Students’ workload in ECTS (European Credits of the Master)

The Master has assigned in its Program of Studies (composed of 5 Modules) a workload of 60 ECTS . These workloads are distributed in the Master in a series of interrelated activities that enable students to develop the final Master’s Thesis. These activities are shown in the following table:

60 ECTS are equivalent to the student’s average workload that must be included between (25 x 60) = 1.500 hours and (30 x 60) = 1.800 work hours.

Teaching-learning course	Activities in classroom with physical presence of the professor (hours)	Guided activities (out of classroom) without physical presence of the professor(hours)	Work Total (hours)	Credits (ECTS)
Learning modules	726	613	1339	40
Final Master’s Thesis	0	450	450	15
Total	726	1063	1789	60

	SUBJECT	ECTS	WORK HOURS
Module I: Planning, evaluation and management of rural development	Rural planning with ecological base: Development models	5	138
	Evaluation design: Methods and tools	5	140
	Management for rural-local development projects: Bases for competence	5	145
	Planning in the public field: From knowledge to action	2	60
	Participative and collaborative evaluation for entrepreneurship	2	60
	Bases for competence in project management	3	60
Module II: Quantitative techniques for a sustainable development	Technologies for territory study: Remote sensing and GIS	3	82
	Support systems for decision making	4	107
	Uses of complex systems socially intelligent (SCSI) in rural development	2	50
Module III: Sustainable management of a territory and its biodiversity	Techniques and models for sustainable management and biodiversity conservation	4	112
	Sustainable management of soil and water	4	75
	Socioeconomic sustainability assessment	2	80
	Natura network 2000. Concepts and evaluation of the state of nature conservation	2	50
Module IV: Human Development	Scientific Writing: Elaboration of thesis and scientific articles	3	90
	Human Development	3	90
Module V	Final Master’s Thesis	15	450
Total		63	1789

TYPE OF ACTIVITY	Description	ACTIVITY PROFESSOR		STUDENT WORK (outside classroom)		STUDENT WORK (evaluation)		TOTAL HOURS
		Objetives	Hours (A)	Type of work	Hours (B)	Evaluation Method	Hours (C)	A+ B+ C
Theory	Participative classes	Explain and debate concepts and methods	199	Know and understand concepts and methods	195	Exams and test about concepts	-	-
Cases studies and exercises	Exercises and case studies	Suggest exercises and solutions	204	Learn to solve exercises and case studies	182	Submitted exercises	-	-
Individual tutoring sessions	Individual tutoring sessions for FMT with tutor	Guide the FMT execution	55	Development and application of concepts to FMT	43	Preparation of tutoring sessions	-	-
Tutoring sessions (on-line) FMT	Online tutoring sessions for FMT with tutor	Guide the application of concepts to FMT	45	Concept application to FMT	54	Preparation of tutoring sessions	-	-
Final Master’s Thesis	Student essays for FMT	Essay evaluation. Institutional relations	20	FMT elaboration	380	Master’s thesis submission (in partial fulfillment)	-	-
Study visits	Visits and field work of student	Guidance of field work and visits	29	Elaboration of an alternative report	8	Debate presentation	-	-
Conferences-Debate	Complementary conferences and debates	Evaluate the development of personal competences	23	Elaboration of an alternative report	14	Report presentation	-	-
Presentations	Papers presentations	Evaluate the development of personal competences	62	Prepare and present essays and FMT	28	Oral presentations of topic	-	-
TOTAL			726		1022		41	1789