The center of the learning process is the student's work. The student learns by working, while the mission of the teaching staff will be to help students in this task (1) by providing information or showing them the sources where information can be obtained and (2) directing students steps so that the learning process can be carried out effectively.

In line with these ideas, and in accordance with the objectives of the subject, the development of the course is based on the following activities:

1. Master classes:

The student acquires the knowledge of the subject by attending the master classes and complementing them with personal study of the topics explained. The master classes are conceived as a fundamentally one-way method of transmitting knowledge from the teacher to the student, but it stimulates the expansion of information through the provision of bibliographic references and Internet addresses.

2. Practical training:

There will be several practices with different environments: farm, and computer applications. Each of them will be used to raise awareness of a specific concept of Animal Production and allows working in different environments. Some of these practices will be related to the self-study work that must be done.

3. Seminars:

The seminars will allow the presentation and discussion of some aspects not covered in the master classes, and will have a format that allows interaction between students.

4. Self-learning work:

The student must solve the practical cases and rations proposed in each of the blocks (economic sustainability, environmental sustainability, well-being, hygiene in the production process and application of technology to animal production).

Continuous Assessment

The evaluation of the subject will be done as follows:

- Assessment of the theoretical and practical contents. There will be two written tests. The total weight of these tests on the final grade will be 60%, distributed 35% the first and 25% the second.

- The self-learning works associated to the practicals will have the following weight:

• A1: Costs and profitability of a pig farm (12%)
• A2: Case study, farm nitrogen balance in a pig farm (10%)
• A3: Case study, carbon footprint in a dairy farm (10%)

- The activities proposed in some of the practicals (calculation of droppings in cattle; PAI3) and on-farm (Precisión Farming & Welfare; PG) will have a weight of 3% and 5% respectively.

The self-learning works are associated with different practical sessions and seminars:

• To present the A1 self-learning work, attendance to the PAI1 practice will be mandatory.
• To present the A2 self-learing work, attendance to the PAI4 practice and the SPA2 seminar will be mandatory.
• To present the A3 self-learning work, attendance to the PAI5 practice and the SPA3 seminar will be mandatory.

For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for bibliographic or information searches, text correction, or translations. The student must clearly identify which parts have been generated using this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these tools have influenced the process and the final outcome of the activity. Failure to disclose the use of AI in this graded activity will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in partial or full penalties on the activity's grade, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.

To pass the subject it is required:

- To obtain a grade ≥ 4.0/10.0 in each of the two written tests and a minimum of 4.5/10 in the average of both (weighted according to its proportional weight).

- To solve, at least two of the three self-learning activities (A1, A2, A3).

- To achieve with the set of all evaluation activities, a final grade equal to or greater than 5.

At the end of the semester there will be a second-chance exam.

The student who does not take any written test will be considered non-evaluable.

Attendance at practices and seminars, as well as marks of associated written works may be kept for 1 year.

Single assessment

The evaluation of the subject will be done as follows:

- Assesment of the theoretical and practical contents. There will be a single written test that will represent 60% of the final grade. The exam will be in the same call of the second writent test of the continuous assesment.

- Associated with the practicals and seminars (A1, A2 and A3) the students must carry out an individual work in order to guarantee their self-learning. The written works (three in total) must be delivered on the same day of the final test of the single assessment. The relative weight of each work in the final grade will be the same as for the continuous assesment (A1: 12%; A2: 10 %; A3 10 %).

- In relation to the PAI3 computer classroom practice (calculation of droppings in cattle) and the PG farm practice (sheep welfare evaluation protocol), students must fill out an individual questionnaire that will be delivered on the same day of the final single evaluation test. The weight of these questionnaires in the final grade will be 3 and 5% respectively. In order to complete the farm practice questionnaire (PG), attendance to the practicals is considered essential and therefore mandatory to obtain an evaluation for this activity.

To pass the subject it is required:

- Obtain a minimum of 4.5/10 in the grade of the only written test.

- Solve, at least two of the three cases of self-learning raised.

- Achieve with the set of all evaluation activities, a final grade equal to or greater than 5.

At the end of the semester there will be a second-chance exam. The call will be the same day as for continuous evaluation.

The student who does not take the written test will be considered non-evaluable.

Attendance at practices and seminars, as well as marks of associated writtenworks may be kept for 1 year.

IMPORTANT:

Any irregularity committed during an assessment activity (including academic fraud, plagiarism, or improper use of AI, unless such use is expressly authorized in the course syllabus) that may lead to a significant change in the grade will result in that assessment being awarded a grade of 0.

If the course syllabus specifies that obtaining a minimum grade in that assessment 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 commits any of these irregularities.