Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title	Weighting	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Individual written submission of the solution to 3 problems.	40%	0	0	1, 5, 12, 11, 7, 14, 9, 10, 13, 16, 3
Individual written test on the contents of modules 1 and 2.	20%	0	0	1, 11, 7, 14, 9, 10, 13, 3
Project carried out in small groups based on the contents from module 1 (15%) and individual oral presentation of this project (5%).	20%	0	0	1, 2, 5, 4, 12, 7, 8, 10, 15, 13, 16, 6, 3
Project in small groups based on the contents in module 2 (15%) and individual oral presentation of the project (5%).	20%	0	0	1, 2, 5, 4, 12, 11, 7, 14, 8, 10, 15, 16, 6, 3

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

Attendance in the first large group session of each module and all seminars is mandatory in order to follow the continuous assessment. Attendance will be registered in these sessions and this register will be used to calculate the % of attendance in the subject. Students must attend a minimum of 80% of the 38 hours allocated to the subject. In the event of attendance below the set minimum, a grade of not assessed will be given until any passing grades (if applicable) are validated in the period for re-take assessment (see section on RE-SIT). To be entitled to re-sit assessment, students must have delivered at least 66% of the assessment activities (to calculate this %, the weight of each activity towards the overall grade will be taken into account) with a minimum average grade of 3.5. Documents that are sometimes presented in case of absence serve only to explain the absence, in no case do they imply exemption from attendance.

Each block of assessment activities must be passed separately in order to pass the subject as a whole. The blocks are: (1) Individual and written delivery of the solution to 3 problems; (2) Small group project on the contents of module 1 and individual oral presentation of this project; (3) Small group project on the contents of module 2 and individual oral presentation of this project; (4) Individual written test on the contents of modules 1 and 2.

Delivery dates:

• The solutions to the problems will be presented at the end of each unit on the days indicated in the subject program given on the first day of class.
• The oral presentation of the module 1 project will take place on the last day of module 1 (7/04/25 groups 21 and 71, 8/04/25 group 41, 11/04/25 group 31).
• The oral presentation of the module 2 project will take place on the last day of module 2 (10/06/25 group 41, 16/06/25 groups 21 and 71, 20/06/25group 31).
• The written submission of the project for modules 1 and 2 is due the last day of the subject (10/06/25 group 41, 16/06/25 groups 21 and 71, 20/06/25 group 31)
• The written test will be on 2/06/25 for groups 21 and 71, 3/06/25 for group 41, and 6/06/25 for group 31.

Problems that must be delivered before 7:59 a.m. (groups 21 and 31) and 3:59 p.m. (groups 41 and 71) on the due date. The project (written) must be delivered before 11:59 p.m. on the delivery day. Late deliveries will not be accepted under any circumstances and the task will receive a grade of 0 (see RE-SIT section).

If you do not attend the oral presentations on the day and time assigned, this part of the project grade will not be taken into account.

In the case of group work, the individual contribution of each member of the group will be taken into account.

SINGLE ASSESSMENT

Although due to the characteristics of the subject this option is not advisable, this subject contemplates single assessment. To be accepted, you must apply within the deadline and following the procedures set out by Gestió Acadèmica. It is recommended students do not request single assessment before they have understood the conditions explained in this teaching guide and/or have consulted the subject teachers.

Attendance in the first large group session of each module and all seminars is mandatory in order to follow the continuous assessment. Attendance will be registered in these sessions and this register will be used to calculate the % of attendance in the subject. Students must attend a minimum of 80% of the 38 hours allocated to the subject. In the event of attendance below the set minimum, a grade of not assessed will be given until any passing grades (if applicable) are validated in the period for re-take assessment (see section on RE-SIT). To be entitled to re-sit assessment,students must have delivered at least 66% of the assessment activities (to calculate this %, the weight of each activity towards the overall grade will be taken into account) with a minimum average grade of 3.5. Documents that are sometimes presented in case of absence serve only to explain the absence, in no case do they imply exemption from attendance.

The assessment activities are the same and with the same weight as for continuous assessment, with the exception of the group work projects, which will be presented individually if it is not possible to form groups. The activities are therefore: (1) Individual and written delivery of the solution to 3 problems, which will bedifferent from those dealt with in class; (2) Project carried out individually (or in group if possible) on the contents of module 1 and individual oral presentation of this project; (3) Project carried out individually (or in group if possible) on the contents of module 2 and individual oral presentation of this project; (4) Individual written test on the contents of modules 1 and 2.

