Tasks will be allocated to student sub-groups in the beginning of the course so it is essential that all students interested in taking the course are present at the first meetings. Later on the course will be run mainly on the basis of group work and tutorials. However, classroom attendance will be required for the reporting part.
Students are required to attend the
compulsory sessions, unless they have applied for exemption within the time
period specified by the Academic Commission of the degree, and this exemption
has been granted. This exemption will be valid provided students comply with
the rules on attendance in force at the UDC, and provided they comply with the assessment systems which are
specified in the teaching guides . Students should be aware,
however, that not attending certain classroom sessions may affect their final
grades.
Students
who have been granted exemption, as specified in the university regulations,
will be assessed according to the criteria applied to the July opportunity.
Students
who fail
to accomplish or submit at least 50% of the tasks for assessment, will be graded as
absent from assessment (NP: no presentado).
Students
who do not pass in the first opportunity will be able
to re-sit in July, when they will be required to demonstrate that they have
acquired the skills via an objective test plus the exercises agreed upon with the lecturer.
PLAGIARISM: When assessing the students' essays, the teacher will pay attention to possible cases of plagiarism; to that effect, he can interview the students about their written work or use tools like TURNITIN, in order to detect wrong citations, plagiarism or any other type of fraud. Should this occur, the rules for plagiarism will be applied. (See "Normas de avaliación, revisión e reclamación das cualificacións dos estudos de grao emestrado universitario"). TURNITIN recognises papers previously turned in by other people (or the student him/herself) at this university or other universities, as well as other bibliographic and Internet materials.