Teaching plan for the course unit

(Short version)

Referring to knowledge

Students obtaining a final grade of 9 or more, may, at the discretion of the faculty, be awarded a ’matrícula d’honor’, albeit that no more than 5% of the students enrolled on the course can receive this award.

Student assignments must be original work. Students copying on a test or plagiarising in a written assignment will be deemed to be in breach of the student code and automatically failed (see Article 16.7 and the annex to the Regulations governing the teaching, assessment and grading of learning at the University of Barcelona: http://www.ub.edu/acad/noracad/avaluacio_2020.pdf).

 

Requisites, activities and criteria

Continuous assessment comprises two types of activity:

1. Activities monitoring course subjects. These are completed in class in groups. Student attendance in class is compulsory for presentation of these activities. Roughly, one activity is completed in relation to each topic. Assessment is based on the following criteria: quality of content; the correct and accurate use, as well as exhaustive exploration, of relevant content; and the structuring of the task and the detail in its resolution. Each activity is assessed on a scale from 0 to 10 points. The average of the scores awarded represents 50% of the final grade.

2. Synthesis/summary of course content. This is to be completed individually. It is submitted at the end of the course. In this activity, the adequacy of the report to the guidelines provided is assessed; its structure and detail, its quality of content; and the correct and accurate use, as well as exhaustive exploration of the model content. The activity is assessed on a scale from 0 to 10 points, and it represents 50% of the final grade.

Attendance is compulsory for students opting for continuous assessment. Students must attend at least 75% of the sessions in order to opt for continuous assessment. Likewise, failure to comply with course requisites (readings, task preparation, participation) means students cannot adhere to this mode of assessment.

 

Repeat assessment

Students that fail the continuous assessment mode of evaluation are entitled to repeat the assessment tasks. Students opting for repeat assessment renounce any grades awarded previously as part of their continuous assessment. Repeat assessment comprises a written exam covering all course content. Students sit the exam on the date and time set by the MIPE Academic Committee. The final grade for students sitting the repeat assessment is the grade obtained on this exam and this exam alone.

Examination-based assessment

Requisite

In accordance with University regulations, any student can request they be evaluated by single assessment. To do so, they must fill out the "Single assessment request" form, which can be downloaded from the virtual classroom, and submit it no later than twenty calendar days from the start of the course.

 

Activities and criteria

Single assessment consists of a written test covering all course content and set readings. The test is carried out on the date and time set by the MIPE Academic Commission. The final grade for students sitting the single assessment is the grade obtained on this exam and this exam alone.

 

Repeat assessment

Students that fail the single assessment mode of evaluation are entitled to repeat the assessment tasks. Repeat assessment comprises a written exam covering all course content and set readings. Students sit the exam on the date and time set by the MIPE Academic Committee. The final grade for students sitting the repeat assessment is the grade obtained on this exam and this exam alone.