• The teaching methodology will consist of learning activities in the format of lectures and seminars as well as sessions in smaller groups where exercices will be solved.
• The lectures and seminars will develop the theoretical basis relating the physical world with the mathematical description that allows us to analyze it. This theoretical base will be illustrated with practical examples.
• Group exercise sessions will deepen the application of the theoretical base to the analysis of practical problems of the physical world. These sessions will be guided by a professor, but they must have a high level of participation by students.

Division of the course into four parts

The content of this course is divided into the following parts:

PART 1 (30% of the final grade): units, kinematics, and dynamics.

PART 2 (30% of the final grade): work and energy; collisions and particle systems.

PART 3 (30% of the final grade): electrostatics and magnetism.

PART 4 (10% of the final grade): oscillations.

Continuous Assessment

For PARTS 1, 2, and 3, assessment will consist of three elements:

• Mandatory Online Quiz. This quiz contributes 0% to the final grade. However, if it is not completed within the established deadline, a penalty of 25% of the exam grade will be applied. Therefore, it is very important to complete it.
• Optional Exercises. For students who pass the exam, if they have submitted the optional exercises, these will contribute 5% to the final grade. The exercises will be peer-assessed by the students using a rubric provided by the teaching staff.
• Midterm Exam. This exam will contribute 25% of the final grade if the exercises have been submitted and the exam has been passed. If the exercises have not been submitted or the exam has not been passed, it will contribute 30% of the final grade. The midterm exams will consist of solving problems and/or answering written questions within a limited amount of time. This will allow students to demonstrate their understanding of the contents covered in lectures and problem-solving sessions, as well as the acquisition of the expected competencies.

PART 4

This part does not include an exam. Assessment will be as follows:

• Mandatory Class Attendance. Students who do not attend will receive a 25% penalty on the project grade.
• Completion of a Take-Home Project. This project will contribute 10% of the final grade. The submission will consist of carrying out an analysis of a physical system and submitting the results before a specified deadline. This will allow students to demonstrate their understanding of the theoretical and problem-solving content of the course, as well as the acquisition of relevant competencies.

The oscillations syllabus (Part 4) is normally taught before the topics of electrostatics and magnetism.

Final grade before the resit examination period

The final grade will be the weighted sum of the grades obtained in each part, according to the percentages specified above.

Requirement to sit all midterm exams

Students who fail to attend any midterm exam without a justified reason will receive the status of Not Assessed. If, due to exceptional circumstances and with proper supporting documentation, a student is unable to attend a midterm exam, they may take it on the date scheduled for the resit examination. Documentation supporting the absence must be submitted as soon as possible.

Class Attendance

Although attendance is not mandatory for most topics, attendance may occasionally be recorded in order to conduct a study on the correlation between attendance and academic performance.

Not attending classes carries a high risk of failing the course; therefore, students are strongly encouraged to prioritize attendance. Furthermore, the teaching staff will not consider themselves obliged to upload lecture notes to the virtual campus.

Conditions for taking resit exams

To be eligible for a resit examination, students must:

• Have attended all midterm exams.
• Have obtained an overall final average grade of at least 2.5 out of 10.
• Have failed the exam they wish to resit.

Students may take a resit examination for each failed exam. The maximum grade obtainable in a resit exam will be 5.0 out of 10. This grade will account for 30% of the final grade. Therefore, if a student submits a resit examination, the continuous assessment grade and optional exercises for the corresponding part will no longer be considered. In other words, by submitting a resit examination for grading, the student waives the total grade previously obtained for the corresponding part (Parts 1, 2, or 3), including both exams and exercises. This grade will be replaced by the resit exam grade.

Grade Review Procedures

Each summative assessment activity (exams and project submissions) may be reviewed at the place, date, and time specified by the teaching staff. During this review process, students may submit grade appeals, which will be evaluated by the teaching staff. If a student does not attend the review session, the assessment will not be reviewed at a later date.

Other Information

General communication with students will take place through the Moodle Classroom platform.

Without prejudice to any other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, any academic misconduct that may lead to an alteration of the grade awarded in an assessment activity will result in a grade of zero. Therefore, copying or allowing others to copy in an assignment, continuous assessment activity, or resit examination will result in a grade of zero. If that assessment component is required to pass the course, the entire course will be failed. Assessment activities graded in this manner cannot be retaken, and consequently the course may be failed outright, without the possibility of recovery during the same academic year.

The use of Artificial Intelligence tools is not permitted.

This course does not provide for a single-assessment system. Nor does it provide any differentiated treatment for repeat students.