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Information on the acquisition of credit points (ECTS):

In our lecture program you find both FORUM seminars, as well as lectures offered by faculties of KIT. Credits can be acquired in all seminars offered by FORUM. Please discuss with the relevant lecturer, which academic performances are required for the credits you wish to achieve.

  • 2 credits: Regular active participation, maybe cooperation with other course members for designing small presentations or similar tasks.
  • 3 credits: Regular active participation and preparation of oral presentation, protocol, reflection paper or short essay.
  • 4 credits: Regular active participation, oral presentation and written essay (8-10 pages, 24.000-30.000 characters) or oral exam (25 – 30 mins) or written exam.
  • 5 credits: Regular active participation, oral presentation and written essay (10-15 pages, 30.000-45.000 characters) or oral exam (25 – 30 mins) or written exam.
  • 6 credits: Regular active participation, oral presentation and written essay (15 – 20 pages, 45.000-60.000 characters).

In consultation, a written exam or oral exam with additional written performance is possible. In case you wish to achieve credits in one of the lectures listed in the FORUM lecture program, which are offered by KIT faculties, please discuss this with the relevant lecturer.

How to write a seminar paper

Please refer to the document How-to_seminar_paper for general demands of a FORUM seminar paper.

Style and citation rules 

Please follow the standard style and citation rules for scientific papers. Whenever referring to someone else’s thoughts or quoting directly or indirectly from another publication, references must be included in your text and the attached List of References.
For style and citation rules please refer to the MLA Formatting and Style Guide.

Anti-plagiarism declaration

If you want to write a paper for any of the FORUM courses, please be aware that you should meet the well-established academic standards. Any material used from the work of others (in books, articles, essays, on the internet, etc.) must be acknowledged, and quotations and paraphrases should clearly be indicated. Together with your paper you need to hand in the signed plagiarism declaration which you can download here. 

Guideline ‘Podcast production as performance record’

In consultation with the lecturer, it is possible to receive credit points for creating a podcast on the seminar topic in a seminar. You can find more detailed information here.