Consideracións xerais:

O alumnado disporá de dúas
oportunidades oficiais para superar a materia (ver calendario en http://www.usc.es/gl/titulacions/masters_oficiais/neurosci/).

A cualificación de Non
Presentado aplicarase unicamente no caso de que o/a alumno/a non se presentase nalgunha das oportunidades oficiais existentes.

Aspectos e criterios de avaliación:

- Alumnado con dedicación completa e alumnado con recoñecemento de dedicación a tempo parcial e dispensa
académica de exención de asistencia

Na oportunidade de final de cuadrimestre teranse en conta, para o cómputo da
cualificación global, os distintos apartados recollidos no sistema de
avaliación: a) realización dunha proba mixta sobre os contidos da materia,
representando o 50% da cualificación final, b) a realización e
presentación do traballo nos seminarios suporá o 40% da cualificación final, e c) a participación activa na sesión de discusión/debate suporá o 10% da cualificación
final.

Na segunda oportunidade poderase/n
recuperar a/s parte/s non superada/s, exame (proba mixta) e/ou traballo, representando cada
unha destas o 50% da cualificación final.

Learning outcomes	Study programme competences
To know the adaptive changes in the nervous system and organs of the senses during evolution.	AR3	BR4	CR1 CR3
To manage and analyze specialized bibliography/literature		BR4	CR1 CR2 CR3

Topic	Sub-topic
Introduction.	1.Concept of evolution. Theories. 2.Levels of organization. Design patterns in animals. 3.Phylogenetic relationships: homologies and analogies.
Evolution of the nervous system.	4.Origin of neurons (first nervous systems). 5.Models of nervous systems. 6.Evolutionary changes of the basic structural units of the central nervous system in vertebrates. 7.Evolutionary changes of the functional circuits of the nervous system in vertebrates.
Evolution of sensory organs.	8.Photoreception: Evolution of the visual system. 9.Chemoreception: Evolution of taste and olfactory systems. 10.Mechanoreception: Evolution of the ear and lateral line
Practicals	Students will observe under the microscope histological preparations of nervous system and sense organs from different species of vertebrates and invertebrates

Methodologies / tests	Competencies	Ordinary class hours	Student’s personal work hours	Total hours
Guest lecture / keynote speech	A3	19	28.5	47.5
Seminar	A3 B4 C1 C3	3	4.5	7.5
Laboratory practice	A3	5	6	11
Online discussion	B4 C1 C2 C3	2	3	5
Introductory activities		1	0	1
Mixed objective/subjective test	A3 C1	2	0	2

Personalized attention		1	0	1

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies	Description
Guest lecture / keynote speech	Teacher will present the main contents of the subject.
Seminar	During these sessions, students will present the work they have carried out under the supervision of the professor. For preparing the seminars, students will use recent scientific reviews and other sources.
Laboratory practice	Students will observe under the microscope various histological preparations of nervous system and sense organs from different species of vertebrates and invertebrates.
Online discussion	A session will be devoted to the discussion of a specific topic (scientific article) by the students, intervening the professor as moderator.
Introductory activities	A first session will be programmed, in which the different sections contained in the teaching guide will be presented (learning aims, contents, methodologies, assessment, sources of information...), and where the student may raise any doubt or question regarding the same. Teaching guide and a detailed schedule of the activities will be available to the student in the Moodle platform.
Mixed objective/subjective test	Take a written and/or oral test will account for 50% of the final grade.

Methodologies	Competencies	Description	Qualification
Online discussion	B4 C1 C2 C3	Discussion of a specific topic (specialized scientific article) by the student	10
Seminar	A3 B4 C1 C3	Students must carry out and present a work in relation with the contents of the program.	40
Mixed objective/subjective test	A3 C1	Take a written (test questions and/or short-answer questions) and/or oral test about the contents of the program.	50

Assessment comments
Consideracións xerais: O alumnado disporá de dúas oportunidades oficiais para superar a materia (ver calendario en http://www.usc.es/gl/titulacions/masters_oficiais/neurosci/). A cualificación de Non Presentado aplicarase unicamente no caso de que o/a alumno/a non se presentase nalgunha das oportunidades oficiais existentes. Aspectos e criterios de avaliación: - Alumnado con dedicación completa e alumnado con recoñecemento de dedicación a tempo parcial e dispensa académica de exención de asistencia Na oportunidade de final de cuadrimestre teranse en conta, para o cómputo da cualificación global, os distintos apartados recollidos no sistema de avaliación: a) realización dunha proba mixta sobre os contidos da materia, representando o 50% da cualificación final, b) a realización e presentación do traballo nos seminarios suporá o 40% da cualificación final, e c) a participación activa na sesión de discusión/debate suporá o 10% da cualificación final. Na segunda oportunidade poderase/n recuperar a/s parte/s non superada/s, exame (proba mixta) e/ou traballo, representando cada unha destas o 50% da cualificación final.

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