Assessment

a) Procedure and assessment activities’ plan

The assessment is continuous with specific activities (exams and assignments) throughout the course. These assessment activities generate a series of grades that determine the final grade.

The calculation of the final grade, n, follows the expression:

n = t · 50% + p · 20% + q · 30%

where t, p, and q are the grades of the theory, problem-solving, and laboratory parts, respectively.

The final grade will be, at most, a 4.5 if t, p or q <5. In other words, each part (theory, problem-solving and laboratory) must be passed separately.

The theory grade (t) is obtained from the average between the grades of the two parts. There will be two exams, one at midterm for the first part and another at the end, for the second part. A final exam lets students improve either part or both.

Problem-solving grade (p) is calculated from a weighted average of report grades. Missing reports count as 0. Worst grades are excluded, but the quantity of grades to be considered depend on the number of problem-solving sessions that are effectively done.

The grade of laboratory work (q) will be the result of a weighted average of the grades of the work that is done in the laboratory and the corresponding reports. Therefore, attendance at the laboratory sessions is mandatory.

b) Assessment activities schedule

The dates of the continuous assessment theory and problem-solving tests, assignment submission deadlines will be published on the Campus Virtual (CV) and may change to adapt to eventual incidents: it will always be reported previously through the CV since it is understood that it is the usual communication platform between lecturers and students outside the classroom.

c) Re-assessment procedures

Late submissions, subject to prior notice, will be accepted and penalized with a lower grade. Late submissions without prior notice or justification of force majeure will notbe accepted. A second submission period may be opened for reports that receive a negative evaluation. Unaccepted or unsubmitted assignment reports will be scored 0 and will not have the option of a second assessment.

In accordance with the coordination of the Degree and the deanship of the School of Engineering, the following activities cannot be re-assessed:

• Problem-solving, 20% of the final grade
• Laboratory, 30% of the final grade

The final exam lets students improve the grades from partial exams, independently. There is no minimum score for either part to be re-assessed in the final examination.

d) Assessment review procedure

All assessment activities can be reviewed in tutoring hours of the teaching staff can be reviewed. For the theory and problem-solving exams, a specific place, date and time will be indicated.

Should the change of a grade be agreed upon, that grade may not be modified in a later review.

No reviews will be done after the closure of the reviews of the final exam.

e) Grading

A “non-assessable” grade will be assigned to students that have not participated in any assessment activity nor have attended any laboratory sessions. In any other case, not participating in an assessment activity, including unattendances to lab, is scored with a 0 for calculating the weighted average.

Honours will be awarded to those who obtain grades greater than or equal to 9.0 in each part, up to 5% of those enrolled in descending order of final grade. They may also be granted in other cases, provided that they do not exceed 5% and the final grade is equal to or greater than 9.0.

f) Irregularities, copies and plagiarism

Copies are evidences that the work or the examination has been done in part or in full without the author's intellectual contribution. This definition also includes attempts of copying in exams and reports, and violations of the norms that ensure intellectual authorship. Plagiarisms refer to the works and texts of other authors that are passed on as their own. They are a crime against intellectual property. To avoid plagiarism, quote the sources you use when writing the corresponding work reports or examinations.

In accordance with the UAB regulations, copies or plagiarisms or any attempt to alter the assessment result, for oneself of for others, like e.g. letting other copy, imply a final grade for the corresponding part (theory, problem solving or laboratory) of 0 and, in this case, failing the course. This does not limit the right to take action against perpetrators, both in the academic field and in the criminal.

g) Assessment of repeaters

There is no differentiated treatment for repeaters but they can take advantage of their own material from the previous year provided it is informed in the corresponding reports.