In lecture classes, students will receive theoretical and technical information. In the seminar sessions (practice), they will recieve tools to assume the theoretical concepts in a more applied way. Finally, under supervision, students will have to write the course essays.

There is a scheduled start time for the sessions, for which it is required punctuality. Therefore, the entry (without any kind of justification) is not accepted after the beginning of the lecture nor leaving before it finishes.

All students are required to have a respectful attitude towards the rest of the students. No offensive or discriminatory behavior (due to birth, race, sex, religion, opinion, or any other personal or social circumstance) will be tolerated during classes.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

The approach we propose aims to bring different marks on participation in the course in a continuous assessment of students. Therefore we will create discussion tasks in which we will be assessing the students. A continuous assessment, measured through practice, written comments and a final exam it will be held. The continious assessment is mandatory in this course.

ATTENDANCE

- Attendance is mandatory 100% (Grade regulations). There will be a control system. If a student misses more than the 80% of the lessons (lectures or seminars), he/she will not be assessed.

- If a student does not attend at least 80% of the teaching activities cannot pass the course.

- Excused absences are accepted and the teacher will allow the student to recover the work done in class in the case of excused absence. An excused absence must be documented. Excused absences can only be derived from illness or similar situations.

- If the teaching activity cannot be performed by student strike or teachers, students shall be required to prepare the content on their own and will be assessed.

- Teachers can provide students with specific material to prepare the content that had been discussed in the lecture class. (Agreement of the Professor-Students Committee, June 2012).

- Classes start on time. Entry into class is not allowed once it has started, nor can you leave before the scheduled time, provided there is not a justifiable reason.

Requirements to pass de course

To pass the course students will have pass with at least a mark of 5 each of the tasks evaluated:

a) Essays on readings (30% of final mark)

This work will be requested during the semester and will focus on answering questions about two papers (Available on Moodle), and/or in the assessment of the seminar contents.

b) 1 group essay (30% of final mark)

Students will analyze a case / conference proposed at the beginning of the course. According to this, students will develop some aspects throughout the semester.

c) 1 final exam (40% of final mark)

Focused on the theoretical content taught in the course.

Students will be assessable as long as they have carried out a set of activities whose proportion is equivalent to a minimum of 2/3 of the subject's total grade (although we remember that each evidence must be passed with a minimum of 5). If the value of the activities carried out does not reach this threshold (for example if they only deliver or present 1 paper or exam), the subject teacher may consider the student as not assessable.

Resit

Those who fail in the continuous assessment, will have the chance to pass the course in the final weeks of the course. The maximum grade at the reassessment exam (in case any student had failed the first one) will be 7. There's no chane to assit to the resit in order to increase the final mark.

Fraudulent conduct

If during an exam, any student is detected cheating from another student or from any other material, automatically will fail the course without the option of resit at the end of the semester. In case of plagiarism in a paper, each case will be analyzed, and the student could eventually fail the entire course without the option of resit. According to papers, in the event that a plagiarism behavior is detected, the paper will be failed (0) and the student will be notified. If the behavior persists, the course will be suspended without an option for resit.

In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for tasks supporting bibliographic or information searches, text correction, or translations, but under no circumstances for generating texts, analyzing data, or reflecting on materials (and other similar tasks). Students must clearly identify which parts were generated using this technology, specify the tools employed, and include a critical analysis (at the end of the assignment, if applicable) on how these tools influenced the process and the final result of the activity. Lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered academic dishonesty and may result in a partial or full penalty on the activity grade, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.

Unique assessment

The unique assessment must be autorized by the faculty, and will consist of:

- Written exam (40% of the final mark). There will be an exam at the end of the course on the contents of the two blocks of the subject. During the course, the evaluable contents will be detailed.

- Practical exam (30% of the final mark). With questions about the papers that can be found on the campus

- Case analisys Paper and Presentation about the case (30% of the final grade)

To pass the course students will have pass with at least a mark of 5 each of the tasks evaluated

Universitat a l'abast

This is the education program aimed at people over 50 who voluntarily take the subject (prior formal registration). We recommend involvement in the dynamics proposed by the teaching staff, the completion of assignments and exams despite being optional. Thus, a system of "challenges" is proposed that will allow participation to be translated into the final grade.

• Majority attendance in classes without submitting or doing any activity (Final Grade: Passed)
• Majority but irregular attendance in classes + 1 activity (work or exam) passed (Final Grade: Passed)
• Majority attendance in classes + 2-3 activities (work or exam) passed (Final Grade: "Notable")
• Majority attendance in classes + all activities (work or exam) passed (Final Grade: "Excellent")