Universität Wien
Course Exam

210154 VO Mixed Methods: Alternating subjects (2020S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft

Monday 18.01.2021

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Examiners

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Examination topics

The content of the written exam will be the content of the lectures, the lecture slides as well as a number of academic articles, which will be highlighted in the full syllabus and in the lectures.

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment for this course is in digital format in form of a Take Home Exam. The exam questions will be uploaded on Moodle at 11am on the exam day and you will have three days to complete the exam.

The remaining exam dates are:
Monday, 28th September 2020
Monday, 16th November 2020
Monday, 18th January 2021

The exam will be a written exam in the form of short essay questions. You will be given a choice of four questions of which you need to answer two. There will be no multiple choice questions. The questions will be short answer questions to be answered in a maximum of 3 pages (in total, not per question).

The slides of the exam revision session on 18th June 2020 are uploaded on Moodle. It is highly recommended that students listen to all recorded lectures and study the reading material uploaded on Moodle in preparation for the exam.

INFORMATION FOR PREVIOUS EXAM: The exam for the first exam date (Monday, 29.06.2020) will be in digital format in the form of a Take Home Exam. The questions will be uploaded on 29.06.2020 and you will have three days to complete the exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Grading scale:
100 – 80 points: Very good/Sehr gut (1)
79 – 65 points: Good/Gut (2)
64 - 56 points: Satisfactory/Befriedigend (3)
55 - 48 points: Pass/Genügend (4)
47 - 0 points: Not satisfactory/Nicht Genügend (5)

Please note that this course is held in English. Students must be willing and able to read and understand academic literature in English. The exam will also be given in English.

Students are not required to have previous knowledge of mixed methods in social science research.

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