Classes will be taught in Spanish. Training activities are divided into directed, supervised and autonomous activities.

Directed activities:

-          Lectures by the teachers of the module, where they will present the main contents of the module;

-          Discussion and other activities where students will be able to share a critical point of view based on the contents acquired during the course.

Supervised activities:

-          Project design: students will complete various exercises which will provide them with tools to design the research project for their MA thesis;

-          Oral presentation: students will have to present their MA thesis and answer the questions posed by the teacher and their peers.

Autonomous activities:

-          Readings: students are expected to read at least 4 references from the list of recommended bibliography;

-          Project writing, including the structure, abstract, objectives, methodology and basic bibliography;

-          Preparation for the oral presentation, including the preparation of visual aid (e.g. ppt or other) and the rehearsal of the presentation.

To pass this course, attendance at 80% of classes is compulsory. Attendance and participation, as well as completion of a compulsory course on Zotero provided at the beginning of the module, will account for 20% of the final grade. This item will consist not only of attending class, but will also consider students’ level of attention, the quality and interest of students’ interventions, as well as their participation in the activities proposed (e.g. by asking questions to their peers in the oral presentations) and the completion of activities in the Moodle of the module. These items will be included in a rubric.

Students’ portfolio, which will account for 40% of the final grade, will include:

• the abstract for their MA thesis in Spanish, keywords in three languages (Spanish, English and Chinese) and basic list of references (20%)
• online tests about basic contents of the subject (20%)

The oral presentation will account for 40% of the final grade. It will be evaluated according to a rubric that will consider the presentation (content and form), as well as the answers to the questions posed by the teacher or peers. This rubric will be shared in advance.

If artificial intelligence has been used for any assignment in this subject, it must be stated in the assignment and the purposes for which it was used must be clearly explained.

Review

When publishing final marks prior to recording them on students' transcripts, the lecturer will provide written notification of a date and time for reviewing assessment activities. Students must arrange reviews in agreement with the lecturer.

Missed/failed assessment activities

Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject's final mark and that they have a weighted average mark of at least 3.5.

The lecturer will inform students ofthe procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final marks prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for. In case of retaking, maximum grade will be 5 (Pass).

Classification as \"not assessable\"

In the event of the assessment activities a student has performed accounting for just 25% or less of the subject's final mark, their work will be classified as \"not assessable\" on their transcript.

Misconduct in assessment activities

Any irregularity committed in an assessment activity (including academic fraud, plagiarism or improper use of AI, unless such use is expressly authorised in the course guide), that may lead to a significant change in the mark, will result in that assessment activity being awarded a mark of 0. If the course guide establishes that, in order to pass the course, students must obtain a minimum mark in that assessment activity, or if several irregularities occur in the assessment activities of the same course, the final mark for the course will be 0. In addition, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any student who commits any of these irregularities.

Single assessment

This module may be assessed under the single assessment system in accordance with the terms established in the academic regulations of the UAB.

Students must make an online request within the period established by the FUAB as explained here:

https://www.uab.cat/web/escola-fuab-formacio/masters-oficials/normativa-i-tramits-administratius/avaluacio/avaluacio-unica/normativa-i-preguntes-frequents-1345885286771.html

Single assessment will be carried out in person on one dayduring week 16 or 17 of the semester. The teacher responsible for this module will announce the date for the single assessment at the beginning of the module.

On the day of the single assessment, teaching staff will ask the student for identification, which should be presented as a valid identification document with a recent photograph (student card, DNI/NIE or passport).

Single assessment activities

The final grade for the subject will be calculated according to the following percentages:

• 30% the abstract for their MA thesis in Spanish, keywords in three languages (Spanish, English and Chinese) and basic list of references
• 30% exam about basic contents of the module
• 40% oral presentation of the MA thesis project

Grade revision and resit procedures for the subject are the same as those for continual assessment. See the section above in this study guide.