Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title	Weighting	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Case study	5%	0.5	0.02	CM24, KM24, SM20, SM21, SM22
Laboratory exam	15%	1	0.04	CM24, SM20, SM21, SM22
Laboratory exercices and questionnaires	10%	0.5	0.02	CM24, SM20, SM21, SM22
Laboratory results	10%	0.5	0.02	SM20, SM21, SM22
Theory test exam	60%	0.5	0.02	CM24, KM24, SM20, SM21, SM22

The evaluation will consist of activities corresponding to the theoretical part of the subject (65% of the overall grade) and to the practical part (35% of the overall grade). Thus, the evaluation will consider both the scientific knowledge acquired by each of the students individually and the results obtained and worked on in groups during the practices.

Specifically, there will be:

Theory: it will consist of 2 differentiated parts that will evaluate the knowledge acquired on different concepts taught in theory classes and a practical case to be solved where different experiments or techniques will have to be determined to be applied to reach the expected results.

1) Theory exam (60% of the mark).

2) Practical case to solve (5% of the note).

Practices

3) Questionnaires and laboratory exercises (10% of the grade).

4) Results of practices (10% of the note).

5) Exam of practices and discussion of results (15% of the grade).

Students who do not hand in the questionnaires and/or results of the practices will have a zero for this part of the course.

It is noteworthy that the attendance at practical sessions is mandatory. The absence of one of the practical sessions implies a penalty of 25% of the mark in this section. Students will obtain the "Non-Appraising" qualification when their absence in the practical module exceeds 20% of the programmed sessions (2 or more sessions).

General considerations

To pass the course, a minimum grade of 4,0 out of 10 is required in the multiple choice exam of the theoretical assessment and that the weighted average of all 5 grades is equal to or greater than 5,0 points out of 10.

Recovery Activities

Students who initially do not pass the course may take the retake process. However, to participate in the recovery, students must have been previously evaluated in a set of activities whose weight is equivalent to a minimum of two thirds of the total grade for the subject (67%).

In summary, the recovery will consist of a multiple choice exam, which will evaluate the achievement of the training objectives corresponding to the written-theory tests. All those activities corresponding to the practices are excluded from the recovery process.

The different assumptions to appear for recovery may be:

- That the grade on the theory exam has been less than 4,0 (out of 10).

- That the weighted average of the written + practical tests is less than 5,0 points (out of 10).

Only the tests corresponding to the theoretical part of the subject may be recovered: multiple choice exam (1) and/or case study (2). Each of them will have a weight equivalent to that of the initial tests. Attention, the practical part of the subject is excluded from the recovery: sections "Questionnaires and laboratory exercises (3)", "Laboratory results (4)" and "Practice exam and discussion of results (5)".

Finally, those students who -having passed the course- want to present themselves to raise their grade, may do so as long as they notify the teaching staff one week in advance. It should be noted that, in this context, students waive the grade obtained in the previous written tests.

 NB: This text has not been proofreading by a native English, so in case of any doubt or incongruity, the information provided in the Catalan/Spanish version will prevail.