• Lectures: The fundamental contents of the course will be presented, with particular emphasis on topics that are more difficult for students to understand. Students will be provided with the core material from the instructors' presentations. These lectures complement students' independent learning through the reading and study of the recommended textbooks. Lectures may include assessable activities based on questions, discussions, or numerical exercises.
• Classroom activities – Problem-solving sessions: Numerical problems related to the contents of selected topics will be solved. These sessions may involve either the complete resolution of problems during class or the discussion and correction of problems assigned to students in advance.
• Classroom activities – Seminars: Students will work in teams to prepare and deliver presentations on topics assigned by the instructors. Assessment will consider both the quality of the content and students' ability to communicate rigorously and engage in public discussion. Attendance at seminars presented by other students will also be assessed through in-class quizzes based on the presentations.
• Computer practicals: Numerical problem-solving using simulation software.
• Tutorials: Tutorials will be held by appointment in the instructors' offices. If required by the development of the course, particularly for problem-solving activities, some tutorials may be conducted in the classroom at times and locations to be announced in due course.

Assessment will be based on different types of assessment activities, including examinations, student oral presentations, classroom activities, problem-solving exercises, and quizzes completed either in class or independently.

The course is divided into two parts, each covering approximately half of the syllabus.

There will be two examinations, corresponding to the two parts of the course syllabus. To pass the course, students must obtain a minimum mark of 4.5/10 in both examinations.

Students obtaining a mark below 4.5/10 in either examination may take a resit examination at the end of the course. Students will only be required to resit the part(s) in which they obtained a mark below 4.5/10; resit examinations are not intended to improve the marks of examinations that have already been passed.

The final grade will be calculated by weighting the marks obtained in the different assessment activities as follows:

• First part of the syllabus: 30%, including the examination and, where applicable, in-class activities.
• Second part of the syllabus: 30%, including the examination and, where applicable, in-class activities.
• Problem-solving exercises and computer practical assignments (first part of the course): 20%.
• Seminars (second part of the course), including a group oral presentation in class and individual in-class assessments: 20%.

To pass the course, the final grade must be 5.0/10 or higher.

In accordance with UAB regulations, students may only take the resit examination if they have previously completed assessment activities accounting for at least two-thirds of the final course grade. Students who have completed assessment activities representing less than 67% of the final grade will receive a final grade of "Not Assessable".

Single Assessment

• Single assessment consists of a single comprehensive examination covering the entire theoretical syllabus of the course. The mark obtained in this examination will account for 60% of the final course grade. Assessment of the computer practical assignments and seminars will follow the same procedure as in continuous assessment, and the mark obtained will account for the remaining 40% of the final course grade.
• To pass the course through the single assessment system, students must also obtain a minimum mark of 4.5/10 in the comprehensive examination.
• Submission of evidence for the computer practical assignments and seminars will follow the same procedure as in continuous assessment. Students opting for single assessment may submit all required evidence together on the same day as the comprehensive examination.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

• For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks, such as literature or information searches, text editing, or translation.
• Students may be required to clearly identify which parts of an academic assignment have been generated using AI, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these tools have influenced both the process and the final outcome of the activity.
• Failure to disclose the use of AI in an assessed activity will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in a partial or total penalty in the mark for that activity, or more severe disciplinary sanctions in serious cases.
• Any irregularity committed during an assessment activity (including academic fraud, plagiarism, or the unauthorized use of AI, unless such use is explicitly authorized in the course syllabus) that may lead to a significant alteration of the assessment result will result in a mark of 0 for that assessment activity. If the course syllabus specifies that obtaining a minimum mark in that assessment activity is a requirement for passing the course, or if multiple irregularities are committed in assessment activities within the same course, the final grade for the course will be 0. In addition, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any student who commits any of these irregularities.