The contents of \"Developmental Biology\" include theory, seminars and talks lessons.

Theory lessons

The program theory is taught in 36 classes. They will be done using audiovisual material, which will be at the disposition of the students in the Virtual Campus.

Seminars

There are 3 seminars. They are designed so that the students work in small groups, and acquire skills of teamwork and critical reasoning. The students were divided into groups of 4 to 6 people. 

The organization of the groups and the distribution of topics to be discussed will take place during the first class. In the seminars, some groups of students must submit in writing the proposed topic the teacher. The same groups of students orally present the issue to the rest of the class with the resources available in the classroom. The literature will be included in the Virtual Campus. The seminars attendance is mandatory.

Individual coaching sessions

Individual coaching sessions will take place in a personalized way in the professor room. These sessions should be used to clarify concepts and to establish the acquired knowledge. They can also take advantage to resolve questions that students have about the preparation of seminars.

Practical sessions

The practical sessions will be done in small groups of students (about 20 per session) in the laboratory. They are designed to complement theoretical training.

The main goal of these sessions is to microscopic diagnosis and individual delivery of questionnaires. The practical sessions also include to do a dossier with the microscopic observations carried out. The practical sessions attendance is mandatory.

Evaluation

The evaluation of the course will be continued through individual test that assess individual learning by students from theory lessons, seminars and practical sessions.

Evaluations activities planned in the course of \"Developmental Biology\" are the following:

Exams: two partial exams. Each test will be worth 70% of the final grade. Exams will be multiple choice questions 25 with two options and only one correct (part A), and 25 with three options and only one correct (part B). A correction value will be subtracted 1/2 and 1/3 per wrong answer for each question in part A and B, respectively. To pass this part of the course, students must achieve a minimum of 4 points (from 0 to 10) in each partial exam. Whether this minimum is not achieved, students must do a final full or partial exam.

Seminars: They will be worth 10% of the final grade as follows:

i) 40% for the written work (this work will be assessed by the professor).

ii) 30% for the oral presentation of the collective work (this work will be assessed by the professor).

iii) 15% for the intra-group evaluation

iv) 15% for the inter-group evaluation

The attendance at seminars is mandatory. If a student do not attend any of the seminar sessions, because not justified, there will be a penalty in the final grade of the seminars.

i) Absence to 1 session = discount of 20% of the grade.

ii) Absence to 1 session = discount of 40% of the grade.

iii) Absence to 1 session = discount of 80% of the grade.

Practical sessions: They will be worth 20% of the final grade as follows:

i) Evaluation of the contents at the end of each practical session (50% of the grade). This test consist of a set of questions as well as recognition of microscopic structures. The final grade of this section is obtained from the average of the grades obtained in each practical session. The attendance at the practical sessions is mandatory. If a student do not attend any of the practical session, because not justified, the grade will be zero.

ii) Test of microscopic diagnostic (50% of the grade). This test will consist in the diagnosis of microscopic structures proposed along the course. To be able to weigh the notes obtained in each section, it will be essential that students get a rating equal to or greater than 4 points (out of 10) in each one of them. Students who have received a final grade lower than 5 (of 10) required to write an examination of recovery, which will consist of a microscopic diagnosis test and a questionnaire.

Attendance to practical sessions (or field trips) is mandatory. Students missing more than 20% of programmed sessions will be graded as \"No Avaluable.

Successful completion of the course

To pass the course, the following two requirements must be met:

1. To obtain at least 5 out of 10 in the overall calculation of the written tests of theory and seminars.
2. To obtain at least 5 points out of 10 in the practices.

The presentation of the student to any recovery exam (theory and / or practice) entails the waiver previously obtained qualification.

To be eligible for the retake process, the student should have been previously evaluated in a set of activities equaling at least two thirds of the final score of the course or module. Thus, the student will be graded as \"No Avaluable\" if the weighthin of all conducted evaluation activities is less than 67% of the final score.

Repeaters

Repeaters do not need to repeat the written tests, seminars or practices if the student had previously obtained a minimum of five in any of these tests. This exemption will be maintained fora period of three additional registrations.

Single assessment

This subject foresees the single assessment system. The single assessment consists of a single exam in which the contents of the entire theory program of the subject will be assessed. The grade obtained in this synthesis test will account for 70% of the final grade of the subject. The single assessment test will take place on the same day, time and place as the last continuous assessment test of the subject. The single assessment can be recovered on the day set for the recovery of the subject. Seminars and laboratory practices are assessed in the same way as continuous assessment.

AI

For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks, such as literature and information searches, text editing, or translation in the preparation of support materials. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated using these technologies, specify the tools employed, and include a critical reflection on how these tools have influenced both the process and the final outcome of the activity. Failure to transparently disclose the use of AI in this assessed activity will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in a partial or total reduction of the activity grade, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.

Any irregularity committed during an assessment activity (academic misconduct, plagiarism, or improper use of AI, unless such use is expressly authorized in the course syllabus) that may lead to a significant alteration of the grade will result in that activity being graded as 0. If the course syllabus stipulates that obtaining a minimum mark in this assessment is an essential requirement to pass the course, or if multiple irregularities occur in the assessment activities of the same course, the final grade for the course will be 0. Furthermore, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any student who incurs any of these irregularities.