A question for those who know about UoL tests.

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by St.Jayne, Mar 25, 2006.

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  1. St.Jayne

    St.Jayne New Member

    For example:

    "Each unit of the BA degree in Philosophy will be examined by one three-hour unseen written paper."

    A three hour paper? How long do they expect it to be? Is there an example somewhere of what they would expect? Thanks.
     
  2. tcmak

    tcmak New Member

    This means the examination would be conducted in 3 hours and you cannot bring any study material for the examination. Also the examination is a written examination, not any oral or any other kind.

    Hmm... I am not very sure if I can answer your question. But can I know what do you want to know about exam?
     
  3. St.Jayne

    St.Jayne New Member

    I guess my concern is how 3 hours is (seems to me to be) a lot of time to write a paper "off the cuff". I guess I would like to know if there are "X" number of pages they would expect. Is it truely "hand written" or can you use a computer. If you can use a computer can you use "MS Word" or similar software? I guess there are other quesions, but those are the ones that come to mind.
     
  4. tcmak

    tcmak New Member

    Nevermind, let me try my best to answer those you have in mind at the moment. But my answers are based on what I experienced with my MBA degree with IC. I guess you may have more when you see my answers:

    1) Handwritten, be prepared to practise your handwriting......tidiness and speed

    2) Num. of pages they expect, sorry I really don't know. That really depends on a number of factors.... e.g. the number of questions you need to answer, the more the questions, the fewer of X I believe.

    With my speed of handwriting, I managed to write 2 pages (a page of around A4 size, they have a specification on the answer book) per (Essay type) question ... and I have to answer 4 questions in the exam.

    Again, this is only my experience, based on what I had with my MBA programme, though I guess they are more or less similar as they are under the same system.
     

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