UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
DEPARTMENT OF NORDIC RESEARCH
Teacher representatives:
Anne Mette Hansen, Janus Spindler Møller, Costanza Navarretta
Student representatives:
Sarah McGillion, Alejandro Hernandez, Sidsel Boldsen
Secretary: Sigrun Eydinsdottir Petersen
MINUTES
23 JANUARY 2017
Forum
Study Board of NFI
Meeting held
23 January 2017
NJALSGADE 136, 27, 5. SAL
Place
27-5
TEL
45 35328494
DIR
45 35328494
Minutes-taker
Sigrun Eydinsdottir Petersen
[email protected]
Present
Members: Anne Mette Hansen, (chairperson), Costanza Navarretta,
Alejandro Hernandez, Sidsel Boldsen, Mai-Britt Gudmundsson Kristiansen
(alternate)
Observers: Dorte Haltrup Hansen, Lina Henriksen
Secretary: Sigrun Eydinsdottir Petersen
Excused: Sarah McGillion (vice chairperson) and Janus Spindler Møller
(chair)
Agenda
1. Approval of the agenda
2. Approval of Minutes from 2 November 2016
3. Approval of courses for 2017/2018 v/Costanza
4. Block structure IT and Cognition v/ Mai-Britt (student rep.)
5. Information from the study administration
6. Information from student counselling v/Lina
7. AOB
Since Janus had sent his excuses Anne Mette Hansen chaired the
meeting.
www.nfi.ku.dk
Ad 1)
Approval of the agenda
the agenda was approved.
Ad 2)
Approval of Minutes from 2 November 2016
the minutes were approved and can be put on the website.
Ad 3)
Approval of courses for 2017/2018 v/Costanza
A) KA: IT and Cognition
E17-kurser (E17 courses)
Obligatoriske kurser (Compulsory courses):
Language Processing 1
Cognitive Science 1
Scientific Programming
Cognitive Science 3
Tilvalgskurser (elective courses)
Specialization 2: Advanced Parsing Technology
F18-kurser (F18 courses)
Obligatoriske kurser (compulsory courses)
Language Processing 2
Cognitive Science 2
B) BA-tilvalg IT og Sprog (BA electives)
E17-kurser (E17 courses)
Introduktion til Programmering
F18-kurser (F18 courses)
Introduktion til Sprogteknologi
Informationssøgning
Costanza informed that the adjustments to the IT and Cognition
curriculum proposed by the students of the study board last year
and concerning the re-exams have been approved. Notice that there
are still more internal examiners at the written exams Cognitive
Science 3 and Language Processing 2. The curriculum is here
http://hum.ku.dk/uddannelser/aktuelle_studieordninger/it_cognition
/it_cognition_msc.pdf Costanza has written to the students and
teachers that the adjusted curriculum is on the internet and that they
must be aware that the re-exam form has changed for some of the
courses. The courses for 2017/2018 were approved.
Ad 4)
“Blok structure” IT and Cognition v/ Mai-Britt (student rep.)
The students of IT and cognition are being “caught” between the so
called “block structure” and the compulsory courses which are
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semester structured. This combination does not give any time off
between fall and spring semester and it also places the exam period
in the middle of the semester. It was proposed by the student
representatives that all courses offered at IT & Cognition should
follow a block structure. This would have several advantages:
 It would remove the issue of overlapping exam and teaching
periods/assignment hand-ins.
 It would enable students from e.g. computer science to attend
courses offered at NFI. This is desirable if we want IT & Cognition
to get and maintain a good reputation among science students.
 It would be easier for students to plan their semester, more
specifically which electives to choose.
 It would lower the risk of students having to take reexams due
extraordinary high pressure during exam periods.
The student representatives expressed their wish to change the
structure of all the courses offered at IT & Cognition. Only
changing the structure of some courses, would not help with the
issues above - the two structures (block and semester) would still
be overlapping.
Ad 5)
Information from the study administration
Nothing new to report from the study administration since the last
meeting.
Ad 6)
Information from student counselling v/Lina
Nothing new to report from the student counselling since the last
meeting.
Ad 7)
AOB
Alex who is finalizing his master in IT and Cognition put forward a
couple of inconsistencies that he had experienced during his time as
a student. There is a disconnection between what is being
advertised on the webpage and what you actually are being taught.
And also the design and the structure of the courses could be
looked at e.g. it would be sensible that the courses language
processing 1-11 would build on each other. The same applies to
Cognitive Science 1-111. It was decided to put the issue on the
agenda for the next meeting.
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A request was put forward about the evaluations if they could be
sent round to everybody, Sigrun will see to it that it is being done.
Also it was decided to put the evaluation on the agenda for the next
meeting.
This was the last meeting for student representatives Alex and
Sarah their effort has been very much appreciated.