Students are expected to complete all assignments and readings suggested by the lecturer(s), and to come to the sessions prepared to discuss them. Students must visit the eLearning platform for the course regularly. Students are expected to check their university email on a regular basis: announcements and last-minute changes will be notified via email. 

• Passing the subject

In order to pass this module,students must obtain at least a mark of 50 (out of 100) in items 2 and 3.

• Second opportunity:

Students will have to repeat only those parts (exercise(s) and paper) in which they did not reach a pass in the first opportunity.  In the second opportunity the case study will be submitted as a written essay (between 2,000-3,000 words, excluding references).

• Students officially exempt from class attendance:

Students officially exempt from class attendance (dispensa académica) will have to hand in all course exercises (50%) and submit an essay on a case study (2,000 words excluding references).

• Linguistic correctness and academic misconduct.

All exercises and tests will be done in English. Overall correctness in language and in the use of formal conventions is indispensable. Therefore, grammatical and orthographic mistakes will be penalised.

Academic misconduct (including cheating, plagiarism, collusion or fabrication of results) will not be tolerated and will be penalised, according to the Regulamento Disciplinar do Estudantado da UdC,
articles 10.3.f and 11.4.b, with a Qualification of Fail (Suspenso) for both
opportunities in the Course.