In person

1) Students in first call: 

• Midterm exam: 15%
• Class activities - Immunology: 10%
• Class activities - Microbiology - Oral presentation: 10%
• Lab practice: 10%
• Final exam: 55% 

Teachers reserve 5% of the final mark to be granted on subjective items such as: involvement, participation, respect for basic standards, etc. The grades from the midterm exam, class activities, and laboratory practices will be carried over from the first to the second session, where a new final exam grade can be obtained.

2) Students in second call: same criteria as in the first call. The grades from the midterm exam, case methods, and laboratory practices will be carried over from the first to the second session, where a new final exam grade can be obtained.

3) Students repeating the subject (from third to sixth session): Students may retain the case methods grade from the previous session for both Immunology (10%) and Microbiology (10%) if they wish. Students must inform the course instructor of their decision at least one week before the case methods sessions begin. Regarding the laboratory practices (10%), students can choose from three options:

• Option 1: Maintain the laboratory practices grade from the previous year.
• Option 2: Retake only the laboratory practices exam, renouncing to the grade obtained in the previous year.
• Option 3: Retake all laboratory practices, including the exam, renouncing to the grade obtained in the previous year.

Students must inform the course instructor of their decision at least one week before the laboratory practices begin. If the instructor is not informed, option 3 will be applied by default.

In case of not being able to attend any of the continuous assessment activities due to scheduling conflicts, repeating students will have the right to transfer this percentage of the grade to the final exam. To do this, they must contact the course instructor at least one week before the continuous assessment activity they cannot attend.

General considerations about the assessment system:  

EVALUATION SYSTEM:

1) In the final exam, a minimum grade of 4.5 must be obtained in order to be able to average the marks of continuous evaluation (partial exam, class activities and lab practices). A second call of the final exam will be organized, with the same criteria than the first call. Rounding to the first decimal will be applied, meaning that a mark below 4.45 will not be considered a passed final exam.

2) In adition to (1), to pass the subject the average of all the evaluations items must be 5 or more, applying the same rounding criteria, so any average grade below 4.95 will not allow passing the subject.

3) In the granting of grades with Honors, special consideration will be given to participation in the lab practices, general attitude and involvment in the subjetc, lecture participaction, etc. 

EXAMS AND ORAL PRESENTATIONS:

1) The final exam will be face-to-face in the classroom, both in the 1st and 2nd sitting.

2) The partial exams will be also face-to-face in the classroom, following the same system used for the final exam.

3) Both partial and final exam will be test-type and marked as follows: 1 point for each correct answer, - 0.25 points for every wrong answer. Non - marked options will not have an impact in the grade. Obtained points will be divided by the number of questions to obtain the final mark for each exam.

4) The partial exam (from the continuous evaluation) does not remove topics from the final test.

5) The final exam will include the content given in lectures and oral presentations.

6) Is not mandatory to do the partial exam, oral presentations or class activities. In that case, the grade for the affected category will be 0.

7) Lab practices will be evaluated by short tests-type exams, with the same characteristics of the partial exam.

ATTENDANCE:

1) Attendance to practical lessons is compulsory and students must attend in the assigned groups. Not attending these sessions will make the student fail the subject.

2) Attendance to lectures and class activities will not be registered, but in order to get the best possible results it is highly recommended to attend to the maximum number of sessions. Students will have to follow the standards indicated by the instructors. The expulsion of student from class will have a negative impact on the evaluation.

GENERAL:

The improper use of electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablets, or laptops may result in expulsion from the class. Improper use includes recording and disseminating footage of students or teachers during lessons, as well as using these devices for non-educational, recreational purposes. Dissemination of content posted on the course's Moodle (oral presentations, lecture slides, etc.) without consent is prohibited. Detection of improper behavior during an evaluative activity will result in a grade of 0 for that activity. Manipulation or falsification of any official document will result in automatic failure of the subject with a grade of 0.