Face-to-face activities consist of lectures, problem-solving sessions, and computer-based practicals. Efforts will be made to coordinate the content so that all three types of activities effectively contribute to the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Lectures and problem classes will be mainly expository, while encouraging participation through moments of reflection and the joint resolution of small tasks. Practical sessions will primarily involve independent work.

Every effort will be made to avoid sexist language and any kind of discriminatory attitude toward any group in class. Both teaching staff and students must strive to be involved, remain vigilant, and report it if necessary.

The Moodle classroom on the Virtual Campus will be the communication tool between teaching staff and students. All questions, whether about the operation of the course or its content, that may be of interest to other classmates should be raised in class or through the General Forum available in the Moodle classroom. Issues that are not of interest to others will be handled individually or by email, always sent from the institutional @autonoma.cat address.

The use of artificial intelligence tools is allowed. It should be noted that there is no guarantee that the assistance they provide is correct or useful, and the responsibility always lies with the person who uses them, both in learning concepts and in submitting assignments.

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 assessment of the course will be based on:

• Two midterm exams covering theory and problems (80% of the final grade).
• A practical exam (20% of the final grade).

To pass the course, students must:

• Obtain an average of 5.0 out of 10 in the theory and problem exams, with a minimum of 4.0 in each.
• Obtain an overall average of 5.0 out of 10, which will be the final course grade.
• Grades that do not meet these requirements may be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Each exam will have a second sitting (“resit” in official UAB terminology). Attending this second sitting will automatically override the grade from the first. Practical components are NOT resittable.

A student will be considered assessable if they have submitted coursework or taken exams corresponding to at least 50% of the course. Otherwise, they will be recorded as Not Assessed.

For the possible awarding of Honors, grades from the second sitting will not be taken into account.

Single assessment: Students who have opted for the single assessment system must take a single exam and submit the required coursework on the day of the second midterm exam. The details will be agreed upon with the interested students.