To pass the course there are two basic requirements:

1) Regular attendance to all evaluable activities; the attendance is compulsory, except for students with part-time or waiver of assistance, as indicated below.

2) To achieve a minimum score of 4.5 (out of 10) in every evaluable activities. If this minimum score is not achieved in any of these activities, the final mark will be Fail (4.0). To pass the subject, the overall rating may not be less than 5 (out of 10).

"Not attended" assessment mark will be applied when the conducted activities add up to less than 33% of the total score.

Only the marks obtained in Seminar and Supervised projects may be retained
for the second opportunity, provided they exceed the minimum of 4.5
previously quoted. Marks falling below implies its corresponding assessment must be repeated. The
specific retake schedule of these two tests depends on
the number of students who have to attend them, and will be published at the end of the
first assesment.

The mixed test's mark obtained in the second opportunity will replace the first one's.

Students assessed at the second opportunity may only qualify for Honors mark if
the maximum number of licenses for the course were not exhausted on the
first one.

- No mark will be retained for subsequent courses, i.e. the teaching-learning process
including assessment, will start over, which means that the students must
complete all scheduled activities.

Related to the part-time students: For all purposes they are considered as students with standard registration, except they requested waiver of assistance as well, in such case the following paragraph shall apply.

Related to the students with exemption from assistance: the attendance to the mixed test is compulsory, but all the other assessed activities can be conducted online, including the practices of databases search, and ranked as if they were in attendance, so the design of a specific protocol it is not necessary.

Learning outcomes	Study programme competences
To know the different ways to obtain information and to communicate research results throughout history and today.	A16 A24 A25 A28	B3 B7	C6
To know the methods of current and past research, and the social and individual environment influences.	A16 A23 A25		C6 C7
To learn the ways to obtain written, audiovisual and online information in Chemistry.	A16 A24 A25 A28	B2 B4	C3
To know and understand the pathways leading to the results in the process of chemical research.	A16 A25 A28	B3 B5 B7	C8
To know, learn and critically evaluate the research ethics. To know and judge the responsible behaviour. To observe and correct mistakes, bad practices and negligence in daily work.	A18 A21 A23 A25 A28	B3 B6 B7	C4 C8
To understand the past and present relationship between Society, Science and Industry, and its strong social influences.	A24 A25 A28	B2 B3 B6 B7	C4 C5 C8

Topic	Sub-topic
SECTION I: Origin and development of research and theories	Topic 1. "This is we are" - An Overview of the History of Science and Chemistry Topic 2. Scientific vs Chemical Revolutions. Why did they evolve at a different pace? Topic 3. Methods and Practice in Science
SECTION II: Communication of results	Topic 4. Information Sources Topic 5. Decisions, publication and evaluation of results. Chemical Societies Topic 6. Responsible Science Topic 7. Intellectual property and Patents Topic 8. Science Popularization
SECTION III: Risks and Benefits of Chemistry and Chemical Industry	Topic 9. Evolution of Science-Technology interaction. Topic 10. The Chemical Industry. Will it always be an environmental problem? Topic 11. Scientists and Military Industry, a controversial marriage.

Methodologies / tests	Competencies	Ordinary class hours	Student’s personal work hours	Total hours
Guest lecture / keynote speech	A16 A18 A21 A25 B6 C4 C7 C8	30	30	60
Supervised projects	A16 A18 A21 A23 A24 A28 B2 B3 B5 B7 C5 C6	10	40	50
ICT practicals	A16 B2 B3 B4 C3 C6	4	8	12
Practical test:	A16 B2 B3 C3	2	6	8
Mixed objective/subjective test	A16 A21 A24 A25 B3 B6 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8	3	15	18

Personalized attention		2	0	2

(*)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	The teacher presents and explains the fundamental concepts of each topic.
Supervised projects	At small group sessions the student will solve the problems proposed by the teacher, who will supervise their work. Case studies linking Chemistry and mass media, health, food, environment, etc., will be discussed. The students must individually submit a final report or perform an oral statement of their work.
ICT practicals	At small group sessions in the Computer classroom, the student will practice the search for specific information in Chemistry, using online bibliographic databases.
Practical test:	A practical exam of searching online bibliographic databases, to evaluate the knowledge acquired in the ICT practicals
Mixed objective/subjective test	A final exam containing multiple choice, short answer and essay questions. Its objective is to assess the knowledge acquired by the students, as well as their critical thinking and their ability to reason, synthetize and create texts.

