Activities and Methodology

The methodological approach of the course is based on a combination of different learning strategies designed to encourage active student participation and foster independent learning. The course incorporates practical activities and continuous monitoring of student progress to support the learning process.

Annotation: As scheduled by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be dedicated to students completing evaluation questionnaires on lecturers and courses/modules.

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.

Assessment

This subject is not assessed through a single-assessment system.

Evaluation Criteria

The assessment of classroom practices (PAUL) and laboratory practices (PLAB) will be determined by the instructor according to their degree of complexity.

Attendance at all sessions is mandatory, as is the completion and submission of all PAUL and PLAB activities.

Completion of the PAUL and PLAB activities is mandatory to be eligible to sit the Course Examination and/or the Recovery Examination under the continuous assessment scheme.

To pass the subject, the student must obtain an overall grade of at least 5 out of 10, with a minimum grade of 5 out of 10 in PLAB, PAUL, and the Theory Exam.

Evaluation Activities Schedule

The schedule, time, and location of the continuous assessment examinations will be published on the subject’s Virtual Campus and communicated during the first sessions of the course.

Recovery Process

First-enrolment students who do not pass the continuous assessment scheme may sit the Recovery Examination, if they have completed the required set of assessment activities and have achieved at least the minimum required mark in the classroom practices (PAUL) and laboratory practices (PLAB).

No recovery activities will be offered for the classroom practices (PAUL) and laboratory practices (PLAB), as these must be completed continuously throughout the course.

The teaching staff reserves the right to schedule, in exceptional circumstances, an extraordinary recovery assessment for classroom practices (PAUL) and/or laboratory practices (PLAB). Such assessments will be considered and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

A grade of Not Evaluable (NA) will be awarded to students who do not participate in any of the assessment components described above (PAUL, PLAB, Course Examination, and/or Recovery Examination).

Use of Natural Language Models

For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as ChatGPT is allowed exclusively in support tasks, such as bibliographic or information search, generate or modify content, text correction or translations. The student must 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. If model-generated snippets are used, it is essential to properly cite the sources. It is the responsibility of the student to critically evaluate the text generated. The lack of transparency of the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered a lack of academic honesty and may lead to a partial or total penalty in the grade of the activity, or greater sanctions in serious cases.

Note on plagiarism, copying, and other irregularities

Without prejudice to any other disciplinary measures that may be deemed appropriate, and in accordance with the current academic regulations, any irregularities committed by a student that may lead to a change in the final grade will be awarded a grade of zero (0). Assessment activities graded in this way and through this procedure will not be eligible for reassessment. If passing any of these assessment activities is required to pass the course, the course will be failed directly, with no opportunity to recover it during the same academic year. These irregularities include, among others:

• The total or partial copying of a practical assignment, report, or any other assessment activity;
• Allowing another student to copy;
• Submitting group work that has not been fully completed by the members of the group;
• Presenting as one’s own materials produced by a third party, even if they are translations or adaptations, and in general, work containing non-original elements that are not exclusively produced by the student;
• Having communication devices (such as mobile phones, smart watches, etc.) accessible during individual theoretical-practical assessment tests (examinations).

If the course is not passed because one or more assessment activities do not reach the minimum required grade, the numerical grade recorded in the academic transcript will be the lower value between 4.5 and the weighted average of the grades. Exceptions apply in which students who do not participate in any assessment activities will receive the grade “not assessable”, and the numerical grade recorded in the academic transcript will be the lower value between 3.0 and the weighted average of the grades in cases where the student has committed irregularities in an assessment activity (and therefore passing through compensation will not be possible).