2 nd Year Orientation 2014-15

1. 2nd Year Orientation 2014-15 2BA1 & 2BA7

2. Welcome • Guide, timetables, tutorials • Register for your electives! • Plagiarism • Erasmus (4BA9)

3. 1. Click ‘Undergraduate’ 2. Click ‘2nd Year’

4. Guides Timetables Tutorials SONA Modules

5. 2BA7 • Timetables

6. Week 1 PS340 LH3 Aras Moyola Wed 9-11

7. IMPORTANT • You MUST REGISTER for electives • PS340 Neuropsychology • OR • PS342 Introduction to Positive Psychology All students must register and as part of that process a student can register their electives http://www.nuigalway.ie/registration/

9. 2BA1 • Timetables

11. Lecture Times • All lectures start on the hour and finish ten minutes to the hour

12. Tutorials • Tutorials for particular modules (two per module) will take place over the course of the semester • Tutorials will start roughly 3 weeks into term (a timetable will be made available via Blackboard and the 2nd Year webpage) • Information on the modules involved will be provided by the coordinators of the relevant modules

13. TUTORIALS TIMETABLE

14. Continuous Assessment • In some modules, a certain percentage of the marks for the module will be based on ‘Continuous Assessment’ - assignments (e.g., essays, mini-projects, quizzes etc.) that need to be done during the semester • You should make yourself aware of the deadlines for these and try to pace your work so that you can meet these deadlines

15. CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

16. Whom to contact? • Second Arts contact person • Nuala Donohue (nuala.donohue@nuigalway.ie) • For specific module queries, you should contact the module coordinator

17. Communications with School • Check Blackboard and your official university e-mail account regularly! • School located in an extension of the Arts Millennium Building • Administrative Staff (School Office) in Room 1025, Floor 1, Arts Millennium Building

18. Submission Arrangements • Submitted work includes any assignments set by lecturers • All materials for examination -CA work e.g. essays - should be submitted into the School’sAssignment/Project Deposit Box at the Administrator’s Office • Unlessalternative arrangements are in place (e.g. submission via Blackboard using Turnitin)

19. Overview of Academic Year2014-2015 Semester 1 - 12 Weeks Lectures: 8 September - 29 November Study:1 December – 8 December Exams:8 – 19 December Semester 2 - 12 Weeks Lectures (Pre-Easter):12 January – 28 March EasterHolidays: 2 April – 7 April Lectures (Post-Easter): 13-18 April Study Week: 20-25 April Exam: 27 April – 13 May

20. Contribution of 2nd Year Mark At degree level, honours will be calculated on the basis of 30% of the aggregate mark obtained at the pre-final stage* Examination and 70% of the aggregate mark obtained at the final stage Examination. The standard will be based upon the following table: H1      70% on the aggregate H2.1   60% on the aggregate H2.2   50% on the aggregate H3      40% on the aggregate In other words, 2nd year contributes 30% to your overall degree mark! * Another year, other than the pre-final year, may be nominated for valid academic reasons with the approval of the Academic Regulations Committee.

21. Plagiarism • Some notes in the guide • Regarded as extremely serious • “Turnitin” software used to analyze work • Dr. John Bogue deals with the issues of plagiarism

22. Facebook • NUIG 2nd Year Psychology • https://www.facebook.com/groups/408700632525500/

23. ERASMUS • Maastricht (NL) two places • http:///www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/show/id=106144/langid=42 • Salzburg (AT) two places • http://www.uni-salzburg.at/portal/page?_pageid=2307,1660016&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL • Padua (IT) two places • http://www.psicologia.unipd.it/home/179.php • Munich (DE) two places • http://www.en.uni-muenchen.de/about_lmu/academics/faculties/fak_11_psychology/index.html