Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title	Weighting	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Final exam	45%	2	0.08	CM06, CM07, CM08, KM06, KM07, KM08, SM08
Graded in-class activities	10%	0	0	CM06, CM07, CM08, KM06, KM07, KM08, SM07, SM08
Intra-semester exam	15%	2	0.08	CM06, CM07, CM08, KM06, KM07, KM08, SM08
Practical works	15%	0	0	CM06, CM07, CM08, SM07, SM08
Problem-solving assignments	15%	0	0	CM06, CM07, CM08, SM07, SM08

Scheduled evaluation activities

The subject consists of the following assessment activities:

Activity	Type	Weight	Minimum grade	Recoverable
Intrasemester exam	individual	15%	No	Yes
Final exam	individual	45%	5	Yes
Lab works	group	15%	5	Yes
Problem-solving assignments	individual	15%	No	Yes
Graded class activities	individual	10%	No	No

To pass the course, you must have a minimum grade of 5 on the final exam and the Lab works.

 

Scheduling evaluation activities

The schedule of assessment activities will be announced on the first day of the course and will be made public through Caronte and in the exams section of the degree website.

 

Recovery process

Students may take the make-up exam provided they have completed a set of activities that represents at least two-thirds of the total grade for the subject. In particular, if the student has not taken the final exam, they will not be able to take the make-up exam.

The final exam may be made up on the date set by the degree coordinator. If a make-up exam is taken, the grade for this exam may also replace the intra-semester exam grade if the make-up exam grade is higher than the intra-semester exam grade.

The practical Lab assignments can be made up in a second submission on the date specified in the assessment activities calendar, which will be given on the first day of the course and made public through Caronte.

Problem submissions can be made up at any time during the course by submitting them again and evaluating them with the auto-corrector.

According to the Degree Coordinator and the School of Engineering administration, graded class activities cannot be recovered.

 

Qualification review procedure

For exams (mid-semester,final, and make-up exams), a review location, date, and time will be indicated so students can review the activity with the faculty. In this context, students may submit complaints about the activity grade, which will be evaluated by the faculty responsible for the subject. If the student does not attend this review, the activity will not be reviewed later.

For all other activities, if any errors are detected in the correction, you may request a review at any time, up until the date of the make-up exam review.

 

Grades

Non-Evaluable (NA): A student will be considered non-evaluable (NA) if he/she has not attended any of the following evaluation activities: subject exams (intra-semester, final and recovery), practicals and evaluable activities in class.

Final grade: Calculated as the weighted sum of the evaluation activities according to the criteria set out in the evaluation activities section.

If a student fails the course because one of the assessment activities does not achieve the minimum required grade, the numerical grade on the transcript will be the lower of 4.5 and the weighted average of the grades. The exceptions are that a grade of "Not Assessable" will be awarded to students who do not participate in any of the assessment activities, and the numerical grade on the transcript will be the lower between 3.0 and the weighted average of the grades if the student has committed irregularities in an assessment activity.

Honors grade: Awarding an honor roll is the decision of the faculty responsible for the course. UAB regulations state that honor rolls may only be awarded to students who have obtained a final grade equal to or higher than 9.00. Honor rolls may be awarded to up to 5% of the total enrolled students. If the number of students with a grade greater than or equal to 9 exceeds 5% of the total enrolled, the following prioritization criteria will be applied in the order listed below:

1. Students who have completed fewer recovery activities.
2. Students with the highest final grade.
3. Students with the highest grade on the final exam
4. Students with the highest grade on the mid-semester exam

 

Irregularities committed by students

Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, any irregularities committed by a student that may lead to a grade variation in an assessable activity will be graded with a zero (0). Assessment activities graded in this manner and by this procedure will not be recoverable. If it is necessary to pass any of these assessment activities to pass the course, the subject will be immediately failed, with no opportunity to recover it in the same academic year. These irregularities include, among others:

• the total or partial copying of a practice, report, or any other assessment activity;
• allow copying;
• present group work not entirely completed by the group members (applied to all members, not just those who have not worked);
• unauthorized use of AI (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT or equivalent) to solve exercises, practices and/or any other evaluable activity;
• present as one's own materials prepared by a third party, even if they are translations or adaptations, and generally works with non-original and exclusive elements of the student;
• have communication devices (such as mobile phones, smart watches, camera pens, etc.) accessible during individual theoretical-practical assessment tests (exams);
• talk with classmates during individual theoretical-practical assessment tests (exams);
• copying or attempting to copy from other students during theoretical-practical assessment tests (exams);
• use or attempt to use material relatedto the subject during theoretical and practical assessment tests (exams), when these have not been explicitly permitted.

In future years of this course, students who have committed irregularities in an assessment process will not have any of their completed assessment activities validated, nor will they be eligible for any specific assessment regulations for repeating students.

 

Uses of AI

For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks, such as searching for information, interpreting and explaining programs, answering questions, etc. Under no circumstances is AI permitted for programming assignments submitted as part of the assessment. Any work that includes AI-generated fragments will be considered a breach of academic honesty and will result in the application of the regulations regarding irregularities by the student.

 

Evaluation of repeating students

Repeating students must complete the entire course. No grades from previous years are retained.

  

Single evaluation

This subject offers a single evaluation system.

The single assessment of the subject will consist of the following assessment activities:

Activity	Type	Weight	Minimum grade	Recoverable
Final exam	individual	60%	5	Yes
Lab works	group	15%	5	Yes
Problem-solving assignments	individual	15%	No	Yes
Practical Questionnaire	individual	10%	5	Yes

To pass the course, you must achieve a minimum grade of 5 on the final exam, the practical lab works, and the practical questionnaire.

The same make-up system will be applied as for continuous assessment, except for the items referring to the intra-semester exam. The practical questionnaire can be made up on the day of the make-up exam.

The review of the final grade follows the same procedure as for continuous assessment.

The same non-assessable criterion will be applied as for continuous assessment.