1.
Continuous
assessment

According
to the guidelines
of the degree and the agreements of the academic commission,
a continuous
assessment learning scheme
will be offered to the students.

When
the students go to the lectures regularly (less than 10% unjustified
absence) or miss at most one laboratory session, they will be
assessed by continuous assessment.

The
subject comprises three different parts: theory (50 %),
laboratory (30%) and group project (20%). Once a task has been
assessed, the students cannot do/repeat the task at a later date. The
marks are valid only for the current
academic course.

1.a
Theory

In
the first weeks of the course each student will be asked to carry out
a task individually with the help of the lecturer about a topic
related to the subject. In order to assess the task, the lecturer
will consider the results, the presentation, the analysis and the
quality of the final report. The students will be informed of the
deadline by the lecturer. Marks will be (TWM: Tutored Work Mark)
assigned in a 10 points scale. If the students present their works
after the deadline the WM will be 0.

The
final mark of this part will be:

FMT (Final Mark of Theory) = TWM
(Tutored Work Mark)

The
minimum mark required to pass this part is of 5 (FMT>=5).

1.b
Laboratory

Six
laboratory sessions are scheduled. Each session lasts approximately
120 minutes and the students will work in pairs.
This part also will be assessed by continuous assessment.

Each
session will be only evaluated according to the developed work at the
schedule date. The lecturers will consider the work of the students
carried out before the laboratory session to prepare the proposed
tasks, the work in the laboratory to deal with them as well as the
student’s behavior. Marks for each
session will be (LSM: Laboratory Session Mark)
assigned in a 10 points scale. A mark of 0 will be obtained for
missing sessions.

The
final mark of this part is calculated as the arithmetic mean of the
six individual marks:

FML
(Final Mark of Laboratory) = Sum(LSMi)/6; i = 1, 2, …, 6

Attendance
at the laboratory classes is compulsory. If the student miss more
than one laboratory session without a valid documented reason
(medical, bereavement or other) he/she will be assigned a grade of 0
for that laboratory class.

1.c
Group project

In
the first session lecturers will present the objectives and the
schedule of the project. They also assign a
specific project to each group. After that, the most important part
of the workload will be developed in the laboratory. Two hours of B
laboratory sessions and six hours of C laboratory sessions.

In
order to assess the project, the lecturer will consider the results
and the quality of their analysis. Marks will be (GPM: Group Project
Mark) assigned in a 10 points scale.

The
students are only allowed to miss one project session without a valid
documented reason.

1.d
Final mark of the subject

In
order to past the subject, students will be required:

+
to obtain FMT >=5, and

+
no more than one missed laboratory session, and

+
no more than one missed group project session.

The
weighted points
from all assessed parts are added together to calculate the final
mark
(FM).
The
following weightings will be applied: 50% theory, 30% laboratory and
20% group project.

FM = 0,50·FMT + 0,30·FML +
0,20·GPM

A
final mark higher than five points (FM >= 5) should be achieved in
order to pass the
subject.

However,
when:

+
FMT < 5, or

+
more than one missed laboratory session, or

+
or more than one missed group project session,

the
final mark (FM) will be the minimum value among them.

FM = min{ FMT, FML, GPM }

2.
Final Exam

If
a student prefers a different
educational policy
he/she can take an exam on
a scheduled date.
The date will be specified in the academic calendar. This exam will
comprise four parts (similar to the activities completed by the
continuously assessed students):

+
an exam if
they didn’t go to the lectures regularly
(more than 10% unjustified absence).

+
a task monitored by a tutor, (tutored work)

+
a practical exam carried out in the laboratory if they have
missed more than one laboratory session.

+
a previously assigned project.

The
tutored work and the project will be assigned following the procedure
described in advance by the lecturer. The student will prepare a
writing report to be handed in just before the exam.

2.a
Theory

2.a.1
Theory Exam

In
order to pass the theory, the student cannot miss more than 10 % of
the lectures without a valid documented reason (medical, bereavement
or other).
Otherwise,
he/she
will have to attend to an exam (with short or long answer questions).
Marks
will be (EM: Exam Mark)
assigned in a 10 points scale.

2.a.2 Tutored Work

To
evaluate the tutored work the lecturer will consider the results, the
presentation, the analysis and the quality of the final report. Marks
will be (TWM: Tutored Work Mark) assigned in a 10 points scale.

2.a.3
Theory Final Mark

The
final mark of theory (FMT) will be:

FMT = TWM (Tutored Work Mark) if
the student don’t miss more than 10 % of the lectures.

FMT = EM (Exam Mark) if the
student miss more than 10 % of the lectures and MTM >= 5.

FMT = 0 in any other case.

2.b
Laboratory

In
order to pass the laboratory part, the student cannot miss more than
one laboratory session lectures without a valid documented reason
(medical, bereavement or other).
Otherwise,he/she
will have to attend to a practical exam carried out in the
laboratory. In this exam the student will be asked to deal with some
of the electronic circuits developed in the laboratory sessions as
well as some short answer questions related to these sessions. Marks
will be (LEM: Laboratory Exam Mark)
assigned in a 10 points scale.

The
final mark of laboratory (FML) will be:

FML = the arithmetic mean of the
laboratory session marks (LSM) when the student didn’t miss more
than one laboratory session, that is:

FML = Sum(LSMi)/6 i = 1, 2,
…, 6

FML
= LEM (Laboratory Exam Mark)
when the student missed more than one
laboratory session.

LFM
= 0 in any other case.

2.c
Project

In
order to assess the project, the lecturer will consider the results
and the quality of their analysis. Marks will be (GPM: Group Project
Mark) assigned in a 10 points scale.

2.d
Final mark

In
order to pass the subject, it is mandatory:

+
FMT >= 5, and

+
no more than one missed laboratory session
or FML >= 5, and

+
no more than one
missed group project session or GPM >= 5.

The final mark will be the
weighted average of the
marks obtained by the student in the different parts.
The final mark (FM) will apply a weight of 50% to the final theory
mark (FMT), a 30% to the laboratory final mark (FML) and a 20 % to
the group project mark (GPM).

FM = 0,50·FMT + 0,30·FML +
0,20·GPM

A
final mark higher than five points (FM >= 5) should be achieved in
order to passthe
subject.

However,
when:

+
FMT < 5, or

+
FML < 5 and the student missed more than one laboratory session,
or

+
GPM < 5 and the student missed more than one group project
session,

the
final mark will be the minimum value among them.

FM = min{ FMT, FML, GPM }

3. Second
opportunity to pass the subject.

The
assessment policy in this call will follow the scheme described in the
previous section. Dates will be specified in the academic calendar.
The lecturer will assign the tutored work and the project to the
student. The student has to contact to the lecturer according to an
established procedure. The procedure will
be published in advance.

Marks
obtained in the previous continuous assessment or final exam are kept if
the student have got a pass in some parts. Moreover, students cannot
take an exam, develop a project or a tutored work task if they have
got a pass previously.

The
final mark will be the weighted
average of the marks obtained by the student as it has described in
section 2.