According to the New Approach, the course of Administrative Law II includes directed and autonomous activities.Directed activities consist of a weekly theoretical class and a weekly seminar or classroom activity. The theoretical class is recommended, but attendance is not compulsory; On the other hand, attendance at seminars or classroom activities is mandatory, except in cases of absence due to illness or force majeure duly accredited, and is taken into account in the evaluation.The seminars and classroom activities consist of normally oral presentations of readings, sentences, practical cases, etc., prior individual work (autonomous activity) and subsequent discussions developed in groups in the classroom (directed activity).The materials for the seminars and classroom activities will be accessible through the Virtual Campus. At the beginning of the course, a Schedule will be posted because the students can have the calendar of the theoretical classes and of the seminars and classroom activities.

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.

1. Continuous assessment

Evaluation activities

The evaluation is based on three activities: a partial exam (midterm exam), with a value of 35%; the activities carried out in the seminars and classroom activities, with a value of 30%; and a final exam, with a value of 35%.

Students will be evaluable as long as he/she has carried out a set of activities whose weight is equivalent to a minimum of 2/3 of the total grade of the subject. If the value of the activities performed does not reach this threshold, the teacher of the course may consider the student as not evaluable.

The dates set for the examinations and the evaluable activities of the seminars are mandatory. Only for reasons that absolutely prevent attendance, duly justified, may be authorized the realization of the activity on a different day. In any case, driving exams and similar cases are not considered as justified reasons.

In the midterm exam and in the final exam, the knowledge acquired both in the theoretical classes and in the seminars and classroom activities are controlled. At the beginning of the course, the teacher in charge of each group will communicate to the students the type of the partial test and the final exam (test, questions to be developed, mixed system, etc.). The teacher in charge will also indicate well in advance the penalty for incorrect answers applicable to the test exams.

The score corresponding to the evaluable activities performed in the seminars and classroom activities will take into consideration the knowledge and skills used (ability to solve practical cases, argumentation, oral presentation skills and teamwork, among others). Attendance to the seminars is mandatory. A 0.1 point deduction from the final grade may be applied for each unexcused absence, up to a maximum of 1 point.

A weighted average grade of 5 points is required to pass the course. There is no possibility to do any complementary work or exercise to increase the final average grade resulting from the exams and the evaluable activities of the seminars.

Students who fail the course (i.e., those who have obtained an average grade lower than 5 points out of 10), may apply for revaluation under the conditions indicated in the following section.

Revaluation

The revaluation exam can only be taken by those students who have taken the mid-term and final exams. There is no minimum grade to take the re-evaluation: the re-evaluation tests may be taken by all those who, having taken the mid-term and final exams, have not passed the course.

The content of the re-evaluation will include the contents of the mid-term exam and the final exam.

The teacher in charge of each group will specify the type and structure of the re-evaluation test (test, questions to be developed, mixed system, etc.). It will also indicate the penalty for incorrect answers applicable to the test exams.

The revaluation exam will be held on the date officially determined by the Faculty of Law.

The grade for the revaluation will not consider the grades corresponding to the practical or seminar activities, nor those obtained in any of the mid-term exams.

Students who have had to take the revaluation exam may obtain a maximum final grade of 6 points.

Cheating, plagiarism and the use of artificial intelligence (AI)

Any student who copies or attempts to copy, or is found in possession of a prohibited device during any assessment (exams or written exercises in classroom-based seminars), will receive a mark of 0 for that activity. The teaching staff will notify the Dean’s Office by submitting a report detailing the circumstances and evidence of the incident, in order to request the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against the student. This activity cannot be resat. Should more than one irregularity occur, the student will receive a final mark of 0 and will not be permitted to sit a resit. Furthermore, any student who cheats or attempts to cheat during the resit will receive a final mark of 0 for the module.

Furthermore, students who submit a practical assignment or any other activity in which there are indications of plagiarism or for which they cannot justify their arguments will receive a mark of 0 for the practical assignment and will be issued with a warning. In the event of a repeat offence, they will fail the module and will not be permitted to sit the resit.

Restricted use of AI: In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks (such as bibliographic or information searches, text correction, or translations), or in the context of other specific activities in which the teaching staff specifically authorise the use of these technologies (such as case simulations). Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated using these technologies, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these tools have influenced the process and the final outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency in the use of AI in any assessable activity will be considered academic dishonesty.

Any paper or practical exercise submitted by the students in which any evidence of misconduct regarding the use of AI can be detected, will receive a qualification of 0 points. Students will receive a warning additionally. In the event of a repeated misconduct, the student will fail the whole course, and will be ineligible for resit.

2. Single Assessment

The evaluation of the subject is based on three activities: a partial test (midterm exam), with a value of 35%; a final exam, with a value of 35%; and a practical exam with a value of 30%.

All the evaluation activities will take place in the date set for the final exam of the continuous assessment system.

The student will be evaluable as long as he/she has carried out a set of activities whose weight is equivalentto a minimum of 2/3 of the total grade of the subject. If the value of the activities performed does not reach this threshold, the teacher of the course may consider the student as not evaluable

Any student who copies or attempts to copy in any exam, will receive a final qualification of 0 points in Administrative Law II. In these cases, students will not have the possibility to take the revaluation exam. Likewise, students who copy or try to copy in the re-evaluation tests or exercises, will obtain a qualification of 0 points in Administrative Law II.

Revaluation: The revaluation in single assessment follows the same procedure as for the continuous assessment.

Review of final qualifications: The review of the final qualifications follows the same procedure as for the continuous assessment.