CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT OPTION:

The subject is evaluated in a continue way, by means of two partial exams. These exams cover the theoretical aspects. In addition, there is an exam for the lab-work and a tutored work.

This first partial exam includes themes from one to five. The second partial exam includes themes from six to ten. The weight of both partials is 60% from the total mark.

The two partials take place in the classroom, within the class time. These partials are approximately 90 minutes long. The first 30 minutes will be dedicated to a multiple-choice test. The other 60 minutes will be dedicated to exercises.

Inside each partial exam, the 60 minutes exam and the 30 minutes exam have the same weight.

In order to pass a partial exam (the first or the second), the student is required to obtain at least a mark of 5 over 10.

The student that passes only one partial will only have to try the other one at the final exam, which is the same for the students who do that exam as a recovery exam for the continuous assessment and for the students who do that exam as their global assessment.

The lab-work is evaluated using a unique exam, in the laboratory. The weight is 30%.

The weight of the tutored work in the continuous assessment is 10% of the total mark.

When a student attends the first partial, he or she accepts to follow the continuous assessment. Students that do not attend to the first partial will be assessed by means of a unique assessment, *** except in the case of the student's waiver of continuous assessment, a step for which in this matter the term is not restricted beyond what is established by the general regulations: regarding this matter, the waiver of continuous assessment is accepted at any moment.***

The mark that a student obtains in the lab-work is maintained until the extraordinary exam, except if the student does not want. In this case, the student will have to do partials and lab exams in the extraordinary exam.

In order to pass the subject, once partial exams have been passed, the student has to obtain a global mark (GM) of at least 5 points out of ten. The global mark is calculated acording to the following expression if the student has more than 5 points in each partial exam:

GM = 0.6 * TM + 0.3*LM + 0.1*RM

where

TM (Theory Mark) = Mean value of the partial marks; LM = lab mark; RM = report mark

If the mark of the student in any of the two partial theory exams is less than 5, then the value of GM is the minimum between 4.5 and 0.6*TM+0.3*LM+0.1*RM.

The lab exam will take place in the lab, the day of the last lab session.

GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OPTION:

The students that do not follow the continuous assessment will be assessed by means of a global assessment. The global assessment will consist of an exam with three parts: the first part covers the themes 1 to 5, the second part covers the themes 6 to 10 and the third part is a lab-work in the laboratory.

In order to pass the subject, the student has to obtain a mark of at least 5 points over ten for the first and second parts. In this case, the global mark (GM) is calculated according to the following formula:

GM = 0.6 * TM + 0.4*LM

where:

TM = Average mark of the first and second part of the exam; LM = lab mark

If the student does not obtain a mark of at least 5 in the first part or in the second part, the global mark would be the minimum between 4 and 0.6*TM + 0.4*LM.

IMPORTANT. MANDATORY ENROLLMENT.

If a student did not enter the continuous assessment mode but is interested in participate in the global assessmente, he or she must enroll in this assessment by talking to the professors at least two weeks before the day of the exam. Contact can be by e-mail. This helps in the organization of the lab work exam.

EXTRAORDINARY EXAM AND END OD FROGRAM EXAM

The extraordinary exam and the end of program exam have the same exam structure and the same rules (calculation of the mark and mandatory enrollment) as for the global assessment.