Time flies!

Unbelievable, its already May! Wish the weather would be better, one day we had 27°C, but lately its around 12-14°C and raining.. At least this way I have some time to do stuff for the courses. Unlike in Germany, I have to do a lot during the semester. In Germany usually I only have written tests at the end of the semester (well, in my Bachelor that was usually the case). I want to give a quick overview of the examination for my courses here in Wroclaw:

• Polish Language: Well, you attend the lectures/classes and at the end you have a written test.
• Strategic Management: The course is divided into 2 parts, computer lab and lectures. The lab is some kind of workshop which was a simulation of running a company (the game is called marketplace6), 50% of the final grade depends on the lab, the other 50% depends on your results in a written test at the end of the semester.
• Financial Risk Management: Just a test.
• Organizational Behavior: I have workshops with a written test at the end of the semester. Also I have to write an essay about a specific topic.
• Green Economy: Written essay as a group about a specific topic and a presentation.
• Decision Analysis for Management: Case study as a group, you have to present the results with a presentation and hand in a report about the case (kinda your solution for the case study), also a test at the end of the semester.
• Leadership in Business: You have to attend workshops (5 in total) where you are working on different tasks as a team. At the end of the semester you have an Oxford debtate and a written test.

In general, the system is quite interesting, it actually takes some pressure off you. I rather do things step by step during the semester, instead of writing a 2 hour test at the end of the semester, where you try to learn as much as possible during the week before the test. As most of my courses are only for erasmus, the groups are quite small, that gives you the possiblity to have a different examination than a 2 hour written test. But if you are a person, who prefers to be lazy during the semester, then you have to adapt. Change is good.