PROJECTS THAT MARK THE FUTURE
Degree Projects
The last step towards your professional success
Legal Basis
Regulatory framework and statutes in force.
ORGANIC LAW ON HIGHER EDUCATION (LOES)
Art. 1.- Scope.- This Law regulates the higher education system in the country, the organizations and institutions that comprise it; determines the rights, duties and obligations of natural and legal persons, and establishes the respective sanctions for non-compliance with the provisions contained in the Constitution and this Law"Art. 144.- Degree Projects in digital format.- All higher education institutions will be obliged to submit the degree projects that are prepared to obtain undergraduate and postgraduate academic degrees in digital format to be integrated into the National Information System of Higher Education of Ecuador for public dissemination respecting copyright.
REGULATIONS OF THE ACADEMIC REGIME OF THE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Article 21.- Curricular organization units in higher technical and technological careers and equivalent; and, of degree.- These units are:Basic unit.- It is the curricular unit that introduces the student to the learning of the sciences and disciplines that support the career, its methodologies and instruments, as well as to the contextualization of professional studies; Professional unit.- It is the curricular unit that is oriented to the knowledge of the field of study and the areas of action of the career, through the integration of the corresponding theories and pre-professional practice; Degree unit.- It is the curricular unit that includes the subjects, courses or their equivalents, which allow the academic validation of the knowledge, skills and performances acquired in the career for the resolution of problems, dilemmas or challenges of a profession. Its fundamental final result is: a) the development of a degree project, based on research and intervention processes or, b) the preparation and approval of a degree exam of a complex nature... Art. 68.- Fraud or academic dishonesty.- It is any action that, in violation of the principle of academic transparency, violates copyright or fails to comply with the ethical standards established by the HEI or by the professor, for the processes of evaluation and/or presentation of learning, research or systematization results. The following constitute conduct of fraud or academic dishonesty, among others:Appropriation of ideas or information from peers within evaluation processes. Use of information supports for the development of evaluation processes that have not been authorized by the professor. Reproduction in substance, through literal copying, paraphrasing or synthesis of intellectual or artistic creations, without observing copyright. Agreement for identity theft or the performance of activities in evaluation processes, including degree work. Unauthorized access to reagents and/or responses for evaluations.
ORGANIC LAW ON TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION (LOTAIP)
Art. 1: "Referring to the principle of publicity of information, it establishes that Higher Education Institutions that receive state revenues are subject to the principle of publicity, therefore all the information they possess is public, except for exceptions established in this law."
GENERAL ACADEMIC VICE-RECTORATE
To order compliance with the provisions of these instructions to its units.
LIBRARY
a. In order to issue the anti-plagiarism report as well as the verification and delivery of the degree work
The following procedure shall be observed:
- The Library will keep published on its microsite the forms to be observed during the development and delivery of the degree work. The formats will be socialized, and will be maintained throughout the health emergency, in case it is necessary to modify them, the approval of the General Academic Vice-Rectorate will be required, and they will be updated and socialized to the university community.
- The student will submit to the Director of the Degree Project, his/her digitized degree work, observing the formats published by the library. Any document that requires signatures, whether from the student or director of the degree project, may be signed with an electronic signature, if it does not have one, it will be printed, signed with a blue pen, and digitized (do not cut and paste a signature).
- The Director of the degree project will request the library to verify the anti-plagiarism of the work, by means of the email biblioteca.revision.tesis@espe.edu.ec
- The Library will manage the anti-plagiarism review and will send the response to the director of the degree project.
- The Director of the degree project, provided that the report indicates as a result that the coincidence is equal to or less than 10%, will send to the Degree Director, through the document management system (Quipux), the digitized degree work and the anti-plagiarism report, indicating that this has concluded, that the grades are registered in the academic system, and that he requests that the work be delivered to the library.
- The Career Director will send the degree work to the Library, with a copy to the Admission and Registration Unit, delivering it, through the document management system (Quipux) electronically signed. During the health emergency, the delivery of the degree work will only be in digital format.
ACADEMIC REGULATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARMED FORCES ESPE
Art. 194.- Degree work.- It is the research, academic or artistic result, in which the student demonstrates the comprehensive management of the knowledge acquired throughout his professional training; It must be delivered and evaluated when all the hours established in the curriculum of the career have been completed, including pre-professional internships. All degree work must consist of an innovative proposal that contains, at least, exploratory and diagnostic research, conceptual basis, conclusions and sources of consultation. To guarantee its academic rigor, the degree project must correspond to the learning acquired in the degree and use the level of argumentation, consistent with the conventions of the field of knowledge.Art. 197.- Content of the degree and group development work.- The degree work will deal with topics that contribute to the National Plan for Good Living, the National Development Plan, the regional and local plans, the social requirements and for its elaboration, teams of two students of the same career may be formed. These teams may integrate a maximum of 3 students, when they belong to different careers of the same or different institution of higher education.Art. 198.- Topic for degree work proposed by a public or private company.- In the event that the topic is proposed by a public or private entity and accepted by the respective career council, a letter of commitment or agreement must be signed between said institution and the University of the Armed Forces ESPE, in order to determine the terms of the sponsorship, financing and intellectual property.Art. 207.- Responsibility for the degree work.- The content of the degree work is the exclusive responsibility of its authors.
STATUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARMED FORCES ESPE.
Art. 103.-Paragraph 1.-"Comply with the principles and provisions established in the Organic Law of Higher Education, its regulations, legal system, the Code of Institutional Ethics and the internal regulations in force."
Guidelines
Requirements and steps of the process.
APA Standards 7th edition 2020
The APA standards have their origin in 1929, when a group of psychologists, anthropologists, and business administrators agreed to establish a set of standards or rules that help codify various components of scientific writing in order to facilitate reading comprehension.As in other editorial styles (see ICONTEC Standards, IEEE Standards), APA standards focus on defining the uniform use of elements such as:Margins and document formatting. Punctuation and abbreviations. Font sizes. Construction of tables and figures. Citation of references The latest version of the APA standards corresponds to the seventh edition, this manual has more than 300 pages. One of the main reasons for using APA standards in their publication is that it is one of the most widely accepted standards internationally.
Methodological Guide
for the presentation of degree projects
Methodological Guide
This guide contains several guidelines that provide standardization for the writing of academic papers, product of the undergraduate and graduate degree processes of the University of the Armed Forces ESPE, in order to maintain uniformity; this will allow you to understand the structure that a work must have, the format to be used for paper size, margins, type and font size, citations, references, among others, in addition to several guidelines for the submission, review and approval of works in the library, prior to their publication in the Institutional Repository.
Presentation Formats
Templates and official documents
Undergraduate
For the delivery-reception of degree projects, academic articles and monographs, graduates must provide the following documentation:
Review Format
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Degree projects
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Curricular Integration Work
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Academic Articles
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Monograph
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Postgraduate
For the delivery-reception of degree works and scientific articles, graduates must provide the following documentation:
Compilatio.net
It is a system that contrasts the content of degree and research works with information published on the Internet, printed sources and its own archive, promoting originality and academic honesty in the intellectual production of the University Community.
It contributes to the generation of new quality knowledge, developing information skills and preventing the misuse of information.
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Inductions
For the preparation of final grading assignments.