Teaching coordination

The degree program has the necessary coordination structures at its various levels to ensure its proper organization and development. To articulate horizontal and vertical coordination at the degree level, the following are in place:

• Degree Coordinator (Head of Studies)
• Course Coordinator
• Subject Coordinator
• Internship/Rotation Coordinator

These structures are integrated into the corresponding committees of the center/section/degree, which establish the operating mechanisms through periodic meetings to analyze the development of the degree at its different levels (degree, course, and subject).

Through horizontal and vertical coordination, the following are guaranteed: the proper sequencing and scheduling of subjects, their content, and assessment system; gaps, duplications, and mismatches are avoided; and the student workload is adequately distributed to facilitate the acquisition of learning outcomes.

The Center's Management Team is responsible for Teaching Coordination. Its functions, as outlined in the Faculty's SGIC and the Audit Report, are:

• Preparation of the proposal for theory and practice groups by subject and assignment of classrooms/laboratories
• Preparation of a proposed class schedule and exam dates
• Develop mobility promotion activities and obtain information on the development and results of mobility programs
• Regarding career guidance, propose objectives, actions, and action planning; prepare informational materials and disseminate the actions and informational materials; develop planned actions aimed at career guidance.
• Conduct a continuous review of the teaching-learning process to update and improve the degree's training program.
• Assign spaces for the various scheduled activities. The Center's Management Team is responsible for Teaching Coordination.

1. Head of Studies

According to the Internal Regulations, the Head of Studies will be appointed by the Dean from among the faculty members elected to the Board of Directors. He or she chairs the Academic Planning Committee. This Committee is responsible for submitting reports and proposals to the Board on the following matters:

• The definition, approval and coordination of the Faculty's actions regarding teaching.
• The organization of the teachings to be imparted at the Center for the obtaining of the academic qualifications contemplated in its study plans.
• The development and modification of the Center's study plans and teaching organization.
• The determination of the standards for the implementation and development of the study plans.
• The report on the teaching programs of the Departments that teach at the Center.
• Ensure effective compliance with the principle of freedom of study and continuous assessment provided for in Article 9 of this Regulation.
• Any other matter of academic organization submitted to it by the Plenary of the Board, by simple majority, or assigned to it by these Regulations.
• The development of schedules for theoretical and practical classes and exam calendars, as well as the distribution of practice groups, will be carried out by a Teaching Coordination Subcommittee, chaired by the Head of Studies and comprised of the course coordinators and a student representative from each course.

2. Course Coordinating Staff

There is Coordinating Staff for each Degree Course whose functions are:

• The organization of the different groups of practices.
• Coordinate between students and teachers responsible for the subject the proposal of exam dates.
• Establish the schedules and calendars for theoretical and practical classes in accordance with the subjects.

3. Subject Coordinating Faculty

He or she is responsible for the organizational aspects of the course's theoretical and practical groups. He or she is the point of contact for managing any issues that may arise throughout the course, reporting them to the Department Director and/or Head of Studies. He or she is also responsible for communicating any issues related to the course's organization to the course coordinator.

The appointment of these Coordinators will be previously approved by the Department Councils of the Departments involved in the subject.

• Prepare the Teaching Guide for the subject.
• Convene and moderate meetings with the subject's teaching team, centralizing their contributions.
• Establish the work procedure to be followed: distribution of tasks and operating mode.
• Agree with the rest of the teaching team on the content, preparation and/or review of teaching materials, tests to be administered, subject assessment criteria, and the organization of practice groups, if any.
• Ensure that there are no redundancies or gaps in the curriculum due to a lack of coordination with other subjects. If this lack of coordination is detected, it must be reported to the Center's Quality Committee.
• Coordinate theory, seminars, practicals, etc. Align the content and timing of the different activities with the theory.
• Ensure that the content, tools used, level of rigor, and grading criteria for the practices are common across all practice groups.
• Call the rest of the subject's teaching team to a meeting to review the academic year.

As indicated in the Teaching Guides For each subject, the first teacher listed in the section «1.3 Faculty teaching the subject» corresponds to the subject coordinator.