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).

Student attendance and active participation in the course is compulsory. Students must attend at least 75% of the sessions in order to opt for continuous assessment.

Assessment takes into account both process and product.

First, students are expected to participate actively in class and to submit an assignment in which they discuss genres of oral and written communication and reflect on their personal learning on the course (20%).

Second, students produce a group assignment (20%) in which they present different resources of academic and professional communication. In evaluating this assignment, the involvement and cooperation of all team members, mastery of the resources, the design of appropriate activities and a clear, structured presentation are all taken into consideration.

Third, each student’s progress is assessed by means of an argumentative essay (40%) and presentation (20%). The assessment criteria centre on the quality of the argumentation, discourse structure, its coherence and cohesion, linguistic accuracy and the adequacy of formal aspects of writing (citation, references, etc.).

 

Repeat assessment

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

Examination-based assessment

Prerequisite
 

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 within the deadline established by the Faculty of Psychology.

 

Activities and criteria

Single assessment comprises a written exam in which students have to answer questions related to the theoretical and practical themes discussed on the course.

 

Repeat assessment

Students that fail the single or final assessment mode of evaluation are entitled to repeat the assessment tasks. Repeat assessment comprises a written exam covering all course content, both theoretical and practical. 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.