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

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

 

Activities and criteria

Continuous assessment centres on two types of activity:

• Activities undertaken in small groups monitoring learning on each of the themes presented during the course. To be able to submit them, students must attend the class session. Two activities are completed in relation to each thematic block: one conceptual in nature, the other analytical. In these activities, the extent to which the final studies comply with the instructions given is assessed; the degree to which concepts and ideas are developed, the degree to which these ideas and concepts are articulated and interrelated, the degree to which these concepts and ideas are used in an appropriate, functional and contextualized manner, and the expository clarity of the text. Each activity is assessed on a scale from 0 to 10. The mean score for the different activities represents 60% of the final grade.
• Individual activity involving the synthesis of the content worked on to show comprehension. This is handed in at the end of the course. In this activity, the extent to which the final study complies with the instructions given is assessed; the degree to which concepts and ideas are developed, the degree to which these ideas and concepts are articulated and interrelated, the degree to which these concepts and ideas are used in an appropriate, functional and contextualized manner, and the expository clarity of the text. The activity is assessed on a scale from 0 to 10 and represents 40% of the final grade.

Examination-based assessment

 

Requisites

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 a series of questions covering the course content. To pass the course, students must obtain a minimum score of 5 points.

 

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, 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.