The subject is taught in small groups of students (maximum 20 per session) in the laboratory. Students have a manual or practice guide for each Module. It is necessary to read the corresponding part of each session carefully before starting the practice to obtain the maximum advantage. Students will have to produce the results obtained.

Molecular Genetics of Eukaryotes

Autonomous learning in which students learn through hands-on work, guided throughout by the supervising instructor, who sets the objectives for the practical sessions. Students will work with various molecular biology techniques to obtain and interpret results, ultimately answering multiple-choice questions designed to assess their understanding of the topics covered across the four sessions. Work will be carried out in groups of two or three, alternating between experimental benchwork and theoretical explanations regarding the techniques and concepts involved. Attendance at all four practical sessions is mandatory, except for duly justified reasons.

Molecular Biology of Prokaryotes

The module will be taught in the laboratory and in small groups of students (with a maximum of 22 students per session).

Students will have before the completion of the sessions associated to the Molecular Biology module of Procariotes of a specific Practices Manual that they will find in the Virtual Campus or where the teaching staff indicates.

To carry out the practices associated to the module of Molecular Biology of Procariotes the students will work in pairs.

At the beginning of each session the teacher will make a brief theoretical explanation of the content of the practices that will be carried out as well as the experiences to be carried out by the students.

In order to achieve good performance and acquire the competencies corresponding to this module, it is essential that the student read a comprehensive reading of the Practices Manual, familiarizing with the practices that will be carried out and with the methodology that will be applied in each case.

Cytogenetics Module

The Cytogenetics module will be given at the Faculty integrated teaching laboratories. In these sessions the students will be divided into three groups.

The student must consult which group they belong to and attend classes corresponding to the assigned group.

The students will work in pairs and will have to attend the group of practices assigned obligatorily.

Only occasional changes will be accepted as long as they are balanced (a student from a group for a student from another group).

If a student has not been able to perform a practice session with his group, he can retrieve it by attending another group, as long as the group in question has free spaces.

The students will have a guideline of practices (Virtual Campus of the subject) that they will have to carry out to carry out the practices.

To facilitate the understanding of the contents and a good development of the classes it is advisable for the student to read the practice guideline before each session.

During the elaboration of the practices the students will have to solve in person exercises facilitated by the professor.

These exercises must be delivered at the end of each session.

Module Scientific Documentation

Each session will include a brief part of theoretical exposition and a second of a practical type where the student will have to perform exercises related to the consultation of bibliographic sources and

the resolution of informational needs.

The issues to be resolved will always be presented contextualized within the thematic field of genetics related sciences.

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.

Molecular Genetics of Eukaryotes Evaluation

Attendance at the practical sessions is mandatory and, therefore, an absence without a justified reason may lead to the module not being evaluated. A justified reason is understood to be health problems (the corresponding medical certificate must be brought to the practical session coordinator) or serious personal problems. In this case, the practical session will be made up whenever possible. The practical sessions will be assessed through an exam that will be held at the end of the 4th session and will represent 80% of the final grade. The student's attitude and work in the laboratory will also be assessed, representing 20% ​​of the total grade. To pass the module, the questionnaire must be passed with a grade higher than 5.

Molecular Biology of Procaryotes Module

In the evaluation of the Molecular Biology module of Procaryotes, two aspects will be taken into account: on the one hand, the note obtained in a questionnaire that will be done at the end of session 5 and which will refer to all the practices that make up this module, and On the other, the achievement of the objectives set in each of the programmed practices will also be valued.

The questionnaire will represent 70% of the final grade of the module, while the remaining 30% will depend on the evaluation of the results obtained and the experimental work performed.

To pass the module, students must obtain a score higher than 5 on the questionnaire.

Cytogenetics Module

The module's note will be obtained through the arithmetic mean of the four exercises performed during the laboratory sessions. Taking into account the mandatory nature of the practices, the lack of unjustified assistance implies a penalty in the final note of the module:

- Missing one day implies a reduction of 30% in the practice note.

- Missing two days implies 60% reduction in the practice note.

- Missing to three or more days implies a zero in the practice note.

This penalty is exempt from those students who can not attend the session of their group for just cause. Health problems are justified because the medical certificate must be carried out by the practice coordinator or serious personal problems. In this case, the practice will recover the practice whenever possible.

Scientific Documentation Module

To pass the module it is essential to attend both sessions, deliver within the established period the two practical exercises provided and conduct a written test. The attendance and realization of the practical exercises supposes 20% of the final qualification. The written test means the remaining 80%.

To pass the subject, it is necessary to first approve each module with a mark ≥ 5. Students who do not pass the different modules of the subject or want to improve their note can present themselves on the scheduled date for the subject's recovery evaluation. The resentment of the student in the examination of improvement of note entails the renunciation of the qualification previously obtained. Students who have not passed one of the modules after the recovery assessment will not approve the subject. However, it will not be necessary for a repeat student to carry out the teaching activities or the evaluations of that module passed after the second enrolment. Repeaters will only have to evaluate the concrete module that they have not passed. This exemption will be maintained for a period of three additional license plates. The final grade is the average of the notes of each module.

Not evaluable

The \"Not Evaluable\" rating will be obtained when the number of evaluation activities performed is less than 50% of the programmed ones.

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

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

Students who take the single assessment must do the laboratory practices in face-to-face sessions, as they are teaching activities with compulsory attendance. This unique assessment system will apply to modules 1 (Molecular Biology of Eukaryotes), 2 (Molecular Biology of Prokaryotes) and 3 (Cytogenetics), and will consist of a single synthesis test with test-type questions or development on the contents of the practical activities. The grade obtained in this summary test will have the same weight in the final grade as those established for the continuous assessment.

The single assessment test will take place on a date agreed between the students, the subject coordinator and those responsible for each module.

The same criterion will be applied to approve the subject and the same recovery system as for the continuous assessment. The review of the final qualification follows the same procedure as for the continuous assessment.

Module 4 (Scientific Documentation) does not provide for the single assessment system.

Any irregularity committed in an assessment activity (academic fraud, plagiarism, or improper use of AI, unless such use is expressly authorized in the study guide) that may lead to a significant alteration of the grade will result in that assessment activity being graded with a 0. If the study guide establishes that obtaining a minimum grade in that assessment activity is an essential requirement for passing the course, or if multiple irregularities occur in the assessment activities of the same course, the final grade for the course will be 0. In addition, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any student who engages in any of these irregularities.