The type of teaching planned for this course is a face-to-face teaching. Throughout the course the different sections of the program will be developed. There are materials and activities that students should work prior to the lecture sessions. They will serve to motivate and improve the student's understanding. Also for each topic a series of exercises and activities is proposed to reinforce the contents. A few hours per week (tutorials) will be offered to meet students on an individual basis and answer the questions and doubts students may have. For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks, such as bibliographic or information searches, proofreading texts or translations, and preparing debates. For activities with exercises, two documents will be required: one without AI intervention and one with the help of AI. Students must clearly identify which parts were generated with this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how they influenced the process and the final result of the activity. Lack of transparency in the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered a lack of academic honesty and may result in a partial or total penalty in the activity grade, or greater sanctions in serious cases.

In the second part of the course, flipped classes may occasionally be used as an innovative teaching methodology. The proposed teaching methodology may undergo some modifications according to the restrictions imposed by the health authorities on on-campus courses.

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.

This subject/module does not offer the option for comprehensive evaluation.

There will be two elements in the final grade:

1) A continuous assessment of the activities suggested during the course. This ongoing evaluation will include a midterm exam (with a weight of 30%), delivery and discussion in class of problem sets and group activities, and an active participation in class discussions with the individual solving of cases and exercises (25% of the grade). Regular class attendance is required. The student must have participated/delivered/performed a minimum of 70% of the activities scheduled during the course to be able to average participation with the other components of the assessment.

2) A final exam (individual assessment and 45% of the grade). The exam will consist of both a practical part (problems) and a theoretical part. The student needs a minimum grade of, at least, 3/10 in the final exam. If the mark in the final exam is lower than 3, the maximum grade for the course will be 3.4.

All students are required to perform the evaluation activities. If the student's grade is 5 or higher, the student passes the course and it cannot be subject to further evaluation. If the student grade is less than 3.5, the student will have to repeat the course the following year. Students who have obtained a grade that is equal to or greater than 3.5 and less than 5 can take a retake exam. The lecturers will decide the type of the retake exam. When the retake exam's grade is greater than 5, the final grade will be a PASS with a maximum numerical grade of 5. When the retake exam's grade is less than 5, the final grade will be a FAIL with a numerical grade equal to the grade achieved in the course grade (not the retake exam's grade).

A student who does not perform any evaluative task is considered “not evaluable”. Therefore, a student who undertakes a continuous assessment component can no longer be qualified with a "not evaluable".

Calendar of evaluation activities: The datesof the evaluation activities (midterm exams, exercises in the classroom, assignments, ...) will be announced well in advance during the semester. The date of the final exam is scheduled in the assessment calendar of the School. "The dates of evaluation activities cannot be modified, unless there is an exceptional and duly justified reason why an evaluation activity cannot be carried out. In this case, the degree coordinator will contact both the teaching staff and the affected student, and a new date will be scheduled within the same academic period to make up for the missed evaluation activity." Section 1 of Article 115. Calendar of evaluation activities (Academic Regulations UAB). Students of the Faculty of Economics and Business, who in accordance with the previous paragraph need to change an evaluation activity date must process the request by filling out an Application for exams' reschedule

https://eformularis.uab.cat/group/deganat_feie/nou-reprogramacio-de-proves

Grade revision process: After all grading activities have ended, students will be informed of the date and way in which the course grades will be published. Students will be also be informed of the procedure, place, date and time of grade revision following University regulations.

Retake Process: "To be eligible to participate in the retake process, it is required for students to have been previously been evaluated for at least two thirds of the total evaluation activities of the subject." Section 3 of Article 112 ter. The recovery (UAB Academic Regulations). Additionally,it is required that the student to have achieved anaverage gradeof the subject between 3.5 and 4.9. The date of the retake exam will be posted in the calendar of evaluation activities of the Faculty. Students who take this exam and pass, will get a grade of 5 for the subject. If the student does not pass the retake, the grade will remain unchanged, and hence, student will fail the course.

The completion of assessment activities is subject to the provisions set out in this course guide and in the "Policy of the School of Economics and Business on the Detection of Irregularities during Assessment Activities", which regulates the conditions under which assessment tasks are conducted and the procedures applicable in cases where indications of irregularities are detected. Students are encouraged to consult the policy.

Irregularities in evaluation activities: In spite of other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, "in the case that the student makes any irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an evaluation activity, it will be graded with a 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that can be instructed. In case of various irregularities occur in the evaluation of the same subject, the final grade of this subject will be 0". Section 10 of Article 116. Results of the evaluation. (UAB Academic Regulations).

The proposed evaluation activities may undergo some changes according to the restrictions imposed by the health authorities on on-campus courses.