Courses and Exams

Autumn Semester 2014

Intro Presentation

Agenda

CBS Campus
The International Office
Courses - Schedules and Final Registration
E-campus, CBS Learn and IT
CBS Teaching Culture
Exams and Grades
Traveling

The CBS Campus

Bicycle

Metro

CBS Campus
Dalgas
Have
Kilen

Flintholm

Porcelnshaven

Solbjerg
Plads

CBS International Office

Dalgas Have 15, 2nd floor

Exchange Crew
Buddy Crew

Housing Office
Reception

CEMS / DD Offices

CPR registration for EU citizens

1 2 September

Stephanie Hadler

For Graduates at CBS International:

Graduate Academic Advisors
Stephanie Hadler and Charlotte Inouye
Office: 2V041 and 2V040
CEMS and Double Degree
Rene Barseghian, Wafa el Moumi Nielsen
Offices: 2V033 and 2V034
General Questions:
Reception: 2V.020
Lisbeth and Ulla

Checking your Schedule

calendar.cbs.dk
Can use it to:
Find your schedules
Find out if a location changes
Change the courses you see

Cannot use it to:

Change your course registration!
Remember: its a BETA version

Schedules and breaks

Lectures: 45 minutes
10-minute break between each lecture

Schedules and breaks

Lectures: 45 minutes
10-minute break between each lecture

Course Registration
Requirement: 30 ECTS
Most courses: 7.5 ECTS, so 4 @ 7.5
More than 30 ECTS? Less than 30 ECTS?
approval needed from your university
All registration, dropping and adding only at CBS
International Office
In person or via mail
grad@cbs.dk

Changing courses
Overbooked courses
Why cant I get a spot?
What if I ask the professor?
Why cant I change sections?
Once a course starts, we cannot add.
Waiting lists are there? How to they work?

Who does what during the semester?

CBS International Office:
Course registration Final course registration form must be handed
in at the Reception Dalgas Have 15, 2V020.
We point you in the right direction

Student Hub:
Hand in of e-campus forms and exams
General advice on course matters
Course secretary:
Exam registration and exam planning

Your Important Semester Dates

28 August 8 September:

Final Round to Drop/Add Courses

8 September:

Deadline for Final Course Registration

Fallbreak: 14 20October

Week 42: Check class and exam

schedules!!

23 December :

Last possible date that exams can be

schedules

1 February:

Transcripts sent to home university

CBS e-campus:
www.e-campus.dk
Timetable / Calendar
CBSLearn
Online Student Service:
Course enrolment
Exam enrolment
Exam results
Webmail
Exam / retake schedule
Course / program secretariats

E-campus how to find

Information about elective courses:
Looking exam schedules
Exam schedules are not yet ready

Exam dates should be published midOctober

Contact:
Student Hub, Dalgas Have
valgfag.stu@cbs.dk

E-campus how to find

1) Look up the program

homepage
2) Look up the concentration
3) Look up the exam schedule
(posted in October)
Contact:
Student Hub / Own secretariat

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CBS LEARN
learn.cbs.dk

Questions for IT Helpdesk

Courses missing on CBS Learn
Dropped courses still showing on CBS
Learn
Cannot access calendar.cbs.dk
Need to reset your password every 3 mo!
More IT help here: help.student.cbs.dk
Further questions: help@student.cbs.dk

Teaching Culture

Addressing Professors casual?

Class Discussions
Group Work

CBS Academic Experience

The role of the Danish University Lecturer
Two-way communication
Supervisor and discussion partner
Expect to be contradicted academically and
constructively
Expect discussions and active participation
from students
Role is to get students to LEARN and THINK
not memorize and repeat

CBS Academic Experience

ALL CBS EXAMINATION TYPES
Written exam
Completed at
home

Written & oral exam

Evaluation of written
project/assignment/case/
exam
1.

Completed at
home with an oncampus exam

On-campus exam

Oral exam

2.

Evaluation of written
exam
With or without aids (e.g.
books, Internet, etc.)

Defense of written
project only
Exam based on both
written project &
class curriculum
Oral exam
1. Can be based on
written synopsis or not
2. With or without prep
time
a. If with prep time,
can be with or
without aids

Oral Exams General advice

Listen to the questions carefully before
answering
If unclear ask for clarification!
Supplement your answer with an argument
Offer different perspectives on the topic (some
might be critical or used for the purpose of
contrast)
Bring in different authors (various viewpoints)
Discuss related issues
Explain relationships of relevance (equations,
influencers)
Take the lead

Oral Exams CBS video

studentlife.cbs.dk/see-video/#videos=649

Written Exams general advice

Think carefully before you start writing

Think about the structure / outline of your answer
Think about application of theories
You may point out relevant issues
that you do not intend to cover in your answer
Keep your messages clear and concise
Present your conclusion clearly and unambiguously
Before exam ask teacher for example
of a good structure and answer

Managing Exams CBS video

studentlife.cbs.dk/see-video/#videos=642

Exams practical advice

Where is the exam?
Bring CBS Student ID card
Come Early
Written: 30 minutes minimum
Oral: maybe even an hour
What is a Proctor?

Exam Rules - follow them

No flexibility with deadlines.
A late hand-in will NOT be accepted.
No retake possible
Possible to apply for dispensation, but
(extremely) rarely given!

What is Plagiarism?

State your Sources: Books, journals,

websites, direct quotes, paraphrasing.
Otherwise, it is plagiarism

http://www.en.stopplagiat.nu/

Danish Grading Scale

Grade

Verbal Description

12

For an excellent performance displaying a high level of command of all aspects of the
relevant material, with no or only a few minor weaknesses

10

For a very good performance displaying a high level of command of most aspects of the
relevant material, with only minor weaknesses

For a good performance displaying good command of the relevant material but also some
weaknesses

For a fair performance displaying some command of the relevant material but also some
major weaknesses

02

For a performance meeting only the minimum requirements for acceptance

--Lowest Passing Grade--

00

For a performance which does not meet the minimum requirements for acceptance
--Failure--

-3

For a performance which is unacceptable in all respects

--Failure

Pass-fail requirement?
Think about it!

Official ECTS Grade Comparison*

Danish

ECTS

Verbal

12

10

Excellent

Very Good

Good

02

Satisfactory

00

Fx

Fail

-3

F
* Ministerial Order no. 250 of 15 March 2007

After the exam...

A worst case scenario.

Retake examination

CBS allows three exam sits

Only if failure or medical documentation
Retakes in January/February
Must hand in form to Student Hub by the
deadline!
If abroad, contact CBS academic
advisors!

Career Center in CBS e-campus

Company Events - Recruiting

career.cbs.dk/events/
CBS Career Fair: October

When you travel

- on the weekend or during a break....
1. Where you will be
2. How long you will be
gone
3. What flight or train
4. Where staying
5. All is deleted at semester
end!

travel.intoff@cbs.dk