First call:

We will offer to the students two possible assessment systems: continuous assessment or exam-only assessment.

Each student has to decide on one of these two options by the third week of the course. In principle, the professor considers that the student decides continuous assessment unless the student explicitly indicates by written statement to the professor that he decides exam-only assessment at the end of the course.

Continuous assessment:

The continuous assessment comprises a series of tasks that the student has to realise along the course (70%), together
with a long answer test (30%) that he/she performs at the end of the course. These tasks include (a) the completion of one short answer test about the lab (20%), which will take place after the last lab exercise, and one short answer test about the first four chapters of the subject (20%) that will take place before starting chapter 5, and (b) the assessment of the activities realised by the student related with the 'case studies' (30%) that has to be completed by the end of the course. The activities related to the 'case studies' could be performed in groups of students. In this case, the mark of the students in this task will be the mark of the group. All these tasks may not be retaken at another point in time. That is to say, if
a student cannot fulfill them within the time stipulated by the professor, there is no possibility to do them afterwards. Also,
they are only valid for the present academic year.

Those students who decide to opt for a continuous assessment will have to fulfill the following conditions in order to pass the course:
(a) perform at least 2 out of the 3 lab exercises; (b) obtain, at least, 12 points out of 30 in the 'case studies'; (c) obtain, at least,
12 points out of 30 in the long answer test; and (d) obtain a minimum of 50 points in total (i.e., taking all the activities into account). The final mark of those students who do not fulfill these minimum requirements will be calculated
as follows. It will be the minimum between: (i) the total number of points obtained by the student in all the activities of the
course, and (ii) 40 points. That is to say, the maximum mark obtainable for these students is 40 points.

The choice of a continuous assessment necessarily implies that the student is counted as present at the final evaluation,
independently of whether or not the student has performed the long answer test.

Exam-only assessment:

In addition to the system of continuous assessment described above, the student can opt for a exam-only assessment. This exam-only assessment covers all the contents of the subject. The professor may demand the student to deliver some additional
tasks, which will be notified by the fourth week of the course. These tasks have to be delivered on the day of the final
exam. To pass the course the student will have to obtain, at least, 50 points out of 100 in the final exam together with
the additional tasks.

Second call:

Those students who opted for a continuous assessment in the first call and fulfill the requirements (a) and (b) above, will be able, if they
so wish, to keep the mark obtained in the tasks performed during the continuous assessment (70%). In such a case, they will
only take a long answer test (30%). To pass the course, these students will have to obtain, at least, 12 points out of 30 in
the long answer test, and obtain a minimum of 50 points in total.

Alternatively, these students can also opt for a exam-only assessment, which covers all the contents of the course. In this
case, the students will have to inform the professor one month prior to the final exam. Otherwise, it will be understood that
the student opts for a long answer test and to keep the mark obtained in the tasks performed during the continuous assessment.

The rest of students (i.e., those that opted for a system of continuous assessment in the first call and do not fulfil the requirements (a)
and (b) above, and those students that opted for a exam-only assessment in the first call) will be evaluated by a exam-only assessment, which covers
all the contents of the course.