MBIB4230 Information Retrieval Course description

Individuell skriftlig eksamen under tilsyn, 4 timer

The course presupposes knowledge from the bachelor courses BIB3210/BIB3220/BIB3230 or BIB3240/BIB3250/BIB3260.

Studenten har anledning til å ha med seg ett A4-ark med egne notater på arkets ene side som er relevante for eksamen. Notatene kan være håndskrevet eller maskinskrevet, men skal ikke inneholde kopi/bilde fra bøker/faglitteratur.

Gradert karakterskala A-F

Hver besvarelse vurderes av én intern og én ekstern sensor.

The following coursework requirements must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

1. Either a report on a laboratory assignment or an essay on one or more of the course subtopics, written either individually or in groups of 2-3 students, to be submitted at the end of the course. Written individually, the essay will have a scope of 15 pages, written in group the scope will be 20 pages. For a laboratory assignment the scope will be approx. 10 pages written individually, and approx. 12 pages written in a group. The topic of the assignment is chosen in cooperation with a course teacher.
2. Presentation of the term-paper/laboratory report at the end of the course. Each student/group uploads a draft of the assignments text. Each student is assigned an opposition of one of the other students' assignments' drafts. Each presentation is assigned 20 minutes that include the presentation of the assignment (up to 10 minutes), a comment by the opponent (up to 5 minutes) and any questions from the audience (up to 5 minutes). Students are given a week to improve their paper based on the comments. In case restrictions prohibit physical attendance, the oral opposition is replaced by an opposition note of 1-2 pages.

All required coursework must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam. If one or more coursework requirements have not been approved, the student will be given the opportunity to submit an improved version once by the given deadline.

Individual written assignment; the student shall, within the prescribed time limit deliver an individual written 3 days home assignment of 20000 characters +/- 10 per cent. Font and font size: Arial / Calibri 12pkt. Line spacing: 1.5.

The student may choose English or Norwegian as examination language

All examination support materials are permitted. However, sources must be stated in accordance with applicable rules for source references.

Grading scale A-F.

All exam papers are graded by one internal and one external examiner.

Michael Preminger