Distributive blocks

1. History, science, history of science.
										
											2. Ways of looking.
										
											3. East / West.
										
											4. Universe, printing, anatomy.
										
											5. Narratives of nature.
										
											6. The two cultures.
										
											7. Specialization and institutionalization
										
											8. The historical vision of life.
										
											9. The death of nature.
										
											10. Individual, society and information.
										
											11. Chaos, order and dinosaurs.
										
											12. Conclusions and perspectives.

Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title	Weighting	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Final assay	40%	3.5	0.14	1, 11, 10, 2, 3, 4, 9, 8, 7, 5, 6, 12
Short essay 1	30%	2	0.08	1, 11, 10, 2, 3, 4, 9, 8, 7, 5, 6
Short essay 2	30%	2	0.08	1, 11, 10, 2, 3, 4, 9, 8, 7, 5, 6

The course evaluation is continued in relation to:

Active participation in class discussions, which will include two short essays to be assigned during the semester (30% of the final grade each written essay).

A final and brief assay preparation (40% of final grade) about some concrete topic of the course’s themes and competences, in which the students have to evidence their capacity of historically locating and critically analyzing any issue related with the history of biology.

To the effectiveness of evaluation, the students have to approve each one of the proves separately.

The student who has not approve the course could present a recuperation prove. To that the student should be previously evaluated minimums to the three quarters of the total evaluation of the course. Additionally, the student must obtain, at least, 3.5 in the total evaluation of the course.

On carrying out each evaluation 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.

Students will obtain a “Not assessed/Not submitted” course grade unless they have submitted more than 30% of the assessment items.

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.

Single evaluation:

If necessary, a single assessment test will be carried out for those students who, for justified reasons, cannot take the continuous assessment tests of the subject (essays and participation in class debates). This test will consist of the preparation, in person, at a date, time and classroom to be determined, of a brief final written essay (in this case 100% of the mark) in relation to a specific topic integrated into the contents and competences of the subject, and in which the student must demonstrate his/her ability to historically situate and critically analyze any problem related to the history of biology. The teaching staff will assist students who require a single assessment with a specific tutorial related to each of the main blocks.

The students who take advantage of the single evaluation and who do not take the indicated test will be considered as "Not evaluated", exhausting the rights to enroll in the subject.