A process of continuous assessment based on midterms is established, but the student may choose alternatively a single assessment in a final exam.

Partialproofs are not recoverable, ie, that if a student can not attend the day they are scheduled, teachers do not have obligation to repeat them. The scores for the partial proofs are valid only for the academic year in which they are made.

Note 1: During exams mobile phones must be turned off and kept away. It is not allowed to use them as calculators. The student must have a calculator.

Note 2: It is not allowed to enter the classroom after an examination begins.

Continuous assessment:

For continuous assessment, the contents of theory are divided into three blocks and the contents of laboratory are divided into two blocks.

It is considered that the student chooses continuous assessment from the moment attending any of the midterms, either theory or practice. In midterms those who do not attend, your note is zero.

The student joins continuous evaluation if and only if he/she attends to any of the partial proofs (either theoretical or laboratory ones) . From that moment, the student is considered as presented, and if he/she doesn't attend to any other partial proof, his/her mark on it will be zero.

As specified below, 4 points (out of 10) is considered as minimum grade in each block, as well as minimum theory mark, laboratory mark or mark of each block (mark of a partial examination or mark of that block in the final examination, in theory or practice, as well).

Regarding theory:

There are two partial proofs, for the first two blocks. The student must repeat each partial proof in the final exam if the mark on any of them is less than 4. The examination of the third block is done by all students in the final proof.

If a student gets a mark of at least 4 points in a partial exam, he/she may try to improve the mark of that block in the final examination, but the mark in that block will be the one obtained in the final exam, even though it is less than the mark obtained in the partial proof.

The theory mark NT is the average mark of the three blocks, if the three student's marks exceed 4 point. If in any of the three blocks, the student does not reach 4 points, his/her theory mark is the minimum between 3.5 and the average of the three blocks.

The partial proofs take place on the usual weekly scheduling of the classes and last 1 hour and 50 minutes each.

They include both one half (in time and in mark) of short answer questions and one half exercises.

Each block of the final theory exam (first, second and third) lasts an hour.

Regarding practices:

Laboratory practices are assessed through practical tests described above (laboratory proofs).

The practices of the two blocks are examined in two partial laboratory proofs. The student must repeat a lab proof in the final exam if his/her mark in it is less than 4.

To participate in the partial proofs of practices of laboratory the student must attend to all the laboratory practical classes. Nevertheless, the students that do not fulfil this requirement can attend to the partial proofs of theory and liberate themselves from its contents for the final examination of theory.
If a student gets a mark of at least 4 points in a partial (lab) exam, he/she may try to improve the mark of that block in the final examination, but the mark in that block will be the one obtained in the final exam, even though it is less than the mark obtained in the partial proof.

The practice note NP is the average mark of the two blocks, if the mark of the student in both partial proof exceed 4 points. If the student doesn't reach 4 points in one of the two blocks, his/her practice note is the minimum between 3.5 and the average of the two blocks.

The only documentation that can, and should, take the student to the practical tests for use during the lab proofs are manufacturer datasheets about the semiconductors used during practices. The student has to gather them to perform the practices.

VERY IMPORTANT: The students who want to attend to the lab final proof of the course must enroll for it, prior to the proof, via the course web (section"Inscripciones"). The teachers of the course will communicate through an announcement on that website a deadline for such preinscription. This preinscription is necessary to schedule the shifts for the lab proof. Only the students who enroll on that date will have right to do the lab proof.

Final mark:

The final mark NF is NT x 0.7 x 0.3 + NP, if NT and NP are both at least 4 points. Otherwise NF is the minimum between 4.5 and NT x 0.7 x 0.3 + NP. NT and NP are calculated as indicated above. The student passes the course in May session if the final mark NF is greater than or equal to 5.

Evaluation by single exam

Students who choose single test evaluation do the same final exam as those other who are assessed by continuous assessment and who have reached the minimum mark in no partial proof. I.e., they have to make all the final examination, both the three blocks of theory and the two blocks of lab practices.

The theory mark NT, the practice mark NP and the final mark NF are calculated in the same way as indicated above, for students assessed by continuous assessment.

Second call

The second call exam consists of two parts:

- A theory proof, 3 hours long. Its mark is NT.

- A laboratory proof, 1 hour 50 minutes long. Its mark is NP.

Unlike the final exam (first call), this proofs are not divided into blocks.

The mark in this second call exam, NR, is NT x 0,7 + NP x 0,3, where NT is the theory proof mark and NP is the laboratory proof mark, provided that NT and NP are both greater or equal to 4 points. Otherwise, the mark in this second call is the minimum between 4.5 and NT x 0,7 + NP x 0,3.

In the second call, all the students may attend to both sections (theory and practice). The rule of“highest mark” which is compulsory for the total mark of all the courses, will apply in this course also extended to each section; i.e., the theory mark of each student to calculate the mark for the second call will be the highest between the May theory mark and the mark in the second call theory proof. The same for the lab mark.

VERY IMPORTANT: In the same way as stated for the May final proof, the students who want to attend to the second call lab proof must enroll to attend to it, via the course web. The teachers of the course will communicate through an announcement on that website a deadline for such preinscription. This preinscription is necessary to schedule the shifts for the lab proof. Only the students who enroll on that date will have right to do the lab proof.