The final grade is the sum of:

- "Mixed test": up to 7 points.

- "Problem solving" + "workshop": up to 3 points.

The assessment through mixed-tests will be split into two parts (two
exams). The first partial test will be performed before the end of the
semester. Only students that had attended and participated at least in 80% of
the activities of the course (applied to lectures, seminars and workshops). The
second partial exam will take place at the time scheduled for the final exam (1st opportunity). Those students that will obtain a minimum of 3.15 points (out of a
maximum of 7) in the two partial tests will pass the course and will be graded
with the average mark of the two partial tests. Students that obtain less than
3.15 points in one or the two partial tests will be graded with the lowest mark
among the two. In the latter case the grade obtained in seminars and workshops
will not be considered. In the official exams, named as 1st and 2nd opportunities, students will
be assessed with a final exam (in case the marks of the two partial tests were
lower than 3.15), or can choose to have an exam just of the part in which they
obtained less than 3.15 points). The grade obtained from participation in
seminars and workshops will apply to both the assessment in 1st and 2nd opportinities.

Passing the
course will require obtaining a minimum of 5.00 points (out of a maximum of 10)
and a minimum of 3.15 (maximum 7) in the mixed tests. Given that the course
applies a continuum assessment model, the progress of the students during the
semester can be awarded with up to one extra point, which will be added to the
final grade if the mark in mixed tests is 3.15 or higher (maximum 7).

Since this is a continuous assessment model: the progression of the student throughout the semester can be graded with a maximum of 1 point that could be added to the final mark when the minimum in the mixed test is achieved.

The student will be graded if his/her participation in the course represents more than 20% of the global activities of the course.

In accordance with the regulations (“Probas de Avaliación e Actas de Cualificación de Grao e Mestrado”), the "2nd opportunity" is only a second chance for the final exam (“mixed test”). The grade on this 2nd opportunity of the “mixed test” will be added to those obtained during the course in “problem solving” + “workshops” . The percentages are the same as in the "1st opportunity".

“Matricula de honor (MH)” is the highest grade, awarded to very outstanding students having passed the course in the “1st opportunity”. MH can be achieved in the "2nd opportunity" only if still available.

Only in very exceptional circumstances (adequately justified) the student may be exempted from the on going evaluation process. In that case, he must pass a special examination to prove, without any doubt, the overall level of knowledge and skills.

The teaching methodology and all activities performed during the course are designed according to a continuous evaluation model scheduled for a single academic year. Thus, the possibility of transferring partial qualifications to successive academic courses is not allowed.

Those students having a part-time dedication to the course, and thus waiver of assistance to the on-site academic activities according to the regulations of UDC, will be assessed as follows: 30% of the overall grade corresponds to the assessment of the personal work of the student (solution of problem-sheets), short tests and the personal interviews. The grades corresponding to this part are valid for both the first (June) and second (July) opprotunities. The remaining 70% of the grade corresponds to the assessment of the mixed test. Students have a second chance to be assessed with a mixed test in the 2nd opportunity. The grade obtained in the 2nd opprtunity for the mixed test replaces that obtained in the 1st one. Given that the assessment of the course is based on a continuum-assessment model, students that do not pass the course will be treated as new students in the subsequent academic years.