Winter Term 2016/17 (Obtaining Credits)

Obtaining Credits Winter Term 2016/17

You should prepare 2 presentations (some text, films and photos), which you moderate (ask questions, comment on your friends’ opinions) during one week of the course. Moreover, each week you read/watch and comment on/ discuss your colleagues’ presentations.

Send me your presentations at least a week before the date of their publication.

Each week of our work finishes on Sunday at 11:55 p.m.

1. 03.10-09.10.2016

2. 10.10-16.10.2016

3. 17.10-23.10.2016

4. 24.10-30.10.2016

5. 07.11-13.11.2016

6. 14.11-20.11.2016

7. 21.11-27.11.2016

8. 28.11-04.12.2016

9. 05.12-11.12.2016

10. 12.12-18.12.2016

11. 09.01-15.01.2017

12. 16.01-22.01.2017

Your presentation should:

consist of text (ca. 400 words).
include photos, videos (only in English).
be interesting to read, watch and comment on. If I do not like the topic, I can ask you to prepare a new presentation.
be submitted in the Word file or the Google docs (no PDF files).
include the sources used.
not offend anyone’s beliefs.

Ignorance of the rules will result in the course failure.

Attention!

I will not evaluate any presentation sent to me after the deadline.

I will not accept any excuses.

I will not accept plagiarism

What constitutes plagiarism?

http://www2.leeward.hawaii.edu/resources/plagiarism/02WhatIs.htm

http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k70847&pageid=icb.page342054

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