Guru
Date of registration: Dec 11th 2001
Location: Hämelerwald
Occupation: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Forschungszentrum L3S, TU Braunschweig)
Do not take an English class. Such a course won't look good on your master's certificate ...Quoted
Original von Phill
Anyway, is there any kind of recommended mixture of Vorlesungen and Seminars?
I really don't look forward to the Seminars, because of the requirement for presenting a topic. I'd prefer to have a semester to get used to the language and to take an upper level German course for practice, but it seems like taking only Vorlesungen would be difficult--although I plan on taking KI:1 which is a lower level course and Compiler Construction, which I already have some experience with, so they should be pretty easy... And I'm thinking about taking an English class
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Any recommendations?
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Original von Joachim
Do not take an English class. Such a course won't look good on your master's certificate ...
In general, there is no recommendation what courses to take in the master's program. My personal recommendation is that you choose two or (at most) three fields ("Fächer") of your interest in that you take (nearly) every course possible. This will give your studies a clear direction. Additionally I can recommend you to make a complete list of courses you want take in the whole master's program before you start. This avoids "design errors". Also you should have a look at the requirements stated in the Prüfungsordnung and Studienordnung, see http://www.uni-hannover.de/de/studium/st…atik/ordnungen/ for details.
Guru
Date of registration: Dec 11th 2001
Location: Hämelerwald
Occupation: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Forschungszentrum L3S, TU Braunschweig)
Then take just a single seminar in the first semester to get accustomed to it.Quoted
Original von Phill
yeah, I've planned out a few areas of concentration, but I'm mainly concerned with this first semester. I just don't know if I want to have to give 3-4 presentations my first semester. I know it's not that bad, but I just don't feel too great about it.
I've seen a lot of really painful presentations in the last years but most of the presenters passed the course.Quoted
How terrible would a presentation have to be to cause someone to fail a seminar?
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Original von Joachim
Then take just a single seminar in the first semester to get accustomed to it.Quoted
Original von Phill
yeah, I've planned out a few areas of concentration, but I'm mainly concerned with this first semester. I just don't know if I want to have to give 3-4 presentations my first semester. I know it's not that bad, but I just don't feel too great about it.
I've seen a lot of really painful presentations in the last years but most of the presenters passed the course.Quoted
How terrible would a presentation have to be to cause someone to fail a seminar?
You should be well prepared when giving the presentation and able to ask questions about the topic. Then nobody will complain about it.
I think that some professors really would like to have an English presentation in their seminar. You should ask about that. Nearly every scientific publication in computer science is written in English today.
Guru
Date of registration: Dec 11th 2001
Location: Hämelerwald
Occupation: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Forschungszentrum L3S, TU Braunschweig)
Usually the Vorlesungsverzeichnis gets published 2–4 weeks before the first day of each semester. You will find it here then.Quoted
Original von Phill
I've been trying to plan my schedule for this semester, but only a couple of courses have updated information about the courses, so I can't really plan anything yet. When do class times and such usually get updated?
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I'd prefer to have a semester to get used to the language and to take an upper level German course for practice, but it seems like taking only Vorlesungen would be difficult.
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Original von Phill
How terrible would a presentation have to be to cause someone to fail a seminar?
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Original von Phill
I'd prefer to have a semester to get used to the language and to take an upper level German course for practice, but it seems like taking only Vorlesungen would be difficult.
Why you don't practice here? Man muss nicht immer Kurse belegen um etwas zu lernen. Vorallem der Kontakt zu deutschsprachigen wird mehr helfen.