The training activities are divided into three blocks:

1. 40 hours of interaction in the classroom with the teacher and other students (25 hours of lecturing and 15 of interaction with other students)

2. 40 hours of supervised (guided) work consisting of writing the four reviews

3. 70 hours of independent work consisting of reading the four assigned works and studying for the exam

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. Please, use them for positive, constructive feedback.

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

Assessment is based on:

1. 20% of the final grade: interaction in the classroom with other students (attendance is compulsory, except in justified cases, which must be notified via email to the teacher)
2. 10% of the final grade: exam based on the lectures (on the last class of the semester)
3. 17,5% of the final mark: review 1 (800-1000 words)
4. 17,5% of the final mark: review 2 (800-1000 words)
5. 17,5% of the final mark: review 3 (800-1000 words)
6. 17,5% of the final mark: review 4 (800-1000 words)

CLASS PARTICIPATION:

The 20% of the final mark for this concept is subdivided into two items:

• 30% class attendance: students need to sign the attendance list each session and email the teacher in case of justified absence, which will be counted as presence. The subject will consist of 28 sessions (plus the exam session), therefore the following marks will be awarded for attendance (obtaining a Pass requires attending 50% of all classes):

PASS: 28-26 = 10; 25-24 = 9.5; 23-22 = 9; 21-20 8.5; 19-18 = 8; 17-16 = 7; 15-14 = 6; 13: 5;

FAIL: 12-10 = 4; 9-8 = 3.5; 7-6 = 3; 5-4 = 2; 3-0 = 0

• 70% class participation: students must interact with 3 other students in each session (10 minutes per interaction, commenting on passages from the 4 books assigned). Students must submit at the end of each unit their interaction chart to the teacher. The following final marks will be awarded for interaction, based on 28 sessions:

PASS: 81-78 = 10; 75-72 = 9.5; 69-66 = 9; 63-60 = 8.5; 57-54 = 8; 51-48 = 7; 45-42 = 6; 39 = 5

FAIL: 36-30 = 5; 27-24 = 4; 21-18 = 3; 15-12 = 2; 9 or less = 0

ASSESSMENT DATES

14 October, 9:00 AM: deadline, review 1

4 November, 9:00 AM: deadline, review 2

25 November, 9:00 AM: deadline, review 3

21 December: exam (in class)

11 January 2027, 9:00 AM: deadline, review 4

SINGLE ASSESSMENT

Students are not encouraged to apply for single assessment in this subject, as interaction in the classroom is considered essential and so is attendance. If this option is unavoidable, it should be borne in mind that single assessment consists of the 4 compulsory reviews (70% of the course grade) and the exam (15%), as for continuous assessment, and a fifth review based on a freely chosen novel in agreement with prof. Martín (20% of the course grade). The reviews can be handed in on the day of the exam (which is the same as for continuous assessment and is taken in class) or, as advised, on the same deadlines as the rest of the class. Students who take single assessment are not expected to attend or participate in class and are not graded for this concept. The re-evaluation for single assessment works with the same criteria and on the same dates as continuos assessment, and consists of the same reviews and exam.

PLEASE, NOTE:

• All exercises will be returned corrected and with the corresponding grade in a maximum of 3 weeks.
• Students obtain a Not assessed/Not submitted course grade if they complete less than 30% of assessment.
• To be eligible for re-assessment, students need to have been previously assessed for a set of activities constituting at least two third parts of all assessment activities, and obtained a course grade between 3.5 and 4.8.
• If a student obtains a final course grade of 4,9 for assessment, this figure is automatically transformed into 5 and the student needs not take re-assessment.
• There is no cap in the grade students may obtain in reassessment.
• The final marks will be published on or before 14 January 2027, respecting the minimum 72-hour period before re-assessment.
• Re-assessment consists of the repetition of the failed essays (maximum 65% of the course grade), which must be emailed to the teachers, and of the exam (15%); interaction with other students (20% of the course grade) cannot be re-assessed. The deadline for the re-assessment of the essays is 24 January 2027 9:00 AM. The date for the re-assessment exam, in the second fortnight of January, will be announced as soon as the teacher is notified.
• On carrying out each evaluation activity, the teachers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.
• Erasmus students who ask for any deadline or exam to be advanced must present a document signed by their university of origin that justifies their request.
• This subject entirely prohibits the use of AI technologies in all of its activities. Any submitted work that contains content generated using AI will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade will be awarded a zero, without the possibility of reassessment. In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken
• In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.