Assessment

The evaluation of the level of achievement of the course takes into account the team work done in problem seminars and practical sessions, as well as the scientific and technical knowledge of the subject gained by the students. To carry out this evaluation, the following aspects are taken into account:

• the knowledge engineering project together with the required documentation submitted by the student teams
• the defenses of the knowledge engineering project to which the student teams will be summoned
• the exercises of student teams submitted in problem solving seminars
• the individual, face-to-face written exam to adequately and individually assess the level of achievement

Assessment Items and Their Relative Weight Towards the Final Grade

The final grade reflects the overall level of achievement for the course by each student, and it is determined, in the first call, by combining the marks of the various assessment items as follows:

60% of the grade corresponds to theory and problems, broken down as follows:
(a) 30% corresponds to the arithmetic mean of the marks of three written exercises that are carried out and delivered in small teams in the problem solving seminars (i.e., each exercise contributes 10% to the final grade).
(b) 30% corresponds to the mark of the written exam on theory and problems that is carried out individually on the day of the final examination.

40% of the grade corresponds to the knowledge engineering project, broken down as follows:
(c) 30% corresponds to the mark of the knowledge engineering project done in small teams, and based on a delivery and a face-to-face defense of the project, to which the attendance of all members of each team is mandatory.
(d) 10% corresponds to the mark of the written exam on the engineering project, which is carried out individually on the day of the final examination.

To pass the course in the first call, it is mandatory to obtain at least a mark of 5 in each one of the four assessment items (a), (b), (c), and (d).

In the second call it is possible to improve, by means of a written retake exam, the mark corresponding to all theory-and-problems assessment items (items (a) and (b), i.e., 60% of the final grade of the course) and the mark of the written exam on the knowledge engineering project (item (d), i.e., 10% of the final grade).

To pass the course in the second call, it is mandatory to obtain at least a mark of 5 in each one of these two recoverable parts, in addition to having passed, with a minimum of 5, the knowledge engineering project done in teams (which is evaluated in one of the practical sessions, and therefore cannot be recovered in the second call).

Planning of Assessment Activities

Continuous-assessment dates such as problem-solving exercises and project presentations will be made public on the Virtual Campus and on lecture slides. Dates may change when necessary. Any such modification will always be communicated to students in class and through the Virtual Campus within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme.

Non-Assessment

The final grade of the student will be 'ABSENT' as long as the student has not been assessed more than 30% of the subject.

Honors

Awarding an honors degree is the decision of the teaching staff responsible for the subject. UAB regulations dictate that Honors can only be granted to students who have obtained a final grade equal to or greater than 9, and that only up to 5% of the total number of students enrolled can be awarded an Honors degree.

Plagiarism

Without prejudice to others that are deemed appropriate and in accordance with current academic legislation, irregularities committed by a student during an assessment activity can lead to a change of mark to 0. Assessment activities marked in this way and by this procedure  will not be recoverable. If it is necessary to pass any of these assessment activities to pass the course, the student will not pass the course, with no opportunity to recover it in a second call in the same academic year. These irregularities include, among others:

• the total or partial copy of a practice, report, or any other evaluation activity;
• let others copy your exercises/exam/work;
• present a team work that has not been entirely done by the members of the team;
• present as own those materials produced by a third party, even if they are translations or adaptations, and in general works with non-original and exclusive elements of the student;
• use communication devices (such as mobile phones, smartwatches, tablets, etc.) during assessment activities, individual or in teams.

In case the student has committed irregularities in any assessment activity (and therefore it will not be possible to pass the course in a second call), the final grade of the course will be the lowest of the value 3 and the weighted average of the marks. In summary: copying, let others copy your work or plagiarising in any of the assessment activities is equivalent to a failure with a grade lower than or equal to 3.