Educational guide 2023_24 Facultade de Ciencias do Mar

Assessment

	Description	Qualification	Training and Learning Results
Lecturing	Continuous evaluation related to lecturing consists of, e.g., short questions and topical questionnaires (30%). Written, final exam is mandatory (40%). Final, written exam may include questions that need to be developed more broadly, the resolution of a problem, and/or the interpretation of images and the construction of diagrams.	70	A5	B1	C1 C12 C13 C14	D1 D2
Studies excursion	Written reports and/or questionnaires related to the information acquired during the fieldtrips. Aspects of the topics dealt with during the fieldtrips may be asked during the final exam.	5	A5	B1	C1 C12 C13 C14	D1 D2
Laboratory practical	Written report and/or questionnaires related to the activity that was developed during the laboratory practical. Aspects of the topics dealt with during the laboratory practical may be asked during the final exam.	5	A5	B1	C1 C12 C13 C14	D1 D2
Seminars	Reports and/or questionnaires related to the information acquired during the seminars. Aspects of the topics dealt with during the seminars may be asked during the final exam.	20	A5	B1	C1 C12 C13 C14	D1 D2
Problem and/or exercise solving	Topical questionnaires related to lectures, seminars and field trips. Its weight on both continuous and final evaluation is included in the methodologies listed above. For example, in the evaluation of the lecture topics, the questionnaires account for 30% as opposed to the 40% of the final exam.	0	A5	B1	C1 C12 C13 C14	D1 D2

Other comments on the Evaluation
CALCULATION OF THE FINAL GRADES 1. GRADING FROM CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT (60%): a. Field trips and laboratory practical (10%); b. Seminars (20%); c. Topical questionnaires (30%). 2. FINAL EXAM: 40% The average of each of these sections (blocks 1a, 1b, 1c) must be >/= 5.00, while individual assignments must be each >/= 4.00. Final grade: continuous assessment mark (60%) + Final exam mark (40%). ATTENDANCE Attendance at fieldtrips, seminars, and laboratory practicals is mandatory an essential requirement to be admitted to the final exam. Attendance at less than 80% of the lectures, and/or failing to take part to even one of the above mentioned activities will preclude admission to the final exam. Students that cannot attend one or more of these activities are expected to provide a proper justification for their absence. If not, failure to attend them precludes the option to sit the 2nd opportunity exam. Global assessment option The application for this evaluation option must be submitted in the time and manner determined by the Center, which will be published prior to the academic start. Given the experimental nature of the practicals, seminars and field trips their attendance is mandatory to be eligible for this evaluation option. Failure to attend the practices, with no justified cause invalidates this possibility, as well as the opportunity for extraordinary evaluation (2nd opportunity). Partial grade recovery is achieved by reaching a minimum of 4 out of 10 on the relevant second opportunity questions. Failing the final exam implies that none of the partial marks (i.e., those obtained for the seminar essays and fieldtrip reports) will be kept for the following academic year. Date, time and place of the exams will be published in the official web of Marine Sciences Faculty: http://mar.uvigo.es/alumnado/examenes/ ________________________________________________ The students are strongly requested to have an honest and responsible conduct. It is considered completely unacceptable any alteration or fraud (i.e., copy and/or plagiarism) that are aimed at modifying the level of knowledge and skills acquired during the course and that are evaluated during exams, essays, reports or any kind of work requested by the course’s lecturers. Fraudulent behaviour may result in failing the course for a whole academic year. An internal dossier of these activities will be made. In case of a repeat offence, the university rectorate will be asked to open a disciplinary file.