HMS0502 – Positive Learning Environment

Course content

A good learning environment demands more than excellent lectures and learning materials. This course will help you reflect on what constitutes a good learning environment and how we all contribute to creating this environment.

Learning outcome

After completing the course you should have knowledge of:

• Common stressors that can prevent learning and how to avoid them
• How to develop good study habits
• What you should do if you become aware a serious incident (whistle blowing)

Admission to the course

The course is compulsory for:

• New students in the following bachelor's programmes:
  • All bachelor's programmes at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science
• New students in the following 5-year master's programmes:
  • Farmasi?(1. avdeling)
  • Lektorprogrammet, programme option Realfag
• New students in following Master's programmes:
  • Bioscience
  • Farmasi?(2. avdeling)
  • Physics
  • Geosciences
  • Chemistry
  • Materials Science?for Energy and Nanotechnology
• Other students taking a course having HMS0502?as a prerequisite

Teaching

The course is an individual online course. The course is available on a smart phone, PC, Mac or tablet.

You need to be registered for the course and exam in Student Web to complete the online digital exam.

Examination

The online course includes an online digital exam that you need to pass, to successfully complete the course. Please note that you will have to be registered for the course in StudentWeb to complete the exam. You have to wait until the day after you have been registered for the course to take the test.

The digital exam is multiple choice and you can take the exam more than once. When you have passed the exam you will receive an email confirming you have passed the course.

If HMS0502 is a?degree requirement or a formal prerequisite for any of the courses in your degree, you will not get your degree approved until you have passed the course.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.

More about examinations at UiO

• Use of sources and citations
• How to use AI as a student
• Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
• Withdrawal from an exam
• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Explanation of grades and appeals
• Resitting an exam
• Cheating/attempted cheating

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.