To achieve the objectives of the subject, the teaching methodology focuses on learning, using several types of strategies: 1) sessions with the whole group, 2) individual or small group activities in the classroom or on the Virtual Campus, 3) laboratory practices, 4) tutorials, and 5) individual or group independent work to prepare writings. The tools provided by the UAB Virtual Campus and other internet resources will be used.

Sessions with the whole group: Sessions in the classroom complemented by personal study. These are theoretical presentations by the teaching staff that will encourage student participation in the form of debates or collective reflections.

Individual or small group activities: In the seminars and classroom practices, evaluable exercises will be carried out, the objective of which is the application of the theory in specific cases with both a critical and a positive meaning.

Laboratory practices: Students work in small groups, allowing them to acquire the ability to work in groups, analyze and synthesize. The results will be discussed at the end of each practice, and the evaluable materials will be collected.

Tutorials: doubts will be resolved, debates will be held on topics that have been proposed in class, guidance will be given on the sources consulted and the use of the Virtual Campus tools necessary for the proposed activities will be explained.

Individual or group independent work: preparation of writings and practice reports.

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.

Continuous evaluation

It will consider the notes of the tests, the materials of laboratory practices and the work of the seminars and classroom practices.

There will be two elimination tests with a weight of 25% each. The minimum grade in each of the assessable parts will be 4. Students who have not passed any of the tests will have a recovery test for the part they have not passed. To pass the subject, the average grade of the tests must be equal to or higher than 5.

To participate in the recovery, the student must have been evaluated in a set of activities whose weight is equivalent to a minimum of two thirds of the total qualification of the subject.

Students who pass both tests will be allowed to raise their grade with an integrative test of the entire subject. In this case, the grade that will be considered will be the latter, regardless of whether it is higher or lower than the one previously obtained.

Attendance at the practical sessions (both laboratory and classroom) and seminars is mandatory and the attitude, skill and the material that will be delivered depending on the practice or seminar (problems, questionnaire, etc.) will be assessed. Practices of any kind and seminars are not recoverable. Students will be graded "Not Assessable" when the absence is greater than 20% of the scheduled sessions.

The weight of laboratory practices in the final grade of the subject is 30%. The weight of the work done in classroom practices and seminars will be 20%.

Students will obtain the qualification of "Not Assessable" if they have not delivered more than 30% of the assessment activities.

At the time of carrying out each assessment activity, the teacher will inform the students (Moodle) of the procedure and the date of review of the qualifications.

If any irregularity is committed that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an assessment act, this assessment act will be graded with 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instituted. In case of several irregularities in the evaluation acts, the final grade will be 0.

Single assessment

The single assessment consists of a summary test that includes the contents of the entire theory program with a weight of 50%. Laboratory practices, seminars and classroom practices will follow the same process as the continuous assessment, with the same weights in the final grade (laboratory practices 30% and seminars and classroom practices 20%).

Students who have not passed the summary test will have a recovery test.

The same criteria for irregularities as described in the continued assessment will apply.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

In this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is allowed as a support tool in the development of the work, as long as the final result reflects a significant contribution of the student in the analysis and personal reflection. The student must: (i) identify which parts have been generated with AI; (ii) specify the tools used; and (iii) include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. The non-transparency of the use of AI in the assessable activities will be considered a lack of academic honesty and will result in the activity being assessed with a 0 and cannot be recovered, or greater sanctions in serious cases.