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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
| Grao en Bioloxía |
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| Paleobiology |
| Assessment |
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| Identifying Data | 2023/24 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Paleobiology | Code | 610G02043 | |||||||||||
| Study programme |
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Fourth | Optional | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Methodologies | Competencies | Description | Qualification |
| Workshop | A1 A2 A3 A4 A29 B1 B2 | Continuous assessment using quizzes involving multiple choice, matching, true-false questions, fill in the blank questions or short answer and essay questions. These quizzes make up 7% of the final grade | 7 |
| Mixed objective/subjective test | A1 A2 A3 A4 A29 B1 B2 | As stated in Step 5, grading is primarily based on the idea of continuous assessment and so, the FINAL EXAM IS NOT REQUIRED for those students being successful during this continuous assessment. For the rest of students, a final exam will be carried out for the specific parts of the subject (i. e., lectures=65%, workshops + laboratory sessions= 35%) that they failed. | 0 |
| Laboratory practice | A1 A2 A3 A4 A29 B1 B2 | Continuous assessment using quizzes involving multiple choice, matching, true-false questions, fill in the blank questions, short answer, essay questions and/or fossil identifications with real specimens. Quizzes make up 28% of the final grade | 28 |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech | A3 A29 B1 B2 | Continuous assessment will take place using in-class quizzes and participation during classes. All quizzes can involve multiple choice, matching, true-false questions, fill in the blank questions or short answer and essay questions. Quizzes make up 65% of the final grade | 65 |
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The continuous assessment consists of: 1) Tests on the contents of lectures, making up 65% of the final grade 2) Tests on laboratory sessions + workshops, making up 35% of the final grade (tests on Systematic Paleontology, 20% + test on fossil identification “de visu”, 15%). Non-attendance to lab sessions or workshops will be penalized as follows:
3) Besides the tests, all students are required to know the chronostratigraphic chart with 0% value in the final grade. This is therefore considered a key question to pass the subject. Students are required to obtain a final grade (lectures, and workshops + lab sessions = 100%) of at least 5.0 out of 10 to pass this subject. However, all the activities making up the continuous assessment (lectures, and workshops + lab sessions) can be compensated among them getting a grade of at least 4.0. The two Final Exams (grading opportunities of January and July) are only required for those students who have not passed the aforementioned continuous assessment. Students passing any of the parts of the continuous assessment (lectures, and workshops + lab sessions) are given the opportunity to keep their marks for the two Final Exams (grading opportunities of January and July), being only examined of those parts which they failed. However, all the teaching-learning process of this subject is based on the idea of being developed in the current term. This means that for successive terms the student will be required to fullfill all the assignments scheduled for those specific terms. Under exceptional justified reasons, such as part-time learning, or students with special educational needs, specifically adapted assessments could be undertaken. The grade “no show” will be given only to those students who have not participated in more than 20% of the assessed activities during the term. All the aforementioned instructions also apply to part-time students. Students from former terms, if attending the December’s advance call, will be examined under the rules of the 2022/2023 academic year (please check the corresponding syllabus). If academic fraud is detected in any of the activities included in the continuous assessment program, the student/s involved will be subject to the current UDC regulations on this topic. |
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