Educational guide Faculty or Arts |
english |
English Studies (2001) |
Subjects |
THE LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Assessment |
IDENTIFYING DATA | 2012_13 |
Subject | THE LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Code | 12142022 | |||||
Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
Descriptors | Credits | Theory credits | Practical credits | Type | Year | Period | ||
6 | 4.5 | 1.5 | Core | Fifth | First |
Competences | Learning aims | Contents |
Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
Description | Weight | ||
Presentations / expositions | Please remember that class attendance is a main course requirement. This will undoubtedly help you in choosing a topic for your oral-written presentation. This will be valued according to a) laguage accuracy, b) knowldege of the subject and c) originality. | 10% | |
Lecture | Since part of the course is based on lectures, your class attedance should be subsequently followed by class participation and discussion. Feel free to ask questions and discuss them. | 30% | |
Objective short-answer tests | There will be three class exercises about the topics included in the syllabus. | 60% | |
Other comments and second exam session | |||
The students who do not reach the 50% of the above-mentioned requirements will have a scheduled second chance, as well as those who have not opted to go through the continuos assessment (for further details see the course syllabus). This second chance will be the same for all students ( both those who failed the continuous assessment and those who opted for the final class exercise), and will consist in a final class exercisel of 20 questions (100%). These questions will be based on the units included in the syllabus (short definitions of concepts, identifications of names, titles, characters, short contextualizations of excertps from the texts analyzed ...). |