The learning process is primarily based on the students' ongoing work, through an assessment process that evaluates their understanding of the established knowledge and learning objectives. This assessment, conducted through various types of tests, demonstrates their academic progress throughout the course, allowing them to continuously improve.

The teaching of the subject and the students' training are based on the following activities:

1. Directed Activities: These activities follow a predetermined schedule, require in-person instruction from the teaching staff, and are conducted in groups:

1.1 Lectures: The lecturers will present the fundamental concepts of each topic, which will then be explored in greater depth and applied in practical seminars. Students will acquire the conceptual foundations of the subject. Theoretical content can be explored through questions posed by students in class or by the teaching staff, based on a news item, etc.

1.2 Seminars: Attendance at seminars is mandatory. At the beginning of the course, the teaching staff will propose the activities they deem relevant for continuous assessment by publishing a calendar with the activity schedule on the Moodle platform. These are activities that students will carry out in the classroom, with the supervision and support of the instructors for each seminar.

2. Independent activities: those in which students organize their time and effort independently, either individually or in groups (studying, bibliographic or documentary research, document preparation, bibliography and jurisprudence research, coursework, reports, etc.).

3. Supervised activities: those that, although they can be carried out independently, require more or less occasional supervision by the teaching staff (tutorials, external placements, final degree/master's projects).

Some of the activity materials are made available to students through the Virtual Campus.

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.

Continuous assessment (weighted at 50% of the overall grade for the course):

This assessment comprises the various practical activities carried out in the seminars. The following assessable activities are proposed: various types of practical activities (weighted at 20% of the overall grade) + midterm exam (20% of the overall grade) + an oral presentation (10% of the overall grade).

Regarding the partial exam, it is at the discretion of the course instructor whether or not it serves as a partial exam. If the course instructor decides that the partial exam serves as a partial exam, the required passing grade also remains at their discretion. In this case, students who pass the midterm exam will only be tested on the second part of the syllabus in the final exam. Conversely, if the professor decides that the midterm exam does not count towards the final grade, the students will be tested on the entire subject in the final exam.

The lecturers for each group will coordinate with their seminar instructors to determine the format, content, methodology, and schedule for the various continuous assessment assessments.

The continuous assessment score will be the sum of the grades obtained in each assessment.

Attendance at seminars is mandatory.

The schedule, which will include the calendar of the various assessments and practical activities carried out in the seminars, must be made available to students before the start of the course via the virtual campus.

Final Exam (weighted at 50% of the overall course grade):

All students, regardless of whether they have passed the continuous assessment, are eligible to take the final exam. The specific exam format (oral, written, multiple choice, essay, etc.) will be determined by the teaching team for each course group.

To receive a final grade (continuous assessment + final exam), students must achieve a minimum score of 4 out of 10 on the final theory exam.

Final Course Grade with Continuous Assessment:

The score obtained in the continuous assessment will account for 50% of the course grade. The score obtained on the final exam will also account for 50% of the course grade.

A minimum grade of 5 out of 10 is required to pass the course, based on the established percentages and the sum of the scores obtained in the continuous assessment and the final exam. In this exam, a minimum score of 4 out of 10 is required to be averaged with the continuous assessment assessments. If students do not achieve a 4 on this exam, they must take the resit.

RESEARCH/REMAINING SYSTEM

To be eligible for the resit, a minimum score of 3 out of 10 is required between the continuous assessment and the final exam. Students will be tested on the entire course syllabus.

The final grade for students taking the resit will be based solely on the score obtained in this exam; the continuous assessment score will not be included.

The passing grade for the resit is 5 out of 10.

SINGLE ASSESSMENT

Students have the option of taking the single assessment. The single assessment option involves waiving continuous assessment and requires the submission, on a single date, of the necessary number of assessment materials to demonstrate and guarantee the achievement of the learning objectives and outcomes established for the course. To request the single assessment, students must submit a written justification to the center within the established deadlines. It is assumed that continuous assessment is the most appropriate form of assessment for achieving students' learning objectives. However, it is recognized that there may be situations that prevent students from participating in continuous assessment. In these cases, the aim is to establish a single assessment system that allows students to demonstrate the achievement of the learning objectives set for the course.

It will consist of the following types of assessments: a practical assessment of various types (weighted at 25% of the overall grade) + an oral presentation (25%) + an examination on the theoretical knowledge of the course syllabus (50%). In this written exam, as in the continuous assessment system, a minimum score of 4 is required to have the grades from the other two tests combined.

The teachers responsible for each group will explain the specific content of each of these tests to the students.

The same retake system will apply as in the other exams.

This continues for normal continuous assessment.

STUDENTS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ASSESSMENT

Students who must be graded as “not eligible for assessment.” This situation arises when the student has not been able to provide sufficient evidence of assessment for the course (Article 266.9 of the UAB Academic Regulations).

“Students will be eligible for assessment provided they have completed a set of activities whose weight is equivalent to at least two-thirds of the total grade for the course. If the value of the activities completed does not reach this threshold, the course instructor may consider the student not eligible for assessment.”

Students opting for the single assessment will be subject to the same criteria for being considered “not eligible for assessment” as for continuous assessment.

Restricted use of AI: For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively in support tasks, such as bibliographic or information fencing or the correction of texts or translations. The student will have to clearly identify which parts have been generated by this technology, specify the aspects and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. The non-transparency of the use of AI in evaluable activities is considered a lack of academic honesty and may entail a partial or total penalty in the activity grade, or major sanctions in serious cases.

Important note: If a student copies, plagiarizes, or is caught with a prohibited device during any assessment, the instructor will give them a grade of 0 for that assessment and will notify the Dean's Office, submitting a report on the circumstances and evidence of the incident to request the opening of a disciplinary file. This assessment cannot be retaken. If more than one irregularity occurs during assessments for the same course, the final grade for that course will be 0.