Assessment

• 2 papers – 20%
• Group presentation – 20%
• Final Project (oral presentation) – 40%
• Class exercises, homework and participation – 20%

Please, note:

• This is a continuous assessment class. Class attendance is obligatory.  In order to pass this subject, students should not miss classes by more than 5%.
• All papers, presentations, as well as class exercises are COMPULSORY.
• The final mark for the subject will be calculated according to the information in the section called ‘assessment activities.’
• The exam dates, the dates of delivery of any activities, the retake dates of any activity, as well as the revision dates will be established in class and will be published on the ‘campus virtual,’ but may be subject to changes in programming if necessary.
• The minimum mark to pass this subject is a 5. The retake will only be possible if students obtained a minimum mark of a 3.5 or above, in any of the obligatory tasks.
• The maximum mark given to a retake exam will be a 5.
• An exercise not handed in or a presentation the student has not given will count as a 0. Handing in any exercise for evaluation excludes the possibility of obtaining “No Avaluable” as the final mark for the course.

Important information:Without affecting any other disciplinary measures and according the current academic regulations, if students commit any of the following irregularities, they will be given a zero, which may affect the resulting mark in the general assessment. If students copy or allow other students to copy their work or any assessable activity this will immediately imply the failing of that activity, with a zero. Thus, it will not be possible to pass the subject, if one of the requirements is to pass the activity, and no retake of the subject will be possible during the same academic year. 

These irregularities include, among others:

- The total or partial copy of any assessment activity

- Allowing others to copy

- Presenting a group work activity not entirely done by the members of the group (this is applicable to all the participants, not only to those who have not done their work)

- Presenting material as genuine, when done by a third party. This includes translations, adaptations and any work that has not been carried out entirely by the student;

- Having access to communication devices (such as mobile phones, smart watches, pens with cameras, etc.) during theoretical and/or practical assessment activities (exams);

- Speaking to classmates during theoretical and/or practical assessment activities (exams);

- Copying or trying to do so during any theoretical and/or practical assessment activities (exams);

- Using (or trying to use) written documentation related to the subject during any assessment activity, without explicit permission to do so.

If a student has incurred in any of the above-mentioned irregularities, the numeric mark of his/her academic record will be the lowest value between 3.0 and half of the average weight of his/her marks (thus, passing the subject by compensation will not be possible). In future editions of this subject, students who have incurred in irregularities in an assessment activity will not be allowed to validate any of the assessment activities he/she has taken part in.

To sum up: copying, allowing to do so, plagiarising (or trying to do so) in any of the assessment activities is equivalent to a FAIL, which is not compensable. The subject will, therefore, not be validated in future courses.

In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.