Referring to knowledge

This subject is taught through three main types of activities.

First, students attend face-to-face or online classes of two different types:

a) Lectures with a practical component, during which the teaching staff explains the main concepts of each topic and provides the theoretical tools to analyse them as well as applied examples. This activity lasts between 1.5 and 3 hours per week with the whole group.

b) Practical sessions, which are used to work through different types of activities:

• numerical exercises;
• discussion of class texts about the topics covered in the lectures and their relation to specific problems (students are expected to do preparatory reading);
• presentation and discussion of a range of case studies or economic analysis reports using key analytical developments in the field, such as producing an analysis report on a country, market or trade block.

Students are assessed on a continuous basis through the following activities:

a) Exercise practice and/or reading discussion, and/or presentation and discussion of case studies or reports, individually or in groups, every one or two weeks, depending on the size of the group, and classwork and oral presentations may be assessed (10–40% of the final grade).

b) Two or three continuous assessment tests consisting of multiple-choice or short-answer questions or exercises (50–90% of the continuous assessment mark).

c) Resolution of exercises or short questions during theory sessions, not necessarily previously announced (0–10% of the final grade, depending on the characteristics of the group).

The dates and weighting of continuous assessment activities described in points a) and b) are posted in the Virtual Campus at the beginning of the year.

Examination-based assessment

Single assessment consists of a final examination worth 100% of the final grade. This examination covers the whole course contents, both theoretical and practical.

At the beginning of the course, the procedure and deadline for students waiving their right to continuous assessment is posted on the Virtual Campus.

Repeat assessment

The repeat assessment consists of an examination in July, with the same characteristics as the standard single assessment examination, worth 100% of the final grade for students who have followed the continuous assessment as well as those in the single assessment procedure. All students who fail or do not sit the first final examination are entitled to sit the repeat assessment examination.

Note 1. As a result of the project to promote teaching quality that is being implemented in the Faculty of Economics and Business (promoted by the Research, Innovation and Teaching and Learning Improvement [RIMDA] unit and the Office of the Vice-Rector for Teaching and Academic Planning), in case methodological changes affect the assessment system established for the subject, the details will be announced at the start of the academic year to the groups that are involved in the project.

Note 2. The EUS group may follow a slightly different assessment method. At the beginning of the course, these differences are explained if necessary.