General guidelines for mandatory assignments
A mandatory assignment is a task that must be completed and approved for the student to be eligible for exam. Mandatory assignments will either be approved or not approved, and will not influence the final grade awarded in the course.
The number of mandatory assignments in a course shall be available on the course semester page at the start of the semester. All mandatory assignments are normally to be completed and approved in the same semester.
The expectations for the assignment shall be clear from the phrasing of the assignment.
Handing in mandatory assignments
The assignment must be handed in before the deadline stated in the assignment text. Hand ins after the deadline will not be accepted, except for postponements as described under the headlines «Illness and extended deadline» below.
Hand ins are usually done in Canvas in the form of one PDF file. Scans must be easily readable. Hand ins that do not fulfill these criteria will usually not be accepted.
The hand in must include name, course, date/year and assignment number.
Cooperation
The Department of Physics encourage the students to cooperate when working on mandatory assignments and other hand ins, but each student must hand in an individual assignment. Some courses may have group assignments where one group submits one report.
For individual assignments, please note:
- You can use all available support material.
- Cooperation is allowed, but your hand in must be phrased and written by the student, and reflect your understanding of the subject.
- If you include text, illustrations, program code or anything else made by others, you must point it out clearly, and note where it is from.
- Getting hints on how to solve a problem is allowed, but this must be used as a basis for solving it by yourself, not just be copied as it is.
- You may be asked to orally account for the contents of your hand in.
- You must be able to explain the contents in detail, and explain how you reached your answers. If the enquiry finds you unable to explain your work, your hand in may be graded as failed (or be deemed cheating, see below).
In case of a group assignment where the group hands in together, every member of the group is required to be able to account for the main features of the hand in. Furthermore, every member must have contributed a reasonable amount of the total, and be able to identify and account for his or her part in detail.
If you have doubts as to what is legal cooperation, you can contact your group teacher or lecturer.
Quotes and sources in assignment hand ins
in any type of hand in it needs to be clear what constitutes your own work.
You must note who you have cooperated with. If you have cooperated with others, used other’s opinions, ideas, interpretations, literature, internet sources or other sources in your hand in, you must always accurately note where you have found the information.
This applies to all kinds of work, oral and written, as well as assignments in laboratory based courses
Openness and controllability is foundational for all academic work. Presenting others’ work as one’s own is considered plagiarism, cheating or a cheating attempt.
Read more about cheating at the University of Oslo.
Illness and extended deadline
Students suffering from an acute illness are given an extension of up to three calendar days on condition that they deliver a statement declaring their illness, and send this in an e-mail to the group teacher (with a copy to the course coordinator).
If the extended deadline for a compulsory activity falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or public holiday, it is extended to the next working day.
In the event of acute illness lasting more than three days, you must apply for an extension/approval from the department’s study administration based on a medical certificate.
Duration of approved mandatory assignments/activities
For students with all mandatory assignments in a course approved, the assignments are considered approved for 5 years. In special cases, such as modification of a course syllabus or requirements, previously approved assignments may no longer be valid.
If this is the case, the semester page shall inform about this before the start of the semester.
All elements forming part of the basis for the final grade must be completed during the same semester.
Contact
The Student administration at the Department of Physics