SOGOLAS Information session Tuuli Oder, Head of Studies 31.08.2017

Welcome! School of Governance, Law and Society SOGOLAS 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), 5th 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 1st period: 04.09-22.10.2017 Intermediate week: 23.10-29.10 2nd 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://ois2.tlu.ee/tluois/uus_ois2.tud_leht Law BA: AKLB17, Liberal Arts BA: KKLSB17, Politics and Governance BA: RIPGB17, International Relations: RIRAM17 Each curriculum has its own nominal division: https://www.tlu.ee/en/School-of-Governance-Law- and-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-credit- transfer-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 1st semester In the 1st 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://ois2.tlu.ee/tluois/uus_ois2.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 M213: Mare building, 2nd floor) In ASIO you see your timetable when searching according to your course code and number 1 (1st year students) NB! Law students in Tallinn – see the light green lectures in the timetable!

Course cards / course programmes https://ois2.tlu.ee/tluois/uus_ois2.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 24h 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 2nd 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 25th, 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