The continuous assessment of the course will comprise the following components:

• Exercises and participation: 20% (Specific academic writing exercises will be carried out as the theoretical aspects of the course are progressively addressed.)
• Submitted assignments: 30% (The preparation, based on a draft, of two texts: one argumentative and one expository.)
• Final written examination: 50% (This will consist of the preparation, in the classroom, of a text — either argumentative or expository — following all the guidelines for writing an academic text.)

The final mark will be obtained from the weighted sum of the scores achieved in the various assessment tasks.

The dates of the assessment tasks will be announced at the beginning of the course, and the submission deadlines for the exercises will be scheduled and announced through the Moodle classroom.

Resit assessment of the course will be available provided that the average mark is higher than 3.5.

Should a student commit any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the mark awarded for an assessment task, that assessment task will be graded with a 0, irrespective of any disciplinary proceedings that may be initiated. If several irregularities occur across the assessment tasks, the final mark for this course will be 0.

In order to pass the course, a student must obtain a minimum final mark of 5 out of 10. The minimum pass mark is 5.

At the beginning of the course, a schedule will be provided setting out the dates for completing and submitting the assessment activities. At the time each assessment activity is carried out, the teaching staff will inform students, through the Virtual Campus, of the procedure and the date for reviewing the marks.

Grade of “Not Assessable”

A student will receive the grade of “Not Assessable” whenever the assessment activities they have completed or submitted represent 30% or less of the final mark for the course.

Resit Assessment

Students who have failed the course may take the resit assessment provided that they meet the criteria to be assessable and have obtained a minimum final average mark of 3.5 out of 10.

All course content will be subject to resit assessment, as the resit will consist of preparing a text (argumentative or expository) once again, in order to demonstrate that students who are required to take the resit have mastered all the textual aspects of an academic text. The resit assessment will be held in person.

Assessment activities in which an academic irregularity has occurred may not be resat.

Irregularities in Assessment Activities

Should a student commit any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the mark awarded for an assessment task, that task will be graded with a 0, irrespective of any disciplinary proceedings that may be initiated. Should several irregularities occur in the assessment tasks of the same course, the final mark for the course will be 0.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

The use of artificial intelligence is strictly prohibited, as the aim of this course is for students to be able to produce texts independently.

Single Assessment

This course does not offer the single-assessment system.

Exchange Students

Exchange students who request to sit an assessment task earlier than scheduled must submit to the teaching staff a written document from their home university justifying the request.