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:
- Other students taking a course having HMS0502?as a prerequisite
Teaching
The course is offered as digital self-study in Canvas.
Please note that the course has a digital online exam, and you must be both registered for teaching and registered for the exam for the correct semester in order to receive a passing result in Student Web.
Examination
The self-study course includes an integrated digital exam that must be passed in order to pass the course. Please note that you must be both registrered for teaching and registered for the exam in HMS0502 for the correct semester to receive a passing result in StudentWeb.
The digital exam consists of multiple-choice questions and can be taken many times. When the exam is approved in Canvas, you will receive an email with a course certificate, but the course is not considered passed until the result is visible under “Results” in StudentWeb.
Students who have not passed HMS0502 – Positive Learning Environment will not receive an approved degree from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences if HMS0502 is mandatory in the programme or a required prerequisite for courses in the degree.
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.