The proposed teaching methodology and evaluation activities may undergo some modifications depending on the health authorities' attendance restrictions.

1. Theoretical classes

Exposition of the main concepts and theoretical proposals in each unit of study. Specific cases that exemplify the different concepts studied will be explained.

2. Readings

Sessions that will consist of the discussion, exhibition and debate of a series of selected readings on the thematic contents of the subject. At the beginning of the course, the teachers will give detailed instructions on this type of activity.

3. Tutorials

The process of learning and acquisition of competences will be supervised by the teachers through individual and / or group tutorials. The teaching staff of the subject will be available to the students to solve the doubts and follow the evolution of this learning process and acquisition of student competencies.

4. Moodle

It will be the virtual space that will convey the information related to the organization of the subject, as well as various complementary materials.

A detailed schedule outlining the content of each session will be presented on the first day of the course and will be available on the course’s Virtual Campus, where students will find the various teaching materials deemed appropriate by the instructors and

necessary information for effective course monitoring. Should the teaching modality change for reasons of force majeure according to the competent authorities, the teaching staff will inform students of any modifications to the course schedule and teaching methodologies.

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.

The evaluation of the subject will be based on the continuous evaluation of the process of acquisition of knowledge and competences by the students and will consist of:

a) Completion of an individual and written test (50% of the total), on the general concepts of the subject.

b) Completion of a group work (20% of the total). This work will consist of reasoned reflections according to instructions and deadlines that will be indicated by the teachers of each group at the beginning of the course.

c) Readings (30% of the total). The teachers of each group will give indications on the evaluation system of this block.

Considerations on the functioning of the evaluation mechanisms:

1) It is understood that the procedure to pass the subject is the follow-up of all the continuous assessment instruments, that is: participation in the evaluation activities related to the readings, the individual performance of the written test and the delivery of the group work. It is necessary to obtain a minimum grade of 5 in all activities to pass the subject.

2) Spelling and linguistic and expression errors will penalize the final grade.

3) Students who have participated in the continuous evaluation and suspend the theory (individual written test) may re-evalute it provided that a minimum of 3 has been obtained and the ordinary revision has been made. The grade obtained in the re-evaluation of the written test will replace the previous one and will be weighted with the rest of the grades of the continuous evaluation.

4) Each teacher will establish a mechanism and deadlines for reviewing all the materials that are part of the evaluation (preferably throughout the course, but always before closing the minutes). Students may request this revision from the respective professors if they consider it pertinent.

Single assessment. It is a single assessment date, but not a single assessment activity. It will consist of the following assessment activities that must be completed and/or delivered on the day of the written test date:

a) Completion of an individual and written test (50% of the total), on the general concepts of the subject.

b) Completion of the group work (20% of the total). This work will consist of reasoned reflections according to instructions and deadlines that will be indicated by the teachers of each group at the beginning of the course.

c) Completion of an additional individual and written test on the readings (30% of the total). The teachers of each group will determinie which these readings are.

Students must obtain a minimum grade of 5 out of 10 in each assessment activity.

Students wishing to opt for single assessment must apply within the established deadline and inform the lecturer.

Re-assessment. Students will be entitled to reassessment in the course if they have been evaluated on a set of activities accounting for at least two-thirds of the total course grade.Only the individual theoretical written test may be retaken.

Second enrolment. Students enrolled in the course for a second time may follow the single assessment system, which is equivalent to the Comprehensive Assessment (Prova de Síntesi).

For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks, such as bibliographic or information searches, text correction, or translations. Students must clearly identify any parts generated with these technologies, specify the tools used, and include a critical reffection on how AI has inffuenced the process and final outcome of the assignment. Failure to disclose the use of AI in this assessed activity will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in a partial or total penalty to the assignment grade, or more serious sanctions in severe cases.

The performance of any irregularity in an evaluation act (academic fraud, plagiarism or improper use of AI, unless this use is expressly authorized by the teaching guide), which may lead to a significant variation in the grade, assumes that this act will be graded with a 0. In the event that the teaching guide foresees that in order to pass the subject it is an essential requirement to have obtained a minimum grade in this evaluation act or that there are several irregularities in the evaluation acts of the same subject, the final grade of this subject is 0. Apart from this, a disciplinary process may be instructed to the student that incurs any of these irregularities.

Any student suspected of submitting assignments that have been generated by AI, written by others or copied; include unattributed AI-generated content, or fall outside the permitted scope, may be asked to provide the preliminary work or other materials that can demonstrate it is original work and the result of their own authorship. They may also be asked to separately explain or justify their work. Teachers may also use AI detection systems or carry out any verification tasks they deem appropriate. If, after review, the instructor detects irregularities, the assignment may be graded zero, and the student may be subject to further disciplinary action.