Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title	Weighting	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Assessable activities to be carried out in class	10%	0	0	CM04, KM06, KM07, SM09, SM10, SM11
First partial exam	30%	2	0.08	CM04, KM06, KM07, SM09, SM11
Problem solving	10%	0	0	CM04, KM06, KM07, SM09, SM10, SM11, SM12
Programming project	15%	0	0	CM04, KM06, KM07, SM09, SM10, SM11, SM12
Second partial exam	30%	2	0.08	CM04, KM06, KM07, SM09, SM11
Self-assessment questionnaires	5%	0	0	KM06, KM07

The assessment of the course will be based on three types of activities:

• Continuous assessment activities
• Individual assessment through partial exams
• Programming project

The final grade for the course will be calculated by combining these three activities as follows:

Final Grade = (0.25 × Continuous Assessment) + (0.15 × Project) + (0.6 × Individual Assessment)

1. Continuous Assessment (individual)

This section includes:

• Submission of exercises proposed on the Caronte platform (10%)
• Resolution and submission of small problems during class sessions (10%)
• Self-assessment quizzes on Caronte, completed and submitted during class sessions (5%)

There is no minimum grade required in this section, but activities with expired deadlines cannot be recovered. Active participation in these activities is recommended, as they are key to assimilating knowledge in real time and provide valuable feedback to the teaching staff to adapt activities and delve deeper into concepts that may not have been fully understood.

2. Individual Assessment (individual)

Includes the results of individual tests taken during the course:

• Two partial exams during the teaching period, held during class hours
• One final exam during the official exam period, only for students who have not passed one of the two partial exams

If only one of the partial exams has been failed, the final exam will serve to recover only the corresponding part.

To pass the course, students must:

• Obtain a minimum grade of 5 in each of the two partial exams
• Obtain a minimum grade of 5 in the overall individual assessment

Calculation of the individual assessment grade:

Individual Assessment = (0.5 × Partial 1) + (0.5 × Partial 2)

3. Programming Project (group and individual)

Includes:

• Assessment of the two project submissions (one mid-course and one final)
• Ongoing monitoring of the project throughout the course
• Possibility of an individual validation test to ensure all group members have contributed

To pass the project, students must:

• Obtain a minimum grade of 5 in the final submission
• Pass the individual assessment test

If the final submission grade is equal to or greater than 3, it may be recovered. In this case, the maximum grade that can be obtained is 7.

Single Assessment

Students who choose the single assessment option must:

• Submit, on the indicated date, the assessable exercises specified at the beginning of the course
• Submit the programming project
• Take an individual assessment test covering the entire course content

This test will consist of two parts, corresponding to the two partial exams. A minimum grade of 4.5 must be obtained in each part to pass.

Calculation of the final grade in the single assessment:

Final Grade = (0.2 × Problem Submission on Caronte) + (0.2 × Project) + (0.6 × Individual Assessment)

The minimum grades required to pass are the same as in the continuous assessment. The same recovery system will also apply.

Special Cases of Final Grades

Not Evaluable:
A student will be considered Not Evaluable (NE) if they do not participate in any of the assessable activities of the course.

Fail:
If the course is not passed because one or more of the assessment activities do not meet the minimum required grade, the numerical grade recorded in the transcript will be the lower value between 4.5 and the weighted average of the grades.

Honours Distinctions:
The awarding of an Honours Distinction is at the discretion of the faculty responsible for the course. UAB regulations state that Honours Distinctions (HD) may only be awarded to students who have obtained a final grade equal to or higher than 9.00. Up to 5% of the total number of enrolled students may receive an HD. The criterion used to award them will be the final grade of the course.

Grade Reviews

For each assessment activity, the location, date, and time for review will be indicated, during which the student may review the activity with the teaching staff. In this context, students may submit grade appeals, which will be evaluated by the course instructors. If the student does not attend the scheduled review, the activity will not be reviewed later.

Repeating Students

This course does not offer differentiated treatment for repeating students. No project from previous years will be validated, as this is a new course with a renewed teaching team and methodology.

Important Note: Copying and Plagiarism

Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, any irregularity committed by a student that may affect the grade of an activity will be sanctioned with a grade of zero (0). These activities cannot be recovered. If the activity in question is required to pass the course, the course will be automatically failed, with no possibility of recovery during the same academic year.

Irregularities include, among others:

• Total or partial copying of a practice, report, or any other assessment activity
• Allowing other students to copy
• Submitting a group project not entirely completed by the group members
• Presenting materials created by third parties as one’s own, including translations or adaptations
• Using communication devices (phones, smartwatches, etc.) during theoretical-practical exams
• Communicating with classmates during exams
• Copying or attempting to copy from other students
• Using or attempting to use unauthorized materials during exams

In these cases, the numerical grade in the academic record will be the lower of 3.0 or the weighted average of the grades, and therefore passing by compensation will not be possible.

For the evaluation of problem and practice submissions, code plagiarism detection tools will be used.

Assessment Schedule

The dates for continuous assessment activities and project submissions will be published at the beginning of the course. These dates may be subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances. All changes will be communicated via the Caronte platform, which is considered the standard channel of communication between faculty and students.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

In this course, the use of AI technologies is allowed exclusively as support, for example, for information search, program interpretation, doubt resolution, etc. The use of AI to complete programming tasks that are part of the assessment is not allowed.

Any work that includes AI-generated content will be considered a breach of academic integrity and treated as an irregularity under current regulations, potentially resulting in failing the course.

Additional Considerations

The following situations must be managed through the Academic Administration Office of the School of Engineering, which will inform the student of the applicable protocols and regulations:

• Request for translation of assessment materials into a language other than Catalan
• Request to reschedule assessment tests
• Request to opt for single assessment

The teaching staff does not have the authority to make decisions on these matters and will comply with the resolutions of the School’s competent bodies.