Assessment

Evaluation process and activities

The assessment is divided into three main parts. These are indicated below, showing in parenthesis its weighting in the overall grade.

A - Research assignments (20%)

A1 - One or more written papers, or one or more oral presentations. (20%)

B - Theory (34%)

B1 - Tutored problems in the classroom. (4%)

B2 - Theory examination. (30%)

C - Applied project (46%)

C1 - Tutored self-learning exercises. (6%)

C2 - Lab assignments. (20%)

C3 - Applied examination. (20%)

The course is passed by obtaining an overall grade greater than or equal to 5 out of 10.

I.e., 0.2 * A1 + 0.04 * B1 + 0.3 * B2 + 0.06 * C1 + 0.2 * C2 + 0.2 * C3 >= 5.

In addition, individual grades must exceed 5 out of 10 for items A1 and B2, must exceed 0 out of 10 for items B1 and C1, and must exceed 5 out of 10 for items C2 and C3.

I.e., A1 >= 5 i B2 >= 5 i B1 > 0 i C1 > 0 i C2 >= 5 i C3 >= 5.

In the event that the grade obtained for item C2 is the result of two or more individual grades, the C3 applied examination may consist of two or more parts, each one related to one of the individual assignments. In this case, all applied examinations must be passed individually. The grade of each part in C2 equivalent to a failed part in C3 will be 0. It will be necessary to have delivered all the individual lab assignments related to item C2 in order to be able to participate in the applied examination/s.

Students, inagreement with the subject professors and provided that enough resources  are available, may opt to replace some assessment method for an alternative much more demanding evaluation method (e.g., change a written paper for an oral presentation of greater difficulty).

Reassessment

The student will only be able to request a reassessment of items A1, B2, C3. The marks obtained through reassessment will only replace the previously obtained ones is they are higher.

In accordance with the academic regulations (Article 112 ter.2), to be able to request a reassessment, students must have been previously evaluated in activities whose combined weight is at least 67%.

Plagiarism and other irregularities

Notwithstanding other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with the academic regulations in force, assessment activities will receive a zero whenever a student commits academic irregularities that may alter such assessment. Assessment activities graded in this way and by this procedure will not be re-assessable. If passing the assessment activity or activities in question is required to pass the subject, the awarding of a zero for disciplinary measures will also entail a direct fail for the subject, with no opportunity to re-assess this in the same academic year. Irregularities contemplated in this procedure include, among others:
- the total or partial copying of a practical exercise, report, or any other evaluation activity;
- allowing others to copy;
- presenting group work that has not been done entirely by the members of the group;
- presenting work as one’s own any materials prepared by a third party, even if these are  translations or adaptations, including work that is not original or exclusively that of the student;
- having communication devices (such as mobile phones, smart watches, etc.) accessible during theoretical-practical assessment tests (individual examinations).

In case of irregularity, the overall grade for this subject will be at most 3.0.

Honors and not evaluable

A maximum of X students will be able to pass the course with honors, where X = max (1, floor (number of students / 20)), with the following indicative criteria:
- as many as possible academic honors will be awarded;
- only students having obtained a final grade of at least 9 will be considered;
- academic honors will be assigned to students with highest grades.

The overall grade for students not passing the subject will be capped as follows:

- For students not reaching the minimum grade required for any assessment activity, overall grade will be capped at 4.5.

- For students having committed evaluation irregularities, overall grade will be capped at 3.0.

Students not having participated in any of the assessment activities will obtain an overall grade of "not evaluable".

Assessment review

The ordinary review of the assessment activities will begin at least twenty-four hours after grades have been made public, or on the same day, if previously announced publicly. No reviews will be possible at later dates.

Validations

The students coursing this subject for a second time will be able to request the validation of their previous grades. Professors will resolve validations favorably when, in their opinion, the student has demonstrated previously and reliably the learning outcomes obtained. In any case, professors will unfavorablyresolve the validation of part C2 when the grade obtained in partC3 is  not in accordance with the grade obtainedin part C2 (either partially or totally). That is to say, it will be necessary to have passed the practical examinations to validate the practical assignments.

No validation will be possible for students having failed due to plagiarism or other irregularities.

Dates and communications

Assignment deadlines will be published, unless indicated otherwise, in the Campus Virtual https://cv.uab.cat. Deadlines may be subject to changes, but changes will be communicated in the online forum of the subject.

The teaching  staff will communicate with the students in the classroom, during office hours, and through the forums available in the Campus Virtual. Except for exceptional cases, emails will not be answered.