Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title	Weighting	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Homework delivery	50%	6	0.24	CM19, CM20, KM28, SM30
Laboratory work evaluation and delivery of the lab work report	10%	0.5	0.02	CM19, CM20, KM28, SM30
Partial exams	40%	4	0.16	CM19, CM20, KM28, SM30

This subject will not apply the single evaluation protocol.

All contributions submitted for evaluation in English language will produce a bonus. This bonus will multiply the numerical grade obtained by a factor between 1 (minimum) and 1.1 (maximum).

- The percentage contribution to the global evaluation will be: 50% supervised participative homework and problem solving evaluation minimum of 3 different evaluation items, 10% Laboratory work evaluation and delivery of the lab work report, 40 % partial exams (two).

- Exams: Written exams with short questions and/or problems to solve, with unlimited offline access to course related information. Internet access authorization during the exam will vary in different partial exams (acces allowed for first partial, but not allowed fo 2nd partial). The first partial will be after chapter 3, and the second one, after chapter 6. Final exam grade will be the mean of the two partial exams.

- Continuous work performance evaluation. There will be a minimum of 9 homework reports to be delivered during the course. Such homework may be of the type of: problem solving, publication data interpretation, literature search, seminar delivery, etc. Every teacher in charge will propose the homework subject through the “Campus Virtual” interactive tools. In case written deliveries are requested, both electronic and printed submission within the allocated time frame will be mandatory. Homework may be individual or in small groups, according to the teacher instructions in each instance.

- Revision of grades. A revision date and time frame will be announced after each written partial exam. Furthermore, grades for other course work will appear periodically all along the course at the “Campus Virtual”. There will be at least 3 time frames for revision offered during the course. Day and time frame for grade revision will be duly advertised at “Campus Virtual” at least 48 hoursprior to the starting revision time, and also at class time.

- As for the grading strategy, all homework and supervised work handed in for evaluation (9 items minimum) will be considered individual items contributing the global evaluation section of the course (50% of the total grading).

- Students not able to attend an evaluation exam due to relevant conditions (illness, family death, accident) and deliver valid proof of such condition to the teacher/degree Coordinator, will be allowed to perform the missing evaluation at a different date. The degree coordinator will oversee this in case of need to secure an adequate date for performing the additional evaluation.

- To be able to attend the laboratory work sessions the student should provide proof of successful evaluation of lab security and biosecurity conditions available through “Campus Virtual”. Furthermore, he/she should be aware and accept the rules for access and work at the laboratories of the Faculty of Biosciences.

- Retake process description. 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 equalling 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. Any grade obtained in the activities identified as "retake activities" will substitute the grade obtained in the previous activity that the retake activity is substituting, independently of the previous grade being lower or higher than the retake grade. The retake session will be applied to grade producing activities equivalent at least to 50% of the final score. Namely, the specific items involved in the retake process will substitute the grade derived from exams 1 and 2 (40% of the global grade) and 1/6of the grade derived from the participative and lab work (10% of the global grade, problems+homework+lab work evaluation). The retake activity will allow access to all course-related materials during the retake activity, including the Internet. To avoid unnecessary printing of grading materials or reserving spaces for retake sessions not actually needed, there will be a 48 hours period prior to the retake activity for students to declare their interest in attending the retake session. Only students having declared interest in attending the retake session through the Campus Virtual before the 48 hours deadline will be admitted to the retake activity. In case no student requests to participate, the retake session will be canceled.