The components for the grades are weighted as follows:
- 40% final exam
- 60% interactive part
Interactive part: Students have to prepare mini-cases for the weekly sessions. Before a specific deadline for each interactive unit, students have to complete an assignment by answering true-false questions that indicate which problems they have solved and by uploading their solutions. Each example will be presented by a randomly selected student who checked this problem. Students need to solve a minimum number of mini-cases to pass the course. The baseline number of mini-cases and the minimum number to pass will be communicated before the start of the interactive part, e.g., a baseline of 27 mini-cases with a minimum of 19 mini-cases to pass. Note, the baseline number serves as a reference, there can be more but never less mini-cases than indicated by this number.
The presentation of mini-cases will be evaluated. Students need to be able to solve the mini-cases they present and explain their reasoning. A negative assessment of a student's presentation reduces the number of checked mini-cases. The precise deduction for such a fail will again be communicated before the start of the interactive part, e.g., a deduction of 6 mini-cases. The same deduction applies if a student indicates mini-cases he/she did not solve.
For example: If a student checks 27 mini-cases overall and fails one presentation, the number of checked mini-cases is reduced to 21. Note that two failed presentations will always lead to a number of checked mini-cases that is below the necessary minimum number and, thus, the student fails the course.
Grading: Formally, the evaluation is based on the percentage of credits earned (minimum of 50% of credits needed to pass). This percentage of credits C will be computed by C = 0.4*Clecture + 0.6*Cinteractive. Clecture denotes the percentage of credits earned at the final exam (between 0% and 100%). Cinteractive denotes the percentage of credits earned for the interactive part. The interactive part credits are calculated by dividing the checked mini-cases (after potential reductions for fails) by the baseline number of mini-cases, e.g., 21 checked mini-cases / 27 = 77.78%. If the checked number of mini-cases is below the minimum number, the resulting credit for the interactive part is 0% and the student fails the course. If the checked number of mini-cases is above the baseline number of mini-cases, the resulting credit for the interactive part is 100%, i.e., Cinteractive is capped at 100%.
For example: The student scores 90% in the final exam and 77.78% in the interactive part, then C = 0.4 * 90% + 0.6 * 77.78% = 82.8%.
The following grading scheme based on C is applied:
| Percentage | Grade |
| [87.5%;100%]: | 1 |
| [75%;87.5%): | 2 |
| [62.5%;75%): | 3 |
| [50%;62.5%): | 4 |
| <50%: | 5 |
square bracket [ ] = percentage is still included in the quantity
round bracket ( ) = percentage is no longer included in the quantity
Please note that you will receive a grade for this course as soon as you upload and indicate exercises for an interactive unit.