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Manual Electronic Study Guide
The Individual Electronic Guide makes it possible to have your own individual
programme and schedules. You select your programme, your subjects and your
work groups. This information is kept in a database. You can also use the
Electronic guide, but in that case you have to make the same choices every time
you use the guide.
Programmes, Schedules of lectures and examinations
First you have to select a faculty at my programme.
After you have selected a faculty, you can select a programme in the next screen. In the
window of each (main) programme, you can click on a pull down menu with all the
programmes. You can either choose a bachelor programme (starting in 2002) or the old
four- year programmes with initial years from 1999 to 2001. The initial year is the year in
which you started your programme.
In some programmes the academic year is not precisely divided into two semesters of 30
ECTS. This is caused by a difference in the number of study weeks between the first and
the second semester or by a course which overlaps the two semesters and is therefore
added to one of the semesters. In all cases the study load for the students is kept in
balance.
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Programmes
When you have selected a programme, you can get an overview of all programme
subjects. You can look at all the subjects separately. Click the name of the subject for
subject information. It is possible to look at the schedules of lectures and examinations for
a particular subject.
Furthermore, you can see in which programmes the subject is taught. If you want to have
one of the courses shown at your schedule, you have to select each box in front of the
course. If you want to change this later, go back to this page by clicking on my subjects.
It is also possible to select optional courses which are not part of the main programme. It
is also possible to select courses from different faculties. By clicking on my optional
subjects you will be redirected to a page where you can select optional courses.
After checking the box of an optional course you will have click record selected subjects
at the bottom of the page. After selecting all the courses you can navigate back to the
main page by clicking on the button back to my programme.
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How to combine a major and a minor program?
In the programmes of the Faculty of Arts and of the Faculty of Behavioral and Social
Sciences you have to select a sub programme (the minor) besides the main programme
(the major). In the Electronic Guide you can select both the Major and the Minor. The
Major and Minor programmes are shown together in Programme content and the
schedules
Schedules
The Electronic Guide presents the lecture and examination schedules of the current year.
The Dutch Academic Year starts on the 1st of September and ends on 31st of August.
The information of the new Academic Year is presented from 5 August. In July, the
information in de Electronic Guide is updated and the old schedules are removed. The
schedule of examinations in August will be available until 1 September.
To get the correct information for your individual programme, you have to select a
programme with the correct initial year; this is the year in which you started the
programme. If you started your study in 2007, you select the programme with the initial
year 2007. You will then automatically get the information of the actual year (in 2008 year
2) of the programme.
If you want to see the information of another year, for example, because you still have to
complete some of the subjects of last year's programme, you will have to adjust the year
and click the button Show groups of the selected year. The programmes of earlier years
are shown in the way the programme is organized in the current year. There may be
differences with the original programme because subjects might be moved to another
semester or were replaced by new subjects. If subjects from older programmes are no
longer available, you can find information on substitutions under subject information.
The selection of workgroups and practicals
For some courses it is necessary that you enroll into a workgroup (or a practicum) first.
Registration for work groups is organized in different ways. In the Faculty of Economics
and the Faculty of Law, all first-year students are placed in groups by the Education
Office. In the other programmes, you can register yourself.
When you register for a course at the COMAP section, you will (sometimes) also have to
choose a group. This is the group you are in. If you cannot register courses in the
COMAP section, you will have to go to the information desk of your faculty; they can
inform you how registration for work groups and practical is organized.
Schedule
At the show my schedule section you can view your programme by week or by year.
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It is also possible to see the exam dates of each of your courses. This will also include the
conditional resits.
Note: after completing the my groups section you will see a daily schedule of your
programme on your main page.
You can also select Changes in my schedules. This page presents small changes in the
schedules. All changes are implemented immediately.
Information
In this section you can find all sorts of information regarding your programme.
At Nieuws en mededelingen (News and announcements) you will be redirected to the news
section of your faculty. There you will find the latest news regarding your study and your
faculty.
At my literature you will see an overview of all the required and the recommended literature of
all your (selected) courses.
At the invitation for exams you can see an overview of upcoming exams you have registered
for. You should already have received a notification about upcoming exams by email.
We advise you to check the box Remind me via e-mail (if this box is not already
checked). If you do so, you will automatically receive an e-mail that reminds you to
register for an exam. Note! The registration status of an exam is also stated in My
Week Schedule in the student portal.
At your voucher you can see how much voucher ECTS you have got left. Every student will
receive language vouchers with a total value of 12 ECTS. These vouchers will give you the
possibility to attend, for example, two 6 ECTS language courses at the Language Center. For
more information about Language Vouchers click the corresponding link.
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