8. Evaluation criteria and Grading System
Evaluation System |
Continuous assessment |
Non-continuous evaluation * |
Description |
Final test |
50.00% |
50.00% |
Compulsory and recoverable activity to be carried out on the scheduled date for the final examination of the ordinary call. |
Theoretical papers assessment |
15.00% |
15.00% |
Non-compulsory and recoverable activity to be carried out before the end of the teaching period. |
Laboratory sessions |
25.00% |
25.00% |
Compulsory and recoverable activity to be carried out on the scheduled date for the final examination of the ordinary call. |
Assessment of active participation |
10.00% |
10.00% |
Non-compulsory and recoverable activity. To be carried out in the theory / laboratory sessions for students of the continuous modality. Non-continuous students will be evaluated for this activity through an alternative system in the ordinary exam. |
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:
In compulsory activities, a minimum mark of 40% is required in order to pass that activity and
have the possibility to therefore pass the entire subject. The evaluation of the activities will be global and therefore must be quantified by means of a single mark. If the activity consists of several sections, each section may be evaluated separately provided students are informed in writing of this evaluation criterion at the beginning of the academic year. In the case of the activities that may be retaken (i.e., rescheduling), an alternative activity or test will be offered in the resit/retake exam call (convocatoria extraordinaria).
The final exam will be common for all the theory/laboratory groups of the subject and will be
evaluated by the lecturers of the subject in a serial way, i.e., each part of the final exam will be evaluated by the same lecturer for all the students. A student is considered to pass the subject if she/he obtains a minimum of 50 points out of 100, taking into account the points obtained in all the evaluable activities, and also has passed all the compulsory activities.
The failure of a student to attend the final exam will automatically result in her/him receiving a "Failure to attend¿ (no presentado). If the student has not passed any compulsory evaluation activity, the maximum final grade will be 40%.
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Non-continuous evaluation:
Students who are unable to attend training activities on a regular basis may apply at the beginning of the semester for the non-continuous assessment mode. Similarly, if a student who is undergoing continuous assessment incurs any circumstance that prevents her/him from regularly attending the classroom-based training activities, she/he may renounce the accumulated mark in continuous assessment and apply for the non-continuous assessment mode. In this case, a notification by the student must be given before the date scheduled for the tests in the ordinary call, in accordance with a deadline that will be informed at the beginning of the semester.
Students who take the non-continuous assessment mode will be globally graded, in 2 annual calls per subject , an ordinary and an extraordinary one (evaluating 100% of the competences), through the assessment systems indicated in the column "Non-continuous assessment".
In the "non-continuous assessment" mode, it is not compulsory to keep the mark obtained by the student in the activities or tests (progress test or partial test) taken in the continuous assessment mode.
Specifications for the resit/retake exam:
Evaluation tests will be conducted for all recoverable activities.
For students who do not pass the subject in the final exam call (convocatoria ordinaria), the
marks of activities already passed will be conserved for the resit/retake exam call (convocatoria extraordinaria). Each of the non-recoverable activities assessments will be conserved for the resit/retake exam call even if it has not been passed. In the case of the passed recoverable activities, the student will have the opportunity to receive an alternative evaluation of those activities in the resit/retake exam call and, in that case, the final grade of the activity will correspond to the latter grade obtained.
The mark of the passed activities in any call, except for the final exam, will be conserved for the subsequent academic year at the request of the student, provided that mark is equal or greater than 50% and that the activities and evaluation criteria of the subject remain unchanged prior to the beginning of that academic year.
Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:
Same characteristics as the resit/retake exam call.