Information Session (10.10.13)

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Information Session (10.10.13)
Franziska Edler (Mo 10.00-11.30) Theresa Finck
(Di 14.30-16.00) Anna Wörsdörfer (Do
12.00-13.30) http//www.uni-giessen.de/ http//www
.uni-giessen.de/cms/fbz/ fb05/romanistik/institut/
erasmus Erasmus_at_romanistik.uni-giessen.de Tel.
49-641-99-31113 Fax [phone]
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Information Session

• How to immatriculate at Giessen
• Registration at the City Bureau
• Timetables / Learning Agreements / Writing term
  papers / Plagiarism
• Registration for courses
• Orientation test for German
• Evening Classes
• End of stay / Prolongation
• End of stay / Transcript of Records
• 8. How to find courses

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1. How to immatriculate at Giessen

• The immatriculation takes place at the
  International Relations Office (Goethestraße
  58).
• Tutors will help you to immatriculate.
• Please bring along the following documents
• Letter of admission as an Erasmus student
• Passport photo
• Payment receipt of the semester fee
• Valid health insurance certificate
• If you do not have the European health insurance
  card, you have to take out an insurance here
  (e.g. with the TK (Liebigstraße 14)).

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2. Registration at the City Bureau

• All citizens from the EU and Efta have to
  register in the City Bureau of Giessen
• ?Ausländerstelle Einwohnermeldeamt
• (Berliner Platz 1)

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2. Registration at the City Bureau

• You have to bring along the following documents
• Valid pass
• Passport photo
• Certificate explaining how you finance your
  studies (non-EU)
• Certificate of Immatriculation
• Tenancy agreement for your room at Giessen

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3. Timetables / Learning Agreements

• In general, you can choose the courses that you
  are interested in. If your home university
  wants you to choose specific courses to valid
  your semester, you have to follow their
  guidelines.
• In general, students are requested to obtain 30
  Credits per semester.
• If you have problems or questions, come and see
  us during our office hours or write us an email.
• Information about courses from different
  departments
• - English Dr. Andrea Rummel, Otto-Behaghel-Str.
  10 B, room 328b, Tel. [phone]
• - German Prof. Dr. Sascha Feuchert,
  Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10B, room 133, Tel.
  99-29072
• - Economics erasmus_at_wirtschaft.uni-giessen.de
• Please hand us in your list of courses until Nov.
  13th!

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Writing term papers /Plagiarism

• If you attend a seminar, you will probably have
  to write a term paper to get a grade. Please
  note
• Do NOT copy anything from the internet or any
  literature without quoting it correctly!
• All extracts that are not your personal ideas
  have to be quoted correctly!

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Writing term papers / Plagiarism

• Copying a text without quoting its source is
  plagiarism. Plagiarism is cheating!
• ?Consequences 0 points ( fail)
• Yor are expected to use scientific literature for
  a seminar paper
• If you do not know how or where to find
  literature or how to quote it correctly, ask your
  professors.

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Credit Points

• Usually, you only get Credit Points for a course,
  if you pass an exam successfully.
• ?Please make sure you take the exam, if you need
  the Credit Points urgently!

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4. Registration for courses
Registration system at Giessen Flex Now You
have to be registered in Flex Now for most of the
courses, in order to pass the final exam. We
will register you. Therefore, we need your
complete course lists until Nov. 13th at the
latest!
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5. Orientation Test for the German Evening Classes

• The orientation test takes place on
• October 16th, 12.30-13.30 oclock, Philosophikum
  I, Otto-Behaghel-Straße 10, room A4.
• The test is obligatory for the students wishing
  to attend the German Evening Classes.
• Exception If you have obtained a certificate
  with a mark during the summer semester, you do
  not have to take the orientation test.
• Everybody has to register online by October 11th
  http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms/internationales/spra
  chkurse/in/abendkurs

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6. End of stay ? Prolongation

• You have been nominated for only one semester but
  you wish to study at Gießen for two semesters?
• ? Deadline January 31st
• We need
• - a confirmation of your home coordinator (by
  mail or printed version)
• http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms/internationales/eras
  mus/in/bewerbung/anreise

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6. End of stay / Transcript of records

• At the end of your studies at Giessen, you will
  get a Transcript of Records with all your marks
  and the credit points.
• For all courses which are not in Flex Now you
  should hand us in a certificate from the teacher,
  on which the mark is noted. If this is not
  possible, the teacher can also send us an email
  with your mark (Erasmus_at_romanistik.uni-giessen.de)
  .
• If you leave Giessen, before you know all your
  marks, please ask the teachers to send us your
  marks.
• Before you leave, a caretaker will have a look at
  your room. If everything is alright, he will give
  you a certificate that you have to show the
  Studentenwerk in order to get back your
  security deposit. If you leave on weekend, you
  should go and see the Studentenwerk until Friday,
  12 oclock.

