Quoting Frank from 02:17, 13th Jan 2007
What has the history of the exam setup been in St Andrews, was it changed to this way because another was unworkable, perhaps?
Quoting n01 from 08:09, 13th Jan 2007
i'd also prefer to have exams before xmas but i brought this up last year and it was shot down quite harshly. thinking about it, i think it's brought up nearly every year.
Quoting hmmmhaveabanana from 17:55, 13th Jan 2007
We need one week's revision week and one and a half weeks for the exams. That makes 2 and a half weeks.
Quoting abc123 from 18:39, 13th Jan 2007
what we dont need is a 4 month bleeding summer to bum about and forget everything related to our course.....
i know there's reasons for it but still....i could use an extra 2 months to actually try to learn things!
Quoting Al from 10:01, 13th Jan 2007Quoting Frank from 02:17, 13th Jan 2007
What has the history of the exam setup been in St Andrews, was it changed to this way because another was unworkable, perhaps?
Well, before semesterisation - back in the days when the academic year started in October and was divided into three terms - some exams were held at the end of each of the first two terms and in the middle of the third. Back then there were two types of exam: class exams (held each term) and degree exams (held at the end of the year). If a sub-honours student did well enough in their written work and class exams then they could get an "exemption" from sitting their end of year exams.
Quoting Orcas from 21:32, 13th Jan 2007
Or we could use some of that summer time as term time and get our degree in less time. Now that'd I'd like.
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