Students will have to carry out various types of activities throughout this subject:

a) Directed activities: In the classroom, there will be lectures on the contents of the subject (materials deposited on the virtual campus) and problem classes.

In the problem classes, numerical exercises will be worked on the contents of the course, and students will also make presentations of scientific articles related to the subject.

For each of the lessons 7 to 12 (inclusive), the teacher will prepare a list of scientific articles. Each student will choose one of the articles, and these works will be presented and analyzed in an individual oral presentation of 10-15 minutes, with a question and answer session, so that each student makes several presentations throughout the course.

As laboratory sessions, Analytical Chemistry laboratories that conduct research related to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology are visited, where nanomaterials and nanocomponents are available in the first session, and nanobiosystems for analysis in the second.

b) Supervised activities: Tutorials will be held in order to monitor one of the evaluation activities that students must carry out, which consists of reading, understanding and presenting orally a scientific article related to the subject.

c) Autonomous activities: Students must independently study the contents of the subject, solve problems, and prepare several presentations on scientific articles related to the subject.

Note: 15 minutes of a class will be reserved, within the calendar established by the center/degree, for students to complete the evaluation surveys of the performance of the teaching staff and the evaluation of the subject.

Use of AI

For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is allowed exclusively in support tasks, such as bibliographic or information search, text correction or translations. In the case that Ai is used, the student will have to clearly identify which parts have been generated with this technology, specify the tools used and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. The non-transparency of the use of AI in an evaluable activity will be considered lack of academic honesty and may lead to a partial or total penalty in the grade of the activity.Use of AI

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 assessment will consist of the following components:

1. Quizzes: At the end of each topic, a multiple-choice quiz will be administered using the virtual campus tools. The quizz will last 10 minutes. All scheduled quizzes will count towards the final grade, except for the one with the lowest score. (60% of the final grade).

2. Oral presentations: Each student will give several presentations throughout the course, lasting 10-15 minutes, summarizing representative scientific articles from the syllabus. The articles, corresponding to lessons 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, will be chosen by the students from a list provided by the instructor. (40% of the final grade).

3. The laboratory component will be reflected in a multiplicative coefficient (between 0.90 and 1.10) of the final grade.

Students who have opted for the single assessment option must take a final exam consisting of a multiple-choice test and a second test in the form of short-answer questions. This test will be administered on the same day that students taking the continuous assessment exam take their second midterm exam. Upon completion, students will submit a number of written assignments equivalent to those given by their classmates as oral presentations, but in the form of critical commentaries on their chosen scientific work. The student's grade will be the weighted average of the three previous activities, with the multiple-choice exam accounting for 33%, the short-answer exam for 33%, and the written assignments for the remaining 34%.

If the final grade is below 5, the student has another opportunity to pass the course through a resit exam, which will be held on a date set by the Degree Coordinator. In this exam, 66% of the grade corresponding to the theory and problem-solving sections can be recovered. The written assignments are not eligible for a resit.

Any irregularity committed during an assessment activity (academic fraud, plagiarism, or the improper use of AI—unless such use is expressly authorized in the course syllabus) that could lead to a significant change in the grade will result in a grade of 0 for that activity. If the course syllabus stipulates that achieving a minimum grade in that specific assessment activity is a mandatory requirement for passing the course, or if multiple irregularities occur across assessment activities for the same course, the final course grade will be 0. Furthermore, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any student who commits such irregularities.