The teaching methodology that will be carried out during the whole learning process is fundamentally based on the student's work. The professors will be in charge of guiding the students through this process. In accordance with the teaching objectives of the subject, the training activities that will be carried out are:

- Lectures: With these classes, the student acquires the basic scientific-technical knowledge of the subject that must be complemented with the study of the concepts explained by the professors.

- Self-learning-Problem solving: Students will be provided with a wide collection of solved problems in which the resolution is explained in a very detailed and didactic way. This material will allow students to become familiar, in an autonomous but guided way, with this practical aspect of the subject.

- In-class exercises: Students will individually solve exercises proposed by the instructor, with the aim of enhancing their reasoning skills.

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

Assessment will be individual and carried out continuously within the context of the different training activities that have been scheduled. A Problem-Solving Exam will take place midway through the course, in which each student must solve, individually and in class, a series of practical problems set by the instructors. This assessment activity will account for 35% of the final grade. Later on, a Theoretical Exam will be held, accounting for 50% of the final grade.

Students who fail one (or both) assessment activities will be able to take a Resit Exam. Students who have passed but wish to improve their grade may also take the resit exam; however, doing so will imply renouncing the previously obtained mark.

If a student, for justified reasons, cannot attend an exam on the scheduled date, a make-up exam will be arranged. The type of exam will be determined by the course instructor according to academic criteria. It may be an oral exam, short-answer questions, or essay-type questions.

Additionally, six in-class exercises will be carried out. Three of them will contribute 15% of the final grade, while the other three may serve to improve the final mark. For example, if a student completes only three exercises, the grade obtained will fully count toward the 15% component of the final grade.

The grades obtained in the Problem-Solving Exam and the Theoretical Exam may be averaged provided that a minimum mark of 4 is achieved in each. If this threshold is not met in one or both activities, the overall course grade will be fail. No minimum mark is required for the in-class exercises in order to calculate the average. The maximum final grade is 10 points, and the minimum passing grade is 5 out of 10.

Students will have the opportunity to review their exam grades on the date, time, and place indicated by the instructors on the Virtual Campus.

Not assessable: A student will be considered “not assessable” if they have participated in assessment activities that account for 15% or less of the final grade.

Single assessment

Single assessment follows the same syllabus as continuous assessment and consists of a single Theory and Problem Exam, held on the same date, time, and location as the Theoretical Exam (see continuous assessment). This theoretical-practical exam will account for 100% of the final grade.

Single assessment may be resat on the date scheduled for the Resit Exam (see continuous assessment).

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 assessment being graded 0. If the course guide establishes that passing the subject requires a minimum grade in that assessment activity, or if multiple irregularities occur in the assessment activities of the same subject, the final grade for the subject will be 0. In addition, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any student who incurs any of these irregularities.