To pass this course, the student may opt to do an Assessment Throughout the Semester (
ATS )
or by a final exam.
Students who achieve a positive grade on the overall ATS evaluation (>= 9,5 over 20) will not have to do the final written exam; otherwise, the final exam will be mandatory (regular season or appeal season).
To be eligible for ATS, the student must attend at least 80% of the course sessions.
Students with a positive grade in ATS, can still opt to do the final exam,
thus abdicating the ATS grade; In this case, the final grade for the course will be the exam score,
whatever it may be .
Not performing any of the components of the ATS corresponds to score 0 on that component.
The ATS will consist of 2 individual tests and 3 in-class Laboratories, individually assessed, with the following weights:
