Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title	Weighting	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Final exam (theory)	50%	1	0.04	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16
Final practical exam	25%	1	0.04	3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16
First practical case	12,5%	1.5	0.06	3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16
Second practical case	12,5%	1.5	0.06	3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16

ORDINARY ASSESSMENT

A) There will be a final theoretical exam including two questions that must be answered by the student without the help of any kind of material. The only support text allowed will be the programme of the course, in paper, as long as it does not contain annotations. The mark of the exam represents 50% of the final mark (up to 5 points out of 10).

B) A final practical exercise will be held at the end of the course. Its date will be announced at the begining of the course through the moodle. This practical exercise represents 25% of the final mark (up to 2.5 points out of 10).

C) During the course two practical cases must be solved in wrting in the classroom. These exercises will be carried out on the dates that will be announced in class and through the moodle at the begining of the course. Each of these exercises will represent 12.5% of the final mark (up to 1,25 points out of 10).

D) The final grade will result from considering those obtained in the tests described in previous letters A), B) and C). If the practical referred to in previous letter C) are not performed, it will still be possible to pass the course, as long as the marks obtained in the the tests referred to in letters A) and B) are enough to achieve a sufficient overall average score, according to the general academic rules applicable at the UAB. In addition, to pass the course it is also necessary that the marks of each of the questions of the final exam (previous letter A) and of the practical exam (previous letter B) achieve at least 2,5 out of 10. Therefore, any student with a mark under 2,5 out of 10 in any of the questions of the final exam (letter A) or in the final practical exercise (letter B) will fail the course, regardless of the marks obtained in the other exercises.

In order to be assessed, students are obliged to take part in any of the practical activities described in the previously mentioned letters B) and C). If this condition is not fulfilled, the mark obtainedwill be "non assessable".  This condition will not apply to those students who choose the single assessment system (please refer to the section below on this kind of assessment). 

 

REVIEW OF THE MARKS

Students may ask for a review of the final grades obtained. The date of this review will be published together with the final marks. This review may include all the items used for the assessment (practical cases, final exam, final practical case).

During the course students may ask for interviews with the teachers in order to be informed about the marks obtained and the assessmemnt criteria used by teachers. These interviews will not prevent the possibility of demanding the review of the final marks referred to in the previous paragraph, once they are published. 

 

RE-ASSESSMENT

Students who do not pass the subject at the ordinary assessment phase may try to pass the subject at the re-evaluation phase. Those students who pass the course at the ordinary evaluation phase may not apply for a re-evaluation in order to try to improve their marks. 

The re-evaluation exam will include a theoretical exam and a practical case equivalent to those referred in the previously indicated letters A) and B) of the ordinary assessment section. It will not be possible to re-evaluate the two practical cases referred to in letter C) of the ordinary assessment section. Therefore, the mark obtained in the practical cases referred to in letter C) of the ordinary assessment section will be kept for re-assessment purposes.  

Students may choose to take the re-assessment of both the final exam and the practical case, or only one of these two. In this last case, the mark of the part wich is not re-assessed will be the that obtained previously at the ordinary assessment stage. 

The criteria explained in letter D) of the ordinary assessment section will also apply in the context ot the re-assessment. This means that anystudent with a mark under 2,5/10 in any of the questions of the final exam (letter A) or in the practical case referred to in letter B) will not pass the course.

 

SINGLE ASSESSMENT

On 30 May 2022 our University approved the possibility of "single assesment", meaning the possibility of being assesssed in a single test, through an amendment of Article 265 of the Academic Regulation of the UAB. Single assessment is considered an exception to the ordinary system of assessment, and therefore it will only be granted to those persons who expressly request it. This possibility applies under the substantive and procedural conditions laid down by each Faculty. Therefore, students interested in bieng assessed on the subject of private international law through a single assessment should make an express request in the conditions established by the Law Faculty. For more information, please consult the following link: https://www.uab.cat/doc/PautesAvaluacioUnica

The single assessment will consist in: 

1) A theoretical exam, with two questions (50 % of the grades).

2) A practial case (40 % of the grades).

3) An additional question, practical case or text comment (10 % of the grades). 

To pass the subject it is nesessary to obtain a sufficient overall average score, according to the general academic regulations applicable at the UAB. In addition, a mimimun grade of 2,5 points out of 10 has to be obtained in both questions of the exam mentioned in point 1) and in the practical case mentioned in point 2). 

 

RE-ASSESSMENT OF THE SINGLE ASSESSMENT

Students who have chosen the single assessment will also have the possibility of re-assessment if they fail the subject at the ordianry assessment stage. The re-assessment proofs wiil also consist in a theoretical exam of two questions (50 % of the grades), a practical case (40 %) and an addtional question, practical case or text comment (10 %). To pass the subject it is also necessary to obtain a sufficient overall average according to the general academic regulations applicable at the UAB and, in addition, students should obtain at least 2,5 points out of 10 in each of the questions of the theoretical exam (previous pint 1) and in the practical case referred to in previous pont 2).  

Studentsmay undertake the re-assessment of the theoretical exam (point 1), the practical case (point 2) or the additional question, case or comment (point 3), or only of one or two of the these three parts. In this  last case, the mark obtained during the ordinary evaluation phase in the part or parts not being re-assessed will be kept for reassessment purposes. 

 

BREACHES OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

Any activity contrary to academic integrity (cheating in exams, plagiarism, etc.) will be communicated to the academic authorities, who may take the appropriate disciplinary measures. Any exercise in which a breach of academic integrity is discovered will be graded with a zero mark.