The methodology used in this subject combines the following presential and non-presential activities:

• Theory lectures in which the basic concepts of the subject are presented.
• Classroom work seminar.
• Laboratory practices: they complete and reinforce the knowledge presented in the theory lectures and allow the acquisition of work skills in the laboratory and the experimental understanding of concepts. Students will have guide notes available for all the practices and will have to do a previous comprehensive reading of them before each practice. During the practical session, students must collect the results to answer the test that will be done at the end of the session. If a practice has not been attended, the value of the test for that practice to calculate the overall grade will be 0. Students must pass the Basic Laboratory Safety Test before the start of the first practical session.
• Pilot processing plant practical sessions: they complete and reinforce the knowledge presented in the theory lectures and allow the acquisition of work skills in the pilot plant. Students must perform a previous comprehensive reading of the guide notes of each practice. Before the first session, students must pass the Food Technology Plant Safety Test, following the instructions found in the Moodle classroom.
• Self-learning work in groups of 4 students, for the preparation and presentation of a case. This work implies searching and selecting information from various sources, answering to the questions raised, and presenting and discussing it with the teachers and other class groups, during the second and last seminar scheduled in the subject program.

The teaching material used in the subject will be available at Campus Virtual. 

Continuous assessment

The assessment will be carried out continuously during the different activities that have been programmed. The maximum grade that can be obtained is 10. The subject will be passed with a minimum grade of 5. The grade will be calculated as follows:

- Exam: 50% weight in the overall grade. At the end of all the training activities and on the date specified in the schedule, the student will take a written test on all the contents and activities of the subject. To pass the subject it is necessary to obtain a minimum mark of 5 points out of 10 in this exam.

- Laboratory practices: 20% of weight in the overall mark. The assessment will be carried out through a test at the end of each laboratory practice. If a practice has not been attended, the value of the test of that practice to calculate the overall grade will be 0.

-Self-learning group-work: 30% of weight in the overall grade. The student will have to carry out a work in groups of 4 people from the same group of practices. The work will be presented in a public presentation, in which other groups will also present, during the last seminar of the subject, according to the programmed schedule.

Resit

To resit, the student must have been previously assessed in a set of activities that represent a minimum of two thirds of the final grade of the subject. The resit will consist of a single exam on all the contents and activities of the subject. To pass the subject it is necessary to obtain a minimum grade of 5 out of 10 in the resit exam.

The student will be considered not evaluable if they has participated in assessment activities that represent ≤15% of the final grade.

Single assessment

The single assessment test and the delivery of the evidences will be carried out on the same date that the exam of the continuous assessment. The maximum grade that can be obtained is 10. The subject will be passed with a minimum grade of 5. The grade will be calculated as follows:

- Exam: 50% weight in the overall grade. The student will take a written test on all the contents and activities of the subject. To pass the subject it is necessary to obtain a minimum grade of 5 out of 10 in this exam.

- Laboratory practices: 20% of weight in the overall grade. The assessment will be carried out by means of a test on the single evaluation date. If a practice has not been attended, the value of the test of that practice to calculate the overall mark will be 0.

-Self-learning – group-work: 30% of weight in the overall grade. The work will be carried out in group if there are more students taking part in the single assessment. Otherwise, it will be done individually. The delivery will be made on the single assessment date.

The same resit system, the same criterion of not avaluable and the same procedure for reviewing the grades will be applied as for continuous assessment.

The student will be considered not evaluable if they has participated in assessment activities that represent ≤15% of the final grade.

Note

The commission of any irregularity during 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 variation in the grade will result in that activity being graded with a 0. If the course guide states that obtaining a minimum grade in that assessment activity is an essential requirement to pass 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 to this, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any student who engages in such irregularities.