International Economics (1 º Sem 2018/2019)

Two possibilities:

a) Regular phase - two tests:

- The first test is about the first half of the course and will take place    on Nov 17th, 11h30.

- The second test is about the remaining lectures. It will take place  on January.

Final mark = weighted average of the marks of the two tests.

Weight of each test  = (nº of lectures assessed in the test)/(total nº of lectures).

Key note: students who fail in this regular phase, but get positive (more than 9.5/20) in one of the two tests, in the recourse phase may - if they wish - only do about the part in which they failed.

Their overall mark will then be the weighted average between that positive mark in the regular phase and the mark in the recourse phase.

b) Recourse phase - one exam about all lectures  on Feb 6th, 6 pm for the students who:

- Fail in the regular phase (< 10, in a 0-20 scale).

- Pass in the regular phase, but want to try to improve their mark

My experience has led me to conclude that the only way to test whether students really understand the subjects (instead of simply memorizing or having a superficial understanding of them) is through a T/F test.

Morever, because students know this in advance, they must study in  DIFFERENT WAY, replacing memorization for an understanding of the subjects.

You can review your test on Thursday 22nd , 17h30, meeting at the entrance of Fr. 1's building.

If you got a bad mark in the test, you should still go to the 2nd test (about the 2nd part of the course).

If you then get postive, in the recourse phase you may do (if you want) only about the 1st part of the course.