Courses, Examinations, Grading
Study is directed by national regulations of partner universities. CDE is following the ECTS grading scale, please refer to CDE conversion table of grades.
The programme contains the following course types:
Type of exam: Teacher and peer assessment of individual assignments, optionally presentations and portfolio entries, plus overview tests.
Type of exam: Assessment of individual lab assignments plus overview test. Presentation of focus topic with peer and teacher assessment.
Type of exam: Teacher and peer assessment of individual assignments, optionally presentations and portfolio entries, plus overview tests.
Type of exam: Submission of summary.
Type of exam: Presentation of seminar (project) paper with peer and teacher assessment.
Type of exam: Presentation of seminar (project) paper with peer and teacher assessment.
Type of exam: Submission of several individual and group mini-projects aiming at orientation, social environments and geomedia / geospatial communication. These projects serve as assignments graded from a combination of peer and teacher assessment.
Type of exam: Report, certificate of completion
All courses with the exception of type VO require course attendance and are continuously assessed. Lectures (VO) are assessed based on a single written or oral exam at the end of the course.
All modules listed in the CDE curriculum can be assessed through module or individual course exams (or combinations thereof) at the discretion of course instructors, nonwithstanding stated continuous assessment requirements. The teachers of courses shall, at the start of each semester, inform students appropriately of the objectives, contents and methods of their courses, and of the contents, methods and criteria of course assessment and examinations. For examinations which are executed in a single phase, examination dates shall always be set at the start, middle or end of each semester.
latest update: March 13, 2025