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1. 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
1.'Program'structure''
Courses range from 5 to 15 ECTS points
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1. Program Structure
1.'Program'structure'
What do you need the courses for?
• Microeconomics
do'you'need'the'courses'for?''
• Political Science
tical'science''
• Managerial Economics
nagerial'Economics'
• Macroeconomics
roeconomics''
• Managerial Economics II (Investment and Finance)
Lectures$–$Exercises$–$Workshops$–$Tutorials...$$$
 these provide you with the building blocks!
2. Exams
Noone 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
2.Exams'H''Types'
Political Science:
- Midterm: Home assignment, 7 days!
- Final: Home assignment, 24 hours! (This one really is a killer)
Always'(ind'your'exam'schedule'on'e4campus!'
Microeconomics:
1st'semester:'
- 4 hour open bookoexam
o Political'science:''
o Managerial'economics:''
Economics:
o Microeconomics''
Managerial
- 4 hour open book exam
o https://eHcampus.dk/studium/studiehjemmesider/bachelor/bsc_ibp/exam/
examHplans'
Later will come:
• Closed book
• Group work
• Case based exams
• Oral exams
o Later'will'come:''
o Oral'exams'
o Closed'book'
o Group'work''
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-internationalbusiness--politics/exams
• Course descriptions
• Formal requirements for academic papers
• VERY relevant for Political Science
• https://e-campus.dk/studium/studiehjemmesider/bachelor/bsc-internationalbusiness--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
3.'Study'techniques''
• oNothing
is mandatory
Where'to'study''
Use your time most efficiently!
o•Why'use'study'groups?'
• What’s relevant for me?
o Academically'
o Socially'
• Why use study groups?
o When'to'use'study'groups?''
•
•
Academically
Socially
o Exams''
o Courses'
o Different'techniques'for'different'exams''
• 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/IBPUnion/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