The course has 6 ECTS credits, therefore it is expected that the students devote 150 working hours for this course, divided into different types of activities, each of them with a specific amount of working hours. This diversity of formats is reflected in the use of different working methodologies during the course:

 - Guided activities are activities done in the classroom with the presence of the teacher, and  will include: lectures (with ICT support and the possibility of forming discussion groups for specific topics); seminars for discussing the required readings, for focusing on practical issues and for analysing specific cases, problems and examples related to the course’ syllabus. For these activities there will be specific readings, which will be announced well in advance. These activities represent one third of the total working hours required for the course (50 hours).

 - Supervised activities are the ones carried out by the students outside the classroom, according to a work plan designed and supervised by the lecturer. Supervised activities also include individual tutorials and similar activities to asses each student’s progress. These activities represent approximately 10% of the required working hours (15 hours).

 - Autonomous activities are all the activities that the students do on their own, and in accordance with the requirements of the course. These activities may include supplementary research and reading, study their class notes, and all the activities that supplement their work during the course. These activities account for half of the student’ working time (75hours).

The assessment will be based on a final exam (40%), participation in plenary classes (10%) and ten evaluable activities ( 50%). The final assessment is the result of the arithmetic average calculation of all the evaluative activities. At the beginning of the course, the professor will inform about the activities and their schedule. Only those students who don't pass the assessment of the subject as a whole, will be eligible for the reassessment exam. The reassessment will be based on an exam.

Student non-evaluable: Students will be assessed as long as they have completed a set of activities whose weight is equivalent to a minimum of 2/3 of the total qualification for the subject. If the value of the activities carried out does not reach this limit, the teacher of the subject may consider the student as not evaluable

Unique Evaluation

The unique evaluation will consist of the following:

• Written exam with 10 short questions about the theoretical content of the subject: 50% of the final grade.
• Practical case 1 written, related to the application of the theoretical content of the subject: 25% of the final grade.
• Practical case 2 oral, related to the application of the theoretical content of the subject: 25% of the final grade.

If the unique evaluation is failed, a reevaluation can be done. It will consist of a written exam.

The request for a unique evaluation implies renouncing continuous assessment.

Non-evaluable: the same non-evaluable criterion applied in the continued evaluation will be applied in unique evaluation

Use of AI

Restricted Use: For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is allowed exclusively for support tasks, such as bibliographic or information searches, text correction, or translations. Assessable activities must be completed without the use of AI, unless explicitly authorized by the teaching staff. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated using this technology, specify the tools employed, and include a critical reflection on how these tools have influenced both the process and the final result of the activity. Lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered academic dishonesty and may result in a partial or total grade penalty, or more serious sanctions in severe cases

Important note

Any irregularity committed in an assessment activity — including academic fraud, plagiarism or the improper use of AI, unless such use is expressly authorised in the course guide — that may lead to a significant change in the grade will result in that assessment activity being graded with a 0.

If the course guide establishes that, in order to pass the course, it is essential to obtain a minimum grade in that assessment activity, or if several irregularities occur in the assessment activities of the same course, the final grade for the course will be 0.

Without prejudice to the above, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any student who commits any of these irregularities.

The teaching staff reserves the right to conduct oral interviews or an alternative assessment in order to verify the effective acquisition of knowledge and competences and, therefore, the validity of the assessment activities completed by the students.