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Key to study guide
It is very important that you should understand how to use the study
guide correctly. You must realise at the outset that the study guide is not a
summary of your prescribed tutorial matter. It is merely a tool to lead and
help you through your tutorial matter. Because the study guide is no more
than a guide or tool, you will find little of the content of the module in it.
What the study guide does contain is a scheme and/or an explanation by
means of which you should study the prescribed tutorial matter.
The study guide is designed to help you to go through the work
systematically. If you plan your study programme in accordance with the
subdivisions in the study guide you will have enough time to
. studyallthework
. do revision
. do the assignments
. prepare for the examination
Note, however, that we do not provide you with a study programme for
this module. You have to go through the work at your own pace. You will
only be able to master this module if you start studying it early in the
semester/year and if you study every day. For some study units you will
need only a couple of days, while you will have to spend more time on
others. You must please not underestimate the scope of this module.
After the table of contents we briefly explain the objectives and learning
outcomes of this module. After that we give you a brief overview of the
contents of the module as well as a graphic representation of the way in
which this module is structured (the module map). Further, at the
beginning of each study unit we indicate, by way of the abovementioned
module map, what you have already studied and what you will be studying
in the particular study unit.
You will see that the study guide is divided into ten sections. Each section
contains an overview which gives you an outline of the study units in that
section.
Youwillnoticethateachstudyunitdefinesitslearning outcomes in such
a way that it indicates in broad terms what you should be able to do when
you have completed that particular study unit. The learning outcomes of
the study unit is therefore an important guideline on how to approach the
tutorial matter.
Under the heading ``Prescribed matter'' in each study unit in the study
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