SOGOLAS Information session Tuuli Oder Head of Studies

SOGOLAS Information session Tuuli Oder, Head of Studies 31. 08. 2017

Welcome! School of Governance, Law and Society SOGOLAS http: //www. tlu. ee/en/School-of-Governance-Law-and. Society Study Areas: http: //www. tlu. ee/en/School-of-Governance-Law-and. Society/About-us/Study-Areas

Study counsellors and specialists Located in Mare building (Uus-Sadama 5), 5 th floor Contacts of study counsellors, lecturers and administrators of programmes: http: //www. tlu. ee/en/School-of-Governance-Law-and. Society/About-us/Contact

Means of communication - Information will only be sent to your TU e-mail account (gmail. tlu. ee). Please check it once a week minimally - Please also ensure to check your Study Information System (ÕIS) account regularly, minimally once a week - If you have not created a TU e-mail and ÕIS user account yet, visit Brigitta Kivisaar (S-203)

Academic calendar - All important dates are available in the academic calendar (NB! See the full academic calendar): http: //www. tlu. ee/en/studies/Student. Gateway/Academic-Calendar

Important dates in autumn 2017/2018 - Autumn semester: 28. 08. 2017 -21. 01. 2018 - 1 st period: 04. 09 -22. 10. 2017 - Intermediate week: 23. 10 -29. 10 - 2 nd period: 30. 10 -17. 12 Exam session: 18. 12 -23. 12 and 02. 01 -17. 01

TU study regulations - This is the most important document that regulates all study related activities: http: //www. tlu. ee/en/studies/Student-Gateway

Curriculum - Remember the name and code of the curriculum. The number behind the code shows the year of starting studies: https: //ois 2. tlu. ee/tluois/uus_ois 2. tud_leht - Law BA: AKLB 17, Liberal Arts BA: KKLSB 17, Politics and Governance BA: RIPGB 17, International Relations: RIRAM 17 - Each curriculum has its own nominal division: - https: //www. tlu. ee/en/School-of-Governance-Lawand-Society/Studies/Course-Timetables - NB! Law students – see the nominal for AKLB (Tallinn)

What is ECTS? European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System: - http: //www. enic-naric. net/ects---european-credittransfer-and-accumulation-system. aspx - Volume of learning: 1 ECTS = 26 hours of work, both lectures and independent work

BA and MA level curriculums - BA level: 180 ECTS (nominal study period: 3 years, eg. 6 semesters) - MA level: 120 ECTS (nominal study period: 2 years, eg. 4 semesters) - NB! BA level courses begin with a 6 and MA level courses with a 7 - In order to graduate a students needs to fulfill the curriculum. Randomly gathered credits that do not belong to the curriculum do not count.

Credits in the 1 st semester - In the 1 st semester students need to add at least 23 credits to the study plan and by the end of the autumn semester they need to pass at least 15 credits - If a student has less than 15 credits by the end of 21. 01. 2017, they will be deleted from the matriculation registry - NB! Re-exams and re-assessments taken in the intermediate week are considered into the study load of spring, not autumn

Study load: full time and part time studies - In order to stay studying as a full-time student a student needs to have at least 45 curricular credits by the end of study year - In order to stay studying as a part-time studies student needs at least 30 curricular credits by the end of the study year - Study load is calculated once a year during the summer break

Information systems - ÕIS-2: Study Information System https: //ois 2. tlu. ee/tluois/uus_ois 2. tud_leht - ASIO (each Campus house has its own name, the first letter is reflected in ASIO and the first number indicates the floor (for example M 213: Mare building, 2 nd floor) - In ASIO you see your timetable when searching according to your course code and number 1 (1 st year students) - NB! Law students in Tallinn – see the light green lectures in the timetable!

Course cards / course programmes - Course cards: https: //ois 2. tlu. ee/tluois/uus_ois 2. tud_leht - Course programmes – only available for the students who have registered to the course

Submitting the study plan: 28. 08. 2017 -11. 09. 2017 - The study plan is submitted for one semester. - Students need to choose the courses that are in their nominal divison - Ensure to submit before 11. 09. 2017 – the system will be very slow on the last day

Exams and assessments - Students must register to exams and assessment in ÕIS at least 24 h before the exam / assessment - Students who haven’t registered will not be allowed to the exam / assessment - Exams and assessments can both be taken twice (one time at the main exam/assessment, second time at the re-take). There are two main dates that students can choose from for exams and one main date for assessments. - Re-exams take place in the intermediate week of the following semester

Evaluation assessments - Exams are evaulated on the following scale: positive results A, B, C, D, E; negative result: F - Assessment are evaluated on the following scale: P (pass), MA (negative, not passed) - MI – not shown up (if a student doesn’t show up or doesn’t register to the exam) - If a student fails a compulsory course for the 2 nd time he or she will be expelled - Individual agreements with lecturers about exam/assessment dates that are not in ÕIS are not allowed

38 credit rule - If a student has more than 1 negative result in his or her study results he or she may not register to more than 38 credits per semester - Negative results are F, MA, MI

Paying the tuiton fee - Tuition fee deadline is the 25 th, bill is submitted 7 days before. - If the payment does not arrive by the set deadline, deletion from the matriculation register will follow

Erasmus Triin Tõnurist, M-564 E-mail: triin. tonurist@tlu. ee, Tel. 6409448

Scholarships - If you want a scholarship, you need to do the research yourself: https: //www. tlu. ee/en/studies/Scholarships

ELU: Enhanced Learning Unlimited - Only for International Relations MA students this semester! - Representative from SOGOLAS: Catlyn Kirna - Webpage: https: //elu. tlu. ee/

Visa and residence permit - Your main contact for visas and residence permits is the Police and Border Guard Board - Part-time students might not be able to get a residence permit

Questions and answers