Methodologies	Competencies	Description	Qualification
Mixed objective/subjective test	A16 A21 A24 A25 B3 B6 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8	This exam includes multiple choice, short answer and essay questions.	33
Supervised projects	A16 A18 A21 A23 A24 A28 B2 B3 B5 B7 C5 C6	Evaluation is carried out taking into account the following aspects: - Active participation and critical thinking showed throughout the debates in the classroom. - Synthesis and reasoning skills reflected in the works presented.	34
Practical test:	A16 B2 B3 C3	The evaluation will take into account the accuracy and skill in finding information in bibliographic databases, with a series of exercises to be performed in the Computer classroom.	33

Assessment comments
To pass the course there are two basic requirements: 1) Regular attendance to all evaluable activities; the attendance is compulsory, except for students with part-time or waiver of assistance, as indicated below. 2) To achieve a minimum score of 4.5 (out of 10) in every evaluable activities. If this minimum score is not achieved in any of these activities, the final mark will be Fail (4.0). To pass the subject, the overall rating may not be less than 5 (out of 10). "Not attended" assessment mark will be applied when the conducted activities add up to less than 33% of the total score. Only the marks obtained in Seminar and Supervised projects may be retained for the second opportunity, provided they exceed the minimum of 4.5 previously quoted. Marks falling below implies its corresponding assessment must be repeated. The specific retake schedule of these two tests depends on the number of students who have to attend them, and will be published at the end of the first assesment. The mixed test's mark obtained in the second opportunity will replace the first one's. Students assessed at the second opportunity may only qualify for Honors mark if the maximum number of licenses for the course were not exhausted on the first one. - No mark will be retained for subsequent courses, i.e. the teaching-learning process including assessment, will start over, which means that the students must complete all scheduled activities. Related to the part-time students: For all purposes they are considered as students with standard registration, except they requested waiver of assistance as well, in such case the following paragraph shall apply. Related to the students with exemption from assistance: the attendance to the mixed test is compulsory, but all the other assessed activities can be conducted online, including the practices of databases search, and ranked as if they were in attendance, so the design of a specific protocol it is not necessary.

Basic	Patricia Fara (2009). Breve historia de la ciencia . Editorial Ariel, Barcelona W.H. Brock (1998). Historia de la química, serie: Ciencia y Tecnología . Editorial Alianza Editorial, 1998, Madrid David C. Lindberg. (2002). Los inicios de la ciencia occidental . Editorial Paidós, Barcelona Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (EEUU) (1995). On Being a Scientist. National Academy Press P. J. Bowler, I.R. Morus (2007). Panorama general de la ciencia moderna. Editorial Crítica, Madrid Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (EEUU) (1992). Responsible Science: Ensuring the Integrity of the Research Procces, vol.1.. National Academic Press, Washington A.F. Chalmers (1993). ¿Qué es cosa llamada ciencia?. Siglo XXI, Madrid
	Useful websites: - http://www.udc.es/biblioteca - http://echa.europa.eu/ - http://ec.europa.eu/index_es.htm - http://www.epo.org
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Other comments
- For non English-speaking students: IT IS RECOMMENDED TO HAVE A MEDIUM OR ADVANCED LEVEL OF COMPREHENSION OF ENGLISH TEXTS. - Writing skills using common computer tools are needed. Additionally, it's very important to have at least an intermediate skill level using a portable slideshow application, such as Microsoft PowerPoint or OpenOffice Impress.