The course will be given in person.

The students will receive a list of exercises on which they will work, trying to solve them. During your non-classroom activity, you will have read and worked the proposed exercises and problems, as well as the theoretical notions necessary for the resolution of the exercises. This will guarantee your participation in the classroom and will facilitate the assimilation of the procedural contents.

The teaching of the course will use the virtual campus as a means of communication, as well as virtual teaching media. It is recommended to use the institutional e-mail of the professors that appears in this guide. Students who wish to communicate with professors by e-mail should do so from the institutional address provided by the university (@autonoma.cat). Naturally, students will have tutoring hours (to be arranged) in the professors' offices.

a) Assessment process and scheduled assessment activities

The course consists of the following assessment activities:

Recoverable activities:

Two midterm exams, E1 and E2, with a weight of 80% of the final grade: 40% for the first exam and 40% for the second exam.

Non-recoverable activities:

Two assessment tests, with a weight of 10% each and 20% overall of the final grade. The content of these tests will be based on several quizzes that students will have to complete throughout the course through the Virtual Campus. These tests will give rise to a grade P.

Course grade:

Continuous assessment.

If NE=(E1+E2)/2<2.5, the course is failed with final grade NE.

If 2.5<=NE<3.5, the student must take the reassessment exam.

If NE>=3.5, then the final grade F is calculated as follows:

F=0.4E1+0.4E2+0.2P

If F>=5, the course is passed with grade F; otherwise, the student must take the reassessment exam.

b) Reassessment process:

To be eligible for the reassessment exam, it will be necessary that NE=(E1+E2)/2>=2.5.

There will be a reassessment exam that will give rise to a grade R. Then:

If R<2.5, the course is failed with final grade R.

If R>=2.5, the course grade is

F=min(0.8R+0.2P;6)

c) Grade improvement

It is not possible to take the reassessment exam with the aim of improving the grade.

d) Scheduling of assessment activities:

The calendar of assessment activities will be provided on the first day of the course and will be made public through the Virtual Campus and on the Faculty of Sciences website, in the exams section.

e) Procedure for reviewing grades:

For each recoverable assessment activity, we will indicate a place, date, and time for review, during which students may review the activity with the teaching staff.

In this context, students may submit claims regarding the grade of the activity, which will be assessed by the teaching staff responsible for the course.

Students who do not attend the review on the scheduled day and at the scheduled place will not be able to review this activity afterwards.

f) Grades:

Honours grades. Awarding an honours grade is a decision of the teaching staff responsible for the course.

UAB regulations state that honours grades may only be awarded to students who have obtained a final grade equal to or higher than 9.00.

Up to 5% of the total number of enrolled students may be awarded an honours grade.

A student will be considered to have taken the course if they have taken at least one recoverable activity and/or one non-recoverable activity.

g) Consequences of irregularities committed by students: copying, plagiarism, etc.

Without prejudice to any other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, any irregularities committed by a student that may lead to a variation in the grade of an assessable activity will be graded with a zero (0).

Assessment activities graded in this way and through this procedure will not be recoverable.

If it is necessary to pass any of these assessment activities in order to pass the course, the course will be failed directly, with no possibility of reassessment during the same academic year.

These irregularities include, among others:

• total or partial copying of a practical assignment, report, or any other assessment activity;
• allowing others to copy;
• submitting group work that has not been completed entirely by the members of the group. This applies to all members, not only to those who have not worked;
• unauthorised use of AI, such as Copilot, ChatGPT or equivalent tools, to solve exercises, practical assignments and/or any other assessable activity;
• submitting as one’s own materials produced by a third party, even if they are translations or adaptations, and, in general, submitting work containing elements that are not original and exclusive to the student;
• having communication devices, such as mobile phones, smart watches, pens with cameras, etc., accessible during individual theoretical-practical assessment tests, that is, exams;
• talking to classmates during individual theoretical-practical assessment tests, that is, exams;
• copying or attempting to copy from other students during theoretical-practical assessment tests, that is, exams.

h) Single assessment:

Students who have chosen the single assessment modality must take a final test consisting of a theory exam in which they will have to develop a topic and/or answer a series of short questions.

They will then have to take a problems/practical test in which they will have to solve a series of exercises similar to those worked on in the Practical/Problem-solving classroom sessions.

The grade will be the weighted average of the two previous activities, with the theory exam accounting for 30% of the grade and the problems/practical exam accounting for 70%.

If the final grade does not reach 5, students who have failed will have another opportunity to pass the course by means of the reassessment exam, which will take place on the date set by the degree coordination.

To be eligible for the reassessment exam, students must have obtained a minimum grade of 3.5.

The review of the final grade follows the same procedure as for continuous assessment.

This English version of the guide is a translation of the Catalan version. If there's any discrepancy between the two, the Catalan version is the correct one for all purposes.