The course is structured around directed, supervised, and autonomous activities where students will learn to engage interactively with the course content under the guidance of the teaching staff at various levels. The contents of the course will be developed through the following activities:

• Lectures by the teaching staff.
• Reading books and articles (individual student activity complementary to classroom work).
• Conducting practical sessions in the classroom and the computer lab, based on both theoretical situations and real-world cases.
• Group coursework related to the class syllabus.

The practical activity will be of two types:

• Guided and tutored practical exercises for each of the topics. Activities may vary, including: text commentary, validation of methodological and theoretical knowledge, or problem-solving (both manually and using specific software).
• Completion of a group project combining different topics covered in class, such as Network Theory, Interaction Models, and Location-Allocation Models (resolution will be done both manually and using specific software).

Gender perspectives will be taken into account in the various examples studied throughout the course.

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.

A) ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES:

1 - Theoretical and practical exam for the assessment of course content. It consists of four exams, each lasting one and a half hours, with a weight of 40% of the final grade.

Exam assessment: The theoretical midterms will assess the relevance of the answer and the level of knowledge achieved on the subject. The practical part will assess the approach, the resolution and interpretation of the results, as well as the correct performance of calculations. To calculate the average across the four midterms, a grade of 5 must be obtained in each exam.

2 - Since this is a Continuous Assessment course, the practical work will be submitted throughout the semester:

• 2.1 - 10 Individual assessment practicals with a weight of 30% of the grade. Assessment of practicals: Formal aspects, the correct calculation of indicators (provided this is the objective of the assignment), the proper execution of a structured analysis of the obtained results, and their interpretation. In the specific case of text analysis, special value will be placed on the ability to extract and present the most relevant information and relate it to the course content. Only one of the practical assignments may be retaken. Practicals must be submitted in hard copy (on paper).
• 2.2 - Course project in groups of two people with a weight of 25% of the grade. Assessment of the project: Formal aspects, the formulation of objectives, the problem statement, the models used for improving service planning, the definition of analysis variables, the resolution of results, their interpretation, conclusions, and their public presentation. It cannot be retaken.
• 2.3 - Participation in classroom practicals with a weight of 5% of the grade. Assessment of classroom practicals: Engagement and tracking of the subject matter in class will be assessed. They cannot be retaken.

B) OTHER ASPECTS TO CONSIDER

• To calculate the average alongside the assignments and the course project, it is COMPULSORY to pass the exams (both theoretical and practical). If an exam is failed, it will not be averaged with the other grades.
• Continuous assessment makes the submission of all learning activities COMPULSORY in order to pass the course.
• Activities submitted after the deadline will receive a maximum grade of 5.
• To be eligible to sit the exam, it is COMPULSORY to have submitted all practical assignments. Practicals CANNOT be submitted on the day of the exam or afterwards.

C) NON-ASSESSABLE (NO AVALUABLE)

Students who have not submitted more than 30% of the assessment activities will receive a grade of "No Avaluable" (Non-Assessable).

D) REVIEWS

At the time each assessment activity is conducted, the professor will inform students (via Moodle) about the procedure and the date for grade reviews.

E) RETAKES (RECUPERACIÓN)

* Any failed theoretical and practical exams will be retaken, regardless of the previous grade.

• An exam can only be retaken if it has been previously failed.
• Regarding the assessment activities (course project, individual practicals, and classroom practicals), only the individual practical assignment may be retaken; the rest cannot be retaken.
• If an activity is failed as a result of plagiarism, copying, or the fraudulent use of AI, the grade for that activity will be zero, and the option to retake it will be excluded. Furthermore, if multiple irregularities are committed, the final grade for the course will be zero.

F) PLAGIARISM

the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.

G) SINGLE ASSESSMENT

This course does not provide a single assessment system option.

H) AI

This course permits the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies exclusively for tasks involving [***bibliographical research or information searches, text correction, or translations, at the discretion of the teaching staff]. In the case of courses within philology degrees, the use of translation tools must be authorized by the professor. Other scenarios may be considered, always subject to the professor's approval.

The student must:

1. Identify the parts that have been generated using AI.
2. Specify the tools used.
3. Include a critical reflection on how these tools influenced the process and the final outcome of the activity.

A lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in an assessable activity will be considered a breach of academic honesty, resulting in a grade of 0 for the activity with no option to retake it, or greater sanctions in severe cases.

I) EXCHANGE STUDENTS

Exchange students requesting to take an exam ahead of schedule must present the professor with a written document from their home university that justifies their request.