Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

This subject does not provide for a single assessment system.

The course will be evaluated continuously, through exams, problems related to theory classes and specific work from the laboratory sessions. The weight of each of the components will be:

• 30% for the average of the practical training marks,
• 10% of the exercises proposed in class individually or in groups,
• 25% partial exam, which will be carried out around the middle of the semester on the date set by the Faculty, and,
• 35% final exam, which will be held at the end of the semester, on the date set by the Faculty.

The subject will be passed if a minimum grade of 5.0 is achieved in the weighted average of the grades obtained in the activities described above. To make the average, the following conditions must be met:

• It will be necessary to have submitted all the practices, and to have obtained a minimum grade of 5.0.
• The weighted average of the exams must exceed 3.5.

 Students who have obtained a mark higher than 3.5 but who do not reach 5 will have the right to a recovery, in the terms described below (retake process). 

A student will be considered "non-evaluable" in the subject when he or she has not participated in any of the assessment activities.

Calendar of evaluation activities

The dates of the evaluation activities (exercises, assignments ...) will be announced well in advance during the semester.

The dates of the midterm and final exams are scheduled in the assessment calendar of the Faculty.

"The dates of evaluation activities cannot be modified, unless there is an exceptional and duly justified reasonwhy an evaluation activity cannot be carried out. In this case, the degree coordinator willcontactboth the teaching staff and the affected student, and a new date will be scheduled within the same academic period to make up for the missed evaluation activity." Section 1 of Article 115. Calendar of evaluation activities (Academic Regulations UAB). Students of the Faculty of Economics and Business, who in accordance with the previous paragraph need to change an evaluation activity date must process the request by filling out an Application for exams' reschedule at https://eformularis.uab.cat/group/deganat_feie/application-for-exams-reschedule

Grade revision process

After all grading activities have ended, students will be informed of the date and way in which the course grades will be published. Students will be also be informed of the procedure, place, date and time of grade revision following University regulations.

Retake Process

"To be eligible to participate in the retake process, it is required for students to have been previously been evaluated for at least two thirds of the total evaluation activities of the subject." Section 3 of Article 112 ter. The recovery (UAB Academic Regulations). Additionally, it is required that the student to have achieved an average grade of the subject between 3.5 and 4.9.

The date of the retake exam is posted in the calendar of evaluation activities of the Faculty. Students taking this exam and passing will get a grade of 5 for the subject. For the students that do not pass the retake, the grade will remain unchanged, and hence, will fail the course.

Irregularities in evaluation activities

Despite other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, "whenever a student makes any irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an evaluation activity, it will be graded with a 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that can be instructed. In case of occurrence of various irregularities in the evaluation of the same subject, the final grade of this subject will be 0". Section 10 of Article 116. Results of the evaluation. (UAB Academic Regulations).