The Virtual Campus will be used to provide students with all the material considered necessary by the teaching staff for the learning process: course syllabus, lecture presentations, problem sets, etc. Throughout the course, students must participate in different learning activities in order to acquire the established knowledge and skills. Four types of activities will be carried out:

1. In-person theory classes

During part of the in-person sessions, the teaching staff will highlight the basic theoretical aspects of the different topics, which must be studied individually by consulting the material available on the virtual campus and the corresponding bibliography. Time will also be devoted to resolving students’ doubts and discussing the most relevant aspects of each topic.

2. In-person problem-solving classes

Throughout the course, students will be given problem sheets to solve. In the in-person problem sessions, the solutions proposed by the students based on their independent work will be discussed. Special emphasis will be placed on active student participation.

3. Submission of exercises (individual work)

During the course, the teaching staff will assign different exercises that students must solve individually either during in-person sessions or submit electronically by the indicated deadline.

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.

Assessment in this course will be continuous, in order to encourage sustained student effort and thereby facilitate learning. This methodology also provides the teaching staff with information on how well students assimilate the content and their ability to apply it in problem-solving. Assessment will be individual.

Submission of exercises:

Throughout the course, when deemed appropriate by the teaching staff, students must solve some exercises during class time or submit them within previously established deadlines. The exercises may include material from Organic Chemistry courses taken in previous years. This component will account for 15% of the overall continuous assessment grade.

Exams:

Two midterm exams will be held during the course to assess students’ knowledge of the theoretical content as well as their ability to solve problems.

First midterm exam

This exam will assess approximately 50% of the course content. It may include both theoretical and practical questions (problem-solving) and will account for 40% of the overall continuous assessment grade. There is no minimum grade required on this exam to average it with the second midterm exam.

Second midterm exam

This exam will assess the full course content, with particular emphasis on material covered after the first midterm. It may include both theoretical and practical questions (problem-solving) and will account for 45% of the overall continuous assessment grade. A minimum grade of 4 out of 10 is required in this exam in order to average it with the other grades.

To pass the course initially, a minimum of 5 out of 10 must be obtained after calculating the weighted average of all continuous assessment components (2 exams and exercise submissions).

Resit exam

Students who do not pass the course through continuous assessment will have the option to take a resit exam. To pass, the resit exam grade must be higher than 5 out of 10, and the final course grade will be the weighted average of the exam (85%) and the exercise submissions (15%).

To be eligible for the resit exam, students must have taken at least one of the two midterm exams.

If a student has only been assessed on at most 33% of the evaluation components and withdraws, the final grade will be “NOT ASSESSED.”

Single assessment: Students who have opted for single assessment must take a final exam covering the entire course content on the same day as the second midterm of the continuous assessment group. Their grade will be the result of this exam, which must be at least 5 out of 10 to pass the course. If the final grade is below 5, the student has another opportunity to pass the course through the resit exam, which will be held on the same day as the resit exam for continuous assessment students. The grade will be that of this exam, which must be equal to or higher than 5 out of 10 to pass.

Use of AI

Permitted use: “In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is allowed as an integral part of the development of coursework, provided that the final result reflects a significant contribution from the student in terms of analysis and personal reflection. The student must clearly identify which parts have been generated using this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how they have influenced the process and the final outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency in the use of AI will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in a penalty in the activity grade, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.”

Academic fraud

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 may lead to a significant change in the grade will result in that activity being graded as 0. If the course guide establishes that passing the subject requires obtaining a minimum grade 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. Additionally, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any student who commits any of these irregularities.