FIRST EDITION OF RECORDS (May)

1. Continuous assessment

In the continuous assessment system, the following mandatory parameters will be assessed (their corresponding percentages of the final grade are provided in brackets):

1. Problem and/or exercise solving (30%).
2. Mid-term written exam (30%). This exam will take place during the term period and the date will be announced in class, at least two weeks in advance.
3. Final written exam (40%). This exam will take place during the official exam period on the date approved by the Faculty Board and published on the Faculty's website.

To pass the course in continuous assessment students must obtain 5 out of 10 points in the average grade. It is an essential requirement to obtain a minimum grade of 5 out of 10 points in the continuous assessment exercises and in each of the two written exams. Students not satisfying these two requirements will not pass the course, even if the average grade of the four items is 5 or higher.

By default, it is assumed that students will opt for continuous assessment, unless they inform the lecturer(s) at the very beginning of the course, within the first two weeks, that they opt for exam-only assessment system. If that is the case, they will be assessed according to the procedures described in 2. Exam-only assessment. 

Participation in one of the assessment options implies the impossibility of participating in the other. The completion of one or more continuous assessment tasks implies the acceptance of the continuous assessment option. Students opting for the continuous assessment option will not be able to sit the official final written exam corresponding to the exam-only assessment option in the first edition of records (May).

2. Exam-only assessment

Students who cannot follow the continuous assessment system and inform the lecturer(s) in due time (see 1. Continous assessment) will be assessed on the basis of a single final written exam that will cover all the theoretical and practical contents of the subject and will account for 100% of the grade. A minimum grade of 5 out of 10 is required to pass the subject. 

This exam will take place during the official exam period on the date approved by the Faculty Board and published on the Faculty's website.

SECOND EDITION OF RECORDS (June, retake exam)

Students who

• do not sit the exam(s) and do not do any of the continuous assessment task in the first edition of records, or
• fail all the continuous assessment activities

will be assessed on the basis of a single final written exam that will cover all the theoretical and practical contents of the subject and will account for 100% of the grade. To pass the subject, a 5 out of 10 must be obtained.

Students who do not pass the subject in the first edition of records but pass any of the continuous assessment tasks (problem and/or exercise solving, written exams) will only have to sit the failed parts. If they do not pass the subject in the second edition of records, they will have to take the entire course in subsequent academic years. To pass the subject, a 5 out of 10 must be obtained.

The single final written exam, in any modality, will take place during the official exam period on the date approved by the Faculty Board and published on the Faculty's website.

Important remarks:

• Class attendance is highly recommended.

• Exams and continuous assessment tasks are considered official and, therefore, a change of date must always be duly justified by force majeure (accident, surgery or death of a first-degree relative on the exact date of the activity) and, whenever possible, students must inform the lecturer(s) prior to the date of the activity. 

• The same criteria described in this section will also be applied to Erasmus students. All exams and continuous assessment tests will be face-to-face. It is the student's responsibility to be in Vigo to take these tests, including those of the second edition of records. No online exams will be conducted.

• It is the student's resposibility to be aware of the dates on which the assessment tests take place. There is no obligation to communicate the dates through the eLearning platform.

• In the evaluation of the course, not only the content will be taken into account, but also the linguistic correctness of the tests. The non-compliance with the latter may result in a fail. 

• The use of dictionaries, computers or other electronic devices, with or without internet connection, is not allowed during the tests, unless otherwise instructed by the lecturer(s) for educational purposes.

FRAUDULENT PERFORMANCE:

In accordance with Articles 40-42 of the Regulation on the evaluation, grading and quality of teaching and the student learning process, approved by the university senate on April 18, 2023,

Plagiarism is understood as the total or partial copying of texts or other elements (software, images, graphics, etc.) as if they were self-made without citing their origin, including the use of digital media. On the other hand, academic fraud is understood as any premeditated behavior aimed at falsifying the results of an exam or work, whether one's own or someone else's, taken as a requirement to pass a subject or to accredit academic performance. (See Article 41 about the circumstance that involve fraudulent performance.)

Fraudulent action in any evaluation activity will result in a zero (fail) final grade in the corresponding edition of records, regardless of the grade of the activity in question in the overall grade of the subject and without prejudice to the possible consequences of disciplinary nature that may occur. 

Alleging ignorance of what plagiarism or academic fraud implies will not exempt students from their responsibility in this regard.