Assessment

a) Programmed evaluation process and activities

The course consists of the following evaluation activities.

Recoverable activities:

Two midterm exams E1 and E2 with a weight of 60% of the final grade (25% the first one and 35% the second one).

Non-recoverable activities:

Several practical tests and/or problem deliveries with a weight of 40% of the final grade that will give a P grade.

To pass the course, by means of the continuous evaluation, it will be necessary that:

F=0,25E1+0,35E2+0,4P>=5.

If any of the above parameters is not met, then the final grade will be the minimum between F and 4.5.

b) Scheduling of evaluation activities:

The schedule of evaluation activities will be given on the first day of the course and will be made public through the Virtual Campus
and on the website of the Faculty of Sciences in the section of exams.

c) Recovery process:

There will be a make-up exam where it will be possible to recover the recoverable activities. To be able to take the make-up exam it will be necessary that 0.25E1+0.35E2>=3.5.

Students may take the make-up exam to improve their grade, but they must be aware that they may obtain a lower grade.

d) Grade review procedure:

For each evaluation activity, a place, date and time of review will be indicated in which students may review the activity with the faculty.
In this context, claims may be made on the grade of the activity, which will be evaluated by the faculty responsible for the subject.
Students who do not attend this review will not be able to subsequently review this activity.
e) Grades:

Honors. Awarding a grade of honors is the decision of the faculty responsible for the course.
UAB regulations state that MHs may only be awarded to students who have obtained a final grade equal to or higher than 9.00.
Up to 5% of the total number of students enrolled may be awarded MHs.

The student will be considered to have taken the course if he/she takes at least one recoverable and/or one non-recoverable activity.

f) Consequences of irregularities committed by the students: copying, plagiarism, ...

Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations,
irregularities committed by a student that may lead to a variation of the grade in an evaluable activity will be graded with a zero.
The evaluation activities graded in this way and by this procedure will not be recoverable.
If it is necessary to pass any of these evaluation activities to pass the course, this course will be suspended directly, without the opportunity to recover it in the same course.
These irregularities include, among others.

- total or partial copying of a practice, report, or any other evaluation activity; - allowing copying.

- submitting group work that has not been fully completed by group members (applied to all members, not just those who have not worked);

- unauthorized use of AI (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT or equivalent) to solve exercises, practices and/or any other evaluable activity.

- submitting as their own materials produced by a third party, even if they are translations or adaptations, and work with elements that are not original and unique to the student.

- having communication devices (such as cell phones, smart watches, camera pens, etc.) accessible during individual theoretical-practical evaluation tests (exams);

- talking to fellow students during individual theoretical-practical evaluation tests (exams);

- copying or attempting to copy from other students during the theoretical-practical evaluation tests (exams);

- using or attempting to use writings related to the subject matter during the theoretical-practical evaluation tests (exams), when these have not been explicitly permitted.

In summary: copying, allowing copying or plagiarizing (orthe attempt to) in any of the evaluation activities is equivalent to a SUSPENSION, not compensable and without validation of parts of the subject in subsequent courses.

g) Single evaluation:

Students who have opted for the single evaluation mode must take a final test consisting of a theory exam where they must develop a topic and/or answer a series of brief questions.
Afterwards, they will have to take a problem/practical test where they will have to solve a series of exercises like those that have been worked on in the Practical/Classroom Problems sessions.
The grade will be the weighted average of the two previous activities, in which the theory exam will account for 30% of the grade and the problems/practical exam for 70%.

If the final grade does not reach 5, the failed students have another opportunity to pass the course through the recovery exam to be held on the date set by the coordination of the degree.
To be able to take the make-up exam, it will be necessary to have obtained a minimum grade of 3.5.

The revision of the final grade follows the same procedure as for the continuous evaluation.

The proposed teaching methodology and evaluation may undergo some modification depending on the restrictions imposed by the health authorities.

This English version of the guide is a translation of the Catalan version, in case of any discrepancy between the two, the correct version for all purposes is the Catalan one.