FAQ to the Economy Game

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• How many tutorials are mandatory?
  This is difficult to say. In each tutorial you can score points. You need 300 to pass. In each of the three lab tutorials you can score between 30 and 40 points, so 100 points in total (reaching 100 is highly unlikely, though). In each of the ordinary tutorials you can score up to 100 points (reaching 100 per tutorial should be feasible for everyone). So you can calculate yourself whether you can miss a session. If I were you I would plan to be present during the whole skills period.
• What if I do not reach 300 points?
  There is no resit, but you can make up for missed tutorials by writing up to two essays (each would score up to 100 points).
• Academic year 2023/2024: I am set to do an internship at [...] this summer, starting on the first of July. Hence I will not be able to attend the second week of the skills period and I likely have to do the course assignment. Is there any possibility for me to do a shorter version of the course assignment?
  There is no course assignment. You are supposed to be present in sufficiently many sessions to score at least 300 points (see questions and answers above). In the first week you can attend one tutorial which (if prepared) gives you 100 points and two lab sessions which give you about 40 points (if you do well in the markets). This implies that you need to score an 8 in each of the two essays (that would be worth: 2 essays * 8 grade points * 10 points per grade point = 160 points). So while this plan might work out there is no guarantee. If I were you I would at least try to attend one tutorial in the second week (another 100 points). Then I do not see any problems to make it.