Directed activities:

• Lectures, which convey the theoretical contents of the course.
• Exercise classes, where exercises related to the theoretical contents of the course are solved by the lecturer with the participation of the students.
• Laboratory classes for the application of the contents conveyed during the lectures using Matlab.
• Written assessment tests.

Autonomous activities

• Study of the theoretical and practical contents of the course. Preparation of the problem solving. Exam preparation.
• Practical assignments: complete the laboratory reports and consolidate the knowledge acquired during the laboratory classes.

Continuous evaluation

It consists of two different topologies of assessments. The first one is composed of two exams that assess the achievement of knowledge of the subject, and that form the "MarkTheory". The latter is calculated as the average of the two exams. The second type of assessment is the evaluation that the lab examiner carries out in-situ during the laboratory sessions scheduled in the subject, and it forms the "MarkLab".

Based on the theory and lab marks, the overall mark of the subject is calculated as:

If (MarkTheory >= 3.5) --> MarkContinuousAssessment = (0.7 x MarkTheory) + (0.3 x MarkLab)

If (MarkTheory < 3.5) --> MarkContinuousAssessment = MarkTheory

Therefore, the student should get a theory mark equal or greater than 3.5 to be eligible to have the theory and lab marks averaged.

Single evaluation

This subject does not consider a single assessment system.

Re-assessment

Students who have failed the continuous evaluation will be eligible to attend the re-assesment exam, provided that the mark obtained in theory part (average of the two exams) is equal or greater than 2.5. The re-assessment exam will be carried out within the period of exams published by the School. In this exam, the student can re-assess the part corresponding to the Exam1, the part corresponding to the Exam2, or both. The mark obtained in each part of the re-assessment exam (mark ExamRA1, mark ExamRA2)supersedes the previous mark that the student had in the corresponding continuous evaluation exam. The re-assessment mark is computed as follows:

MarkTheoryRA = [(0.35 x Mark {Exam1 or ExamRA1}) + (0.35 x Mark {Exam2 or ExamRA2})]/ 0.7

The final mark of the course is then computed as follows:

If (MarkTheoryRA >= 3.5) --> FinalMark = (0.7 x MarkTheoryRA) + (0.3 x MarkLab)

If (MarkTheoryRA < 3.5) --> FinalMark = MarkTheoryRA

Laboratory rules

• The assistance to all laboratory classes is compulsory.
• The report of each laboratory session must be delivered at the end of the session. Any delay in the delivery of the report will be penalised in the corresponding mark. In addition, the laboratory professor will be \"in-situ\" evaluating the actual progress and usage of the session made by the student and this item will have an impact on the mark of the report itself.
• Artificial intelligence cannot be used to solve the laboratory exercises or write the reports.

Repeating students

If in previous years they passed the laboratory part of the course, they will maintain the same mark and will not have to repeat the laboratory. If any repeating student wants to do the laboratory sessions again, they must explicitly inform the laboratory professor. Otherwise, there is no need to inform the professor because the option of maintaining the mark is assumed by default.

Honors grades

Awarding an honors grade is the decision of the professor responsible for the course. Honors grades will only be awarded to students who have shown a high level of excellence in the subject, and not by default to the highest grades. UAB regulations indicate that honors grades can only be awarded to students who have obtained a final grade equal to or higher than 9.00, and can be awarded to up to 5% of the total number of students.

Consideration of "Not Assessable"

A student who does not take any of the exams (neither the two continuous assessment exams nor the retake exam) will be considered "Not Assessable".

Use of AI

All content submitted by students (exams, reports, follow-up activities, etc.) must be original and generated solely by them, without the direct intervention of artificial intelligence tools, unless otherwise indicated. This does not prevent students from using AI as a learning tool or support to review content, assist in the creation of code or compare results.

Communication

The Virtual Campus will be the communication platform with students.

Additional considerations

Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures that may deem necessary in accordancetothe academic regulation, any irregularity committed by the student that may alter the mark of an assessment activity will lead this activity to be marked with zero points. For instance, copying or letting copy a laboratory report or any another assessment activity will involve to fail it with a mark equal to zero. Furthermore, such activity will not be able to be re-assessed during the same academic course. If this activity has a minimum mark associated to it, then the subject will be graded as failed.

If the student commits irregularities in various assessment activities of the course, the final mark of the course will be 0 in virtue of point 10, article 116, of the Academic Regulation.