Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500097 Physics | FB | 1 | A |
2500149 Mathematics | FB | 1 | A |
2500250 Biology | OT | 4 | A |
2500502 Microbiology | OT | 4 | A |
2500890 Genetics | OT | 4 | A |
2501915 Environmental Sciences | OT | 4 | A |
2501922 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | OT | 4 | A |
2503740 Computational Mathematics and Data Analytics | OT | 4 | A |
There are no prerequisites.
It is recommended, however, a certain familiarity with the computer environment since many of the activities will be done virtually through the Moodle classroom and the virtual campus, in particular basic knoewledge of mathematical text processing programs, creation of graphics, generation of documents in PDF etc. is advised.
This subject is taught simultaneously as a first-year subject (compulsory) in the Mathematics and Physics degrees, and as a fourth year subject (optional) in the Degrees of Computational Mathematics and Analytical Data of Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ( of the faculty of Sciences) and in the degrees of Biology, Microbiology and Genetics (of the Faculty of Biosciences).
The training objectives are the same, but there will be aspects of the subject (type of work, assessments ...) that may be different depending on the course (first quarter) and the degree of the student.
Training objectives:
Expand the vision and interest of the student towards different fields of science, beyond the specialty they are studying.
Acquire an interdisciplinary vision of science.
Analyze and reflect on the relationships between science, gender, culture and society.
Provide the student basic understanding of frontier topics in current science, presented in a pedagogical and accessible manner.
Acquire transversal competences.
Learn how to write a scientific work that complies with formal quality standards and know how to expose it in public.
Reflect on the nature of science.
The subject is structured around a series of conferences given by renowned specialists in different subjects.
The topics of the conferences are
Presential learning activities
Supervised learning activities
Preparation of a portfolio. Throughout the course, students will have to periodically deliver a series of activities and / or exercises and problems about the subjects covered in the conferences during the Moodle classroom. These deliveries (obligatory in all cases) will constitute the student's portfolio, a collection of the evidence of the student's learning. These tasks may be different for the first and fourth year students, adapting to their level of knowledge.
Final work
The student will have to prepare a final work, compulsorily made in a group (of 3 or 4 people), on one of the topics proposed in the seminars of the conferences. The work will be supervised by the lecturer and the teachers of the subject. In the case of fourth year students, the work can not be done on the subjects directly related to the degree that the student is studying, and must be drafted and presented in English. All the works will be presented in public session in front of a committee of professors. In especial cases of students abroad remote presentation can be considered. This academic year, depending on the pandemic situation, all presentations may have to be done remotely.
Autonomous learning activities
The student will consult bibliography (books, scientific journals) and conduct information searches via the Internet in order to do the tasks of the student's portfolio and the final work. There will be a schedule for the tutorials in which the students will be able to contact the professors of their subject of interest to solve doubts and to keep track of the preparation of the portfolio and of the final work. Some tutorials will also focus on ICT resources for the writing of scientific texts.
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.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Conferences | 24 | 0.96 | 47, 31, 7, 24, 23, 42, 34, 33, 32, 35, 55 |
Final project | 40 | 1.6 | 3, 39, 15, 2, 17, 24, 25, 23, 42, 37, 40, 55, 10, 16, 9, 11, 4, 60, 56, 61 |
Seminars | 24 | 0.96 | 47, 2, 17, 24, 42, 32, 35, 43, 44, 46, 10, 9, 11, 29, 57 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Portfolio | 12 | 0.48 | 3, 47, 31, 5, 7, 39, 38, 8, 30, 15, 36, 2, 18, 52, 17, 20, 24, 25, 22, 23, 45, 14, 50, 42, 34, 33, 32, 37, 12, 35, 43, 44, 40, 55, 46, 58, 48, 49, 28, 51, 10, 16, 26, 9, 11, 4, 60, 56, 61, 29, 57 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Autonomous work | 50 | 2 | 3, 47, 31, 5, 7, 39, 38, 8, 30, 15, 36, 2, 18, 52, 17, 13, 20, 24, 25, 22, 23, 45, 14, 50, 42, 34, 33, 32, 37, 12, 53, 35, 43, 44, 40, 55, 46, 58, 48, 49, 28, 51, 10, 16, 21, 27, 26, 9, 11, 4, 60, 56, 61, 29, 57 |
Since all the training and assessment activities are around the topics of the conferences, conference attendance is, in general mandatory and it is monitored throughout the course. The timetable is organised so that the first year students of the degrees of physics and mathematics (for which the subject is compulsory) can attend the lectures without incompatibilities. 4th year students (for which the subject is optional) and all the students in second or higher enrollment that document at the beginning of the course their incompatibility to attend the lectures, will be considered as non-presencial students and will have mechanisms of differentiated evaluation.
