HOW ARE CS COURSES ORGANISED? Jyrki Nummenmaa jyrki@cs.uta.fi http://www.cs.uta.fi/~jyrki/studyingCS.ppt

Seeing your teachers Each teacher has a regular ”surgery hour” (which, of course, may be cancelled due to a trip, illness,...) It is usually a better idea to settle an individual time for seeing the teacher, in particular for ”bigger” conversations, like thesis work, etc... At our department, electronic mail is often the most convenient way to contact the teachers

”Official” forms of study work Lectures (Weekly) exercises Demonstrations Coursework Essays Seminar works Group supervision Individual supervision Exams an oral examination may also somtimes be possible MSc thesis work All this requires indivdual work: reading, proglem solving, programming, writing, ...

Lectures ”Traditional” Typically not compulsory to attend – but you should somehow be aware of what the lectures contained

Weekly exercises Exercises are given several days ahead At the session, the teacher collects of who has solved what Students are to present solutions When all the exercises are dealt with, the session is usually over Some percentage of the exercises may be compulsory, or give bonus exam points

Weekly exercises / 2 Sometimes it is possible to hand in written solutions and skip the session. Sometimes you need to have a reason for this. If this is necessary for your schedule, contact the teacher in advance.

Coursework(s) Separate assignment Separate schedules

Exams (cs, maths, statistics) Typically the following rules hold: Exam time 4 hours. You may leave after 30 mins. Some exams allow you to have written material and some don’t – check up! Typically a re-sit possibility at the start of the following term.

A typical course module Weekly lectures Weekly exercises Courswork Exam