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Past Papers

A big help is looking over at least two years of past papers to figure out the types of subjects that come up and the sort of questions that are asked (such as a comparison, or an analysis). I have found that the subjects which arise are based on the lectures.

Since you only have to write two questions out of five (that's the case in all of my exams) and you have had about 10 lectures (meaning about 10 subjects), you only need to study about five topics, which should, in theory, cut your work in half before you've started.

To get a clue about what subjects come up, look at the two past papers and see what comes up in both of them (For example, in Comparative Management, US business history came up in both years). This suggests a popular subject and may come up again, so revise it.

When it comes to the reading of the articles/books/etc., I read abstracts and introductions to get an idea of whether they will be useful for the subjects I have picked to study.

If they are then I read them. If I'm not sure then I scan the pages and look for key words, often found in titles and subtitles of each written piece. I I'm still not sure I leave it and read things which are clearly useful and come back to the others if I have time.

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