Due to the extraordinary pandemic circumstances assistance requirements wil adapt to the recommendations of the health auhtorities. Some of the activies are expected to be in virtual format.
There are three types of assessment activities:
A) Individual short objective tests (20% of the final grade). They are test type tests that will be done telematically after each conference. These tests will assess the degree of attention and understanding of the subject. Assistance to the conferences will give access to the realization of these tests. Failure to attend, i.e to realize the tests of more than three conferences, will automatically lead to the "not presented" qualification. In case of duly justified absences (up to a maximum of three), the corresponding activity will be authorized in the same way as non-presencial students as detailed below. This academic year due to the extraordinary pandemic circumstances, assistance will not be compulsory.
Non-presencial students must follow lectures via the recordings and materials of the Virtual Campus and perform a specific test about them for the Moodle classroom. Students must follow all the lectures and answer all the tests. The non-completion of more than three tests will automatically lead to the "not presented" qualification for both face-to-face and non-contact students.
B) Student portfolio (35% of the finalgrade). The student will have to update a virtual portfolio in the Moodle classroom, where they will receive the deliveries of the exercises and compulsory activities that will be proposed during the course. There will also be a selection of materials thatwill show your involvement in the discussion sessions of the conferences, where your personal opinions and searches are reflected. Depending on the type of exercise proposed, cross-curricular skills such as critical thinking, autonomous learning, the ability to analyze and synthesize, etc. will be valued. and may be different for first and fourth year students, adapting to their level of studies.
C) Final work (45% of the final mark) Each student will have to participate in the preparation of a final work, compulsorily drafted in groups of between three and four students, to choose among those that will be proposed by the teachers of the different sessions This work must be submitted in writing (via telematic) within the marked periods and must conform to the formal and content characteristics of a scientific work, fulfilling the criteria that will be presented at the beginning of the course in a specific informational session. In the case of fourth year students, this work must be written in English, with the structure of a scientific research article and can not be done on the subjects directly related to the degree that the student is studying.
Throughout the course there will be several public sessions of presentations, on dates that will be announced in the calendar of sessions. All the members of the group have to present a roughly equally weighted part of the project. The evaluation will be done by a committee of professors that will assess the capacity of communication, the capacity of organization, etc. The timetable for the presentation sessions will try to ensure that all students can make the presentation, which isstrictly compulsory. For students abroad remote presentation can be arranged. Depending on pandemic evolution all presentations may be done in an electronic online fashion.
The qualification of the final work will take into accountboth the submitted text and the presentation and the mark can not be less than 4 to be able to pass the course.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Final Project | 0,45 | 0 | 0 | 3, 47, 1, 31, 5, 7, 6, 39, 38, 59, 15, 2, 18, 17, 19, 20, 24, 25, 22, 23, 45, 14, 50, 42, 34, 32, 37, 35, 43, 44, 40, 55, 46, 54, 58, 49, 28, 51, 10, 16, 26, 9, 11, 4, 60, 56, 61, 29, 41, 57 |
Portfolio | 0,35 | 0 | 0 | 3, 47, 1, 31, 5, 7, 39, 38, 8, 59, 30, 15, 36, 2, 18, 52, 17, 13, 20, 24, 25, 22, 23, 45, 14, 50, 42, 34, 33, 32, 37, 12, 53, 35, 43, 44, 40, 55, 46, 58, 48, 49, 28, 51, 10, 16, 21, 27, 26, 9, 11, 4, 60, 56, 61, 29, 57 |
Review tests | 0,2 | 0 | 0 | 3, 47, 31, 7, 39, 2, 18, 17, 20, 24, 25, 23, 42, 34, 33, 32, 35, 43, 44, 40, 55, 58, 48, 28, 51, 10, 26, 9, 11, 4, 60, 56, 29, 57 |
The bibliography of each specific subject will be given in the complementary or seminar session of the corresponding conference.
The transparencies of the conferences will be available at the Virtual Campus.
For advice on the writing of scientific articles see (for example): Cargill, Margaret and O'Connior, Patrick. Writing scientific research articles: strategy ans steps. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009
For the wriiting of the memory project of some of the course topics, It may be convenient to use the word processor LaTeX.