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Law exams are open book; Engineering exams are not.

I'm not sure exactly what the distinction is - apart from law being "soft" and requiring argument - but it's deeper than inability to reuse past papers.

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IIAOPSW|3 years ago

Lots of engineering exams are open book. The only closed book ones are the freshman & some sophomore weeder classes.

jfim|3 years ago

I'm glad they were actually, it allowed us to focus on learning the material instead of copying all the formulas from the textbook onto a notes sheet.

hyperpallium2|3 years ago

Thanks - looks like this has already changed in line with GGP since my time. https://peer.asee.org/open-book-problem-solving-in-engineeri... [pdf]