Master classes and practical classes, readings and discussion, homework exercises, exercises done in class and/or in the laboratory, discussion of exercises and assignments, class presentations, data collection and analysis.

- Final papers or exams: 50% (at the end of the term)

- Assignments: 40% (throughout the course)

- Practical activities and class participation: 10% (throughout the course)

Students are required to complete all the assignments and final papers or exams to pass the course.

Students will obtain a Not assessed/Not submitted course grade if they have not completed more than 30% of the assessment items.

Exam or paper review procedure: on carrying out each assessment activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.

Reassessment

The reassessment of this subject will be carried out item by item with the following conditions:

- Students must have completed a minimum of two thirds of the assessment items and must have an average course grade of at least 3.5 out of 10.

IMPORTANT: PLAGIARISING consists of copying text from unacknowledged sources –whether this is part of a sentence or a whole text– with the intention of passing it off as the student’s own production. It includes cutting and pasting from internet sources, presented unmodified in the student’s own text. Plagiarising is a SERIOUS OFFENCE. Students must respect authors’ intellectual property, always identifying the sources they may use; they must also be responsible for the originality and authenticity of their own texts.

This subject allows the use of AI technologies exclusively for support tasks such as bibliographic or information-based searches, and the creation of materials such as images, where applicable. In that case, the student must clearly (i) identify which parts have been generated using AI technology and (ii) specify the tools used.

Lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in the assessed activity will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade may be lowered, or the work may even be awarded a zero. In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken.

In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject. Irregularities refer, for instance, to copying in an exam, copying from sources without indicating authorship, or a misuse of AI such as presenting work as original that has been generated by an AI tool or programme. These evaluation activities will not be re-assessed.

Important note for exchange students (Erasmus, etc.) on exams and other tests. Erasmus students who request to bring forward an exam or any other type of assessment activity must present the teacher with an official document from their home university justifying their request.

Single evaluation

Students opting for a single evaluation of the subject will be assessed by means of a final paper or exam (50% of the final mark) and two practical assignments (40% of the final mark). The date of the single-assessment exam and of the submission of the paper or assignments will generally coincide with the date for the final exam or last assignment submission in the continuous assessment. Reassessment will follow the same conditions as in continuous assessment.