a)   Lectures consist on the exposition -by the lecturer- of the topics list on the programme. Students may interact and discuss about the diferent topics explained. References likend to the topic need to be read in advance in order to get involved in the discussion.

b)   Seminars consist on the performance of dynamics and rol playings in order to simulate real cases and situations linked to the community sancions enforcement. Debates based on theoretical topics and critical and reflexive comments about some of the compulsory readings may be part of seminars sessions as well. 

c) Organization. The module has a time schedule that will be facilitated to the students at the begining of the semester. It includes weekly organization within the activities, in and outside of class.

Evaluation system

A. CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

The evaluation model of the subject of penology is a system of continuous character that combines both individual and group work. The evaluation process of the activities will take into account all the learning results of the student regarding the competencies and objectives that inspire each of the tasks. In order to pass the subject it is necessary to have to pass each exam (a minimum of 5). Likewise, the average of all evaluation activities, individual and group, must have a minimum score of 5. In case of having any activity not recovered, it will only be averaged with grades of 4 or higher. The report must score 5 or higher to make Average.

Individual work: 80%

a) Partial exams (50%). Students must take a partial exam at the end of each thematic block based on the mandatory bibliography indicated for each topic, power point presentations and class notes. Each exam will have a value of 25% and there will be two exams (Block 1 and Block 2).

b) Participation (10%). Participation must be oral, active and reflective where the ability to argue in the activities proposed in the seminars is shown.

c) Individual case studies (10%). The seminars are organized on the basis of a dossier of cases and activities. The activities of preparation of the seminars (out of the classroom) and the activities carried out in the classroom as a result of the seminar are part of this note and must be delivered weekly. Two of the 4 activities are individual.

d) Preparation of a criminological report/dictamen (20%) of a practical case collected in the dossier worked in the seminars. It must be approved to make Media. Done in Class.

Attendance

In accordance with the regulations ofattendance of the degree of criminology for the current course, attendance is 100% mandatory. A minimum attendance of 80% is required in the teaching activities in order to be evaluated. The justified absences, which must be documented, will not be negatively computed and it will be facilitated that the student can recover the work done during his absence. Only those derived from force majeure that have occurred, such as illness or similar situations that prevent attending the teaching activities, are considered justified absences. The completion of other training activities of the degree may be considered as justified absences if accepted by the teacher responsible for the subject.

Group work: 10%.

Case studies in group (10%). The seminars are organized on the basis of a dossier of cases and activities. The activities of preparation of the seminars (out of the classroom) and the activities carried out in the classroom as a result of the seminar are part of this note and must be delivered weekly. The activities will be both group and individual. Three of the 4 activities are group

Resit

It will be possible to repeat those failed activities. As it is a continuous evaluation system, those students who do not satisfactorily pass any content, will have the possibility of recovering it during the course, always before the closing of events provided for in the academic calendar.

Plagiarism and cheating

In case of cheating during any of the exams, it will not be possible to repeat the exam and the subject and directly will suppose a suspense of it. The student will have to re-enrol the subject the following year. In accordance with the regulations of the Faculty of Law and the regulations of the UAB, plagiarism is prohibited and is sanctioned. Plagiarizing any ofthe activities of the subject implies that it can not be recovered and will imply a fail --0- in the activity. In case of detecting plagiarism in more than one activity, the affected students will suspend the subject.

Restricted AI use: For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is allowed exclusively in support tasks, such as bibliographic or information search, text correction or if there is an activity that requires it. The student will have to clearly identify which parts have been generated with this technology, specify the tools used and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. The AI in no case can involve the unique and final result of a delivery, cannot replace the intellectual task of the students. The non-transparency of the use of AI in this evaluable activity will be considered lack of academic honesty and may lead to a partial or total penalty in the grade of the activity, or greater penalties in cases of severity.

Punctuality

Classes will start on time and it will not be possible to enter the classroom late or leave before completion without justified cause.

Non-evaluable student

A student can be graded as \"not evaluable\" when the student has not been able to provide sufficient evidence of evaluation of the subject (art 266.9, UAB Academic Regulations): \"Students will be evaluable as long as they have carried out a set of activities whose weight is equivalent to a minimum of 2/3 parts of the total grade of the subject. If the value of the activities carried out does not reach this threshold, the teacher of the subject may consider the student as not evaluable”.

B. THE SINGLE ASSESSMENT

Students who decide to follow the single assessment must demonstrate that they have acquired the set of competences of the subject, so that the evaluation task will consist of several parts (exam/activity). The material will be indicated in the bibliographic part of this teaching guide, together with the power points of all the topics available in moodle for all the students of the subject. The exam will have the following format:

1. Theoretical written activity 45% (short questions and a question to be developed applied)

2. Practical written activity 45% (resolution of a practical case with the design of the compliance plan)

3. Theoretical-practical oral activity 10% (Knowledge and oral defense of the criminological report applied to a case)

In case of noyt passing the exam can be it can be repeated. At the beginning of the course, more information about the single assessment will be detailed via moodle.