Directed activities:

• Theoretical lectures: Master classes on the concepts of the subject
• Seminars: Presentation to students of different cases of study of biotransformations and applied biocatalysis extracted from the bibliography
• Public presentation of the work: Students will orally and publicly present a summary of the most relevant results of the work and deliver the presentation to the professor in digital format through the virtual campus

Autonomous activities:

• Individual study: Individual study, preparation of diagrams and summaries.
• Documentation and bibliography search: Consultation of the bibliographic and documentary sources essential for the course.
• Realization of a work: work in groups of 2-4 students in which each group will elaborate a written work on a case study previously selected by the teacher. The work will be delivered to the teacher in paper format (printed) and in digital format through the virtual campus, in order to discuss in seminars and written presentation.

Communication with Students

Communication with students will take place through the Moodle Classroom on the Virtual Campus.

Informative note:

The use of AI is permitted to improve the drafting and style of the reports. However, generating original content with AI is strictly prohibited. If AI tools are used, their use must be explicitly declared, and it must be clearly identified what they were used for.

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.

Scheduled evaluation process and activities

Throughout the course different evaluation activities will be carried out that will lead to the final grade of the subject obtained by continuous evaluation. Specifically, the evaluable activities will be:

• Written work on a case study that is 20% of the final grade.
• Oral and public presentation of the written work that is 10% of the final grade
• Attendance at all oral presentations is compulsory for all students
• Partial exam of topics 1, 2 and 3, which represents 35% of the final grade
• Partial examination of topics 3, 4 and 5, which represents 35% of the final grade

The written assignment and the oral presentation of the assignment are non-recoverable.

The course is considered passed if the average of the 4 activities is 5 or higher. To calculate the average, each activity must have a minimum grade of 4.

If the average of the 4 activities is less than 5, or any part is below 4, the failed activities (those with less than 5) must be retaken, except the written assignment and the oral presentation, which are non-recoverable.

Any of the following circumstances will result in a “Not Assessable” grade for the course:

• Not submitting the written assignment
• Not doing the oral presentation
• Not attending any of the exams

Scheduling of assessment activities

At the beginning of the course, groups will be formed for the written assignment. The deadlines for submission and oral presentations will be communicated through the virtual campus.

Recovery process

The student may attend the recovery session only if they have completed a set of activities representing at least two-thirds of the total course grade.

Partial exams are eliminatory; therefore, a student who has passed a partial exam cannot retake it. They must retake any partial exam in which they obtained a grade below 4, regardless of their overall average, as outlined in the “Scheduled Evaluation Process and Activities” section.

The final grade will be calculated in the same way as for continuous assessment.

Grade review procedure

For each assessment activity, a time, date, and location will be set for the student to review their work with the teacher. During this review, students may raise complaints about their grade, which will be considered by the course instructors. If the student does not attend the review session, the activity will not be reviewed afterward.

Grading

The decision to award an “Honors” distinction is up to the course instructors. UAB regulations state that an Honors grade can only be awarded to students with a final grade equal to or higher than 9.00. A maximum of 5% of the enrolled students may receive this distinction.

Student misconduct, cheating, and plagiarism

Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, any irregularities committed by a student that could lead to a variation in the grade of an assessment activity will result in a grade of zero. Therefore, cheating, plagiarism, deception, or allowing others to copy in any evaluation activity will result in a zero and the activity will be non-recoverable.

If the course requires passing one of these affected activities, the entire course will be failed directly, without the opportunity for recovery during the same academic year. In this situation, the final grade recorded will be 2.

Evaluation of repeating students

There is no different evaluation system for repeating students.

Single assessment

This course does not have a single-assessment option.