Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title	Weighting	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Class Participation	10%	4	0.16	9, 10, 14, 15
Critical essay	50%	17	0.68	1, 5, 4, 7, 6, 8, 9, 10, 3, 11, 12, 13, 16, 2
Exams/Exercises	40%	4	0.16	1, 5, 4, 7, 6, 8, 9, 10, 2

ASSESSMENT

All evaluation dates will be confirmed at the beginning of the semester. The assessment for this subject is based on:

• 2 exams in class: 20% each (40%)
• 1 essay (1500 words, evidence from the primary sources and quotations from more than 2 secondary sources): 50% 
• Participation in the classroom debates both the face-to-face and virtual 10% (self-assessment); students are expected to attend class regularly.

Please, note:

• Students will obtain a Not assessed/Not submitted course grade unless they have submitted more than 30% of the assessment items.
• The student’s command of English will be taken into account when marking all exercises and for the final mark. It will count as 25% of this mark for all the exercises and will be assessed as follows: Grammar (morphology and syntax): 30%; Vocabulary (accuracy and variety): 15%; Consistency (among sentences and paragraphs): 15%; Organization (sound argumentation of ideas): 20%; Style (expression and register): 15%; Spelling: 5%.
• Important note for exchange students (Erasmus, etc.) on exams and other tests: Erasmus students who request to bring forward an exam or any other type of assessment activity must present the teacher with an official document from their home university justifying their request.
• Completing all the 3 exams is COMPULSORY. Any unsubmitted exercise will be awarded a 0. 
• This course uses the MLA 9th edition citation style. The MLA usage manual is available in the library: MLA Handbook for Writers of Research papers. MLA Handbook. Ninth edition, The Modern Language Association of America, 2021.

SINGLE ASSESSMENT

Single assessment consists of the following activities:

• Delivery of 1 essay (1500 words, at least three secondary sources): 50%
• Classroom exam: three questions (350-500 words)  50%

REVIEWING PROCEDURE:

• Students have a right to review their exercises with the teacher in a personal tutorial. 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. The student loses this right if they fail to collect the exercise/exam within the period announced by the teacher.

RE-ASSESSMENT (continuous and single assessment):

• Re-assessment cannot be taken if the subject has been passed (it cannot be used to obtain a higher grade).
• The student must have a minimum grade of 3.5 (maximum 4.8).
• It is mandatory to have submitted all the assessment exercises.
• The re-assessment exam will consist of a two-hour written exam on issues related to the subject, or an equivalent exercise.
• The exam or equivalent exercise is graded with a simple pass/fail. If the re-assessment exam is passed, the final grade of the course will be 5.0.
• The date and place of the exam or delivery of the equivalent exercise will be published by the faculty in mid-June.
• The student who can present a medical justification may choose to take this exam, or equivalent exercise, on a day and time agreed with the teaching staff.

VERY IMPORTANT

• READING: You must read the compulsory works of the course. Any indication that the student has not completed their reading can affect the assessment negatively and result in a fail.
• PLAGIARISM: In case of plagiarism in an assessment activity, the student will be graded with a zero in that activity, regardless of any other disciplinary process that may take place.In case of new plagiarism, the student will receive a zero as the final grade of the subject. Plagiarism consists of copying texts from unrecognized sources and presenting them as one's own. It includes cutting and pasting unrecognized internet sources, presented unmodified in the student's text. The intellectual property of authors must be respected,always identifying the sources they can use; You must also be responsible for the originality and authenticity of the works delivered. 
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE and other irregularities: authorship of the exercises submitted must always be 100% by the student; exercises in which the use of digital tools are used to alter the student's original production will result in a fail. This subject entirely prohibits the use of AI technologies in all of its activities. Any submitted work that contains content generated using AI will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade will be awarded a zero, without the possibility of reassessment. In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken. Other irregularities can refer, for instance, to copying in an exam or copying from sources without indicating authorship. Similarly, these evaluation activities will not be re-assessed.