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

It will be considered that the students choose continuous assessment unless they specifically request the profesor to follow an exam-only assessment. Such request should be done in the third week of the semester. A request after three weeks may lead to the student being considered as a no-show.

Continuous assessment:

The continuous assessment comprises a series of tasks that the student has to realise along the semester (55%), together with a long answer test (45%) that he/she performs at the end of the semester. These tasks include the completion of two short answer tests about the lab (30%), and the realisation of several projects (25%). The projects will be conducted in groups of students and the mark for each student for this task will be the mark of the group. The schedule of the midterm/intermediate exams will be approved in the Comisión Académica de Grado (CAG) and will be available at the beginning of each academic semester. 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 fulfil 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 these conditions in order to pass the course: (a) perform at least 5 out of the 6 lab exercises; (b) obtain, at least, 10 points out of 25 in the projects; (c) obtain, at least, 18 points out of 45 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 exam. To pass the course the student will have to obtain, at least, 50 points out of 100 in the exam together with the additional tasks.

Extraordinary exam:

Those students who opted for a continuous assessment and fulfill the requirements of (a) and (b) above, will be able, if they so wish, to keep the mark obtained in the tasks performed during the continuous assessment (55%). In such a case, they will only take a long answer test (45%). To pass the course, these students will have to obtain, at least, 18 points out of 45 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 continuous assessment.

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

In the case of choosing a exam-only assessment, the professor may demand the student to deliver some additional tasks, which will be notified by one month before the exam. These tasks have to be delivered at the day of the 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.

End-of-program exam:

It follows the same rules as the evaluation in the second call.

Ethical code:

Plagiarism is regarded as serious dishonest behaviour. If any form of plagiarism is detected in any of the tests or exams, the final grade will be FAIL (0), and the incident will be reported to the corresponding academic authorities for prosecution.