Norma y discurso: la regulación de los trabajos de titulación en la Universidad de Cuenca

Abstract

Academic regulations are defined as the set of regulations suggested by the institution with the aim of guiding the development of a thesis work and getting a type of communication which is standard to the academic community. This study puts forward the regulations of five careers of the University of Cuenca, and explores, through the descriptive method and discourse analysis, to determine what particularities are involved in the standards. In addition, it responds how regulate the production and delivery of thesis works in the University of Cuenca, its influence in the preparation of the thesis work, and its relevance at the moment of starting the writing process and the composition of such work.