Take-home exam (3 hp)

Each one of the answered questions will be marked with grades A-F. The final grade for the entire exam will be the average grade of all questions. If necessary the final grade will be translated to another grading scale.

The exam from spring term 2008 can be found here.

Grading Criteria

The grade Fx will be given individual students who has, with small exceptions, reached the grade E, without serious errors regarding facts, serious language errors, typos or other errors due to sloppiness.

The grade E will be given individual students who has shown that all relevant course goals have been reached and has motivated his or her answers in a correct way while referring correctly to the sources used to support the argumentation.

The grade D will be given individual students who has reached the grade E and has shown in the answers that he or she can see relevant connections between the different course goals showing the ability to make non-trivial comparisons (if applicable).

The grade C will be given individual students who has reached the grade D and also goes beyont the course literature to deepen his or her answers in a relevant way.

The grade B will be given individual students who has reached the grade C and also independently, from his or her own opinions (motivated and well underbuilt) can critisise and value things in a relevant manner.

The grade A will be given individual students who has reached the grade B and also makes nuanced analyses in his or her answers, e.g. draws parallells and can make strong connect between answers and theory.

In addition to the above will the grade C and higher never be given to a student showing big errors due to sloppiness, e.g. serious errors in facts, serious language errors (like broken sentences or spelling errors). The grade A will never be given to a student showing obvious errors in facts or obviously bad language.