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7. Important Links

• International Relations Office
• Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
• Akademisches Auslandsamt
• Goethestraße 58
• D-35390 Gießen
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone] 
• Email europa-aaa_at_admin.uni-giessen.de
• Contact person/Institutional coordinator
  Julia-Sophie Rothmann

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7. Important Links

• Homepage of the Universität Gießen
• http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms/
• Our homepage (Erasmus office)
• http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms/fbz/fb05/
  romanistik/institut/erasmus
• Information for incoming students
• http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms/fbz/fb05/romanistik
  / institut/erasmus/incoming

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7. Important Links

• Department for Romance Studies
• http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms/fbz/fb05/romanistik
  
• International Relations Office
• http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms/internationales
• Academic Calender
• http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms/studium/semesterzei
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• Timetable of lectures
• http//evv.uni-giessen.de/
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7. Important Links

• Faculties
• http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms/fbz/fb05/
  romanistik/institut/erasmus/incoming/studium/fb
• Term times
• http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms/fbz/fb05/romanistik
  / institut/erasmus/incoming/studium/semesterzeiten
  
• Different types of classes
• http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms/fbz/fb05/romanistik
  /institut/ erasmus/incoming/studium/lehrveranst

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7. Important Links

• Living in Gießen
• http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms/fbz/fb05/
  romanistik/institut/erasmus/incoming/vorderabreise
  /wohnheim
• Download Learning Agreement / Transcript of
  Records/ Online Application / Application for a
  place in a hall of residence
• http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms/internationales/era
  smus/in/bewerbung/forms
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7. Important Links

• Classes taught in English
• http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms/
  internationales/ce
• Language Classes for Erasmus-Students
• http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms/
  internationales/sprachkurse/in

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Timetable of lectures of some departments of the
JLU Giessen

• Department of Economics
• http//wiwi.uni-giessen.de/lv/vv/fb02/
• Department of International Law
• http//studip.uni-giessen.de/studip/evv/
  extern.php?parent_id9e1c87497c7b145418cb7cd61a18f
  33blangdemodefull

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Timetable of lectures of some departments of the
JLU Giessen

• Department of Languages, Literature and Culture
  (Romance philology)
• http//studip.uni-giessen.de/studip/evv/extern.p
  hp?parent_id 2f47dd1da1a403c1d5e6ac7c2e7507d1lan
  gdemodefull
• Department of English
• http//studip.uni-giessen.de/studip/evv/extern.p
  hp?parent_id 0f8c74fb1d74184ba2d3f3e66a0e5376lan
  gdemodefull
• German classes for international students
• http//studip.uni-giessen.de/studip/evv/extern.ph
  p?parent_ idbc9916fc0054d4a0384bf8027d9f8a90lang
  demodefull

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Additional Courses

• ZfbK Language Courses
• http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms/fbz/
  zentren/zfbk/forumsprachen/sprachangebot/englisch
• Sportprogramme
• http//www.uni-giessen.de/cms /fbz/svc/ahs

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The different types of courses in Giessen

• VL Vorlesung (lecture) You have to write a
  test at the end of the semester, if you need the
  Credits.
• Ü Übung (language practice) You will
  probably have to do a written test at the end of
  the semester and sometimes also during the
  semester. Sometimes you have to do a presentation.

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The different types of courses in Giessen

• Si Seminar (seminar) You will have to do a
  presentation and a term paper at the end of the
  semester.
• GK Grundkurs (Introductory course) This type
  of course is an introduction into a topic which
  finishes in general with a test.

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Short Presentation of Stud.IP

• https//studip.uni-giessen.de/studip/

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Study Buddy

• Have you contacted your Erasmus Partner?
• Facebook Study Buddy Romanistik 2013
• First programme
• 19.10. Kletterwald
• 18.12. Visiting of ZDF - Television

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Have a good time at our university and in Germany!