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Assessement
The
assessment is composed by a theoretical part
and a laboratorial part.
The student
must have a minimum of 9 points in the
theoretical part and 10 points for the
laboratorial
part.
The final
grade for the approved students (in all
possible dates) is weighted in 75% for the
theoretical part and 25% for the
laboratorial part.
1.
Theoretical Part
The assessment of the theoretical part
can be distributed or centralized:
Distributed
assessment – consists on having three (3) mid-term tests. On the date of the
final exam it is possible to repeat the 2nd
or the 3rd mid-term test upon invitation
from the professors. The theoretical grade
is calculated using the following formula:
theor_grade
= 10% 1st test + 35% 2nd test + 30% 3rd test
Centralized assessment – consists on
having a final exam. In this case the
theoretical grade is the grade of the exam.
Students that opted by the distributed
assessment can change to the centralized
assessment any time during the semester.
1.1. Number
of mid-term tests and exams
3 mid-term
tests
1 Final
Recourse Exam
1.2.
Syllabus for each mid-term test
1st test –
Introduction
2nd test – Physical layer; Data Link Layer
3rd test – Medium Access Control
Sublayer
2. Laboratory Part
The laboratorial part consists on
three (3)
training projects to learn the development
environment and three (3) projects for
assessment.
The final grade of the
laboratorial part includes a continuous
assessment of the student performance
throughout the laboratorial sessions and an
oral examination per project to discuss the
way the student implemented the final project.
The
continuous performance assessment includes
the advanced preparation of the each
project, the simplicity of the
implementation structure and code, the
meeting of the various deadlines (partial
and final) and the distribution of the
effort between the members of the group.
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3.
Control of
the attendance to the laboratory
The
attendance of the students to the laboratory
is controlled. The following rules will
apply:
1st
miss – tolerated
2nd miss
– the grade for the laboratorial part cannot
be over 14
3rd miss
– the final grade of the course is 12
4th miss
– the students fails
4. Save of the final grade
If the
student succeeds in the laboratorial part
but fails in the theoretical part, the
laboratorial grade can be used in the future
for two scholar years. If the students does
not succeed within this time frame (s)he
will have to perform the laboratorial part
again.
5.
Admission
to a Special Date of examination
The exam called “special date exam”
can only be performed by those students who
have a valid laboratorial grade.
6. Types of Grades
* Ausente
(Absent) --- A
A student
that did not subscribe the laboratory if
(s)he has not a valid grade yet. Or the
student that has a valid laboratorial grade
but did not attend any exam.
* Excluído
(Excluded) --- E
A student
that stopped attending the laboratory (4
misses or over)
* Faltou
(Missing) --- F
A student
that missed the sequence of mid-term tests,
or miss the exam.
* Reprovado
(Fail) --- R
A student
that performed both theoretical and
laboratorial parts but did not succeed to
have the minimum grades that were demanded
(in one of them or both).
* Aprovado
(Approved) --- from 10 to 20
A student
that succeeded in the course (both parts) .
7.
Grade Calculation
The theoretical grade is calculated using
the following formula:
Distributed assessment:
Theor_Grade = ( 0.10*1st test +
0.35*2nd test + 0.30* 3rd test )*100/75
Centralized assessment:
Theor_Grade = Final Exam
The Final Grade is calculated using the
following formula:
Final Grade = Theor_Grade*0.75
+ Laboratorial Grade*0.25
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