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The course planning in lectures and the estimated time of the most important assessment milestones is detailed below:
- Week 1: Theory introduction + Lectures 1 and 2
- Week 2: Lecture 3 | Practice introduction + Practice 1
- Week 3: Lectures 3 and 4 | Practice 2
- Week 4: Lecture 4 + Theory Test 1 (PT1) | Laboratory Test 1 (PP1)
- Week 5: Lecture 4 | Practice 3
- Week 6: Lecture 5 | Practice 4
- Week 7: Lecture 5 | Practice 45
- Week 8: Lecture 5 + Theory Test 2 (PT2) | Laboratory Test 2 (PP2)
- Week 9: Lectures 5 and 6 | Practice 6
- Week 10: Lecture 6 | Practice fulfilment + Project (1h)
- Week 11: Lecture 6 | Project (2h) + Project design submission (psudocode or flowchart)
- Week 12: Lecture 7 + Theory Test 3 (PT3) | Project (1h) + Laboratory Test 3 (PP3)
- Week 13: Lecture 7 | Project (2h)
- Week 14: Project (2h)
- Before the final exams, project submission (coding and documentation)
- Finals: Final Theory Test (PTF) - Final Laboratory Test (PPF)
In all courses the School offers two evaluation modes: Continuous evaluation and comprehensive evaluation.
The student must opt to the latter one explicitily, no latter than the week before the Laboratory Test 2 (PT2) is taken.
The continuous evaluation will be considered as "passed" if both the student has submitted a report (design, coding and documentation) for the project developed from the 10th to the 14th week, and the final grade (NFC) obtained by the student is at least 5. This final grade is the harmonic mean between the theory and laboratory tests grades, calculated as follows:
NFC = (2*NTC*NPC)/(NTC+NPC)
where: - Theory Grade by Continuous Evaluation: NTC = 0.1*PT1+0.1*PT2+0.2*PT3+0.6*PTF
- Practice Grade by Continuous Evaluation: NPC = 0.1*PP1+0.1*PP2+0.2*PP3+0.5*PPF+0.1*PDD
The Final Theory Test (PTF) is an exam that may consist of short answer questions and/or multiple choice questions and/or troubleshooting and/or exercises. It assesses the mastership of the contents introduced in the lectures.
The Final Practice Test (PPF) the proper coding in C to deal with a medium level project. While the project development is a group activity, it is assessed individually. Indirectly, the PPF also assesses the mastership of the contents introduced in the lectures and the laboratory practices.
The Design and Documentation Test (PDD) assesses the quality of the pseudocode or the flowchart describing the project's design (submitted the 11th week), and project's documentation report submitted before the final exams
The use of the harmonic means implies that the course is not passed if either NPC or NTC has a grade under 3.3.
No test in the continuous evaluation mode is repeatable; that is, the instructor has no obligation to reschedule an evaluated activity missed by a student.
The date and procedures for the revision of the grades will be known before the evaluation tests. The students will have the chance of reviewing the grades preferably within two weeks after the evaluation.
In order to pass the course by the comprehensive evaluation mode, the student must submit a project report (design, coding and documentation) similar to the one submitted by the continuous evaluation students, and the final grade obtained by the student must be at least 5. This mode will consist of the same exams as the continuous evaluation one (although with different weight in the final grade), that is, an exam that may consist of short answer questions and/or multiple choice questions and/or troubleshooting and/or exercises (PTF) and a laboratory test (PPF, which will include the evaluation of the project). The final grade is the harmonic mean between the theory and practice grades, calculated as follows:
NFF = (2*NTF*NPF)/(NTF+NPF)
where: - Theory Grade by Comprehensive Evaluation: NTF = PTF
- Practice Grade by Comprehensive Evaluation: NPF = 0.9*PPF+0.1*PDD
Both the continuous evaluation grade (NFC) and the comprehensive evaluation grade (NFF) will be computed to all students that take the final tests (theory and practice). The final grade will be the higher one.
A "No Present" grade will be granted:
- If the student opts for the continuous evaluation mode, when no test is taken after the Laboratory Test 1 (PP1)
- If the student opts for the comprehensive evaluation mode, when no final test (PTF and PPF) is taken.
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University regulations allow students to take an additional test to approve the course (extra evaluation). In order to pass the course using this extra evaluation, the student must submit a project report (design, coding and documentation) similar to the one submitted by the continuous evaluation students, and the final grade obtained by the student must be at least 5. This extra evaluation will consist of an exam that may consist of short answer questions and/or multiple choice questions and/or troubleshooting and/or exercises (Extra Theory Test) and a laboratory test which will include the evaluation of the project (Extra Laboratory Test)). The final grade is the harmonic mean between the theory and practice grades, calculated as follows:
NFE = (2*NTE*NPE)/(NTE+NPE)
where: - Theory Grade by Comprehensive Evaluation (NTE): if the student takes the Extra Theory Test, NTE will be the grade achieved in that test:
NTE = PTE
Otherwise, NTE will be the theory grade obtained for the theoretical tests in his/her regular evaluation.
- Practice Grade by Comprehensive Evaluation (NPE): if the student takes the Extra Laboratory Test, NPE will be the weighed additionof the grade achieved in that test plus the grade obtained inf the design and documentation test:
NPE = 0.9*PPE+0.1*PDD
Otherwise, NPE will be the practice grade obtained for the practical tests in his/her regular evaluation.
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In both final and extra evaluation, and in both evaluation modes, in case of failure to fulfil the mandatory requirement of submitting the project report, the final grade (computed according to the corresponding formula) will be upper-bounded to a maximum value of 4.5 points.
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All the partial and final grades will only be valid for the term the student is enrolled to, that is, in case the student repeates the subject, he or she will not retain any of the grades of the previous year.
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If plagiarism is detected in any of the works/test taken, the student will receive a failing grade (0) and the professors will report the fact to the school authorities.
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