from other degrees, universities, companies or from regional, national or even international institutions with the approval of the TFM will participate in activities of support.

For the assessment the following will be taking as reference: the TFM Director’s report, the document submitted by the student and the presentation of the project before a jury, according to the UPCT regulations.

The processing of the TFM will start in the corresponding application through the Services Portal provided that the student is enrolled in TFM.

Below are some interesting links related to the TFM:

• Regulation on Final Projects (Bachelor and Master’s Degree) at the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, approved by the Government Council of June 21st, 2017.
• TFM published at the UPCT.