Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Humanities |
Grao en Relacións Internacionais |
Subjects |
Political Geography |
Assessment |
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Identifying Data | 2022/23 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Political Geography | Code | 710G05004 | |||||||||||
Study programme |
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Graduate | 1st four-month period |
First | Basic training | 6 | ||||||||||
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Methodologies | Competencies / Results | Description | Qualification |
Mixed objective/subjective test | A2 A1 A3 A5 A7 A8 A11 B3 B4 B5 B6 B1 C1 C2 | On the official scheduled date, a written mixed objective/subjective test on the contents of the subject will be held. Evaluation criteria: knowledge of theoretical contents, capacity to apply theoretical contents to practical cases, level of achievement of the competencies included in the course outline, analytical and synthetic skills, vocabulary range and accuracy, stylistic and grammatical correction. |
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Case study | A5 A7 A10 A11 B3 B4 B5 B7 B11 B12 B13 B14 C1 C2 C3 C4 C7 C9 | It is part of the continuous assesment developed through the collaborative learning achieved in the classroom and that results in carrying out as many case studies throughout the course as the teacher deems most appropriate. When case studies are scheduled to be carried out in groups, a maximum of 5 participating students per group is established. When oral presentations are scheduled in the classroom, they may not exceed a maximum of 20 minutes for each case study (at the discretion of the teacher, oral presentations in the classroom may be replaced by pre-recorded oral presentations). Written exercices evaluation criteria: adjustment of the written exercise to the instructions, formal quality, quality and creativity of the contents, breadth and relevance of the sources of information used Oral presentation evaluation criteria: adjustment of the presentation to the instructions, quality and creativity of the contents of the presentation, breadth and relevance of the sources of information used, quality of the answers in the question time that will follow the presentation. |
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Supervised projects | A5 A7 A10 A11 B7 B1 C4 | It is part of the continuous assesment developed through the collaborative learning achieved in the classroom and that results in carrying out as many supervised projects related to the content of the subject throughout the course as the teacher deems most appropriate. When supervised projects are scheduled to be carried out in groups, a maximum of 5 participating students per group is established. When oral presentations are scheduled in the classroom, they may not exceed a maximum of 20 minutes for each supervised project (at the discretion of the teacher, oral presentations in the classroom may be replaced by pre-recorded oral presentations). Written exercices evaluation criteria: adjustment of the written exercise to the instructions, formal quality, quality and creativity of the contents, breadth and relevance of the sources of information used Oral presentation assessment criteria: adjustment of the presentation to the instructions, quality and creativity of the contents of the presentation, breadth and relevance of the sources of information used, quality of the answers in the question time that will follow the presentation. |
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Assessment comments | |||
OPTION A Full-time students: the required attendance/participation in class activities must be equal to or greater than 80%: The assessment requirements are the same for all the assessment opportunities, including the early assessment. 1. Calculation of the final grade The final grade will be obtained adding the score obtained in the practical part (minimum to obtain 2 points out of a maximum of 4 points) + the score obtained in the Mixed objective/subjective test (minimum to obtain 3 points out of a maximum of 6 points). PRACTICAL PART(40%: maximum 4 points, minimum to pass this part 2 points).
MIXED OBJECTIVE/SUBJECTIVE TEST (60%: maximum 6 points,minimum to pass this part 3 points).
2. Scoring criteria and due dates for supervised projects and case studies
3. Mixed objective/subjective test scoring criteria:
4. Final grade in the first opportunity
5. 2nd opportunity
6. Class attendance
7. Basic instructions for taking exams:
OPTION B Part-time students exempt from class attendance as stipulated in regulations "Norma que regula o réxime de dedicación ao estudo dos estudantes de grao na UDC”(Arts. 2.3; 3.b; e 4.5) (29 May 2012). Students with attendance/participation in classactivities less than 80% Except for the dates approved by the Faculty Board in relation to the objective test, for the remaining tests, a specific calendar of dates compatible with their dedication will be agreed upon at the beginning of the semester. Students must contact the professor of the subject in the 1st ten days of the semester when the subject is taught to set the calendar. The evaluation criteria will be identical to the ones described for full-time students (Option A), except for part-time students and students exempt from class attendance. According to regulations, attendance/participation inclass activities is less than 80%. The subject may be adapted for students that require the adoption of measures aimed at supporting diversity (physical, visual, hearing, cognitive, learning or related to mental health). In such cases, students should contact the services available at the University _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exams dates, time and location of the different calls will be those indicated in the exams calendar approved by the Faculty Board for the 2022-2023 academic year and concordant documentation. The grades will be published in the internal platform or official virtual classroom of the Universidade de Vigo with limited access to the teaching staff of the subject and the enrolled students. If necessary, due to exceptional circumstances, any modification or clarification of the assessment methodologies indicated in the teaching guide; will be published in the same telematic platform. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC MALPRACTICE IN EXAMINATIONS AND /OR ASSESSMENTACTIVITIES Academic malpractice in tests and/or assessment activities,once verified, will directly imply a failing grade of "0" in the subject in the corresponding opportunity, thus invalidating any grade obtainedin all the assessment activities. Malpractice is committed when a student acts to defraud or attempts to defraud the verification systems to assess academic performance, as well as when any student do not fulfil the requirements established to complete the assignments scheduled by the professor. Illicit practices are considered, with a merely enunciative character, acts such as the following:
Plagiarism, which consists of using the words, work or ideas of other people presenting them as your own, in any assessment activity is also considered illegal practice. Several examples of plagiarism are described below:
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