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AGENDA1. Program structure your first semester!

2. Exams

3. Study techniques

4. Exchange/ Electives

5. Secret Tips and Tricks

6. Questions

1. Program Structure• A bachelor = 180 ECTS points • A year = 60 ECTS points• A semester = 30 ECTS points

Courses range from 5 to 15 ECTS points

1. Program StructureWhat do you need the courses for?

• Microeconomics• Political Science• Managerial Economics

• Macroeconomics• Managerial Economics II (Investment and Finance)

these provide you with the building blocks!

2. ExamsNoone will hold your hand and do not always trust your peers! Check your exam schedule on e-campus!https://e-campus.dk/studium/studiehjemmesider/bachelor/bsc-international-business--politics/exams/1st-semester

Political Science:- Midterm: Home assignment, 7 days!- Final: Home assignment, 24 hours! (This one really is a killer)

Microeconomics: - 4 hour open book exam

Managerial Economics: - 4 hour open book exam

Later will come: • Closed book• Group work• Case based exams• Oral exams

2. Exams

• How can I prepare the best?

• Check out the exam rules!

• https://e-campus.dk/studium/eksamensregler

• Program regulations!

• https://e-campus.dk/studium/studiehjemmesider/bachelor/bsc-international-business--

politics/exams

• Course descriptions

• Formal requirements for academic papers

• VERY relevant for Political Science

• https://e-campus.dk/studium/studiehjemmesider/bachelor/bsc-international-business--politics/

formal-requirements-for-academic-papers

• Assignment bank on IBP Union Webpage

• http://ibpunion.com

2. Exams

Re-take: • Fail an exam• Strategic blank(ing)• If you pass an exam (02) you are not allowed to go to a re-take

• Advice: Do not blank more than one exam per semester• 3 attempts • Remember to register for re-take exams at the Student Hub in Dalgas

Have!

https://e-campus.dk/studium/studiehjemmesider/bachelor/bsc-international-business--politics/exams

2. Exams

• You will not get any feedback on your exams!• Political Science special in this matter

• I am unsatisfied with my grade, what do I do?• Contact your professor and ask him/ her to elaborate

• Schedule a meeting• Still unsatisfied?

• Write a complaint• The process is long and tedious• Structure your argumentation and write specific examples!• https://e-campus.dk/studium/eksamensklager

3. Study techniques

• Nothing is mandatory• Use your time most efficiently!

• What’s relevant for me?

• Why use study groups?• Academically• Socially

• Different techniques for different exams!

4. Exchange and Electives• Electives – go abroad• Choose from more than 250 CBS partner universities• Free-movers

• Admission is based on your 1st year GPA • Be aware of re-takes to be able to apply for the first distribution

round of universities abroad

• Internships can also be credit-transferred• But usually not more than 15 ECTS points

• For more information!https://e-campus.dk/intl-office

4. Exchange and Electives• GPA requirements

• https://e-campus.dk/intl-office/before-you-apply/distribution-of-places

• Advantage when it comes to “political universities”• George Washington University: 8,5• Sciences Po: 9,3

• TOEFL test• No later than mid-November• Expires after two years

4. Exchange and Electives• One of the many implications of ”Fremdriftsreformen”

• You have to finish your bachelor within 3 years• Cannot study bachelor courses after you have finished your

bachelor• Look ahead when choosing your electives

• E.g. ”MSc in Finance and Investments”

5. Secret Tips and Tricks• Facebook groups: • Your year group

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/274468179404817/?fref=ts• IBP Union (the organization)

• https://www.facebook.com/pages/IBP-Union/363682007078718?fref=ts

• IBP Union (Group for students)• https://www.facebook.com/groups/287434202123/?fref=ts

• IBP Books• https://www.facebook.com/groups/413079312100288/?fref=ts

• And a billion others if you become involved in stuff

5. Secret Tips and Tricks

• Make sure you enroll for every semester!• You will get reminders

• CBS Careercenter• http://careergate.cbs.dk

• Visit the CBS Careercenter for personal ”career counseling”

5. Secret Tips and Tricks

• In times of panic…• Organizational/admin matters: Study secretariat

• Stine Britta Gregersen: sbg.stu@cbs.dk• Tina Østergaard: toe.stu@cbs.dk

• Severe matters: Study board student representative

Coming up at IBP Union• Guest lecture with Morten Messerschmidt this Friday!

• Company visit• IBM• October

• Knowledge Sharing Event• Much more about exchange and summer school• 6th of November

• Linking Minds Case Competition• March 2015

• AND REMEMBER! WE ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE AMONG YOU GUYS!• See Emma’s post in your year group

6. Questions