The single assessment date is 2/06/25 for groups 21 and 71, 3/06/25 for group 41, and 6/06/25 for group 31. All assignments and tests will be presented on this day.

GLOBAL ASSESSMENT

Students who register for the subject for the second time can request global assessment. The conditions and dates will be the same as for single assessment, with no attendance requirement if this condition was already met the previous year. Global assessment must be requested in writing from the teacher responsible for the group in the first week of class.

RE-SIT

Both in the case of continuous assessment and in the case of single assessment, the following blocks of assessment activities may be re-taken: (1) Individual and written delivery of the solution to 3 problems; (4) Individual written test on the contentsof modules 1 and 2.

The re-sit of the problems (1) will follow this protocol:

• If all the problems have been delivered with a minimum average grade of 3.5, the recovery of the problems will consist in the written delivery of the solution to a single global problem.
• If all the problems have not been delivered with a minimum average grade of 3.5, the recovery of the problems will consist in the written delivery of the solution to 3 problems, which will be different from the problems proposed in the ordinary evaluation process.

In both cases, the re-sit problems will be published the last day of the subject.

The recovery procedure for the written test will consist in an oral interview (face-to-face) in which the student will have to answer asmany questions as necessary to check their degree of achievement of the content and skills worked on in the subject.

The maximum grade for assessment blocks that have been re-taken is 5 out of 10. Previous grades for blocks (1) and/or (4) will not be taken into account when calculating the new average grade for the block following re-sits.

The following activities cannot be re-done: (2) Project carried out in a small group (or individual in the case of the single or summary assessment) on the contents of module 1 and individual oral presentation of this project; (3) Small group project (or individual in the case of the single or summary assessment) on the contents of module 2 and individual oral presentation of this project.

In case of attendance below 80%, an additional individual assignment will be required that must be submitted in writing and orally in the re-sit period (in addition to the other re-sit assignments). The maximum overall grade for the subject in this case will be a 5 out of 10. The content and criteria of this work will be published on the last day of class.

Re-sits of all tasks will be carried out on the following dates: 17/06/25 for group 41, 27/06/25 for group 31,and 30/06/25 for groups 21 and 71. All written task submissions must be delivered before 11:59 p.m. on the due date.

APPLICABLE TO ALL ASSESSMENT MODALITIES

In order to pass the subject, the student must demonstrate good general communication skills, both orally and in writing. In all activities (individual and group), linguistic correction, writing skills and formal aspects of presentation will therefore be taken into account. Students must be able to express themselves fluently and correctly and must show a high degree of understanding of academic texts. An activity may be returned (not assessed) or failed if it is deemed not to meet these requirements. Students in groups 21, 31 and 41 must demonstrate a good oral and written command of the Catalan and Spanish languages (level C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference) and a basic instrumental command (level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference) of the English language. Students in group 71 must demonstrate that they have achieved in English the objectives identified by the descriptors of level C1 of the CEFR, both in everyday situations and in the academic field. Inclusive language uses will be taken into account.

According to UAB regulations, copying or plagiarism, both in the case of assignments and in the case of exams, can result in failing the subject. The copied or plagiarised assessment activity will be penalised with a score of zero and will lead to the loss of the possibility to sit for the re-take. An assignment, activity or exam will be considered to be "copied" when it reproduces all or part of the work of a peer. An assignment or activity will be considered "plagiarised" when part of another author's text is presented as one's own without citing its source, regardless of whether the original source is in paper or digital format. The reproduction of materials (notes, slides, etc.) made available to students by teachers is also consideredplagiarism. Likewise, the copying or possession of documents or devices for copying in exams will be reason for failure. Works generated by digital applications or other tools that do not involve student's individual creation will be considered under the same criteria as copying or plagiarism.

All submissions of written assignments be done through the Virtual Campus. Submissions will not be accepted by any other means (email or others).

The teaching staff will mark assessment activities in a maximum of 20 work days.

A grade of not assessed will be obtained if 1) 66% of the assessment activities are not submitted and therefore the student has no right to re-sit, 2) 80% of the classes are have not been attended and a pass grade is not been obtained by validating assessment taken in the re-sit period. In all other cases a numerical grade will be assigned.