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Faculty of Philology
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Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios
 Subjects
  English Literature and Literary Criticism
   Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Mixed objective/subjective test A1 A2 A3 A6 Evaluation at the end of the course. 50 per cent (5 points). Students must obtain a minimum of 2 points in this exam so that it may compute and they may pass (and then the average must be 5 out of 10). 50
Document analysis A1 A2 A3 A6 A7 A15 3-5 commentaries carried out in class (3.5 points) 35
Supervised projects A1 A2 A3 A6 A15 A1 A2 A3 B1 B2 B3 B7 B8 B9 C6 C7 C8 An essay done individually using the theoretical approaches and any of the two texts (Behn or Conrad). It must be original and personal, and any borrowings quoted correctly. Plagiarism implies no points given. 1.5 points.
From 6 to 8 double-spaced pages. The essay must be delivered before the classes are over.
15
 
Assessment comments
  • In this subject, what is evaluated is the student´s literary competence at analysing texts using various literary perspectives. A general knowledge of the literary schools is also valued, but to a lesser degree.
  • The final mark must be 5 or more to pass . Also 2 out of 5 in the exam, and 2 out of 5 in the continuous evaluation (document analysis plus project) are required to compute.
  • Essays must be original, not copied. We can use "Turnitin" to check them for wrongcitations, plagiarism or any other type of fraud. Should this occur, the rulesfor plagiarism will be applied. (Normas de avaliación, revisión e reclamación dascualificacións dos estudos de grao e mestrado universitario). "Turnitin"recognises papers previously turned in by other people (or the studenthim/herself) at this university or other universities, as well as othermaterial found on Internet.
  • Those students that do not do commentaries in class, essays etc, have no continuous evaluation marks, so they will have to recover at least 2 out of 5 points in the second opportunity examination (essay plus exercises). They may obtain 5 out of 5 in the first opportunity exam (not easy to do), but they would not pass the subject yet.
  • English is the only language used in class and exams.Mistakes must be avoided. Plagiarism is also forbidden. Borrowing ideas from the teacher and books is understandable, but students must try to do their own research. Their input is essential.
  • When a student for whatever justified reason (illness, exemption, etc) cannot do the continuous evaluation pratices he or she must tell the teacher in advance, otherwise he or she will have to wait for the second opportunity evaluation to make up for such parts. He/she may submit the essay before the first-opportunity exam so that the activity would count (1.5) and do any other alternative task the teachers may ask him or her to do prior to the first-opportunity or on the day of that exam.
  • Thosestudents who attend and participate in the continuous assessment activitieswill be eventually considered "No Presentados" (absent fromexamination) only if they have done less than 25% of the required activities. The same criteria for July.

  • Those students that have been officially given a dispensation (exemption), in accordance with the regulations of this university, must tell the teacher in advance, during the first two weeks of the course. Such students will be assessed in either of the opportunities according to the criteria for the July opportunity. The essay is cumpulsory for them too.
  • In July the second opportunity evaluation takes place. Those students that have not done or passed the continuous evaluation parts will be given the chance to do so by doing the essays or commentaries necessary. A second 4-point exam is also done at that time for those that failed it earlier or did not take it. That is, the second (July) opportunity will consist of a 50% final exam and 50% activities repeating or replacing the continuous assessment work (essay excluded, 15%, which must be delivered before the period of exams starts). Those parts that the students have passed still count as passed.
  • Those students sitting the December exam (final exam brought forward) will be assessed according to the criteria for the July opportunity.
  • DIVERSITY: This module can be adapted to students who need support for their particular situation(physical, visual, auditory, cognitive, learning process, or related to menta lhealth). If necessary, students should contact the services available in UDC/in their school or faculty, or the Unidadde Atención a la Diversidad (ADI) at the beginning of each academic semester in the timeframe officially established (https://www.udc.es/cufie/adi/apoioalumnado/ ); alternatively, they can contact the ADI tutor in the Faculty of Philology at the following address: pat.filoloxia@udc.gal ).

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