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Oulu Business School. Study info for exhange students Ms. Merja Inget, Coordinator of studies Email: merja.inget@oulu.fi Office: TA131. Topics covered today. Studying at Oulu Business School Other practical issues Who to contact ? Student guild Finanssi ry.
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Oulu Business School Study info for exhangestudents Ms. Merja Inget, Coordinator of studies Email: merja.inget@oulu.fi Office: TA131
Topicscoveredtoday • Studying at Oulu Business School • Otherpracticalissues • Who to contact? • Student guild Finanssi ry
AcademicCalendar in Oulu Business School • Autumnsemester2014 • PeriodA 1.9.–19.10.2014 (weeks 36-42) • Autumnbreak (week 43) • PeriodB 27.10.–12.12.2014 (weeks 44-50) • Springsemester 2014 • PeriodC 5.1.–27.2.2015 (weeks 2-9) • Springbreak (week 10) • PeriodD 9.3.–15.5.2015 (weeks 11-20) • NOTE!Examscanbeheldalsoafter the periodhasended, soreadcarefully the examinationlistfrom: http://www.oulu.fi/oulubusinessschool/exams • Autumnsemester’slastexamdate is Wednesday 17.12.
Course information • Listof coursesoffered in Englishcanbefoundat http://www.oulu.fi/oulubusinessschool/studies • Course schedulesavailable in WebOodi: https://weboodi.oulu.fi • Therearethreedifferentlevels of courses. The levelsyoucansee, for example, fromthe coursecodes – for example724204A Management Control • P in the endstands for basiccourse (bachelor level, coursesonlyavailable in Finnish) • A in the endstands for intermediatecourse (bachelor level, somecourses in Finnish and some in English) • S in the endstands for advancedcourse (master, courses in English)
Courses offered in English • Exchange studentscantakeanyintermediatelevelcourses (letterA in the coursecode), somepreviousstudies (in thatfield) required. • For example: 724210A GlobalEconomics. A couple of Economics’ coursesdonebeforewouldbe a goodbackground for thisone. • In order to attendadvanced (master)courses (S) youshouldhavea prettysolidbackground in thatspecificfield (for example Finance). • For example: 721539S Cross-culturalNegotiations. Severalcoursesdone in International Business/Management (orsimilarfields) wouldbe a goodbackground for thisone. • For somecoursestherearespecificrequirements, for somecourses a couple of basiccoursesdone in the samefield is enough –> Check on coursedescriptions
How to select the courses? • Pleasecheckespecially the PERIOD (A-D) and the LANGUAGE (Finnish/English) of instruction of the coursesyouwish to take • Exchange students of otherfaculties in the University of Oulu canselectonlyintermediatelevelcourses. Advanced levelcoursescannotbetaken. • Itis alsoveryimportant to check the registrationperiodsfor coursesAND exams. Registrationdeadlinescanbeseen in WebOodi. • In case youneed to contact OBS staffmembers, notethatallemailaddressesare in formfirstname.lastname@oulu.fi • For example: merja.inget@oulu.fi • Exception: janne.t.jarvinen@oulu.fi (prof. Janne Järvinen)
Signingup for courses & exams • Pleasenote, thatyouneed to signup for every COURSE and EXAM in WebOodi (separateregistrations) • WebOodi: https://weboodi.oulu.fi/ • Registrationperiods for coursesvary, checktimetables in WebOodi. • Registration for an exam must be done no later than on previous week’s Thursday at 23.59. Late registrations are not accepted. Exam will be graded only if the student has registered on time. • New students usually receive their WebOodi accounts one day after they have enrolled in the university (at the latest) • In case you have not obtained your WebOodi account yet, you may request it at University’s IT services: service desk located at Student Center • The registration for courses starting this week is still open, so that new international students can sign-up. It is recommended to check the timetables in WebOodi as soon as possible.
PracticalIssues • Learning agreements, confirmation on arrival, etc. • Exchange Coordinator, Ms. Merja Inget TA131 • Examinationresults, registration to courses, etc. • Results and registration in WebOodi, but in case therearequestionsregardingthese, pleasecontact : • School’sStudent Office, TA110, StudyAffairsSecretaryMrs. Liisa Bozkurt • Language studiesareorganizedbyUniversity’s Language Services (servicedesk at Student Center) • Course information in WebOodi/LanguageServices servicedeskorwebsite: http://www.oulu.fi/languagesandcommunication/language_services
Worth noticing… • University of Oulu haszerotolerance for cheating (i.e. copyingexamanswers, plagiarism of coursework etc.) • For example: chatting in examhallorquotingotherwriterswithoutappropriatereferencesis considered as cheating • Usereferenceseverytimeyouquoteotherwriters/websites/etc. • Iffoundguilty of cheating, the exam (orothercoursework) willbeannulled and student’s home universitywillbenotified of the incident. • Severeoffencescanbepunishedevenbysuspending the student.
Contactinformation • Ms. Merja Inget, Master’sprogrammes and exchange coordinator in OBS • phone: 02 94 48 7780 • email: merja.inget@oulu.fi • room: TA131 • Pleasemake an appointmentin advancebyemail. • OBS Student Office, TA109 • open fromMonday to Thursday (closed on Friday) • between9.30-13.00 (excl. lunchbreakaround 11 o’clock) • In case youhavequestionsregardingspecificcourses, pleasecontact the teacherdirectly (contact info in WebOodi) • In case youneed to contact Erasmus coordinators of otherfaculties, theircontact info is available at http://www.oulu.fi/intl/lomakkeet/erasmusinfosheet.pdf
Finanssi Ry (studentguild) • Student association for Oulu Business School students • Contact: kv-vastaava@finanssi.org
