There exist two assessment mechanisms in
this subject: continuous assessment (CA) and exam-only assessment (EA). The students must choose one of them
considering the following conditions:

• CA consists of the tests described in the
  Assessment section of this document (2 theoretical exams, Java practices for beginners, UML
  design, Java implementatation of the project, and practical exam).
• By the submission of the UML
  design of the project, students make a commitment to be assessed via CA, thus renouncing the EA
  mechanism. In virtue of this commitment, the final mark of these students
  cannot be Not taken.
• Students who do not deliver the UML design in
  time renounce CA mechanism, thus being assessed as per the requirements of EA.
  Note that it will be not possible to join the CA in the next tests. 
• Students who sit EA must develop the software project (whose specifications will be published at faiTIC platform) individually. The rest of students will be organized in groups of 2 people.
• 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. 
• CA tests will be carried out only on the
  dates defined by the professors. These CA tests cannot be repeated later.
• The grades obtained in the CA and other
  exams and practical projects are only valid for the current academic year. 
• Plagiarism is regarded as serious dishonest behavior. 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.

Students who sit CA in the first call will be assessed as follows:

Theoretical part:  The grade of this part (5 points) is obtained by adding the corresponding marks to the two theoretical exams (halfway and end-of-academic semester), with maximum marks of  be 2 and 3 points, respectively. A minimum grade of 2 points (out of 5) is required. Students who get this minimum mark in first-call can keep it for the second-call.

Practical part. The grade of this part (5 points) results from considering the marks of Java practices for beginners (1 point), initial UML design (0.5 points), practical exam (PASS/FAIL), and Java project (3.5 points, where software development, final UML design and Javadoc documentation will be assessed with 3, 0.25 and 0.25 points, respectively). Passing the practical exam and a minimum grade of 1.5 points (out of the 3 points referred to the project implementation) are required. Students who fail in first-call and fulfill both conditions can keep the grade of the practical part for the second-call.

The students must fulfill the following requirements to
pass the subject via the CA mechanism:

• To get at least 2 points in the theoretical part.
• To pass practical exam and to get at least 1.5 points, out of the 3 points corresponding to the Java implementation of the project.
• To get a final grade (theoretical part + practical part)
  equal or greater than 5.
• If the final grade is equal or greater than 5 but some of
  the part does not fulfill the aforementioned minimum, then the final grade
  will be 4.5 (out of 10 points).

Students who sit EA in the
first call  will be assessed as follows:

Theoretical part:  The grade of this part (5 points) corresponds to an individual exam without any type of supporting material at the end of the academic semester (on the date to be approved by CAG). A minimum grade of 2 points is required. Students who get this minimum mark in first-call can keep it for the second-call.

Practical part. The grade of this part (5 points) results from considering the result of the exam in computer laboratory (PASS/FAIL) and the delivery of the software project, where the Java coding (4 points), UML design (0.75 points) and Javadoc documentation (0.25 points) must be included. Passing the computer exam and a minimum grade of 2 points (out of the 4 points referred to the project implementation) is required. Students who fail in first-call and fulfill both conditions can keep the grade of the practical part for the second-call.

The students must fulfill the following requirements to pass the subject via the CA mechanism:

• To get at least 2 points in the theoretical part.
• To pass the practical exam and to get at least 2 points, out of the 4 points corresponding to the Java implementation of the project.
• To get a final grade (theoretical part + practical part) equal or greater than 5.
• If the final grade is equal or greater than 5 but some of the part does not fulfill the aforementioned minimums, then the final grade will be 4.5 (out of 10 points).

Students will be assessed as
follows in both second call and end-of-program call:

The student will be assessed by the mechanism described for EA. 

Theoretical part (50%). Individual exam on the date to be approved by CAG. Minimum grade: 2 points (out of 5).

Practical part (50%). Practical exam (PASS/FAIL) and Java project (5 points). In case of FAIL the grade of the project will be multiplied by 0,25. Minimum grade: 2 points, out of the 4 points corresponding to the Java coding of the project. Students who took CA at the first
opportunity can continue to work in groups of 2 students to implement the
extensions requested in the second opportunity project. The rest of the
students must present the project individually.

Students who failed the subject on a previous call of the academic year can either keep their initial grades (if they are higher than the minimum mark required in the corresponding part) or ask to be re-assessed  (in this case, the final grade will be the one obtained on the new call).