Rules and regulations

Course enrollment

The course enrollment starts a couple of weeks prior to the beginning of the period. Enrollment closes one day before the period begins. Please note that some course may have a different enrollment period and close earlier. When the enrollments have closed, the student can only be enrolled to a specific course by the teacher's consent.

Who has the right to complete a course?

Please check that you fulfill the prerequisites before you enroll to a course. The requirements are described in the course description. The teacher will check that the prerequisites are fulfilled when the course enrollment has closed.

Lectures and Participation

As a rule, an initial test is held which you are expected to complete within two weeks of the start of the course module. The purpose of this test is to confirm your active participation. You must complete and pass this test within the given timeframe in order to be eligible to complete the course module. You are expected to arrive on time for lectures. If you are late, the lecturer has the right to deny entry to the classroom until the next break.

Assessment and grades

Most course modules are assessed based on one or more assignments, completed either individually or in groups. The assignments are graded using a points system, and the final grade is determined according to the following scale:

If you receive less than 50% of the total points, you will automatically be given the grade 0. If you do not complete the initial test within the specified time frame, you will automatically be removed from the course unit and therefore no grade will be registered for the module.

Late submissions

If you submit an assignment late, a 10% deduction will automatically be applied to the score for that assignment for each week (or part thereof) that it is late. In practice, this means that if the course module is assessed solely based on one assignment, you must:

• submit the assignment on time to have a chance of receiving a grade of 5
• submit it no more than 6 days late to have a chance of receiving a grade of 4
• submit it no more than 13 days late to have a chance of receiving a grade of 3, and so on

To pass the course module, however, it is sufficient to submit one or more assignments worth at least 50% of the total points no later than four weeks after the deadline. In other words, delays are not penalised if you are aiming for a grade of 1.
Delays are always assessed equally, regardless of the reason for the delay.

Plagiarism

Under no circumstances is it permitted to copy material—such as source code or text—directly from the internet, a fellow student, or any other source. Plagiarism will automatically result in a failed course module. If a student plagiarises an assignment from another student, both parties will receive a failing grade.
You are personally responsible for ensuring that your assignments do not end up in the wrong hands.

Can you improve the score of an already submitted assignment?

As a rule, no, unless the lecturer has stated otherwise. However, you are usually allowed to supplement assignments up to eight weeks after the course module has ended, but only if this is necessary in order to pass the module.
In other words, by supplementing an assignment, you can only raise your grade from 0 to 1.

Exceptions to this rule include:

• Modules taught by external part-time lecturers, as they often cannot assess assignments outside the scheduled course period
• Modules where assignments are presented in front of the entire class, as students submitting after the presentation would have an unfair advantage over those who submitted and presented on time