SDT Study and Compentences

1. SDT Study and Compentences www.itu.dk

2. Today’s subjects • The Student Advisors (where to seek help) • The Semester (important dates) • Courses and exams (how and when) • SDT Study Structure (specialisations) • Important information (things you should remember) • Resources (where to find stuff) • What are your plans? (Doing the puzzle) • What are you good at (Your competences?) • The brick wall (How to prevent it and what if?) • Project and Group Work (How to do it?)

3. The Student Advisors (1 / 5) • The student advisors are... • Students like yourself • Knowlegdable about studies, curricula, rules, regulations and more • Trained to help students • We are legally bound to secrecy (dansk: tavshedspligt), except.. • If you tell us about cheating (for exams, hand-ins, etc.) • If you are enrolled at other universities besides ITU • There for you!

4. The Student Advisors (2 / 5) • Office hours: • Monday - Friday: 10am to 2pm • Tuesday also 2pm to 6pm • I have office hours on Monday and Wednesday. • Currently 8 student advisors from (almost) every study out here • Office hours for all student advisors: http://www1.itu.dk/sw120431.asp • You can ask us anything, but... • If you have very specific questions about SDT you should use me.

5. The Student Advisors (3 / 5) What we can help you with (just examples): • Course choice and registration • Projects and master thesis • Applying for a dispensation • Exam complaints • Personal problems (and guiding you for further help) • If you have any doubts: Just COME to us!

6. The Student Advisors (4 / 5) What we can NOT help you with: • We can’t supervise your project (we are students) • We can’t accept complaints (We are not the study administration, although we are part of it) • We can’t grant you a leave of absence • We can’t help with SU questions • If you are unsure of whom to go to, come talk to us, we will point you in the right direction • In general: We do not “process” requests, we simply advise on them!

7. The student advisors (5 / 5) Contact info: Rued LanggaardsVej 7, Room 2A30 E-mail: counsellors@itu.dk / studievejledningen@itu.dk Phone: 7218 5240 (can be reached during office hours)

8. The Semester (1 / 3) • Starts in last week of August and January • Courses run for 12 / 16 weeks • Course registration starts in May and November • Projects can run for 4, 8, 12, 16 weeks and in the summer vacation (more on projects later) • Exams in January and June • Re exams in February and August • REMEMBER to check your exam dates now!

9. The Semester (2 / 3) • February 8th • Course base closes – Course registration for the semester is binding! • Easter vacation • Tuesday 30th of March to Monday 5th of April. • May 14th • Last hand-in day for the semester (for written work)

10. The Semester (3 / 3) All the important dates can be found here: • http://www1.itu.dk/sw103758.asp

11. Courses and exams (1 / 5) Courses: • Consist of lectures and exercises • Most is dialog based classes • Don’t be afraid to speak up! Teachers love it when you do • Active participation, you can often influence the course • A “personal relationship” between the teacher and the student. Very informal. • Don’t be afraid to talk to / e-mail the teachers

12. Courses and exams (2 / 5) You can find more information about the courses at: http://mit.itu.dk/ucs/cb_www/index.sml?lang=en (from the ITU.dk main-site) Or from your own ITU account at: http://mit.itu.dk Demonstration!

13. Courses and exams (3 / 5) • All courses also have a discussion forum • There is a setup guide at • https://www.itu.dk/sysadm/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=email:mailnews:mailinglists_and_newsgroups_at_itu Demonstration on Thursday

14. Courses and exams (4 / 5) • Always individual • Although sometimes with group presentation • Oral, written or hand-in work • Exam type will be announced in the course description • Exam date will be announced in the course description Demonstration! (http://mit.itu.dk)

15. Courses and exams (5 / 5) • Writtenexam (A) • With orwithout aids • With orwithout computer • Oral exam (B) • With orwithoutpreparation time • With orwithoutwrittenworkorproductions • Writtenwork (C) • Without oral exam • More information in the Study Guide at: • http://www1.itu.dk/sw115958.asp

16. SDT Study Structure (1 / 5)

17. SDT Study Structure (2 / 5) • You should NOT follow courses with familiar content • Read the Course descriptions and find out which courses you want to be exempted for • You can also talk to the teacher of the course • Send an application together with documentation for the courses you have take before to the Study Board • Study Guide > Curricula credit transfer and exemptions > Credit transfer and exemption (www.itu.dk)

18. SDT Study Structure (3 / 5) • You have a number of mandatory course ECTS, specialisation ECTS and optional ECTS – make sure that you know how many of each you have. • If you have been given 22,5 or more ECTS of dispensation based on your previous studies, you have to take two specialisations. • Not applicable for Software Engineering students! • Make sure that you do not choose two courses with overlapping content. • Remember the rule of binding course registration. • You can write a project instead of taking a course for your optional modules.

19. SDT Study Structure (4 / 5) • You have (at least) 22.5ECTS of optional study activities • For these, you can choose any of the courses in the ITU course base, except for BSc courses, and courses that overlap in content with other courses that you have already taken. • You could also use your optional modules to be a guest student at another university (must be at MSc level) • Or you could write an individually defined project in a group, alone, or in cooperation with a company.

