This course will be taught in small groups of students with a maximum of 24 students per laboratory session.

Laboratory, dates, and official schedule for the performance of the lab sessions are detailed in the Moodle space of the course and in the space of the Degree.

Each student is assigned to a group for all lab sessions and will not be able to move to another group without the permission of the person in charge of the subject.

In order to acquire the skills of the course, attendance at all practices is mandatory and it must be with punctuality. Once the teacher has begun the explanation of the session, the entrance of students in the classroom will be not allowed. If a student, due to a justified cause according to the faculty's evaluation criteria (general considerations on assessment tests), has not been able to attend a practical session, he/she must contact the professor responsible for the course and present the corresponding justification. in this case and if possible, a new day will be assigned to retake the practice.

Students will have a Manual of Practical sessions for each Module before the beginning of the corresponding module. It is a requirement that the student read comprehensively the protocol of practices prior to their attendance at each session.

It is compulsory for students to wear his or her own lab coat in all practical sessions that are carried out in the laboratory, and also laboratory glasses in the sessions indicated by the teaching staff. In addition,each student will have to bring the corresponding Practices Manual that will be available in the Moodle platform, and a notebook to note the results of the work.

The tutorials will be carried out at the office of the teaching staff and/or using the TICs.

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 evaluation of the course will be continued. The weight of the evaluation of each module is 20% of the final mark of the course and each of the practical modules must be passed with a score equal to or superior to 5.

The evaluation of each module will be done in the following way:

Module 1. Cell Biology: At the end of each practice session the student will have to complete a questionnaire in order to assess if he/she has assimilated the specific objectives that have been worked on. The practical note of the Cell Biology module will be calculated as the average grade of the 5 practice questionnaires.

Module 2. Zoology: At the end of each practice the student will have to answer a questionnaire to evaluate that he/she has achieved the knowledge and the specific skills of each practice. The grade of this module will be calculated from the average mark of the questionnaires.

Module 3. Animal Histology: The evaluation system is organized in the following sections: 1) Assessment of the contents at the end of each practice (50% of the mark). This test consists of a questionnaire and the recognition of microscopic structures. The grade in this section is obtained from the average mark obtained in each practice. 2) Global microscopic diagnostic test (50% of the mark). In order to be able to gauge the notes obtained in each section, it will be essential that the student obtains a score equal to or greater than 4 points (out of 10) in each of them. Students who have obtained a final grade of less than 5 (out of 10) will have to take a recovery exam, which will consist of a microscopic diagnostic test and a questionnaire.

Module 4. Animal Physiology: The assessment of the practical sessions of this module will have two components: 1) Attendance and ongoing participation are assessed at the end of each practical session. This component accounts for 80% of the final grade for the module. 2) The second component consists of completing a questionnaire that will be answered at the end of the last practical session. This component accounts for 20% of the final grade for the module.

Module 5. Biochemistry: The attitude of the student in the laboratory will be assessed, such as timeliness, carrying the Manual previously worked at home for the student, and his work in the laboratory. The student, starting the day after the practical session, will submit a questionnaire-like report to the Virtual Campus that will have been answered outside the laboratory. The teaching team of the practice will indicate the delivery deadline. The evaluation ofthe attitude will represent 25% of the mark, and the evaluation of its degree of use, through the questionnaire presented, will represent the other 75% of the note in this module.

General Issues:

Since attendance to the activities programmed in this course is mandatory, the absence must be justified and may not exceed 20%. In any case, that 20% cannot be accumulated in a single module. The maximum absence in each module will be decided by the teaching team depending on the distribution of the contents and skills in the different sessions of each of the modules. If this value is exceeded, the subject will be graded as Non-Evaluable. In order to be able to pass the course, attendance of at least 80% of the programmed sessions is required, and obtain the minimum qualification fixed for each module.

The teaching staff can penalize non-correct attitudes of the student in the laboratory, such as the lack of punctuality, non-fulfillment of safety and biosafety regulations, or the inappropriate use of the material and laboratory devices, lowering the final mark of thecourse.

Students who do not pass the evaluation of one or more modules of the course can retake them at the scheduled date at the end of the semester. The reassessment of modules 1 (Cell Biology), 2 (Zoology), 4 (Animal Physiology), and 5 (Biochemistry) will consist of a written exam where the concepts worked in the practical sessions will be evaluated. The reassessment of module 3 (Animal Histology) will consist of a microscopic diagnostic test. The delivery of reports cannot be retake and the non-delivery on the indicated date implies a zero in this activity.

Students who do not obtain the minimum qualification required to be able to pass each one of the modules of the integrated laboratory will not pass the course although the average mark of the different modules is greater than 5. In this case, the final maximum grade of the course willbe a 4.

Since thiscourse is differentiated in modules, from the second enrolment, the repeating students will only have to evaluate the specific modules that have not been passed.

Any academic misconduct in an assessment activity (including academic fraud, plagiarism, or the improper use of artificial intelligence tools, unless such use is expressly authorized in the course guide) that may lead to a significant alteration of the assessment outcome will result in a grade of 0 for that assessment.

Where the course guide establishes a minimum grade in that assessment as a mandatory requirement to pass the course, or where multiple instances of academic misconduct are identified in different assessment activities within the same course, the final course grade will be 0.

Furthermore, without prejudice to the above, the University may initiate the corresponding disciplinary proceedings against any student who commits any of these irregularities, in accordance with the applicable regulations

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies:

In this course, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools is permitted exclusively as a support for the learning process, including tasks such as literature and information searches, text editing, translation, or other uses expressly authorized by the teaching staff.

Students must clearly identify the parts of their work in which AI tools have been used, specify the tools employed, and briefly describe how they were used, including a critical reflection on their influence on both the development process and the final outcome of the assignment.

Failure to disclose the use of AI in any assessed activity will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in a partial or full reduction of the assignment grade, as well as the application of disciplinary measures established by the University's academic regulations in cases of greater severity.

Single assessment:

The students who choose the single assessment must do the laboratory practices in face-to-face sessions since they are mandatory teaching activities. This single assessment system will be applied to modules 1 (Cellular Biology), 2 (Zoology) and 3 (Animal Histology), and will consist of a final exam that may contain multiple choice questions, short questions and problems to develop on theoretical and practical contents of the practices and microscopic diagnosis. The grade obtained in this synthesis test is 60% of the final grade for the subject. This single assessment test will be done coinciding with the same date set in the calendar for the last assessment activity. The same criteria will be applied to pass the subject and the same retake system as for the continuous assessment. The review of the final grade follows the same procedure as for the continuous assessment. Modules 4 (Animal Physiology) and 5 (Biochemistry) do not include the single assessment system.