The intermediate control of students’ knowledge

Having completed studying of each module a student performs a modular control work (MCW).

The purpose of MCW is to check a student’s mastering level of the theoretical and practical material of the module. The estimation of MCW is a module estimation .

The conditions of admission to the MCW fulfillment are defined by the Provisions. The students who have executed all kinds of works which are obligatory components of the module and have collected not less than 15 points are admitted to FMW. In case of a student’s missing of a seminar under a reasonable excuse, the student can pass the material of a theme during an individual class according to the established schedule. The student who failed to comply with requirements of a module and has not been granted relevant 15 points, cannot be admitted to write FMW, and 0 points is registered in his academic record for the module. If a student failed to come to a relevant MCW the sheet is marked «failed to come» and he is given 0 points for the module. The student who has missed MCW under a reasonable excuse is obliged to produce the corresponding document, he executes MCW according to the established schedule of the Chair.

The order of MCW fulfilment. The complex examination is conducted in writing during the last seminar of a module according to the established schedule of classes. The student who studies under the individual schedule, is obliged to tale MCW during the time established by Dean’s Office. During taking MCW a student cannot use additional materials without the permission of a teacher, otherwise he/she is banned from taking FMW, the work is relevantly marked, 0 points for MCW is entered into a student’s the academic record.

The results of MCW and the estimation for the module are entered into the academic record in a certain scale under a five-point scale during three working days after MCW performing. The results of MCW are made known to students not later than three days after their performing .The student who disagrees with the estimation, has the right to address the teacher and to receive the reasonable explanation. In case of disagreement with the decision of the teacher the student can submit the written appeal to Head of the Chair in the day the results are made public. Head of the Chair and the teacher should consider the appeal in presence of the student during two days from the date of its submission and approve the final judgement concerning the estimation of the student. As a result of the appeal the estimation mark cannot be lowered. If a student has not addressed with the appeal within the prescribed term the estimation given by the teacher deems final.

Conditions of MCW re-writing. The modular control is conducted once only. The student has the right to re-write the module estimated «unsatisfactory» once within the term prescribed by Dean’s Office except for the case when a student was not admitted to MCW writing. If a student has not taken the last module before an examination, he cannot re-write it and he should take the examination.

Estimation of the knowledge level when checking modular test.

Questions which are included into modular test are estimated within the range from 0 up to 10 points (inclusive). The structure of each complex of tasks for the modular control has identical construction and includes two kinds of tasks: test problems (four tests for each variant of the test) and the theoretical question which requires the extensive answer. Each type of tasks is estimated under a scale 0-5 points. The system of granting points is defined by the following:

- when estimating the answer to a theoretical question of the curriculum:

5 points correspond to an estimation «excellent» and are granted, if the answer of a student is theoretically correct, reasonable, exhaustive; the student shows knowledge of the basic literature and appeal to the basic regulatory-legal acts, he is acquainted with additional information sources; relates the material in logic sequence, makes generalization and conclusions; gives examples of the decision of typical practical situations in the context of the thematic theoretical material;

2,5 points correspond to an estimation «good» and are granted, if the answer of a student is generally correct; the student shows knowledge of the educational material and the basic literature; relates the material in logic sequence, makes generalization and conclusions, but does not give examples of resolving typical practical situations in the context of the thematic theoretical material, he makes insignificant mistakes when formulating terms, resolving practical problems;

0 points correspond to an estimation «unsatisfactorily» and are granted, if the answer of a student is either wrong or absent, or he makes gross mistakes which testify to the fact that the student has not mastered the educational material, cannot resolve elementary practical situations;

- when estimating the answers to test problems:

5 points correspond to an estimation «excellent» and are granted, if the right answers to the tests constitute over 70 % of the offered amount;

2,5 points correspond an estimation «good» and are granted, if the answer to tests constitute 50 % of the offered amount;

0 points correspond to an estimation «unsatisfactorily» and are granted, if right answers to the tests constitute less than 40 % of the offered amount.