Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

The assessment of the module will be based on two criteria:

1-Class attendance

Attendance at the theory classes of this module is compulsory and accounts for 20% of the final grade.

Unjustified* absences will be penalized according to the following criteria:

- Missing 4-6 hours of class will imply a 5% reduction of the class attendance mark.

- Missing 6-12 hours of class will imply a 25% reduction of the class attendance mark.

- Missing 12-16 hours of class will imply a 50% reduction of the class attendance mark.

- Missing >16 hours of class (this is equivalent to missing >25% of the classes) will imply failing the module.

* ONLY the following will be considered as justified absences: illness, death of first-degree relatives, and accident UPON PRESENTATION OF PROOF.

2- Theory contents

The contents of the three submodules will be evaluated separately. The contribution of each of the marks obtained to the final grade for the module will be proportional to the weight of the contents: submodule 1 accounts for 35%, submodule 2 accounts for 10%, and submodule 3 accounts for 35%.

The contents of Submodule 1 (Genetic diagnostic methods in human gametes and embryos) and Submodule 3 (Human and animal reproduction-associated technologies) will be evaluated by two separate interim tests. Each of these tests will consist of a set of questions about the respective contents, which students will have to answer individually on completing the corresponding submodule. The objective of these tests is not only to evaluate the acquisition of the corresponding concepts by the students but also their ability to interrelate and integrate them.

The contents of Submodule 2 (Immunological causes of human infertility) will be evaluated through oral presentation and discussion of certain specific scientific papers. This set of papers will be provided to the students by the teachers responsible for the corresponding submodule.

Students will have to obtain a minimum mark of ≥4 points (out of 10) as a weighted mean of the several evaluations performed in the three Submodules in order to include them mark in the final grade for the module (that is, to add it to the mark obtained for class attendance).  In the event of not achieving ≥4 points (out of 10) as a weighted mean of the several evaluations performed in the three Submodules, students will be able to take a recovery exam that will include contents related to the corresponding evaluable parts. To be eligible for this process, students must have been previously evaluated in a set of activities that make up at least two thirds of the final mark for the course or module.

In the following table there are described all the activities that will be assessed: 

To sum up, in order to pass the module, it is necessary:

- to attend >75% of the classes

- to get ≥4 as a weighted average mark for the three evaluable parts with regard to theory

- and finally, an overall mark of ≥5 points out of 10 for all evaluations received

OTHER ASPECTS TO CONSIDER:

Students will be considered "not assessable" if the combined weight of all the evaluation activities they have done is less than 67% of the final mark.

Students who engage in misconduct (plagiarism, copying, personation, etc.) in an assessment activity will receive a mark of “0” for the activity in question. In the case of misconduct in more than one assessment activity, the students involved will be given a final mark of “0” for the subject.

In cases of justified absence from an interim test (ONLY the following will be considered as justified absences: illness, death of first-degree relatives, and accident UPON PRESENTATION OF PROOF), students will be entitled to take the test on an alternative date. This change will be organized by the master’s degree Coordination and the module coordinator.