Referring to knowledge

Referring to abilities, skills

Referring to attitudes, values and norms

The methodology adopted to teach this course combines formal lectures with practical activities. Students attend two types of class: lectures, albeit with a marked practical component, and practical, document-based seminars. The former involve both the presentation and critical discussion of the topics set out in the course syllabus. The latter focus on specific issues introduced in the lectures, with the aim of clarifying or extending students’ understanding of the subject. These sessions use a variety of supporting materials (texts, graphics, tables, case studies, etc.).

The lectures are intended to provide students with the conceptual framework and resources necessary to achieve the learning objectives defined for the course, including the development of the common, cross-disciplinary competences outlined in this plan. In the seminars, students are required to complete activities designed to enhance their capacity for decision-making and adaptability to new situations, also in line with the common, cross-disciplinary competences outlined in this plan.

The GIE group is taught using a different methodology, as specified in the corresponding course plan.

Students are assessed as follows:

1. Final examination (60% of the final grade). The final examination is worth a maximum of six points. To pass the course, students must obtain a minimum of 2.5 points on this exam.

Note that even if the student obtains a final weighted average between the final examination and the practical components of 5 or higher, he or she cannot pass the course unless they achieve at lest 2.5 points on the exam. In such cases, students are awarded a final grade of 4.

2. Practical activities (40% of the final grade). Students complete at least four individual or group activities throughout the semester. Each is worth up to 1 point.

3. Lecturers may, at their discretion, incorporate additional components for assessment, such as in-class activities and and tasks completed outside scheduled teaching hours. These are worth up to a maximum of 1 point.

4. Assessment includes activities designed to evaluate the students’ capacity for autonomous learning, decision-making and adaptability to new situations, in line with the common, cross-disciplinary competences described in this course plan.

5. Repeat assessment measures the degree to which the learning objectives have been achieved and is carried out in accordance with the procedures defined for this purpose by the Faculty of Economics and Business.

6. All of the above conditions apply equally to students enrolled in the English-language group, with the exception that all assessment tasks have to be completed in English.

7. Students enrolled in the GIE group follow a distinct assessment methodology, as specified in the corresponding course plan.

Examination-based assessment

Students who opt not to participate in continuous assessment may request the single mode of assessment. Here, the following conditions apply:

1. Students must make this decision known by the date of the final examination.

2. The final examination is compulsory and carries a maximum of 10 points.

3. Repeat assessment measures the degree to which the learning objectives have been achieved and is carried out in accordance with the procedures defined for this purpose by the Faculty of Economics and Business.

4. All of the above conditions apply equally to students enrolled in the English-language group, with the exception that all assessment tasks have to be completed in English.