The proposed methodology seeks two main objectives: i) to create incentives for the student to work on a continuous basis along the term, and ii) to promote self-study strategies. With this aim, the student is asked to:

a) Prepare, either individually or in group, the questions designed by the teacher to be discussed in the classroom. Both the strength of the arguments used and the ability to defend them in front of the rest of the students are graded. The student can get up to 1 extra point to be added to the mark obtained in the continuous evaluation (workshop + mid-term test). The maximum final mark for the continuous evaluation is 5 points.

b) On a weekly basis, students must solve the exercises and cases proposed by the teacher. Team work is highly recommended to discuss the possible solutions. At the beginning of one of the two sessions of the week, the teacher will present a small case, similar to those designed to be solved out of the classroom. Students must solve the case individually and the teacher will collect the written solutions. At the end of the term, the teacher will choose, on a random basis,  four of these written exercises to be marked.

As for the final exam, students should take into account the agreements of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Economics and Business (6th July 2011).

Absent qualification. This qualification will be assigned, exclusively, to those students that had participated in evaluation activities with a weighting lower than 20% of the final qualification, independently of the mark obtained in these activities. 

Final exam. It is forbidden to access the classroom where the exam is held with any machine that allows communication with the outside and/or the saving of information.

Evaluation in the July option. The evaluation criteria used in the first option applies also in the July option.

Finally, in the case (and just in the case) students are awarded with an extra evaluation option ("avaliación adiantada"), they should take an exam which will be designed to evaluate all competencies and contents of the course.