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Grao en Química
 Subjects
  Physical Chemistry 1
   Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Objective test A1 A8 A14 Two tests during the semester. The tests will consist of short short answer questions and/or multiple-choice questions.
- First test at mid-semester. The basic principles and the formulation of quantum theory and their application to simple systems are assessed. It contributes 10% to the final mark.
- Second test at the end of semester. The application of quantum chemistry to atoms and molecules is assessed. It contributes 10% to the final mark.
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Mixed objective/subjective test A1 A8 A12 A14 A15 A21 B2 B3 Final written exam at the end of semester. It will be held on the official dates approved by the Faculty Board.
All contents of the subject are assessed.
It has two different types of questions: short answer questions (50%) combined with problem solving (50%).

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Laboratory practice A1 A8 A21 C1 C3 Assessment of skills in solving problems of Quantum Chemistry by using computer software commonly used in scientific calculations.
Attendance to all scheduled computer lab. sessions is mandatory to pass the course.
The final written report is also assessed.
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Supervised projects A1 A8 A16 B2 B3 B5 C1 C3 Assesment of teamwork skills in resolution of problems or questions related to the contents of the seminars.
Apart from the solution of the proposed activities, the active paticipation in the face-to-face session also contribute to the assessment.
Only students who attend the seminars on a regular basis (80%) can participate and be evaluated in this activity.
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Assessment comments

Requirements to pass the course:

- Attendance to all scheduled computer lab sessions is mandatory to pass the course.

- It is compulsory the regular attendance to
the keynotes and seminar sessions to attend computer practical sessions.

- To pass the course, the final average grade has to be equal to or greater than 5 (out of a
possible 10) and the minimum score on the final written exam must have been 4.5 (out of 10). If the average grade is equal to or greater than 5 (out of 10) but the threshold
mark on the final examn was not met, the final grade will be 4.5 (fail).

- Students who has attended the practical sessions or the final exam will be assessed.

Second opportunity of July

- In the second opportunity, the student should retake the final written test, whose grade will replace the one obtained in the written final test in the first opportunity. The grades of the rest of the activities corresponding to the continuous assessmente will be kept when the mark would be equal to or greater than 5.0 out of 10. The supervised projects and objetive tests graded below 5.0 out of 10 may be resit in the written test (adding the percentage of their contribution to the percentage of the grade of the final mixed test). The grade of the laboratory practices cannot be resit.

- In the second opportunity, a final mixed test will be carried out, whose grade will replace the one obtained in the mixed test of the first opportunity, maintaining the grades of the rest of the activities carried out in the continuous evaluation with a grade equal to or greater than 5.0 out of 10. Tutored works and objective tests with a grade lower than 5.0 (out of 10) may be recovered in the final mixed test (adding the percentage corresponding to the weight of the final mixed test grade). The qualification of the laboratory practices will not be able to recover.

-Mark Honors: priority is given in the first opportunity (January). Honors may only be granted in July if their number have not be exhausted in January final qualifications.

Early examination call of December

- To pass the course, it is compulsory for students to have attended all the practical sessions at least once.

- The examination will consist on a mixed objective/subjective test that will represent  the 100% of the final grade. To pass the course, the score of the test must be equal to or greater than 5.0 (out of 10).

- If the grade of the written test is equal to or greater than 5,0 (out of 10) but the student didn´t attend all the practical sessions, the final grade will be 4.5 (fail).

Part-time students (according to the rules of the UDC):

The same evaluation criteria listed above are applied.

Students with special academic permission (according to the rules of the UDC):

It is not mandatory to attend classroom lectures, to hand-in the supervised projects and to attend the objective tests. 

It is compulsory to attend computer practical sessions. It will be tried to fit the dates to the student's availability.

The final grade will be the sum of 10% of the mark obtained in the practical sessions and 90% of the mark obtained in the mixed test. The same criteria will be applied to both opportunities.

Students who has not attended the final exam will be assessed as "non attendance".

Any fraudulent performance in any evaluation activity, once verified, will directly involve the qualificaction of Fail (0.0) in the corresponding call, thus invalidating any mark obtained in the continuous assessment for any resit.  

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