The TEACHING METHODOLOGY consists of: 1) Master classes that include both theoretical content and research seminars; 2) Commented self-learned exercises; 3) Seminars; and 4) Laboratory practices.

1. Master classes will be taught in the form of lectures to the full group, in which the Professor will also comment on the material available for other activities, including materials for self-learning. Research seminars will be in English by professors experts en different neuroscience research-specific subjects. Teaching material for the different activities will be provided basically through the UAB Virtual Campus. The teaching of the theoretical classes will be in person, and only in exceptionally ocasions could be changed via Teams.

2. Self-learned exercises. At the end of each chapter, the students will solve some theoretical-practical cases, called \"Self-learned exercises\", which will be written in English and delivered to the teacher in advance, via Virtual Campus, and will be discussed in class in English with classmates tutored by the teacher.

3. Seminars/Oral Presentations consist of an oral presentation by the students in group about the content of the laboratory practices and/or theoretical and practical cases related to the nervous system.

4. Laboratory practices consist in the design and performance of an experimental procedure about a scientific question related to the nervous system. Students will do the practical part in the lab supervised directly by a teacher and at the end they will write a report. Additionally, students will be able to have specific tutorials. Laboratory practices are mandatory to get examined and pass the course. The laboratory practices will be carried out partially in ATTENDANCE BASIS (Schedule:15:00-19:00h) in reduced groups in the laboratories of the Biochemistry Unit of the Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the School of Medicine (Medicine Building, Tower M2) and partially NON-ATTENDANCE of personal work related to the experimental practice (bibliographic search, preparation of results, writing report, etc ...).

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): For this subject, the use of AI is allowed exclusively for support tasks, such as bibliographic or information search, text correction or language translation. The student will have to clearly identify which parts have been generated through this technology, specify the used tools and include a critical discussion about how these tools have affected the process and final result of the activity. The absence of transparency in the use of AI in the assessably activities will be considered a lack of academic honesty and may involve a parcial or total penalty in the mark of the corresponding activity, or bigger sanctions in case of greater severity.

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 knowledge acquired will be evaluated in different tests in a continuous way, except for students who chose the unique evaluation at the beginning of the course. At the end of all theoretical classes the student will be examined in a mandatory final exam consisting of a written test of 10 short questions about all the subject matter of the course. The final written exam will mean 50% (100% for unique evaluation) of the mark of the subject; the rest will be given by the activities that would have been continuously performed throughout the course (see below). The final exam is compulsory and only students that fail can attend the recovery exam, keeping notes of the activities carried out throughout the course. The recovery exam will never be for a note to go up. The \"non-evaluable\" will reflect non-attendance to the final compulsory exam.

Format of the evaluations:

Unique evaluation:

- Final written exam: Students are not obligated to perform the laboratory practices, the commented exercises and seminars/oral seminars, and their evaluation will consist of a final written exam performed in the same moment and day of the exam of continuous evaluation, and if failed (mark under 5.0) will have the opportunity for a recovery exam.

Calculation of the final grade: 100% of the written final test. The revision of the final grade will follow the same procedure than that for the written exam in the continuous evaluation.

Continous evaluation:

- Final written exam:

The obligatory written exam will consist of 10 short questions that the students will have to answer individually in approximately ½ page each one. In this test it can be asked about any part of the subject that has been explicitly given or related to the theoretical classes, exercises commented, practices or seminars. The mark of the written exam will account for 50% of the final mark. Students repeating the course will be able to keep the marks from other continuous evaluation activities and go only for the final exam; in case of willing to repeat the continuous evaluation activities, there will prevail the present course marks. The revision of the exam's mark will be performed by visualization of the written exam in person in a scheduled visit with the coordinator.

- Self-learning exercises:

Exercises that will be carried out by the students and commented in tutored self-study classes. The assessment will be done through tests written in English that aim to reflect the achievement of competences, as well as the knowledge of concepts explained in the theoretical classes. Each exercise will have a score of 1 to 10. The overall grade for these exercises will count 20% in the final grade.

- Laboratory practices:

Laboratory practices are mandatory. The evaluation of the practices will include the realization of the practice of laboratory using experimental methodology and the written report of the obtained results (NO PRESENCIAL). The practical note will correspond to 15% of the final grade of the subject. The students will obtain the \"Non-Valuable\" qualification when the absence exceeds 20% of the programmed sessions or a score 0 in this activity.

- Seminars/Oral Presentations:

Each group of students will present orally (PRESENCIAL) to the rest of the students and professors the results obtained in the laboratory practices or clinical or scientific cases that they have done. Students and teachers will be able to ask questions and the latter will evaluate the presentation of each student individually. The note of the seminar will correspond to 15% of the final grade.

Requisites to pass: In order to pass the subject, the final grade of the course has to be equal to or greater than 5 out of 10. It will also be essential to obtain at least 4.5 out of 10 points in the final written exam to be able to count with the continuous evaluation activities marks. If a minimum of 4.5 score out of 10 is not achieved in the final exam of the continuous evaluation, it will prevail the exam's mark as final mark.

Calculation of the final score: The final grade for the course will be calculated as follows: the grade for the final written exam will be 50% of the final grade for the course, while the grade for the continuous assessment exercises (commented exercises, laboratory practices and seminars) will represent 50% of the final grade for the course.

The commission of any irregularity in an assessment activity (academic fraud, plagiarism, or improper use of AI, unless such use is expressly authorized in the course guide) that could lead to a significant change in the grade will result in that activity being graded with a 0. If the course guide specifies that passing the subject requires obtaining a minimum mark in this assessment activity, or if multiple irregularities occur in the assessment activities of the same subject, the final grade for the subject will be 0. In addition, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any student who commits any of these irregularities.

Recovery exam:

The only activity with recovery is the written exam, while self-learning exercises, laboratory practices or seminars are not subjected to recovery within the same academic course. Students that do not pass the minimum score (total score of 5 and 4.5 score in the written exam) may voluntarily assist to a recovery test, the grade from which will replace the one obtained from the final written exam. The only recoverable assessment activity is the written exam, while the exercises, laboratory practices and seminars are NOT recoverable. The final grade for the course will be calculated as detailed in the previous section Calculation of the final grade. The recovery exam will give no the right to an Honors degree.

To participate in the recovery, students must have been previously evaluated in a set of activities, the weight of which is equivalent to a minimum of two thirds of the total grade for the subject or module. Therefore, students will obtain the qualification of \"Not Valuable\" when the evaluation activities carried out have a weighting of less than 67% in the final qualification.