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Exams schedule and further preparation information
The exam room hasn´t been fixed yet, please check that
in the exams office noticeboard a few days before the exam or
the very day. A word document wth the exam schedule can be downloaded
here 
.
We will have a networked computer and a projector in the room
for your use during the exam, although access to your H drive
is unsure so make sure you have a hard copy of your presentation
with you.
Examination
procedure
The
students will deliver a synopsis on
the 30th April 2004, upon which the oral exam
will be based in June. Groups will be allocated examination
times either the 10th or 11th June. Please
note that both the synopsis and the oral examination can be
in either English or Danish, according to the students´
preference.
Synopsis
The
synopsis can have between 2-6 pages (2 pages more per person
in the group, each group can be of up to 3 people). The synopsis
is a sort of "script" or "schema" in which
students outline an interesting problem they would like to be
examined about, (of course related to the course themes and
the pensum as it will be agreed with the teacher). It can be
purely theoretical, or describe an applied study or project.
Students will then have a chance to expand on it and defend
it in the oral examination in June.
The
main objective of a synopsis is to allow you to set the agenda
yourselves, so that you are examined exactly on topics that
interest you and that you are strong in. You need to relate
the topic to the content of this course somehow, as you can
always be asked about some of the course literature if there
is an obvious link with your project. The synopsis shouldn´t
tell it all, you should leave some good questions for discussion
at the oral examination.
There
are two ways to do a good synopsis, either to go the formal
way and do a "mini-paper" that proves your knowledge
of the topic, or to do it in a more essayistic way. You will
get concrete instructions on the session of the 11th March,
where an example will be presented.
-
An example of a formal-style synopsis can be downloaded here
(doc), plus the simulated "exam
script".
- This essay
(which has nothing to do with the course) could be an essayistic
synopsis
Timeline
- Send out keywords or titles about your area of interest via
email until the 18th March. Here
is a document with people´s proposals, please talk to
each other and try to make groups.
- Match-making session in the classroom to find groups- 18th
March
- First work meeting in exercises time (divide tasks and readings,
etc. you can follow Gray´s guidelines in the kompendium)-
1st April
- Further classroom work on synopsis during exercises time (you
organize it as you want, I will be there for help: 1st April,
15th April, 22nd April, 29th April.
- Deadline to give synopsis in: 30th April 2004
at noon.
