Transcript Information per study roundEconomics

Information per study round
Bachelor Economics
August 18, 2014
Table of contents
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Academic director
Program coordinator
General study information
Becoming active besides your studies
Questions
Quiz!
Academic director
Dr. Bas van Groezen
Academic Director
BSc Economics
• Content and quality of the program
• Contact with teachers, students, program
coordinator, head of department, vice
dean, education committee, etc.
• Teacher Macro-1, Macro-3
What you can expect
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Full-fledged undergraduate program in Economics
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International orientation
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2 year solid foundation and 1 year specialization
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Mix of theory and applications
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Teacher teams
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Interactive classes
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Balanced grading
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Attention to academic skills and attitude
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Close monitoring and personal support
The program
semester 1
year 1
1. Micro-1
1. Micro-2
2. Macro-1
2. Macro-2
3. Statistics
3. Financial Economics
4. Mathematics-1
4. Mathematics-2
5. Business: Accounting
5. Business: Finance
1. Micro-4
year 2
semester 2
422quantitative
4business
4topics
core courses
courses
courses
philosophy
courses
1. courses
Micro-3
2. Macro-3
2. Macro-4
3. International Trade
3. Public Sector Economics
4. Econometrics
4. Development Economics
5. Philosophy, Science & Free Markets 5. Philosophy of Economics & Ethics
year 3
Electives in Tilburg / abroad
• 3 Specialised electives
• Bachelor Thesis
The program
• Quite demanding
• Warning + advice: attend all classes!
• First year: 2 business courses have joint lectures with IBA
• Second year:
• some courses have joint lectures with EBE
• some exchange students may join
• Performance (five cohorts)
• positive BSA → 74%
• all courses passed → 35%
• excellence rates → 18%
• Student monitor: challenging, valuable and interesting (scores around 4)
Your opinion counts
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Online course evaluation → at end of semester
Student year monitor → at end of the academic year
National Student Survey (NSE) → in second semester
Education committee → advice to management
Student sounding board → information for Academic Director
Wanted
Students for the Sounding Board!
Why? Give feedback about courses, lectures, lecturers, exams, books, …
How often? ± 4 times per year 1 hr meeting
Do you want to participate in the board?
→ please contact the Academic Director at
[email protected]
Good luck!
Program coordinator
Ms Linda van Klink MA
Program coordinator
BSc Economics
Program coordinator
For what kind of problems can you contact your program coordinator?
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Study problems
Special circumstances
Examination Regulations
Extracurricular activities
Study skills
Study advice & planning
Appointments with the program coordinator are
made online
Binding Study Advice (BSA)
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Pass 7 out of 10 courses in first year (42 ECTS)
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Does the program meet your expectations?
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Can you handle the workload and level?
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After the midterms: pre-advice + invitation for meeting
• Special workshops and tutorships
Be sure to report special circumstances timely during your 1st year!!
Examination Committee
Responsibilities:
• Organization and coordination of exams
• Implementing rules and regulations
• Special circumstances
• Preventing and penalizing fraud and plagiarism
Penalties in case of fraud/plagiarism:
• Exam result invalid
• Exclusion of the examinations for the following period
• If you do it again, you can be excluded for one year
Consequence: You will probably extend one year of study delay
Academic year 2014-2015
Semester 1:
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classes: 25 August – 28 November
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exams: 13 – 17 October + 1 – 19 December
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holidays: 24 December – 2 January
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re-sits: 5 – 16 January
Semester 2:
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classes: 2 February – 29 May
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exams: 30 March – 3 April + 1 – 12 June
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no classes: 16 – 20 February and 4 – 8 May
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re-sits: 29 June – 10 July
* No rights can be obtained from this preliminary overview
Teaching format
• 2 hours of lecture + 2 hours of tutorials/ interactive lectures
per week
• 5 courses → at least 20 hours of class per week
• (Interactive) lectures: 1 group
• Tutorials: 2 groups
Attendance recommended, proper behaviour required!
Skills file
3 skills part of file:
• Computer skills → Statistics 1
• Writing skills → Microeconomics 2
• Presentation skills → Development Economics
Pass needed for all three skills
Otherwise: no bachelor’s thesis and no graduation!
Information: program specific
BSc Economics General Program Information (Blackboard)
• Automatically registered for three years
• Latest information on organization and content of your program
• Communication between program management and students
• Check at least once a week for new messages
Information: Online Database Ask TiSEM
Frequently asked questions - online knowledge database Ask TiSEM.
If you have any further questions, you can contact the Education Desk
directly via the contact button. Your question will be answered within
five days or immediately be forwarded to the appropriate person.
Questions?
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Matters to give a thought
• Expanding your résumé
• Possibility to go on exchange in the third year
• Bachelor thesis in the third year
• Living on your own
Besides your study
• Learn or improve a language for free with a language voucher at the
language center
• Outreaching Honors Program
• Honors program – Discourses on Europe
Being active besides your studies
Besides your studies there are many other possibilities to
develop yourself
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Living on your own
Become active
Student sports associations
Asset study association
Become active
Word Actief is the overall organization of all associations in Tilburg.
Within TOPweek the focus will be on student associations, but Tilburg
has much more to offer:
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Student associations
Study associations
Sport associations
Cultural associations
and many others!
Student sport associations
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Overall sport association of Tilburg University. 24 different kind of
sports are offered varying from track and field, horse riding and ice
hockey
Sports pass available at Sport Center
Sport Center Kick Off: 2 introduction weeks free of charge
Faculty Association
ASSET
Who are we?
•The study association
for all economic students
• Second largest study association in Europe
• > 5,500 members
(98% of TiSEM students)
• 400 active members
Career Events
• Magazine
• International Conference
• Food For Thought
Furthermore
Book discounts
Guidelines
Cases
Asset | Economics
• 670 Members of which 30 Active!
We offer you:
• Activities
• Information
• Invest in your Future
Activities
Information
• Guidelines
• Contact with companies
• Orientation Day
– Information about Master
Freshmen Committee
• Organize activities for Freshmen
• Become familiar with other Freshmen
Maximize your potential!
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Organizational experience
Meet new people
Get in touch with companies
CV building
• Several different committees
Where to find us?
You can always visit
us in room E1.04
and E1.05
(first floor of the
Esplanade Building)!
You are welcome!
How to subscribe?
Campustour
Building E
Thanks!
Hereby I would like to thank the academic director and the program
coordinator for their time
Contact
MAK on Facebook to get updates for
upcoming events
www.maktilburg.nl
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Questions?