Rules and Procedures 2020

What do we expect you to do?/What do you have to do to pass the course?

  • Presence and active oral participation: a maximum of two missing interactive slots during the semester. Since the course is online, we expect your participation. Should there be any technical problems, we will adjust this condition.
  • Participation in role-playing: You have to prepare the arguments for your role to play within one week. In every role-play, each role-group has a major speaker in the discussion (see Role-playing). Each student has to be a major speaker for at least one time.
  • Documentation on the blog: Each student has to prepare at least one post in the blog. You can freely choose your topic. However, we expect you to write 300-600 words. In preparation for the essay, you have to write in the end, it is usefull to structure your blog entry around a hypothesis. Start by formulating one, have a strong story-line and structure and come to a conclusion.
  • Commenting: Each of you has to comment on the blog posts of a fellow student at least once. Please comment on the argumentation and the letter in general or show a different line of argumentation. Before you do so, please read the feedback rules.

Essay: at the end of the course you have to prepare an essay about:

“How does X deal with uncertainty regarding the” 2-degrees limit “? How could the handling be improved? ” or a different topic. The essay is due to tbs and will be graded. The total grade is your grade of the essay +/-  up to 1.0 depending on your oral participation in class and your blog entries. Since we are planning an individual meeting on your essay question, you must send us a first draft of the structure of your essay and question by July 7th. Reminders, grading criteria and guidelines for the report will be provided in advance.

Here is what you need to do again in a nutshell:

  • not miss more than 2 interactive slots !!!!!
  • be the major speaker of a role-group in at least one role-play
  • prepare at least one individual blog entry
  • comment at least once the blog post of someone else
  • write an essay until X (will be graded)