Faculty of Business Administration and Economics · Introduction for Exchange Students, Winter...

Prof. Dr. Stefan Jungblut/Rebekka MarkofskyIntroduction for Exchange Students, Winter Semester 2015

Faculty of Business Administration and Economics

Introduction for Exchange Students

Prof. Dr. Stefan Jungblut

Rebekka Markofsky



1. General Information and Overview

– before the lectures start

– Important Dates

– Contact and Faculty Homepage

2. Available Modules and module Selection

– What to know about Modules

– Course Catalog, Module Manual

– Erasmus+ Learning Agreements

3. Course Registration, Examination and Approval

– PAUL

– Enrollment and Examination

– Approval

4. Additional Resources

– koaLA

– Moodle

– eSeminarapparat2

Agenda


1 General Information and Overview

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Semester schedule


Lecture Period: 19.10.2015 – 12.02, 2016

Second Enrollment Phase: 12.10. – 30.10, 2015

Midterm Period: 09.11, 2015 - end of lecture period

Final Exam Period: 13.02.2016 – early March

Important:

– You must be available when the finals will take place!

– In general, exams cannot be shifted, changed, or repeated!



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To be done before the lectures start

1 General Information

1. Make or check your module selection from first registration phase

– applies only if excel file has been submitted.

2. Refine or add courses via PAUL (see below)

– The second registration phase will take place from 12.10. – 30.10, 2015

• Use the chance to go to lectures, talk to Professors.

• Check the time table and complete your module selection.



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3. If you are still missing modules

– Check the module catalogue for available modules. Click on the modules title

to read the details. Make a selection. Contact your home advisor to ask for

acceptance and credit transfer.

4. For Erasmus students

i. Check your Learning Agreement.

ii. Contact your home advisor if changes are necessary.

iii. Prepare a Changes Agreement and go to International Office at UPB for

finalization, signature and submission.



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5. Check your time table

– Sometimes, modules overlap. These conflicts cannot be totally avoided.

Team up as a group of students, split-up, and exchange lecture notes

– Your personal time table will show up in PAUL - but only after the second

registration phase is over (!!)

6. Check the internet (course page or instructors page) for any course specific

requirements

– kick-off meetings, additional registration, groupings, …



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Finally and very important: If you want to deregister …

– De-registration from modules is possible until one week before the first

module examination takes place

• The module specific deadlines for de-registration are published on the

Faculty’s webpage (student section). See:

https://wiwi.uni-paderborn.de/studium/orga/pruefungstermine/

– If you do not want to finish a module and simply let it go, it will show up on

your transcript, marked as “failed”, in any case!

https://wiwi.uni-paderborn.de/studium/orga/pruefungstermine/



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Responsibilities


International Office (University level)

– Administrative affairs, credit transfer, language courses

Office for Academic Affairs (“Studienbüro”, Faculty level)

– Module registration

Office for International Affairs (Faculty level)

– general and specific support in academic affairs, learning agreements



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Contact


International Office (University)

Nicola Weinert, Kerstin Ollech, Villa

Office for Academic Affairs (Faculty)

Sebastian Buck/Kathrin Schmidt, Q0.216, [email protected]

Office for International Affairs (Faculty)

Rebekka Markofsky, Q0.319, [email protected]

Academic Advisor for Exchange Students (Faculty)

Prof. Dr. Stefan Jungblut, Q4.337, [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]





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Office Hours


Rebekka Markofsky (MA)

Tue,14:00-16:00, Q0.319

Wed, 9:00-11:00, Q0.319

Prof. Dr. Stefan Jungblut

Mo, 15:00-16:00, Q4.337



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Faculty Homepage


For content in German

http://wiwi.uni-paderborn.de

For content in English

https://wiwi.uni-paderborn.de/en/international/

• News and information

• Links to course information, courses, teacher and staff

Subsection for Incomings

https://wiwi.uni-paderborn.de/en/international/incoming/

http://wiwi.uni-paderborn.de/





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Faculty Homepage (www.wiwi.upb.de)


https://wiwi.uni-paderborn.de/


2 Available Modules

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What is important to know about modules?

