The course aims to approach and to show simultaneously the two dimensions embedded in planning: the theoretical and the practical. To make this double look possible there would be two kinds of sessions:

Directed Activities

• theoretical sessions, accompanied by readings that the student must prepare in advance to comment in class. This part will allow introducing a common and shared base knowledge for the whole group, a basic bibliography of reference and the state of the art of the most current debates.
• workshop sessions, Practical exercises designed to develop and apply the theoretical content to the case study. As part of these activities, students will be required to submit a series of assignments that will contribute to the ongoing development and monitoring of the group project carried out throughout the course.
• Field trip to introduce the basic concepts that will be developed throughout the course.

Supervised Activities

These include mandatory group tutorials aimed at monitoring progress and addressing questions related to the case study project or any other aspect of the learning process.

Autonomous Activities

These are tasks carried out outside the classroom and without the presence of the teaching staff. They may include practical exercises, reading assignments, preparation of written work, individual study, or the preparation of oral presentations.

All independent assignments that are to be submitted will have a specified deadline that must be respected. Some of these activities may require students to give oral presentations.

On the first day of class, the teaching staff will present the course syllabus, including detailed information on course content and assessment requirements.

Important: The classroom should be respected as a safe and comfortable space for learning and discussion and kept free from sexist and gender-based violence.

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.

Continuous Assessment

The course assessment will essentially consist of three elements:

• Written documents of individual work, accounting for 50% of the final grade. A maximum of 4 practical exercises will be proposed, aimed at developing study tools applicable to the case study work. Particular emphasis will be placed on written quality, the capacity for conciseness and synthesis in the presentation of arguments, and reasoning.
• Group case study work, accounting for 40% of the final grade. The contents to be developed and worked on throughout the period will be proposed at the beginning of the course, culminating in the final project. In-class presentations of the different parts of the project and partial submissions will contribute to building the final grade of the work. All group members must demonstrate an equal contribution and commitment to the collaborative work. The quality and rigor of the contents will be assessed, as well as the quality of the presentation, the language used, and the graphics.
• Attendance and active participation in class, accounting for 10% of the final grade. Regular participation in debates and activities proposed in class throughout the course will be assessed.

To pass the subject, it is required to:

a) Have submitted and passed the individual work documents with a minimum average grade of 5.

b) Have submitted the case study work with a minimum grade of 5.

The two previous grades will not be averaged together to pass the subject. Therefore, a minimum grade of 5 is required in both components (individual documents and group case study work).

c) Have participated regularly in class.

The maximum period to provide feedback and communicate the grades of the assessment activities is three weeks.

At the time of each assessment activity, the lecturer will inform the students (via Moodle) about the procedure and date for reviewing grades.

Single Assessment

Single assessment implies a single assessment date, but not a single assessment activity.

• Written documents of individual work, accounting for 50% of the final grade.
• Case study work, accounting for 40% of the final grade. The contents to be developed and worked on throughout the period will be proposed at the beginning of the course, culminating in the final project.
• A multiple-choice exam, accounting for 10%, which demonstrates that the basic concepts of the subject have been acquired.

Resits:

Exams and assignments can be retaken in the manner and on the dates that will be indicated in due course.

To be eligible for a resit, students must have participated in the assessment tests and submitted the practical materials in the manner that will be indicated in due course.

To be eligible for a resit, students must have been previously assessed in a set of activities whose weight is equivalent to a minimum of two-thirds (2/3) of the total qualification.

Assessment activities in which irregularities have occurred cannot be retaken.

Non-assessable Students:

Students will receive a grade of "Non-assessable" (No avaluable) if they have failed to submit more than 30% of the assessment activities.

Students who do not submit the course assignment will be graded as non-assessable.

Plagiarism or Fraudulent Conduct:

If a student commits any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of an assessment activity, this activity will be graded as 0, regardless of any disciplinary process that may be initiated. If several irregularities occur in the assessment activities of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0.

Please remember that an assignment that reproduces all or a large part of another classmate's work is considered "copying". "Plagiarism" is the act of presenting all or part of an author's text as one's own without citing the sources, whether in print or digital format. See documentation on "plagiarism" at: http://wuster.uab.es/web_argumenta_obert/unit_20/sot_2_01.html

Use of Artificial Intelligence:

Restricted use: For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks, such as literature or information searches, text correction, or translations. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated using this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final outcome of the activity. A lack of transparency in the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered academic dishonesty and may lead to a partial or total penalty in the activity's grade, or greater sanctions in severe cases.