Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title	Weighting	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Laboratory work evaluation	10	8	0.32	1, 5, 12, 17, 4
Problem-solving exams	20	3	0.12	2, 5, 13, 17, 16, 15
Theoretical exams	70	7	0.28	20, 19, 8, 9, 6, 11, 10, 18, 17, 14, 3, 7

This subject will have a continuous performance evaluation. The objective of the continuous evaluation is to foster students' efforts along the different topics, as well as monitoring their understanding and progress.

Theoretical evaluation:

Individual evaluation consisting of:

- Two partial exams with multiple choice and also development questions. The weight of each partial exam is 30% of the overall global score. There are no requirements for attendance.

- One retake exam with multiple choice questions and development questions corresponding to the first or second partial exams. To be eventually eligible for the application of the retake process for final grading, the student should have been evaluated in a set of activities equaling at least two thirds of the final score of the course or module. Thus, the student will be graded as "No Avaluable" (Not Assessable) if the weighting of all conducted evaluation activities, before application of the retake evaluation derived grades, is less than 67% of the final score.

Students obtaining a grade below 4.0 out of 10.0  of one or both partial exams should attend to the retake exam (for the first, second or both partials).

It is possible to improve grades obtained in partial theoretical exams standing for the retake exam. However, the final score will be the one obtained in the retake exam, regardless it is better, equal or worst to the partial exam.

The overall weight of theoretical evaluation will be 60%.  

Problem-solving evaluation:

The problem-solving part will have continuous assessment. This will be broken down into three parts: 1) solving problems/cases and defending them in the classroom in groups of 3-4 people (5%); 2) working on and delivering problems in class (5%); 3) individual examination assessment of problems (10%, i.e. 5% each partial exam). Lack of attendance in the problem sessions will negatively impact the individual grade.

The assessment of the problems is continuous throughout the course and will not be recoverable.

The overall weight of problem-solving evaluation will be 20%.  

Laboratory practice evaluation:

Group evaluation consisting of:

- Presentation of the obtained results during laboratory work and answers to the proposed questions. Behaviour and conduct in the laboratory will be also taken into consideration.

Attending to the practical sessions is mandatory. Students will be graded as "No Avaluable" (Not Assessable) when absence is above 20% of the planned classes. 

Only exceptional and properly justified group changes will be accepted and documentary proof should be provided. In case of justified non-attendance to a practical session and the impossibility to attend to a different group, this session will not be taken into account for calculating the final score.

The overall weight of laboratory practice evaluation will be 10%.  

 

Single Assessment

 Students who chose to perform final single assessment might attend to the laboratory practical sessions (PLAB) in presential sessions and must pass; it will have a weight of 10%.

The single assessment will consist of a synthesis examination (with multiple choice questions and also questions to develop) about contents of the whole theory and problems program.

The qualification obtained in the synthesis examination is 80% of the final qualification in the subject; the practical sessions qualification is 10% and the remaining 10% come from problem-solving questions

The single assessment will take place at the same date of the last continuous evaluation examination and will have the same system for retake evaluation. At the same day, students must deliver the solved problems and the questions proposed in the moodle for delivery as commented before. In order to pass the subject, students must have a minimum qualification of 5 /10 in each one of its parts (synthesis examination, PLAB, delivery). 

 

Calculating scores

The three components are indivisible, meaning participation and evaluation in all of them are required to pass the course. The final grade is calculated with the theory component accounting for 60%, the problem-solving component 30%, and the practicals the remaining 10%. The course will be considered passed when the final grade is equal to or greater than 50 out of a maximum of 100.

The course cannot be passed if one or more theory partial exams have a grade lower than 4.0. In this case, the maximum grade that can be recorded will be 4.5.

Other remarks:

Students who are unable to attend an individual assessment due to a justified cause (such as illness, death of a first-degree relative, or accident) and provide the corresponding official documentation to the Degree Coordinator, will have the right to take the assessment on another date.

Students who need to retake the course in the recovery exam will not be eligible for the highest grade of honors ("matrícula d'honor")  but can achieve a maximum grade of excellent. Students who take the recovery exam forfeit their partial exam grade, and the final grade will be that of the recovery exam.

Students will receive the grade of "Not Evaluable" when the completed assessment activities account for less than 67% of the final grade. This means that students must have taken both midterm exams if they wish to be eligible for the recovery exam, andabsence from amidterm exam will result in a "Not Evaluable" grade.

Repeating students will not be required to carry out the teaching activities or assessments of the competencies already passed from the second enrollment of the course onwards. These include group work in problem-solving classes, practicals, and submission of assignments.