Ordinary opportunity:

We will offer to the students two possible assessment systems: continuous assessment or global assessment.

Each student has to decide on one of these two options by the fifth 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 global 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 49 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.

Global assessment:

In addition to the system of continuous assessment described above, the student can opt for a global assessment. This global 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 fifth 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.

Extraordinary opportunity:

Those students who opted for a continuous assessment in the ordinary opportunity 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 global 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 ordinary opportunity and do not fulfil the requirements (a) and (b) above, and those students that opted for a global assessment in the ordinary opportunity) will be evaluated by a global assessment, which covers all the contents of the course.

In the case of choosing a global assessment, the professor may demand the student to deliver some additional tasks, which will be notified to the student one month prior to the final exam. These tasks have to be delivered at 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.

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.

End-of-Degree Call

The students will be evaluated by a global assessment, which covers all the contents of the course.