Survey Knowledge exams in faculty A

Your PhD representatives in faculty A want to find a better solution regarding the knowledge exams for PhD students with non-agricultural or Non-EU Master degrees. If you had to do knowledge exams in faculty A, please fill the survey.

For any questions or suggestions regarding the survey or the topic in general, please contact sarah.graf@uni-hohenheim.de

Why did you need to do a knowledge exam?

Non-agricultural degree

Degree from outside EU (or Switzerland, Norway, UK, Canada, USA, Australia or New Zealand)

I didn’t have to take one

Did you know about the knowledge exams when you applied for you PhD position?

Yes

Who choose in which modules you would do your knowledge exams?

Me and my professor

My professor

Someone else

If you selected "Someone else" above, please describe what person deceided::

How where the modules chosen?

I chose them myself from the module catalogue based on my interests.

I chose what my professor recommended.

I chose the same as another PhD student.

They were chosen for me.

The following questions refer to the first module you did a knowledge exam in.

Module 1: Please name the module did you take the exam in:

Module 1: Which subject area best categorizes the module?

Agronomy

Ecology

Economy

Engineering

Interdisciplinary Science

Livestock science

Natural Sciences

Other

Module 1: If you selected "Other", what subject area does the module belong to?

Module 1: What form did the knowledge exam have?

I participated in the general exam with the master students.

A professor offered an examination interview upon my request.

A professor verified I had the knowledge after reviewing my transcripts.

Other

Module 1: If you selected "Other", please describe the form of the knowledge exam.

Module 1: Did you attend lectures for the knowledge exam?

Yes, almost all lectures

Yes, more than half of the lectures

Yes, occasionally

No.

Module 1: What was the reason you attended the lectures?

because I was told I had to.

because I wanted to learn.

I didn’t attend any lectures.

Module 1: How many hours/days did the preparation of the exam take you? (Including lectures, studying and the exam itself?) Please indicate whether your figure is in hours or days!

Module 1: Did you gain new agriculture-related knowledge by doing the exam, that is relevant for your research? How has it helped your PhD project?

The following questions refer to the second module you did a knowledge exam in.

Module 2: Please name the module did you take the exam in:

Module 2: Which subject area best categorizes the module?

Agronomy

Ecology

Economy

Engineering

Interdisciplinary Science

Livestock science

Natural Sciences

Other

Module 2: If you selected "Other", what subject area does the module belong to?

Module 2: What form did the knowledge exam have?

I participated in the general exam with the master students.

A professor offered an examination interview upon my request.

A professor verified I had the knowledge after reviewing my transcripts.

Other

Module 2: If you selected "Other", please describe the form of the knowledge exam.

Module 2: Did you attend lectures for the knowledge exam?

Yes, almost all lectures

Yes, more than half of the lectures

Yes, occasionally

No.

Module 2:What was the reason you attended the lectures?

because I was told I had to.

because I wanted to learn.

I didn’t attend any lectures

Module 2: How many hours/days did the preparation of the exam take you? (Including lectures, studying and the exam itself?) Please indicate whether your figure is in hours or days!

Module 2: Did you gain new agriculture-related knowledge by doing the exam, that is relevant for your research? How has it helped your PhD project?

The following questions refer to the third module you did a knowledge exam in.

Module 3: Please name the module did you take the exam in:

Module 3: Which subject area best categorizes the module?

Agronomy

Ecology

Economy

Engineering

Interdisciplinary Science

Livestock science

Natural Sciences

Other

Module 3: If you selected "Other", what subject area does the module belong to?

Module 3: What form did the knowledge exam have?

I participated in the general exam with the master students.

A professor offered an examination interview upon my request.

A professor verified I had the knowledge after reviewing my transcripts.

Other

Module 3: If you selected "Other", please describe the form of the knowledge exam.

Module 3: Did you attend lectures for the knowledge exam?

Yes, almost all lectures

Yes, more than half of the lectures

Yes, occasionally

No.

Module 3: What was the reason you attended the lectures?

because I was told I had to.

because I wanted to learn.

I didn’t attend any lectures

Module 3: How many hours/days did the preparation of the exam take you? (Including lectures, studying and the exam itself?) Please indicate whether your figure is in hours or days!

Module 3: Did you gain new agriculture-related knowledge by doing the exam, that is relevant for your research? How has it helped your PhD project?

Now we want your opinion!

If you could decide on the faculty’s policy on knowledge exams, what would you suggest

Leave the current policy.

Let the supervisor decide if a knowledge exam is necessary.

Abolish the knowledge exams.

Other

If you selected "Other", please elaborate your suggestion:

Do you have any other comment on the issue?

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