The methodology applied to the student work will combine the attended lectures, resolution of examples and practicum. During the sessions, different concepts will be introduced and the resolution of exercises will be proposed to be solved by the students. The practicum proposals will be guided and will be validated by answering some questions. Campus Virtual will be used for communication between lecturers and students (material, updates, announcements, etc.).

This subject does not provide for the single assessment system.

Continuous-assessment dates will be published on Campus Virtual. Specific programming may change when necessary. Any such modification will always be communicated to students through Campus Virtual, which is the usual communication platform between lecturers and students.

The final evaluation will take into account the portfolio delivered by the students, the attendance and participation in class, and the short oral presentations, as follows:

1. Attendance and active participation. To earn full marks for attendance, students must attend 80% of the classes. Mark: 10%.
2. Exercise resolutions. This is an individual task. As part of continuous assessment, short exercises must be solved. Some will be compulsory, others will be optional. Mark: 25%.
3. Practical activities. Depending on the number of students, it will be an individual task or in groups of two people. These practical activities will be performed by using computers. In some cases, passing the practical assignments will require passing the individual validation tests linked to each assignment. These tests will assess the assimilation of both theoretical and practical concepts associated with each activity. Mark: 25%.
4. Written work and oral presentation, and/or final exam, depending on the number of students and their profile. This is an individual task. It consists of an exam or delivering a written word and oral presentation about a specific topic. The choice of the topic will be discussed and agreed upon in the class, selecting topics from a list provided by the faculty staff or by the students themselves. In addition, the presenter will propose an exercise or questionnaire that the other students will have to answer. On the other hand, the other students in the audience must ask questions (at least one for each talk) during the presentations. A preliminary list of tentative topics are the ones described in chapter 5. Mark: 40%.

Notwithstanding other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with the academic regulations in force, assessment activities will receive a zero whenever a student commits academic irregularities that may alter such assessment. Assessment activities graded in this way and by this procedure will not be re-assessable. If passing the assessment activity or activities in question is required to pass the subject, the awarding of a zero for disciplinary measures will also entail a direct fail for the subject, with no opportunity to re-assess this in the same academic year. Irregularities contemplated in this procedure include, among others

• the total or partial copying of an evaluation activity;
• allowing others to copy;
• presenting group work that has not been done entirely by the members of the group;
• presenting any materials prepared by a third party as one’s own work, even if these materials are translations or adaptations,including work that is not original or exclusively that of the student;

An overall grade of 5 or higher is required to pass the subject. A "non-assessable" grade cannot be assigned to students who have participated in more than 50% of the exercises and practicum activities or have delivered the oral presentation. No special treatment will be given to students who have completed the course in the previous academic year. In order to pass the course with honours, the final grade must be a 9.0 or higher. Because the number of students with this distinction cannot exceed 5% of the number of students enrolled in the course, this distinction will be awarded to whoever has the highest final grade.

It is important to bear in mind that no assessment activities will be permitted for any student at a different date or time to that established, unless for justified causes duly advised before the activity and with the lecturer’s previous consent. In all other cases, if an activity has not been carried out, this cannot be re-assessed. The protocol for requesting the rescheduling of assessment activities is available on the website of the Escola d'Enginyeria and applies in the cases described in the institution’s assessment criteria and guidelines.

In the case of exercise resolutions and practical activities, a review may be requested after the date of the activity, allowing students to review the activity with the lecturer. In this context, students may discuss the activity grade awarded by the lecturers responsible for the subject. If students do not take part in this review, no further opportunity will be made available.

In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for learning support tasks, such as bibliographic or information searches, text correction, or personal study. The use of AI technologies for completing deliverable activities (i.e., assignments, graded exercises, or exams) is not allowed. Any work that includes AI-generated content will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in partial or full penalties on the activity’s grade, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.

To consult the academic regulations approved by the Governing Council of the UAB, please follow this link: http://webs2002.uab.es/afers_academics/info_ac/0041.htm