Welcome session for Economics & Business
Students
Angel Gil (Exchange Coordinator)
Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences
Office hours: Thursday 11:20–12:30 or by appointment
Office 20.132 (Jaume I building)
[email protected]
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Index
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Introduction
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Courses
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Grades
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Introduction
Hints
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Forward your UPF email (@....upf.edu) which is a Google account to
the one that you check more often.
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Read carefully the course plans (“Pla docent”). You can find them
(soon) in “Aula Global”.
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In case of any doubt ask the instructor or your Spanish/Catalan
classmates.
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Each group has a representative for the students
(“delegado/delegada”). You can contact him or her.
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Should you have any problems regarding academic issues you can
contact me.
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Other subjects (add&drop and enrolment, issues regarding your stay
at UPF, certification requirements of your home university) please go
to OMA.
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Links at the end of the presentation.
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Courses
Academic calendar and course catalogue. General
information
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Academic calendar:
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Information about
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Google: “faculty of economics upf incoming students”
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Find here our Course catalogue. Note that you cannot choose two
courses in the same time slot.
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Courses
Courses
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Academic calendar:
Course codes
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Academic Calendar
“2015-YYxxx-T1 Name” is the group (section) 1 of the course unit
2015-YYxxx (T for “Teoria”) with name “NAME”.
“2015-YYxxx-S203” which is the seminar number 3 of the group
(section) number 2 in course unit YYxxx) (S for “Seminar”).
Examples
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“2015-21901-T1 Applied Econometrics” is the group (section) 1 of the
course unit 2015-21901-T1 (T for “Teoria”) with name “ Applied
Econometrics”.
“2015-21901-S203” which is the seminar number 3 of the group
(section) number 2 in course unit 21901 (S for “Seminar”).
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Courses
Schedule
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Check times and classrooms in our Schedule 2015-16 at the Intranet
of the Faculty. Find them at
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School Web Site
(by Degree (Cerca per estudi) or by Course–Module (Cerca
per assignatura) where Teoria= “Lectures” and Seminari= “Seminar”).
Time tables
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Courses
Seminars
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Seminars usually start on the 2nd or 3rd week of the term, beginning
October (or January or April-May). . . (ask instructor and/or
classmates). You have to attend only one seminar per course and
week.
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For the first term, seminars are assigned randomly. Assignation to be
published in “Campus Global” soon.
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Courses added in the add&drop: you have to enrol by yourselves for
the seminars after you’ve been added.
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Courses
Exams
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First term: December 9th-22nd
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Second term: March 29th– April 8th (after Easter)
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Third term: June 18th–29th.
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Check rooms by code in exam calendar
http://www.upf.edu/intranet/facecon/examens/calendari/.
Available now.
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Pass=5; Excellent=10. Your university is responsible for the
translation of the UPF grades to your system.
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If overlapping contact instructors.
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Grades published in “Campus Global” and also in your phones.
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During the first week after exams you can complain (each instructor
publishes date and place for the revision of the exam).
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Transcripts sent by OMA to your university directly.
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Courses
Exams and resits
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If you fail, there will be resits (or retakes or recoveries) on
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First Term: 6/2/15 or 13/2/15 (Saturdays!)
Second term: 7/5/15 or 14/5/15 (Saturdays!)
Third term: 6/7/15–22/7/15 July.
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Retakes only for those who fail the first exam; you have to attend the
exam to be allowed to take the resit. Some other restrictions may
apply.
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No September exams. Please don’t fail.
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We do not send exams abroad.
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If you have problems during the term (absences, illness . . . ) tell the
instructor soon; do not wait to know the grades to inform us.
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Grades
Calculation
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Check in “plan docent” how you will be assessed. Usually assessment
takes into account
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Attendance to seminars (and sometimes to the lectures). In some
courses it may be compulsory (to lectures, seminars or both).
Participation.
Midterm exams (announced by the teacher and/or in “Aula Global”).
Essays
Work in group....
Final exam
Sometimes a minimum grade is required in some item to pass the
course (e.g., a minimum of 4 in the final exam). Check the “Pla
docent”.
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Grades
Exams
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Be careful with multiple choice quizzes.
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Sometimes we use special forms to be automatically graded.
Wrong answers (nearly-)always give negative points (ask the instructor
in case of doubt).
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If you are taking a course in Catalan or Spanish ask the instructor
well before the date if there’s an English version and/or you can bring
a Dictionary.
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If you don’t understand some word or sentence during the exam, ask
the invigilator.
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Grades
Syllabuses
Check syllabuses carefully. Search by code at www.upf.edu (upper right
corner)
Or at http://www.upf.edu/pra/ in our bachelors:
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3324 Grau en Administració i Direcció d’Empreses
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3325 Grau en Economia
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3326 Grau en Ciències Empresarials
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3327 Grau en International Business Economics
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Grades
Links (click on them)
Some require access to Campus Global
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Time tables
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Exams
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Economics & Business Incoming students
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(in English)
. Check by degree (3324 “Grau en
Administració i Direcció d’Empreses” 3325 “Grau en Economia”,
3326 “Grau en Ciències Empresarials” or 3327 “Grau en International
Business Economics”)
Course plans last academic year
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Grades
Last one!
Thanks
and Good Luck!!!
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