Student evaluation will follow the general rules established by Weill Cornell Medical College. The following should be noted:

1. General multiple choice, short answer, and structure recognition quizzes in physiology, histology, and developmental biology/embryology will cover subjects given in lectures and laboratories. Students will be informed in advance as to the exact subjects for each quiz. For logistic reasons, practical and written tests of anatomy-radiology will be given separately and will include subjects given in laboratory and lectures of these subjects.
   
   
2. Usually, tests are given at the end of each of the modules. Each discipline within a module will be graded separately. A final grade for each discipline (anatomy/radiology, development biology/embryology, histology, and physiology) will be computed, and will account for 60% of the total final grade.
   
   
3. Tutors will provide evaluation of student performance in PBL sessions, including Journal Club. Note: According to Weill Cornell rules more than two unexcused absences in PBL will lead to a “marginal grade” in these modalities (see "marginal grade" in point 5 below). There will be two evaluations during the course, one at mid-term and the other at the end of the course. The final grade for PBL (together with Journal Club) will be the average of the two evaluations. PBL (together with Journal Club) will account for 30% of the final total grade. A Triple Jump examination will be given at the end of the course, and will account for 10% of the final total grade.
   
   
4. • Students are expected to have a satisfactory performance in all parts of the course (PBL/JC, lectures, and laboratories), in each subject of the course (Anatomy-Radiology, Developmental Biology and Embryology Histology, Physiology, ), and on the Triple-Jump Exam. Exceptional, satisfactory, or unsatisfactory performance in the course as a whole will receive honors, pass, or fail grades, respectively, according to WCMC rules. "Honors grade" will be given to approximately the top 20% of the class. "Fail grade" will be given to those students with an average less than 65% of the maximal grade of the course. Students with a “fail grade” will be required to satisfactorily complete a make up exam by the end of summer to be promoted to the second year. Unsatisfactory performance (less than 65% of the maximal grade) in any of the evaluation components (PBL-Journal Club, Physiology, Anatomy-Radiology, Development Biology/Embryology Histology, and Triple Jump Exam) will receive a grade "marginal". This "marginal" grade must be removed by satisfactory performance in make-up tests, exams, or other form of examinations on the subject matter by end of the summer of the first year for the student to be permitted to advance to the second year.