Assessment

All students registered on this subject (whether for the first time or not) are required to carry out the same activities (lectures and laboratory classes) and will be subject to the same assessment criteria.

Assessment for this subject is continuous throughout the course and is based on the following elements:

1. Exams. Exams, representing—jointly—70% of the final grade. These exams will take place during the course and will include all content covered in lectures and practical classes.

A minimum grade of 4 in each exam is required to average with the other course grades. Students who have obtained a grade lower than 4 must present themselves for re-assessment of the exams

The students who pass all the exams may take the re-assessment to improve their final grade. The mark used to calculate the final grade will be that obtained in re-assessment.

2. Laboratory classes. The exercises/ tests carried out in laboratory classes represent 30% of the final grade. Attending laboratory classes is mandatory. Students attending less than 80% of the practical sessions will not be eligible for assessment and will be awarded the grade of zero (0) for this activity. There is no re-assessment for the practical exercises.

To pass the subject it will be necessary to obtain a minimum overall grade of 5 points.

Schedule of the assessment activities

The dates of the assessment activities and the submission of exercises will be published in the Campus Virtual (CV). They may be subject to changes inprogramming due to unforeseen eventualities. Any modification will be announced through this platform.

Assessment activities will not be permitted for any student at different dates or times to that the ones already established, unless for justified causes duly advised before the activity, and with the lecturer's previous consent. In all other cases, if an activity has not been carried out, this cannot be re-assessed.

Irregularities committed by the student, copy and plagiarism

According to the UAB academic regulations, assessment activities will be qualified with a zero (0) whenever a student commits academic irregularities that may alter such assessment.

Irregularities contemplated in this procedure include, among others:

• the total or partial copying of a test, 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, as well as the use of IA platforms;
• presenting any materials prepared by a third party as one's 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, smartwatches, etc.) accessible during theoretical-practical assessment tests (individual exams).

Unique assessment

• Students who request it will have the right to a single assessment. This will consist of a single final test that will contain a theory exam (30% mark), a problem test (40% mark) and the delivery of the practicals (30% mark). The latter cannot be recovered in the final exam.
• The date of the single assessment tests will coincide with the final exam that the rest of the students will take.
• The single evaluation must be requested using the specific form made available by the Gestió Acadèmica de la Facultat de Ciències [Academic Management of the Faculty of Sciences], and must be communicated by email to the coordinator of the subject between the 12th and the 29th September 2023.
• With reference to the recovery and review of the final qualification, the same procedures will apply as for the continuous assessment.