8. Evaluation criteria and Grading System
Evaluation System |
Continuous assessment |
Non-continuous evaluation * |
Description |
Progress Tests |
80.00% |
0.00% |
The periodic exams distributed in the calendar will consist of a theoretical part (contents exposed in the master classes) and a practical part (resolution of exercises). The evaluation of the student's knowledge through these exams is automatically equivalent (and substitutes) to the ordinary call or final test. |
Final test |
0.00% |
100.00% |
The final test is an alternative to progress tests |
Laboratory sessions |
20.00% |
0.00% |
Its completion is mandatory and the student must succeed in this part in order to succeed in the subject. The student must carry out at least one Mechanics and one Electromagnetism experience, write the respective reports and, later, publicly expose or defend the conclusions of above works. |
Total: |
100.00% |
100.00% |
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According to art. 4 of the UCLM Student Evaluation Regulations, it must be provided to students who cannot regularly attend face-to-face training activities the passing of the subject, having the right (art. 12.2) to be globally graded, in 2 annual calls per subject , an ordinary and an extraordinary one (evaluating 100% of the competences).
Evaluation criteria for the final exam:
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Continuous assessment:
The course is divided into two semesters: Mechanics and Electromagnetism.
To be evaluated in the ordinary call, the student must select one of the following itineraries:
1) Evaluation through progress tests (see above). Each semester includes practical and theoretical controls, their grade being the weighted average of these exercises (each teacher will detail this weight on the first day of class). Subsequently, the final grade for the course will be the average of each semester as long as grades equal to or greater than four have been obtained in both parts. The course will be considered approved when the final grade is equal to or greater than five,
2) Evaluation through the final exam. For students who do not wish to take the progress tests, a final exam is proposed that will consist of two blocks (relating to the four-month period of the course), each with theoretical and practical questions. In the same way, the final mark of the exam will be the average of each block as long as grades equal to or greater than four have been obtained in both parts. The course will be considered approved when the final grade is equal to or greater than five.
Regardless of the chosen itinerary, only once the ordinary call has been approved will the laboratory practice grade be taken into account to calculate the final grade in the certificate. In any case, the student must succeed also in the laboratory sessions in order to be able to successfully pass the subject.
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Non-continuous evaluation:
On the official date of the ordinary call, the student must take an exam (called final test) divided into two parts, as many as semesters. In each of them, you must answer two practical exercises and various theoretical questions according to the subject's syllabus. The final grade of the final test will be the average of both parts, provided that both equals or exceeds four. If that qualification is equal or higher than five, the student must additionally take a theoretical-practical laboratory exam on the same day as the exam. Once this laboratory test has been passed, 100% of the grade in your ceritificate will correspond to the final test.
Specifications for the resit/retake exam:
The extraordinary exam will be of the same type as the final exam of the ordinary call (Mechanics and Electromagnetism, with theoretical and practical questions).
Students who have not succeeded in the ordinary call must appear in addition to this final exam (extraordinary call). As considered, the student can sit the full exam, or only to the part of the semester where the previous grade was less than four.
The rest of the evaluation criteria are identical to those of the ordinary call.
Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:
The design of the written test and its evaluation criteria are the same as in the ordinary call (non-continuous option).