Examinations
Prerequisites for awarding of credit points are:
- Examination registration via KLIPS.
If you have missed the deadline for examination registration you cannot achieve credit points and you will have to repeat the exam for the module. - Timely submission of the respective partial examinations in accordance with MHB via ILIAS.
- The passing of partial examinations (e.g. presentation / written exam), which are specified in the module handbook as well as in KLIPS.
- Please pay attention to the module assignment of the courses. If you have passed a module examination, you cannot take a second examination in this module.
In case of illness
If your are unable to attend the examination dates (including partial examinations) due to illness, the corresponding rules of the examination office apply. You will find information on the withdrawal from an exam on the homepage of the examination office https://wiso.uni-koeln.de/en/faculty/managing-board/examination-office/2015-2021-examination-regulations/information-about-examinations/subsequent-withdrawal
Periods of illness occurring before the deadline for submission cannot be taken into account; i.e., the respective deadline cannot be extended.
Preparation of written exam papers
The exact form of the examination in the module can be found in the module handbook.
In order to pass the examination, at least two written performances must be submitted. No individual grade is awarded for the individual performances; only one overall grade is permitted.
The portfolios (including a scan of the declaration (Eigenständigkeitserklärung) with your recognizable handwritten signature with the last submission) are submitted electronically via ILIAS. An electronic signature is not permitted.
The declaration should be uploaded in a .docx or .pdf file with the last submission at the latest.
The examining person may have the work electronically stored and processed in anonymized form for the purpose of review and in order to check your paper for plagiarism.
Under the link further below you will find a sample title page for your uploads/papers as well as the text of the declaration, which you must sign and attach to your paper (the German version is requested!). With your signature you confirm that you wrote your paper on your own, that all sources and other tools you have used are indicated in your bibliography, and that all quotations are marked.
It is no longer possble to submit printed term papers in the library.
- title page
- you will find the mandatory text for the declaration here (German) / here (English).
The relevant criterion for evaluating scientifc work is its content. Comprehensibilty and plausibilty of the content is ensured, however, if writers observe certain formal standards. Please follow the formal guidelines for term papers of the Department of Sociology and Social Psychology of the University of Cologne (see above, Information about deadlines and courses.)