When you're looking ahead to the exams that you are going to take while in Germany, it's worth looking into the number of points that a given module, lecture, or seminar is worth, as unlike many U.S. colleges and universities, there is not usually a set number of courses that you have to take in a semester to reach "full time" student status.  Germany, as with the rest of Europe, operates on the European Transfer Credit System (ECTS), and assigns a point value to each lecture (exam), seminar (presentation or essay), and lab course (lab report).

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