Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title	Weighting	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
1 practical assignment	20%	0	0	1, 3, 12, 6, 5, 16, 15, 17, 7, 9, 8, 13, 14, 10
1 theoretical assignment	40%	0	0	2, 12, 6, 16, 15, 17, 11, 13, 4, 10
1 written exam	40%	0	0	1, 2, 3, 12, 6, 8, 13, 14, 4, 10

Continuous Evaluation will consist of:

• 1 theoretical assignment (Units 1 and 2): 40%
• 1 written exam in class (Units 3, 4, and 5): 40%
• 1 practical assignment (Unit 6): 20%

 

All dates and requirements for each assessment will be announced during the first week of class.

Erasmus students who request to take an exam early must present the instructors with a written document from their home university justifying the request.

 

Grade Review Procedure (Continuous Evaluation):

On carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.

 

Requirements to Approve the Subject:

• Achieving an overall average score of 5 or higher across all activities. 

Conditions for a “Not evaluated”:

• A student will receive a “Not evaluated” grade if they have completed less than 30% of the assessment activities
• Receiving a “Not Assessable” grade means the student will not be eligible to take the resit exam.

Clarifications Regarding retake exams:

• To be eligible for the subject retake, students must have been assessed in at least 2 of the 3 components of the final grade (in the case of continuous evaluation).
• Additionally, they must have obtained an average score of at least 3.5 across all assessments.
• Only failed evaluations may be retaken. Resits will not be allowed for assessments witha passing grade (5 or higher) in an attempt to improve the score.
• If more than one assessment has been failed, all must be retaken.

 

Plagiarism or Fraudulent Conduct:

If a student commits any type of irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an assessment, the grade for that assessment will be zero, regardless of any disciplinary process that may result from it. If multiple irregularities are verified in the assessments of the same subject, the final grade for that subject will be zero.

Total or partial plagiarism will result in failing the entire subject. That is, all work must be original. Copying, whether in whole or in part, of materials already published in any format is not allowed. If non-original material is submitted without indicating its source, the grade for the activity or assignment will automatically be a fail (0).

Persistent spelling and expression errors may lead to a reduction in the score of the respective evaluation.

 

For the evaluation of the subject, attentionwill be given to students demonstrating the following abilities:

• Clarity in exposition and argumentation: appropriate structuring of discourse, with coherence and cohesion, thematic progression, proper justification of statements and explanations, etc.
• Ability to analyze and synthesize, going beyond mere description and repetition of arguments from the works and historiographic or theoretical topics; as well as a development that is relevant to the proposed topic and statement.
• Mastery of theoretical-critical sources: in-depth reading and correct use of the fundamental bibliography of the subject.
• Expressive richness and correctness, especially regarding the use of vocabulary, syntactic structures, and spelling.
• Participation in the development of the subject.

 

Students’ work throughout the subject will be taken into account, including theirprogress, involvement in the learning process, and achievement of the stated competencies. The evaluation is also intended to be formative, that is, integrated and aimed at improving learning.

 

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

This subject allows the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies exclusively for tasks such as bibliographic searches or information retrieval, text correction, or translations, at the discretion of the instructors. In the case of subjects within philological degrees, the use of translations must be authorized by the instructors. Other situations may be considered, always with the agreement of the instructors.

The student must (i) identify the parts generated by AI; (ii) specify the tools used; and (iii) include a critical reflection on how these influenced the process and the final outcome of the activity.

Lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in assessed activities will be considered academic dishonesty and will result in a grade of zero for the activity with no possibilityof recovery, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.