2 Available Modules

There are two important sources of information on available modules

1. The module catalogues (“Modulkataloge”)

• the most recent and accurate list of modules. Go to

http://wiwi.uni-paderborn.de/studium/orga/module/modulkatalog/

and choose “Courses in English available for exchange students”

2. The module manual (“Modulhandbuch”)

• it will appear by selection or when clicking on a modules name in the

catalogues

• it contains all relevant module details (Syllabus)




Attention:

– Modules not offered by the Faculty of Business Administration and

Economics are not in her responsibility and do not show up in the module

catalogues

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2 Available Modules



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Course ID System of the Faculty

2 Available Modules

– Each module has a 4-digit number with “W” as prefix

– Courses within modules are numbered sequentially, e.g. -01, -02, …

Example: W2411-01

First digit:

1 = Bachelor level 1st year

2,3 = Bachelor level 2nd and 3rd year

4,5 = Master level (also open for visiting bachelor students)

6 = PhD level



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Departments

2 Available Modules

Department 1: Management

Department 2: Taxation, Accounting and Finance

Department 3: Business Information Systems (BIS)

Department 4: Economics

Department 5: Business and Human Resource Education

Department 6: Law and Business English



Attention:

– Once they appear in the modules catalogue or in PAUL, the module numbers

merge into the university system

• Example:

“W2414” merges into “M.184.2414“

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2 Available Modules



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Module Catalogues

2 Available Modules

• http://wiwi.uni-paderborn.de/studium/orga/module/modulkatalog/




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Module Catalogues

2 Available Modules

• http://wiwi.uni-paderborn.de/studium/orga/module/modulkatalog/




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Module Manual

2 Available Modules



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Erasmus+ Learning Agreements

2 Available Modules

Important to Note (for Erasmus Students only)

– Learning Agreements must be kept as complete set at any time (do not hand

in single pages for signature, etc.)

– Header must include your name on each page

– For approval and changes:

• Come to institutional coordinator (host institution) to get signature and

stamp

• Learning Agreement will then be submitted as PDF by E-Mail to

International Office at UPB



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Erasmus+ Learning Agreements

2 Available Modules



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Course Registration

3 Course Registration, Examination and Approval

Important

Course registration via PAUL applies only for the Faculty of Business and Economics



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Course Registration


To register for a module you have to access the campus management system

PAUL: https://paul.uni-paderborn.de

– PAUL contains the whole electronic course catalogue of the University of

Paderborn, grouped according to semesters and faculties.

• it does not provide information as detailed as the module manual

• It may misreport the language (… falsely at German)

– PAUL also includes course schedules, a personal calendar and a mailing

system.

– An IMT account is required to login (IMT username and password)!

https://paul.uni-paderborn.de/



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PAUL




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PAUL




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PAUL




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PAUL




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PAUL




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PAUL – Quick start guide




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PAUL – Screenshot Registration


Modul

Sub-modules

(also register)



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Attention: You need to register for modules and for sub-modules via PAUL

– Modules usually contain several sub-modules

– When you register for a module, you will have to register for the main module

(sub-modules cannot be deselected)



Attention:

– Enrolment in PAUL is required to participate in examinations

– You are not allowed to select more than 45 ECTS. So be careful. When going

beyond 45 ECTS, you will automatically be deregistered for the latest

modules selected

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Enrollment and Examination


Examinations can be of different forms and at different times!

– Types and weights of examinations are displayed in the module manual.

• Many modules have final exams which will take part in July or even

August! The dates of examination will be published on the faculty’s web

page as of mid June. Ask your buddy where to find it

– If you are not present at the time of an exam you will normally fail (!!)

– Module examinations cannot be repeated or shifted

• Choose sufficient number of courses if passing is required for final

graduation at home)



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Approval


The International Office will submit your grades and the number of ECTS earned

to your home University.

– Within first weeks of the semester the International Office may ask you to submit

the list of classes you take.

– After having passed the exams, the International Office will take care of submitting

the results to your home University

Attention

• Your transcript of records will include all modules you registered for, even

those marked as failed!



After using the module manual and PAUL to select and register for courses,

additional resources may be needed to access module related information

and materials. Most important are:

– koaLA

– Moodle

– eSeminarapparate

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4 Additional Resources



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koaLA


• koaLA is the most important course management platform used at the Faculty of

Business Administration and Economics. It is closely linked to PAUL.

• In order to access koaLA you have to log in with your IMT-Account.

http://koala.upb.de/

http://koala.upb.de/



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koaLA




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Moodle


– Moodle is another frequently used electronic course management platform at

the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics.

– In order to access Moodle you have to create an account in Moodle.

– The password to access a particular module section will be provided by the

module coordinator.

https://moodle-econ.uni-paderborn.de

https://moodle-econ.uni-paderborn.de/



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Moodle




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Moodle




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eSeminarapparat


• An eSeminarapparat (electronic library) is a course related resource to supply

lecture notes and course related material.

• All electronic libraries are hosted at the University Library, but they relate to single

modules and are managed by the respective module coordinator.

• The module coordinator will tell you the password needed to access a particular

eSeminarapparat.

https://semapp.ub.uni-paderborn.de/semester

https://semapp.ub.uni-paderborn.de/semester



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eSeminarapparat




Thank you for listening and have a good time in

Paderborn!

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