Sorry for the lack of posting in last few weeks. Lot of different things have happened. We won the 5-a side-league with the great Spanish team, I was top scorer in the tournament and we had a good party after it.
Since that I have been mostly concentrating my brains to learn for the exams doing also couple presentations. Four days ago at Wednesday I finished my school. I mean the last exam and last homework and at Friday I already had the results from every course. Worst number 'good' equivalent to 4 or maybe something between 3 and 4 because here 1 is fail and 5 is the best grade you can get. So I thought I should make as short collage about the courses. What they were like and how they were conducted?
Combustion technology 5 credits
One lecture and one practise(basically just copying calculation examples in a slow pace). Calculations were lead by an assistant and he also kept couple of the lectures. His English skills just unfortunately were so bad and especially slow that it make them really boring. We had also one industrial visit to Weishaupt and it was also ruined by awful English skills. Moreover we had a lecture in Hungarian and this assistant transited it to us in his way.. Though the real lecturer in this course was good and also the course material(slides) pretty good and we get dropbox-links via email to download them. So in this way the course was okay and it might be for me also possible to substitute one course in my home University with this. We had two mid-term exams and two homeworks(calculation) we needed to do to complete this course.
One lecture and one practise(basically just copying calculation examples in a slow pace). Calculations were lead by an assistant and he also kept couple of the lectures. His English skills just unfortunately were so bad and especially slow that it make them really boring. We had also one industrial visit to Weishaupt and it was also ruined by awful English skills. Moreover we had a lecture in Hungarian and this assistant transited it to us in his way.. Though the real lecturer in this course was good and also the course material(slides) pretty good and we get dropbox-links via email to download them. So in this way the course was okay and it might be for me also possible to substitute one course in my home University with this. We had two mid-term exams and two homeworks(calculation) we needed to do to complete this course.
Air Conditioning 4 credits
Sometimes good, sometimes repeating and boring lectures. Still mostly the lecturers were interested in the field and managed to transfer it to at least some students. The slides from lectures were available in the internet and we get 30 questions before first and 15 before second mid-term exam from which the questions in the exam were chosen. So we had two mid-terms and also one homework(calculation of a heat gain in a room).
Sometimes good, sometimes repeating and boring lectures. Still mostly the lecturers were interested in the field and managed to transfer it to at least some students. The slides from lectures were available in the internet and we get 30 questions before first and 15 before second mid-term exam from which the questions in the exam were chosen. So we had two mid-terms and also one homework(calculation of a heat gain in a room).
Energetic processes and equipments 5 credits
Obligatory lectures, one obligatory visit to Pacs nuclear power plant and six laboratory practises. Lecturers change every week, some were good and some not. 70% of the grade came from those laboratory practices and rest 30% from exams. We had to send a report within a week after the laboratory. We had also 3 mid-term exams and at the last lecture, when we had 3rd mid term we had possibility to retake first and/or second mid-term. I had to write second because of my Iceland trip. This week there was also possibility to retake the the mid-terms if you had failed one of them.
Obligatory lectures, one obligatory visit to Pacs nuclear power plant and six laboratory practises. Lecturers change every week, some were good and some not. 70% of the grade came from those laboratory practices and rest 30% from exams. We had to send a report within a week after the laboratory. We had also 3 mid-term exams and at the last lecture, when we had 3rd mid term we had possibility to retake first and/or second mid-term. I had to write second because of my Iceland trip. This week there was also possibility to retake the the mid-terms if you had failed one of them.
Heat transfer 4 credits
One lecture and one obligatory calculation-seminar per week. Both were just copying
lecturers lecture notes. Theory at lectures and calculation examples at seminars. We had two quizzes and two mid-term exams of which we get our grade(if more than 40% of total points).
Environmental management of energy 2 credits
Best lectures ever!!! Only problem was that our lecturer was absent couple times and substitutes weren't that good. We get extra points from quizzes that had weird irrelevant questions such as the names of planets of our solar system and the 7 ancient wonders of the world. After the semester we had short exam at our last lesson.
Digital Pedagogy 2 credits
Interesting blended lectures about learning and teaching in quickly developing digital world. We had many interesting discussions at the class. We did one presentation, wrote one essay about the subject and at the final week a short 30 min test.
Communication skills 2 credits
English course where the level was very low and it was even too easy course. We wrote CV, covering letter and had one presentation on chosen topic.
English for engineering 2 credits
A bit better course though the level wasn't still quite high. We learned some vocabulary and discussed around technical topics. We wrote one summary, one essay and had one presentation without any powerpoint or such aids.
All in all, the courses and the education system was old school. Almost only lectures and not much own thinking. In addition cheating and co-working was really common in exams and assignments. It was a shock for a diligent Finnish student.
The best part of Budapest for me was working public transportation, beautiful Danube at night and pubs. Also sport opportunities were good, such as football tournaments/leagues for students, outdoor parks for football or basketball and Margaret Island for running(thankfully near my flat :P).
Good bye and happy new year!
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