A. Theoretical and practical sessions delivered by teaching staff: lectures supported by ICT, large-group discussion seminars and text analysis.

B. Research, reading of texts and written assignments.

C. Study: drawing up outlines, concept maps and summaries.

D. Tutorials: individualised support for students in the tutor’s office or in the classroom. The timetable and venue for the tutorials will be announced on the first day of the course and published on the Moodle platform.

WORK METHOD

The course is divided into two parts:

a) The first part will read and discuss a series of short ethnographic texts after the presentation of socio-political and theoretical contexts by the teacher.

b) The second part of the course will be devoted to the presentation and discussion of the ethnographic monographs that have been worked in groups.

TEACHING MATERIALS

To keep up with the course, students must complete a series of compulsory readings, which will be specified at the start of the module. The general bibliography included in this Teaching Guide lists textbooks that students are recommended to use to supplement the course material beyond what is covered in class. Further supplementary reading may be recommended during face-to-face sessions.

Note: Fifteen minutes of each teaching session, within the timetable set by the institution or the programme, will be set aside for students to complete the teaching and module evaluation surveys.

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 is conceived as a continuous and progressive process, which spans the entire academic term and is carried out through a range of evaluation activities:

1. Text commentaries (25% of the note). Compulsory readings of texts throughout the semester that will be evaluated through an individual exercise to deliver the day of the discussion of the text in class. A commentary will only be assessed if the student has attended the discussion session for the required reading.
2. Oral presentation and discussion of the monographs in class (30% of the note). Each group will have to present the monograph in which they have worked to the class and will direct the discussion about one of the chapters that they have previously selected.
3. Group work on ethnographic monograph (25% of the note). The work consists of making a critical reading of the selected monograph, in which the aspects that have been appearing in the readings and discussions throughout the course as a condition of the ethnographic product are incorporated.
4. Class participation (20% of the note). Students must participate in the discussions of the required reading assignments. Attendance at a minimum of 80% of the discussions is required for submitted comments to be graded.

At the time of each assessment activity, the teaching staff will inform students (in class and via the Virtual Campus) of the procedure and date for the review of grades.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Absence or late submission of evaluation activities, without a duly justified and documented reason, will result in that activity not being assessed. Evaluation activities that do not comply with the formatting requirements set out in the guidelines and submission criteria will not be accepted.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

This module permits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies exclusively for bibliographic or information searches, text correction or translations. Students must (i) identify the sections that have been generated using AI; (ii) specify the tools used; and (iii) include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final outcome of the assignment. A lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in this assessed activity will be considered a breach of academic integrity and will result in the activity being marked as a zero and deemed irrecoverable, or in more severe sanctions in the most serious cases.

ON PLAGIARISM IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS AND/OR CHEATING IN EXAMS

The current regulations shall apply: Article 116. Evaluation results (article amended by the Governing Council’s Resolution of 19 March 2015):

If a student commits any irregularity that could lead to a significant change in the mark for an activity, that activity will be graded with a 0, regardless of any disciplinary proceedings that may be initiated. In the event of several irregularities occurring in the evaluation activities for the same module, the final grade for that module will be 0.

NOT ASSESSABLE

The student will receive a ‘Not Graded’ mark if they have completed or submitted assessment activities that account for 30% or less of the final grade.

RE-ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

To be eligible for the resit, students must have previously been assessed (and not simply graded as ‘pass’) on a set of activities accounting for at least two-thirds of the total mark, and the resulting mark must be 3.5 or above. Students who do not achieve the minimum grade are excluded from the resit process. The submission of monograph works in class is excluded from the resit process; these may not be submitted after the specified deadline. The resit for the module will consist of a short individual assignment, the topic of which must be agreed with the lecturer.