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Modes of control and examinations
The modules : The reform puts progressively an end
to the UV (Credits, corresponding to every taught subject). This
one sometimes condemned the students who did not obtain the average
in a compulsory UV to start again all the courses to get to the
superior year. Henceforth, in most universities, the courses are
organized in modules : they are
" coherent groups of courses ", containing some Learning Units (UE)
corresponding to the former UV. Let us take an example : The Sociology
Deug can contain a module of social sciences made up of two ECs,
economy and political sciences. The compensation of the subjects
inside a module is without any eliminatory mark. A Deug must now
be made up of between 6 and 12 modules on 2 years.
The modules can be gathered, that is once they are acquired, they
are definitely acquired. They can also compensate one another according
to specific rules in each university.
Extreme case :
the modules cannot compensate one another. It is necessary to obtain
an average mark of 10 in each one ;
the modules can be compensated completely. The total average counts.
This system is not wide spread over the universities.
Between these two extremes, universities have the choice between
different possible configurations. Please, inquire on the system
current in your fac and for your subject.
You have the right only to three administrative registrations to
obtain your Deug. Nevertheless, the President of the university
has the power to grant one or two derogations for one added year,
on condition, naturally, that your file is significant.
Be careful : all the registrations count. If you start three first
years of Deug in various subjects, it means three administrative
registrations.
Two types of modules :
the compulsory modules for the chosen discipline. The languages
(data processing, written and oral expression according to the subject)
and a foreign language are compulsory modules in all Deug ;
the optional modules, that is those which you will have to choose
in a list set by the university. The optional modules can be chosen
for different reasons : to improve in your own matter, to complete
or diversify your training, to open possibilities of reorientation.
A sound piece of advice : during the teaching registrations, try
to work out a balanced programme thanks to the optional modules.
Do not hesitate to choose modules which are said to be difficult.
They are often a obliged passage for those who want to continue
in the degree's year then in Master's degree.
Examinations : At the university,
there are two big modes of assessment :
the continuous assessment (close to the system practised in the
French secondary education) : the teachers give notes all year round,
through written or oral questioning and within the framework of
the TD or TP. You also take exams at the end of every half of the
year : the " partial " examinations in February - March and the
exams of the end of year ;
the final control : all the exams are gathered together late in
the year. There is so no control, or partial examination during
the academic year.
In certain universities, both modes of control are combined : certain
modules are estimated thanks to the continuous assessment, the others
thanks to the final control. Some universities will give you the
choice in exams ; the others impose the continuous assessment or,
on the contrary, organize only partial examinations. An piece of
advice : if your university allows you to choose the modality in
exams, opt for the continuous assessment. This system obliges you
to better organize your personal work and to supply a regular effort
all year round. That will increase your chances of success.
Rights as regards examinations
: The current reform strengthened the rights of the students,
especially in exams. Let us quote the main ones :
the methods of assessment (final or continuous, rules of compensation
of modules…) should be explained to the students one month at the
latest after the beginning of the classes and can not be modified
later ;
the jury which delivers the diploma is made up of three persons
instead of the only one previously ;
every student is entitled to two sessions of exams separated with
two months minimum. The second session, often said " retake ", takes
generally place in September, before the beginning of the courses.
Be careful : the statistics
show that in a general way, the second session is more difficult
than the first one. The teachers are often more severe and the students
can, in certain cases, lose the profit of the continuous assessment.
Add to this the difficulty to revise during the summer holidays…
The second session can finally " catch up " only those for whom
a very limited number of subjects to retake remains.
The reform also confirmed certain number of rights : communication
of marks after the proclamation of the results, access on request
to the corrected copies and possibility of an interview with a professor…
But it is never easy to dispute the decisions of the university.
If you think you have been the object of an inequitable assessment,
ask for the support of a student association.
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