In order to pass the course it is necessary to complete the different parts of the subject (master sessions, practices in labs, and projects). The final grade will be the weighted geometric mean of the grades of the different parts. If "x" is the grade obtained for the master sessions, "y" for the practices in labs, and "z" for the project, the final grade will be:

grade = x^0.4 × y^0.2 × z^0.4

During the first month, students must provide a written declaration to opt for global assessment. In other case, it will be considered that they opt for continuous assessment. Students who select continuous assessment and submit the first task or questionnaire may not be listed as "Absent".

Students who opt for the global assessment procedure must pass the short answer test (40%), submit a project (40%) and submit the laboratory practises (20%). These parts will be evaluated as indicated in the tests description section. The final grade will be the weighted geometric mean of the grades of the different parts. Besides, they must submit an additional dossier that must be defended in front of the professors, with detailed information about the events and issues that arose during the execution of the different tasks, and especially the project. In addition, during the first month of the course, professors will notify students who opted for final assessment if they have to do the tutored work individually.

Although the project will be developed in groups, the ongoing activities of each student in a group will be monitored individually. In case a student's performance is below his or her group mates, he or she could be expelled from the group or graded on an individual basis.

Intermediate milestones could be required for the project. In case they are not satisfied, a penalization of the 20% of the grade could be applied.

Extraordinary call to pass the course

Students can opt to the extraordinary call only if they didn't pass the ordinary call.

In order to pass the course, it is necessary to complete the different parts of the subject: pass the short answer test (40%), submit a project (40%) and submit the laboratory practises (20%). These parts will be evaluated as indicated in the tests description section. The final grade will be the weighted geometric mean of the grades of the different parts. Besides, it will be necessary to submit an additional dossier that must be defended in front of the professors, with detailed information about the events and issues that arose during the execution of the different tasks, and especially the project.

Students that have opted by the continuous assessment procedure, can decide to maintain the grades of the different parts of the subject obtained in the first call or discard them.

Other comments

The grades obtained are only valid for the current academic year.

Although the tutored work will be completed (if possible) in groups, each student should keep a record of his or her activities. In the case in which the performance of a member of the group wouldn't be adequate compared with the performance of his or her team mates, he or she could be excluded from the group and/or qualified individually.

The use of any material during the tests will have to be explicitly authorized.

In case of detection of plagiarism or unethical behavior in any of the tasks/tests done, the final grade will be "failed (0)" and the professors will communicate the incident to the academic authorities to take the appropriate measures.