Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title	Weighting	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Exam 1	35%	2.5	0.1	1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 19, 20
Exam 2	35%	2.5	0.1	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 19, 20
Laboratory: exam of practice knowledge	4%	1	0.04	1, 2, 3, 4, 18
Laboratory: practice reports	26%	9	0.36	1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

Continuous evaluation

It consists of an exam at half the semester (Exam1) and another one at the end of the semester (Exam2). The average mark of these two exams leads to the continuous evaluation mark for the theory classes:

MarkTheory = [(0.35 x Mark Exam1) + (0.35 x Mark Exam2)] / 0.7

Additionally, the mark for the laboratory classes is given by the weighted average of the mark from the laboratory reports, the mark from the "in-situ" reports and the mark from the laboratory exam, as follows:

MarkLab = [(0.26 x MarkLabReports) + (0.04 x MarkLabExam)] / 0.3

With the theory and laboratory marks, the final mark of the course will be computed as:

If (MarkTheory >= 3.5) && (MarkLab >= 3.5)   --> FinalMark = (0.7 x MarkTheory) + (0.3 x MarkLab)

If (MarkTheory < 3.5)  || (MarkLab < 3.5)    --> FinalMark = min{MarkTheory, MarkLab}

Therefore, the student should get a mark at both theory and laboratory classes equal or greater than 3.5 to be eligible to have its marks being averaged.

 

Single evaluation

This subject does not consider a single assessment system.

Re-assessment

Students who have failed the continuous evaluation will be eligible to attend the re-assesment exam. This exam will be carried out within the period of exams published by the School. In this exam, the student can re-assess the part corresponding to the Exam1, the part corresponding to the Exam2, or both. The mark obtained in each part of the re-assessment exam (mark ExamRA1, mark ExamRA2) supersedes the previous mark that the student had in the corresponding continuous evaluation exam. The re-assessment mark is computed as follows:

MarkTheoryRA = [(0.35 x Mark {Exam1 or ExamRA1}) + (0.35 x Mark {Exam2 or ExamRA2})]/ 0.7

The final mark of the course is then computed as follows:

If (MarkTheoryRA >= 3.5) && (MarkLab >= 3.5) --> FinalMark =  (0.7 x MarkTheoryRA) + (0.3 x MarkLab)

If (MarkTheoryRA < 3.5)   --> FinalMark = MarkTheoryRA

Laboratory rules

• The assistance to all laboratory classes is compulsory.
• The report of each laboratory session must be delivered at the end of the session. Any delay in the delivery of the report will be penalised in the corresponding mark. In addition, the laboratory professor will be "in-situ" evaluating the actual progress and usage of the session made by the student and this item will have an impact on the mark of the report itself.

Repeating students

If they had passed the laboratory part of the course in previous years, they will not need to do the laboratory classes again. By default, the marks that they obtained inthat part will be maintained. If a repeating student would like to repeat the laboratory classes this year, then he/she will need to informthe professor in charge of the course.

 

Consideration of "Not assessable"

Students not performing any examination (neither the two exams of the continuous evaluation nor the re-assessment exam) will be marked as "Not assessable".



Additional considerations

Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures that may deem necessary in accordanceto the academic regulation, any irregularity committed by the student that may alter the mark of an assessment activity will lead this activity to be marked with zero points.  For instance, copying or letting copy a laboratory report or any another assessment activity will involve to fail it with a mark equal to zero. Furthermore, such activity will not be able to be re-assessed during the same academic course. If this activity has a minimum mark associated to it, then the subject will be graded as failed.

If the student commits irregularities in various assessment activities of the course, the final mark of the course will be 0 in virtue of point 10, article 116, of the Academic Regulation.