Assessment

a) Scheduled evaluation processes and activities

The evaluation of the subject is continuous through written tests, delivery of written works and practical work in mandatory attendance sessions and evaluated in the laboratory. A minimum compliance is established from which the student is able to pass the course. If these minimums are not reached, the subject is failed.

The mark for the first semester, s1, is obtained as follows:

s1 = x1·40% + x2·40% + p·20%,   whenever x1≥5 and x2≥5

Where x1 and x2 are the marks of partial exams and p the mark obtained by delivering solutions to the proposed exercises. Therefore, it is necessary to score a minimum of 5/10 in each of the partial exams to pass the subject. If the mark of any partial exam is under 5 out of 10, the mark for the first semester, s1, is the lowest of the following values: the corresponding weighted average or 4.5 out of 10.

In the second semester the mark depends on the practical work. Attendance at laboratory sessions is mandatory and necessary to pass the practical work and, by extension, the subject. Practical work is carried out by teams, but the evaluation is individual. The mark for the second semester, s2, has a weight of 30% on the final score.

The final grade of the course is obtained as follows:

n = s1·70% + s2·30%,   whenever s1≥5 and s2≥5

While computing n, if a mark is under 5 out of 10, the result is the lowest of the following values: the corresponding weighted average or 4.5 out of 10.

In short, in the first semester, partial exams must be passed separately, and, in the second semester, the practical work performed by teams, but with individual evaluation.

b) Scheduling of evaluation activities

The dates for the continuous evaluation tests of theory, problems or exercises and practical work will be published on the Virtual Campus (CV) and may be subject to possible programming changes for reasons of adaptation to possible incidents: it will always be reported previously through the CV as it is understood to be the usual mechanism for exchanging information between teachers and students outside the classroom.

c) Re-evaluation process

In the first semester, there is a second-chance exam for each partial exam. These two second-chance exams take place the same day (one after the other). On the other hand, undelivered jobs will receive a mark of 0 and will not have a second evaluation.

In the second semester, if laboratory sessions have been attended, but a minimum mark of 5 out of 10 is not accomplished in the lab practical work, you are eligible for a second-chance test. This test, however, is in no way a substitute for the practical lab sessions. That is, you are not eligible for the second-chance test if you have not attended regularly lab sessions.

d) Qualification review procedure

For partial exams and for the final second-chance exam, a specific day and time will be set for review of corrections. All other evaluated activities can be reviewed at the teacher's tutoring hours.

If, as a result of a review, a change on a mark is agreed, that mark cannot be modified again in a later review.

e) Special grades

If no delivery is made, no lab session is attended and no exam is taken, the corresponding grade is a "not gradable". In any other case, "not presented" computes as a 0 for the calculation of the weighted average. In other words, participation in an evaluated activity implies that "not presented" activities are considered as zeros. For example, an absence in a lab session involves a zero for that activity.

Distinction grades shall be awarded to those who obtain a final grade greater than or equal to 9.5 out of 10, up to a 5% of those enrolled in the descending order of the final grade. At the discretion of the teachers’ staff, other cases may also be awarded, provided that it does not exceed 5% of the total enrolled students and that the final grade is 9.0 out of 10 or more.

f) Irregularities committed by the student, copying and plagiarism

Copies refer to evidence that the work or exam has been carried out in part or in full without the intellectual contribution of the author. This definition also includes proven attempts to copy exams and reports or work deliveries, as well as violations of the standards that guarantee intellectual authorship. Plagiarism refers to the works and texts of other authors that are passed as their own. It is an intellectual property crime. To avoid incurring in plagiarism, the sources used when writing a report should be cited.

In accordance with UAB regulations, both copies and plagiarism or any attempt to alter the outcome of the evaluation, own or alien –allowing to copy, for example, imply a final score of the corresponding part of 0 and a fail of the subject in the case of partial exams, final tests or practical work. Evaluation activities qualified in this way and by this procedure will not be recoverable, and therefore the subject is failed directly without any kind of second chance in the same academic year.

h) Evaluation of repeat students

No differentiated treatment has been established for students repeating the subject.