Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title	Weighting	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Final examination of contents	50%	0	0	1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 5, 12, 13, 14, 3, 2, 4
Practices and activities of proposed continuous evaluation	50%	0	0	1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 5, 12, 13, 3, 2, 4

 

Course evaluation

There are two assessment models: regular or continuous assessment and single assessment (the requirements and procedure for granting the latter are regulated by the Faculty of Law).

Continuous assessment requires compulsory attendance at guided activities (classes and seminars).

Single assessment does not require attendance at classes and seminars, only at assessable tests.

1.- Continuous assessment:

Students must attend guided activities (lectures and seminars). Seminars allow for participation and monitoring of students' knowledge acquisition due to their smaller format. Through the practical work carried out in the seminars, it is possible to verify the students' progress and their development in the subject.

Students can benefit from supervised activities (tutorials) both individually and in groups.

If this system is followed, the final grade for the subject is obtained from the marks for the two assessable practical exercises that the student has to do throughout the course, as well as the final exam mark.

1.1- Practical exercises (50% of the final mark)

There are two assessable practical assignments. Each one accounts for 25% of the final grade for the course and takes place on dates that will be announced in advance on the Virtual Campus. The subject matter is a text or practical case study, which in some cases may be provided in advance so that each student can prepare it in depth at home. The test consists of questions about the case study, which are posed and answered individually in class.

Practical assignments that are not completed will receive 0 points.

If there is a justified reason (which must be stated and proven immediately before or after, in a reliable manner), this practical assignment can be retaken in the manner and on the date agreed upon by the teacher.

1.2 - Final exam (50% of the final grade)

This will consist of a single exam covering the entire course programme, which will account for 50% of the final grade for the course. The exam, which may be entirely or partly multiple choice, aims to test not only whether the student has memorised the material, but above all whether they have understood it. Details will be published on the Virtual Campus.

1.3 Course re-evaluation.

Students who fail the course, i.e. whose average between the two assessable practicals and the final exam is a fail, may take a re-assessment exam provided they have taken the two assessable practicals (even if they have not passed them).

The type of exam and the conditions will be published in due course on the Virtual Campus. The final mark for this test will be the final mark for the course.

1.4 Students will be assessed provided that they have completed a set of activities whose weight is equivalent to at least 2/3 of the total mark for the subject. If the value of the activities completed does not reach this level, the subject teacher may consider the student as not assessable.

2. Single assessment.

In the single assessment, students do not have to attend the guided activities (theory classes and seminars).

The single assessment must be requested within the deadlines and in the manner established by the Faculty, and implies the renunciation of the continuous assessment.

This means that the assessment is concentrated on a single date, even though tests of various types and with the same number of pieces of evidence as the continuous assessment have to be taken. Specifically, three tests will be carried out together, two of a practical nature (questions on practical cases or text commentary) and an exam with the same characteristics as the continuous assessment.

Each of the two practical tests will be worth 25% and the theory exam will be worth 50%.

The same resit system (re-assessment) will apply as for continuous assessment.

Restricted use of Artificial Intelligence

For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for instrumental support tasks, such as bibliographic or information searches and text translation. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated using this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. Lack of transparency in the use of AI in any activity will be considered academic dishonesty and may result in penalties or greater sanctions in serious cases.

We would like to clarify that, although we allow this restricted use of AI, we do not recommend it unless students have prior knowledge of the subject.