20. SDT Study Structure (5 / 5) • There is the possibility of designing an individual specialisation, if e.g. you have a special interest that is not covered by any of the existing specialisations • An individual specialisation can be made up from ITU courses, projects, or courses at other universities • Guidelines: • A specialisation is 22,5 ECTS • All courses/projects must be at MSc level • There must be a clear coherency and progression in the specialisation • A specialisation must have components at an advanced level leading up to the final thesis writing • More about specializations tomorrow

21. Important information (1 / 1) • You have up to five years to finish your MSc, counting from the day you started – the average is 2,5 years • If you have not passed at least 7,5 ECTS over a two year period, your enrollment at ITU will be canceled • Leave of absence and maternity leave does not count towards the five / two year rules • You can take a leave of absence when you have passed at least 60 ECTS, but you can apply for a dispensation from this rule in certain circumstances (illness, etc.) • You can start writing your master thesis when you have passed 75 ECTS (But it must finish your degree!)

22. Resources (1 / 2) • To find the ITU’s intranet go to www.itu.dk and then click on intranet • Look through the Study Guide • Your study guide (read this THOROUGHLY) • Deadlines and study calendar • Exam • Credit transfer • Projects and master theses • Boards of studies and committees • Curriculums, Laws and Orders • Student politics

23. Resources (2 / 2) • The curriculum is the contract between you and the university • This is the reason SE students must apply for exemption from DT courses • Read it, it holds the answer to everything! • We have a Library (they will come later) • Microsoft academic alliance (Free software, except Office) • You will get a mail from Sysadm later (http://msdn63.e-academy.com/it_univ) • There is also a Job bank / Project bank where you can find project proposals / part time jobs • However it is a bit tricky in English (or it might just be me) (http://www1.itu.dk/sw112326.asp) • Demonstration (http://mit.itu.dk)

24. What are your plans (1 / 2) • Consider what you want to achieve NOW! • It is your responsibility to make sure it actually happens • Do you want to go abroad? • As a student? • You still have to follow the SDT Study Structure • Will therefore require a lot of planning, start NOW! • Does my specialisation actually fit into my study structure?

25. What are your plans (2 / 2) Exercise for 10 min: You are going to do a study plan. You can find help in the Study Structure and Specialisations (also handed out)

26. What are you good at (1 / 2) • Knowing what your competences are is useful both while studying but also when job • searching • For example it is clearly a bad idea NOT to know what you are good at, at the • interview…

27. What are you good at (2 / 2) Know your competences: • When you are working in a team you will know what to contribute with • When applying for a job, you will know your strong and weak sides • When you know your strong and weak sides you can improve on both Exercise for 10 min: You are going to think about your competences

28. The brick wall (1 / 3) • Study Techniques • I am not trained in the art of Study Technique • But here is a few hints (based on experience) • Create a plan (before you fall behind) • Form study groups • Stay focused on your goal (You are learning this for a reason) • Ask questions! (There are NO dumb questions, only dumb students who were to afraid to ask the questions in classes and got the exact same question at the exam) • Take a course or read about Study Technique (PROSA is most likely sponsoring a free one this semester) • Don’t forget to have fun • And most Important: Find your own style!

29. The brick wall (2 / 3) • No network? • A good network is very important • Studies show that network is more important than good grades • Can help you if you hit the wall • It might be a bit harder to create a network at SDT • The average SDT student might already have a very extensive network (no hard facts, just personal experience) • Remember to remain open for new people • Remember that you can find people everywhere • Scrollbar • Project clusters is sometimes also an option

30. The brick wall (3 / 3) • Serious problems • Some students encounter problems of a nature that requires professional help to sort out • Studenterrådgivningen can help you with problems of social, psychological or severe financial character • http://www.srg.dk/Default.aspx?AreaID=58 • Ask the student advisor if you think you need help, but are unsure about where to turn to

31. Project and group work (1 / 4) • Most of the projects that you will be writing are integrated in your courses • Individual SDT projects • 7.5 ECTS / 15 ECTS points projects • Project in the summer vacation • Check the dates in the study calendar

32. Project and group work (2 / 4) How to create a project • Find out if you want to do it alone? If not find / create a group • Find a supervisor • Set up the project • Actually write the project • Hand in the project More information at http://www1.itu.dk/sw936.asp (Intranet > Study Guide > Projects and Master's Theses) (Demonstration)

33. Project and group work (3 / 4) • Group work • How many of you are familiar with group work? • Ambitions in a group? Are you going for the best grade, just learning or is this course not that important to you? • Dividing task or working together? • A very good idea is to “make a contract” when you create the group (a few examples): • Are we going for the top grade? • Are we going to work in weekends and late at night?

34. Project and group work (4 / 4) • Step out of your comfort zone • If you are bad at coding, you need to do it more, not less • Same goes with English, Designing, Testing, everything • You need to tell people in your group that you will be doing, for example, some programming even though they are better and faster than you • If you are good at something, remember to let the others do some of that particular work as well, even though it slows down things • You are ALL here to learn!

35. Belbin test (1 / 1) • If we have time to spare you can do it here otherwise take it home with you • Remember that roles are not set in stone • This test is ONLY meant for you to think about roles in a group. It is not meant to • define you!