Assessment

a) Assessment

Subject assessment is carried out as follows:

• Activity A) Tests for lectures and problem sessions (60% of the final grade). Two individual partial tests that evaluate half the contents each. The student must pass each test with a grade equal or greater than 3.5 and with an average of the two tests with at least 5. Otherwise the students will need to do the final re-assessment test (see below).
•  Activity B) Assessment of laboratory sessions (40% of the final grade). It is carried out as follows:

B.1) Progression assessment during laboratory sessions (3 points).

B.2) Technical assessment at the end of the sessions (5,5 points)

B.3) Auto-evaluation in which the student will assess his/her work through a template provided by the professor (1 point, provided that the evaluation carried out by the student and professor differ in less than 0,5 points).

B.4) Individual test at the end of the sessions (1,5 points).

The maximum grade in this activity is 11, though the activity is evaluated over 10. It is mandatory to pass the progression assessment (B.1), technical assessment (B.2) and the individual test (B.4) to pass this activity. If the grade of B.1, B.2 or B.3 is lower than 50% of the maximum corresponding grade, the grade of Activity B is computed as the minimum between 4.5 and the sum of B.1, B.2, B.3, and B.4.

b) Assessment scheduling

Dates for the tests are given the first day of the course and are available in the web of the School. Also, the dates are published on Campus Virtual and on the presentation slides, specific programming may change when necessary. Any such modification will always be communicated to students through Campus Virtual, which is the usual communication platform between lecturers and students.

c) Re-assessment

Activity A can be re-assessed in the re-assessment test, which evaluates all the contents of the course.

Laboratory sessions cannot be re-assessed, so they must be carried out the following year.

d) Revisions

For all assessment activities, a place, date, and time of review will be indicated to allow the students to review the activity with the lecturer. In this context, students may discuss the activity grade awarded by the lecturers responsible for the subject. If students do not take part in this review, no further opportunity will be made available.

e) Grades

Activity A and B must be passed individually. If the grade of one of these activities is lower than 5, the final grade is computed as the minimum grade between 4.5 and the weighted average grade between A and B. To pass the course with honors, the final grade must be equal or greater than 9. Due to the number of students with this distinction cannot exceed 5% of the total enrolled in the course, this distinction will be awarded to the students with the highest final grade. In case of a tie, partial-test results will be taken into consideration. If the student does not carry out the tests or not presents the laboratory project, the grade is “non-assessable”.

f) Plagiarism and 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. Also, irregularities in the use of the laboratory equipment will receive a zero in the evaluation of Activity B. 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 directfail 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 any materials prepared by a third party as one’s own work, even if these materials 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 exams)

-using the laboratory equipment for other purposes than those proposed by the professor

-login forgery or impersonate other students in the laboratory equipment

The final grade will be the lowest value between 3,0 and the weighted average grade, in the event of irregularities having been committed for any assessment activity (and therefore re-assessment will not be possible).

g) Students that have completed the course in previous years

No special treatment will be given to students who have completed the course in previous academic years, except that the grade of Activity A or B previously obtained can be assigned to this course gradebook. At the beginning of the course, the students list with previous grades is published.