Examination
Examination
Different types of examination are used in the department’s courses. See your course syllabus for information about the examination in your course.
Sit-in / in-house / invigilated examinations
Registration and Examination Regulations
As a student, you are responsible for familiarising yourself with the information provided by the department regarding what is and is not permitted during examinations. You are also personally responsible for finding out, well in advance, which examination room you are assigned to and where it is located.
You may only sit an examination for a course on which you are currently registered or have previously been registered.
You must register for all written sit-in examinations, including both ordinary examination and re-exams. Registration is completed via Ladok no later than one week before the examination date.
You must always bring a valid photographic ID. You will not be permitted to sit the examination without it.
At the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology (HT Faculties), all written examinations are marked anonymously.
From the autumn semester 2026, all written examinations will be completed on computer via Inspera. Instructions on how to prepare your own computer or book a loan laptop can be found here.
Do you have an active decision regarding learning support from the Disability Support Services (for example, additional examination time)? If so, you must register via Ladok no later than two weeks before the examination. You should also inform the Academic advisor and provide a copy of your support decision. Email: studievagledarehist.luse.
If no examination registration opportunity is available for your course in Ladok, please contact the administrator well in advance. If you need to be re-registered on a course, please notify us at histhist.luse. Include your name and the course concerned. You will then also be given access to the course's Canvas page.
Further information about registration procedures and examination regulations can be found on the HT Faculties' website.
Coursework, Seminar Exercises and Take-Home Examinations
For coursework assignments, seminar exercises and take-home examinations, your lecturer will normally provide instructions on how the assessment is to be carried out. These directions are meant for home-exams, review assignments, theses, and other written assignments for the purpose of examination.
Directions for Exams and assignments to be handed in
Avoid copying the whole, or parts, of a text. Plan your studies so that you are not tempted to do so when pressed for time. The academic approach to work is built upon gathering ideas from others—and then it is important to make proper use of the techniques to inform where the thoughts/ideas came from. For example, giving the author’s name, title, page number, place of publication, and year of publication in a footnote regardless of whether you are working with a direct quote (with quotation marks) or have re-worded the text using your own words.
Feel free to cooperate with your fellow students in preparation of the exam – but the exam you hand in needs to be your own. Write in your own words, otherwise you can be accused of deceiving the teacher, and will be reported to the Disciplinary Board. You cannot use the same home-exam for different courses.
Formalities
If no other directions are given by the teacher, use size 12 font Times New Roman, or a corresponding font. Note that the font size can be different for different fonts.
Spacing should be 1.5.
If the teacher instructs you to write 10 pages, you can consider a full A4 page as containing between 350-400 words, or ca. 2600 characters (including spaces).
References to the course literature should always be given as the text progresses, and one suggestion is to use the Oxford referencing style. See the Libraries of the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology tips on Writing and Referencing:
The criteria for evaluating an assignment for examination
Relevance: The student should have answered the central question. The question should be answered via the suggestion of comparison, discussion, or exemplification.
Breadth: The student should have considered a reasonable number of areas, perspectives, and aspects in his/her answer. What is ‘reasonable’ depends on the question’s nature and assumes a coherent perspective for the question.
Depth: The student should be able to judge the data given in relation to the question and choose that which is most important. The answer should be in detail and exact in its most central point, or main thought.
Composition: The answer should be well-structured, logically understandable, and coherent. Long references and/or quotations should not be present. Avoid repetition.
Strategy: The questions are by nature ones that where there is rarely one ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answer. Therefore, there can also be varying strategies to approach the question. Some strategies are more results-oriented, independent, and creative than others to make the main message in the answer to the question more apparent.
Analytical ability: It is highly valued that one can make personal reflections and value statements on the literature in relation to the question.
Central jargon: The judgement refers to the student’s ability to use common jargon in his/her answer in a correct manner.
Language in general: The text should be well-formulated and proofread. Even the text’s form, typography, has an importance and affects the readability. For example, clear headers, paragraphs, and punctuation are important to structure and readability.
Grades
Grades are not registered in LADOK until all obligatory parts of the course are done (including examination seminars and eventual assignments to be handed in).
The grade on an exam is given to the student within 15 working days from the time of examination.