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For all degree programmes at the university, the Study Information provide a comprehensive information portal covering all degree programme variants.

Each subject and each degree programme variant has its own page there, containing comprehensive information on course content, courses and examinations. There you will find the so-called ‘subject-specific regulations (FsB)’ for your degree programme; these are the rules you must follow in order to successfully complete your degree. The lists of modules provided for each version of the degree programme are very helpful for planning individual semesters. They offer a complete overview of the modules to be studied, compulsory and compulsory-elective areas, and the recommended subject related semesters in which modules can be started.

You can also search specifically for individual modules. On each module page, there is a link labelled "Course offerings in the electronic course catalogue (ekvv)" which allows you to go directly to the courses you are looking for in the electronic course catalogue (ekvv).

If you are unsure how to plan your semester, you will find contact details for subject-specific advisers listed in the study information for each degree programme.

 

In the details view of each course, the "Subject Assignments" section displays which modules or modules the course in question is assigned to. The purpose of subject assignments is to specify the role a particular course plays within a module and the type of assessment required (e.g. "This course is the introductory course for subject XY, and an exam is set as part of it").

Some courses have multiple subject assignments. When adding them to the timetable, you must then specify which of these assignments you wish to use for the courses.

Degree programmes are made up of modules which, in turn, are used in various contexts. They are like building blocks from which subjects and degree programmes are assembled. Well-informed students know which building blocks they need to construct their degree programme (see the previous section "Which courses are included in the timetable?") and use the subject classifications of the modules in the electronic course catalogue (ekvv) to ensure that the selected module fits the required building block.

Some courses are subject to attendance restrictions. This means that including the course in the timetable is not enough, but that an additional step takes place. Faculty staff or the teaching staff, instructors, lecturers of the course then assign participation statuses to the students on the participation list using the "electronic course catalogue (ekvv) participation management". This participation status can be tracked in the timetable:

• Question mark: undefined participation status (either no places have been allocated yet or you have only added the course to the timetable after the places have been allocated)
• Green icon: "participating" (a place has been allocated in the course)
• red icon: "not participating" (no place could be allocated)
• orange icon with a number: a place has been allocated on the waiting list
• Dash: event without participation management (participation is planned without allocation of a place)

In courses with participation management activated, only students with a place in the course are included in the mailing list and can use the learning platforms.

Are you waiting to be allocated a place or do you have questions about your participation status? Please contact the teaching staff, instructors, lecturers of the course directly.

In some courses with restricted attendance, there is a participation deadline - these are usually examination courses that must be in the timetable by a certain date so that the Faculty has sufficient time to plan the examination.

For these courses, the deadline is displayed very prominently in the course and inclusion in the timetable is technically no longer possible after this deadline has passed.

If you add such a course to the timetable, you will receive a confirmation email from the system, which you should keep for any subsequent enquiries.

You can view all examination events in your timetable in the "My examinations" overview in the electronic course catalogue (ekvv):

• "My exams"

If courses are restricted and there are more interested students than places in the course, it makes sense to include alternative courses in the timetable. If places are allocated in a subject, you will then be asked to indicate which of these courses are most important to you. This is done via prioritisation. You will be informed in advance (usually by email) whether place allocation procedures are taking place in your subject and when places will be allocated. If you are NOT involved in place allocation procedures, you do not have to prioritise your courses.

Prioritisation works via your electronic course catalogue (ekvv) timetable. If you are registered in the electronic course catalogue (ekvv), you will find an item 'My priorities' in the menu under the timetable views. On the following page, you can prioritise your courses.

The exact procedure is described on the electronic course catalogue (ekvv) page itself. Your prioritisation is immediately saved in the electronic course catalogue (ekvv) and can therefore be used for the course allocation procedure.

Various timetable views are available to registered students:

• "Timetable" offers a traditional timetable view, "just like at school"
• "My Week" displays a calendar view with precise dates, which also includes individual appointments and may change from week to week.
• "List" includes all details of the courses you are enrolled on, in particular your attendance status: for courses with attendance management, this displays whether a place has been allocated; for courses without attendance management, a corresponding note is displayed ("Course without attendance management in the electronic course catalogue (ekvv))

 

If a course has several date entries (for example, a weekly series and three one-off sessions) you can remove individual date entries from your timetable without having to delete the entire course. This is particularly useful if you have integrated your timetable into a personal electronic calendar, or for the weekly view in the timetable or on the "Meine Uni" portal.

Go to the "List" view of your timetable in the electronic course catalogue (ekvv). For each course, you will find an "X" at the end of the row; click on this. On the following page, you can then choose whether to

• remove the course from the timetable (using the "Remove course | Unsubscribe" button),
• hide individual series of sessions ("Hide display")
• or hide all sessions ("Hide all sessions").

You can make hidden sessions display again in the list view by clicking the "Add back" link.

If you do not attend a course as planned, you should definitely remove it from the timetable so that you are not on the attendance list even though the teaching staff, instructors, lecturers never meet you. To do this, you can either (as described under "Hide course dates") select the option to remove the course in the "Detailed" timetable view or select the detailed view of the course in question in the electronic course catalogue (ekvv) and click on "Remove from timetable" under "Quicklinks".