Directed activities

• Lectures: explanation of theoretical contents
• Problem solving: application examples
• Practical work in laboratory: development of a planned activity using simulation tools

Supervised activities

• Personal study of the course contents
• Preparation of lab activities and reports

Supervised activities

• Tutoring: individual or small group meetings to clarify concepts, to advise on the development of the course or to attend other specific issues.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

This course does not provide for a single-assessment system.

a) Assessment activities

Final exam (ExF): 50%

It will consist of short-answer questions and problems. A minimum grade of 4 in this exam will be required in order to pass the course through the ordinary assessment process.

Midterm exam (ExP): 20%

It will consist of short-answer questions and problems covering the content specified by the teaching staff responsible for the course.

Pre-lab assignments (EpP): 15%

Individual work consisting of answering the proposed questions and reading the laboratory instructions. All pre-lab assignments will have the same weight within the grade for this activity.

Laboratory reports (InP): 15%

Work carried out in small groups, consisting of answering the questions included in the laboratory instructions. All reports will have the same weight within the grade for this activity.

Failure to submit an assignment by the established deadline will result in a grade of zero for that assignment.

b) Scheduling of assessment activities

ExF and ExP: the exam dates will be announced on the first day of the course and published on the Virtual Campus and the School of Engineering website.

EpP and InP: the submission dates will be announced on the first day of the course and published on the Virtual Campus.

These dates may be subject to scheduling changes in order to accommodate possible incidents. Students are advised to check the Virtual Campus regularly.

c) Resit process

ExF and ExP: these activities may be reassessed through a single resit exam (ExR), which will assess the content and learning outcomes corresponding to both the midterm exam and the final exam.

The grade obtained in this exam will replace the grades previously obtained in the midterm exam and the final exam, and will jointly account for 70% of the final course grade.

In accordance with UAB regulations, students may take the resit exam provided that they have completed a set of assessment activities accounting for at least two thirds of the total course grade.

Taking the resit exam implies waiving the grades previously obtained in the midterm exam and the final exam, regardless of whether those grades are higher or lower than the grade obtained in the resit exam.

EpP and InP: these activities are considered non-reassessable. The grades obtained will be retained for the calculation of the final grade after the resit exam.

d) Review of assessment grades

For each assessment activity, a place, date and time will be announced so that students may review the activity with the teaching staff.

During this review process, students may submit claims regarding the grade awarded. These claims will be assessed by the teaching staff responsible for the course. If a student does not attend the scheduled review, the activity will not be reviewed at a later date.

e) Grades

Ordinary assessment

If ExF < 4:

Final grade = ExF

If ExF ≥ 4:

Final grade = 0.50 × ExF + 0.20 × ExP + 0.15 × EpP + 0.15 × InP

To pass the course, students must obtain a final grade of at least 5.

Assessment after the resit exam

If ExR < 4:

Final grade = ExR

If ExR ≥ 4:

Final grade = 0.70 × ExR + 0.15 × EpP + 0.15 × InP

The grade obtained in the resit exam will jointly replace the previous grades for the midterm exam and the final exam.

To pass the course after the resit exam, students must obtain a final grade of at least 5.

Honours: the highest final grades may be awarded an honours distinction. The decision to award this distinction lies with the teaching staff responsible for the course.

UAB regulations establish that honours may only be awarded to students who have obtained a final grade of at least 9. Honours may be awarded to a maximum of 5% of the total number of students enrolled in the course.

A student will be considered not assessable (NA) if they complete less than 10% of the course assessment activities.

f) Academic misconduct, cheating and plagiarism

Without prejudice to any other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, any irregularity committed by a student that may lead to an alteration of the grade awarded for an assessment activity will result in a grade of zero for that activity.

Therefore, cheating, plagiarism, deception, allowing another student to copy, or any similar conduct in any assessment activity will result in a grade of zero for that activity.

g) Use of artificial intelligence

The use of artificial intelligence technologies is permitted in this course as an integral part of the work process, provided that the final result reflects a significant contribution by the student in terms of analysis and personal reflection.

Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated using these technologies, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how those tools influenced both the process and the final outcome of the activity.

Failure to disclose the use of artificial intelligence will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in a penalty in the grade awarded for the activity or more serious sanctions in particularly severe cases.

h) Assessment of repeat students

There is no differentiated assessment procedure for repeat students. Therefore, no grades obtained in the previous academic year will be retained.