Guia docente 2020_21 Facultade de Ciencias Empresariais e Turismo

Assessment

	Description	Qualification	Training and Learning Results
Objective questions exam	Test for assesment of the competences that may include closed questions with different alternatives such as true/false, multiple choice, matching of elements.... The students select an answer from a limited number of possibilities.	35	A1 A2	B2	C1 C2 C4
Problem and/or exercise solving	The student will have to solve a series of problems and/or exercises in a time established by the lecturer. In this way, the student will show her competencies to apply theoretical knowledge.	35	A3 A4	B2 B5 B7 B10	C1 C2 C9 C10	D5
Essay	The students must read a book selected by the lecturer at the begining of the course. The main topics of this book will be related to some of the contents of the subject. However, it is also saught that the reading has a complementary role, which can provide a different approach from the strict economic one such as historical, legal, political, sociological, etc The reading assesment will be done through one essay about some relevant topic of the book and it must be written at the classroom. Apart from the book's contents, it will be assesed the writting permormance as well. Among other things, ability to argue, cohesion, grammar and orthography.	20	A3 A4 A5	B2 B3 B5 B7 B8 B9	C1 C2 C10	D5
Laboratory practice	The students, in couples, must do a laboratory practice wich will have a twofold purpose. On the one hand, they will have to search for some specific economic information and, on the other hand, they must write a report with the main conclusions.	10	A3 A4 A5	B2 B3 B5 B7 B8 B9 B10	C9	D5

Other comments on the Evaluation
February 2021 Edition: There will be two assessment options: Option A: Students can choose the continuous assessment system explained above. It will be understood that the student follows the continuous assessment system when she has presented to a set of tests that represents more than 50% of the weighting. It will be announced at the start of the course the schedule with all the continuous assessment dates. The students who follow the continuous assessment system must place a passport-sized photography in Faitic before the first test date and to enter in Faitic regularly in order to be aware of the news that might happen. Option B: The students who decide not to follow the continuous assessment system will have the right to be assessed with a final exam in the official examination date with the following weights: test of objectives questions (40%), test of problem solving (40%), and reading book essay (20%). Second-chance examination: July 2021 Edition: Again there will be two assessment options: Option A: The students who follow the continuous assessment system will have the right to keep the marks achieved at the first edition. We will need to improve them in some of the following parts: test of objectives questions (35%), test of problem solving (35%), and reading book essay (20%). Option B: The students who had decided not to follow the continuous assessment system over the course will have the right to be assessed with a final exam in the official examination date with the following weights: test of objectives questions (40%), test of problem solving (40%), and reading book essay (20%). End of Graduation Exam: The student assessed by this final exam will do a theoretical-practical exam which will weigh 100% of the marks. The dates and timetable with the final exams of these editions are the specified by the schedule approved by the Faculty Board for the academic year 2020-2021. In case of conflict between the examination dates will prevail the FCETOU web´s dates. It is compulsory to present de ID card or similar document when the tests take place. The non-compliance of this rule may end up with the impossibility of doing the test for the student.