Lectures consists of explanations from the teachers together with questions and discussions with the students.

In the tutorials students are split in two groups. The tutorials consist of solving exercises and problems previously provided to the students. Once the exercises are done in class, the solutions will be available on the virtual campus.

In the laboratories students are split in three groups. If possible, laboratories will take place in spaces that facilitate group work or in classrooms that allow the use of computers (electrified classrooms or PC classrooms). The students will have a script to carry out with the support of the teaching staff. The correct result will be provided either in the classroom itself or in the virtual campus.

The students' independent work consists on working by himself/herself on all the aspects previously seen in the classroom either in lectures, tutorial or laboratories. Lecture presentations, reference material, bibliography, solved exercises and crystallography software (either in computer classrooms or as free software) will be available for the students for this purpose.

The Virtual Campus is used for communication with the students. It is also the place where laboratory scripts, specific reference material, lecture presentations, grades, etc. will be stored. The lecture presentations constitute the bases for the lectures, but in any case they replace the attendance to the lectures.

In this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is not permitted at any stage. Any work that includes AI-generated passages will be considered an act of academic dishonesty and may result in a partial or full evaluation deduction for the assignment, or even more severe sanctions in more serious cases.

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.

The evaluation of the course includes both continuous evaluation and a final or recovery exam.

Continuous assessment

Continuous assessment comprises two mid-term exams, the first one is scheduled for the first half of April and the second in June. Each exam represents 35-40% of the overall qualification. Continuous assessment also includes the assessment of assignments, class attendance, exercises, assignment or quiz set in class. These assignments represent 20%-30% of the overall grade.

The course can be passed in the continuous assessment, without the need to take the final exam if an overall grade of 5 is reached. The make-up exam in June is an opportunity redo one or two mid-term exams. In this case, the grade obtained in the make-up exam will replace the corresponding partial exam. Assessable deliveries are not recoverable.

Students who do not assists to any exam will be considered as not avaluable.

Attendance at practical sessions is compulsory; failure to attend three practical sessions without justification will result in a grade of “Not Assessed”.

Single assessment

The single assessment (for students who requested it) will take place on the day of the second mid-term exam. This assessment will consist of:

1.-Completion of an exam for the entire subject (70% of the overall grade).

2.-The delivery of a work to be done with crystallographic software (10% of the overall grade).

3.-An oral test where crystal models will be presented and questions will be asked about their symmetry (20% of the overall grade).

In case of failing to pass, the students will have the right to take a second exam where the grade will replace the grade of the first exam. This second exam will preferably take place on the same day as the make-up exams. Both the assignment and the oral test cannot be recovered.

The realization of any irregularity in an assessment (academic fraud, plagiarism or improper use of AI, unless such use is expressly authorised in the course guide), which may lead to a significant change in the grade, will result in that attempt being marked with a 0. If the course guide stipulates that obtaining a minimum mark in this assessment is a prerequisite for passing the subject, or if multiple irregularities occur in the assessments for the same subject, the final mark for that subject will be 0. In addition, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any student who commits any of these irregularities.