1. Director of Undergraduate Studies
Welcome to MBS
Dr. Ilias Petrounias
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Room 3.19, MBS West

2. Overview Welcome Role of Director of UG Studies Studying at MBS
Overall learning outcomes
Your expectations from us
Our expectations from you
Feedback
Academic Malpractice
Contacts and roles - Sources of Support
Prizes/Competitions

3. Director of UG Studies
Overall responsibility for the running of UG Programmes
Academic content
Currency of UG Programmes
Regulations/Boards of Examiners
Student issues/feedback/satisfaction

4. UG Programmes Learning Outcomes
Individual set of learning outcomes per Programme
However, the following applies to all of them
understand your core discipline
understand subject specific theories, ideas, issues and practices relating to your core discipline
understand your core discipline as a dynamic field and be able to place theories/practices in a social context
understand current and future developments in the area of your core discipline

5. UG Programmes Learning Outcomes (cont.)
Apply higher-level cognitive skills, including analysis, synthesis and evaluation
Address arguments/ideas through multiple perspectives
Develop critical thinking within your core discipline
Develop/enhance transferable skills

6. Your Expectations from Us
Be professional
Support you, both academically and personally, to help you complete your studies
Give you feedback
Keep you informed
Listen and respond

7. Our Expectations from You
Commit to a professional way of working
Attend and participate
Make a positive commitment to developing as an independent learner
Keep us informed
Understand and follow good academic practice

8. Feedback
Feedback from us to you: this can take many forms including essays, presentations, online quizzes, etc
Formal & informal feedback
University policy
Feedback from you to us: via questionnaires, focus groups and surveys
Programme Committees
UG Committee

9. Academic Malpractice Academic malpractice includes
plagiarism, collusion, fabrication or falsification of results
Make sure that work is your own
Anything else should be referenced properly
Don’t be tempted to copy work (plagiarism), buy essays from the internet or cheat in exams – the penalties are severe, even for a first offence…
Last year two students found cheating in first year exams had to resit all their exams and had zero marks on their transcripts

10. People & Roles Sources of Support
Director of UG Studies
Programme Director
Academic Advisor
meeting every 2 weeks, advice on academic matters
Course co-ordinator
first point of contact for questions/issues for a course
Seminar Leader
support course co-ordinators doing seminars & tutorials. Often are GTAs or PhD students
Assessment & Student Support Office
Make Use of Academic Staff Contact Hours

11. Prizes & Competitions Year Prize Programme Prize Case competitions
School Prize
Case competitions
Marshall International Case Competition in Los Angeles
Sauder School of Business at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver
Programme specific (i.e. ITMB e-skills)

12. Wish you 3(or 4) enjoyable and productive years!!!