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Student Manual for Exchange Students of Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University Contents FREE COPY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, CHARLES UNIVERSITY 2016 STUDENT MANUAL FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS OF FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, CHARLES UNIVERSITY CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 WELCOME TO CHARLES UNIVERSITY . 1. FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES . 1. LOCATIONS . 2. ACADEMIC INFORMATION 3 ACADEMIC YEAR . .3 . REGISTRATION FOR CLASSES . 4 CLASS CODES . .5 . EXAMS . 6 GRADES AND GRADING SYSTEM . 6. TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS . 7 PLAGIARISM AND CHEATING. 7 UNIVERSITY LIFE 8 UNIVERSITY COMPUTER LABS, LOGINS, PASSWORDS, WI-FI . .8 . LIBRARIES . 10 HOUSING AND CAFETERIAS . 11. HEALTH CARE . .12 . INTERNATIONAL STUDENT OFFICE . 13 INTERNATIONAL CLUB . 14 PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. 14 REGISTRATION WITH THE FOREIGN POLICE 15 USEFUL CONTACTS 16 FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES . 16. CHARLES UNIVERSITY . .17 . IMPRINT . .17 . INTRODUCTION WELCOME TO CHARLES UNIVERSITY Charles University (UK) was founded in 1348 originating from foreign countries. There by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV as the are over 300 accredited degree programmes first university to the north of the Alps and to and 660 study disciplines. Charles University the east of Paris. It belongs among the oldest covers the full spectrum of fields – medicine, and largest universities in the world and it is pharmacy, science, humanities and social sci- the oldest and also the largest university in ences, theology and sport at bachelor, master the Czech Republic. and doctoral levels. Over 150 academic pro- grammes are taught in a foreign language, Today Charles University has 17 faculties in mainly in English but also in German or 3 different cities, 3 university institutes, 6 French. further centres for educational, scientific, research, development and other activities or The University is also dedicated to inter- for provision of information services, 5 uni- national cooperation with prestigious edu- versity-wide special facilities and the Rector- cational and research institutions. Charles ate as the administrative centre of the whole University as a whole has signed over 1900 University. The Faculty of Social Sciences is bilateral agreements on the Erasmus pro- the second youngest faculty, founded in 1990. gramme framework and 250 international partnership agreements with foreign uni- The University as a whole has about 53 000 versities where Faculty of Social Sciences is students with more than 7 000 students directly involved. FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES The Faculty of Social Sciences (FSV UK) is Each year it welcomes around 600 exchange the second youngest faculty of Charles Uni- students from all over the world. versity. Shortly after its creation in 1990 the Faculty became a regional centre of teaching FSV UK emphasizes the development of inter- and research in economics, sociology, political national cooperation. Firstly by developing science, international relations, area studies, and strengthening scientific bonds, student, media studies and journalism. and academic mobility and secondly by offer- ing English-language degree programmes. Currently the Faculty has around 4 000 full- time students. Approximately 200 of them Our mission is the promotion of learning and are enrolled in one of our English-language the protection of knowledge, the cultivation of degree programmes. FSV UK has one of the free thought, independent academic research highest international mobility participation and the support of the creative spirit of human rates of all the faculties of Charles University. society. 1 LOCATIONS FSV UK is divided into five institutes spread at four different locations in Prague: HOLLAR BUILDING JINONICE BUILDING The Hollar building is our main campus. It The Jinonice building is located a little fur- is located on Smetanovo nabrezi in the very ther away from the city centre, near the centre of Prague with a beautiful view over metro station Jinonice. It houses three of our the Charles Bridge and the Prague Castle. It institutes: Institute of International Studies, is the seat of the Dean’s Office, the central Institute of Political Studies and the Institute administration and also of the Institute of of Sociological Studies. Communication Studies and Journalism. Houses Houses • Institute of International Studies • Institute of Communication Studies and • Institute of Political Studies Journalism • Institute of Sociological Studies • Central administration of the Faculty • Dean’s Office Address • International Office • U Kříže 8, 158 00 Prague 5 Address • Smetanovo nábřeží 6, 110 01 Prague 1 OPLETALOVA BUILDING RYTÍŘSKÁ BUILDING The Opletalova building is found on Ople- The Rytířská building is located in the city talova street in the very centre of Prague, centre at the bottom of the Wenceslas Square. just few blocks from the Wenceslas Square. It houses West European Studies of the Insti- It houses the Institute of Economic Studies. tute of International Studies. Houses Houses • Institute of Economic Studies • Institute of International Studies – Department of European Studies Address • Opletalova 26, 110 00 Prague 1 Address • Rytířská 31, 110 00 Prague 1 2 ACADEMIC INFORMATION ACADEMIC YEAR The Czech university year is traditionally divided into two semesters: Winter and Summer Semester. Each semester is followed by an examination period lasting 5 weeks during which there are no classes. WINTER SEMESTER 2016/2017 26TH SEPT 2016 — 17TH FEB 2017 Registration and orientation for visiting and exchange stu- 26th September – 2nd October 2016 dents (see detailed schedule from International Office) Beginning of classes in the Winter Semester 3rd October 2016 Classes 3rd October – 22nd December 2016 Registration for classes in the Winter Semester (exclusively 26th Sept – 14th Oct 2016 (to 2pm) through the on-line SIS Student Information System) St. Wenceslas Day (Faculty closed) 28th September 2016 Independent Czechoslovak State Day (Faculty closed) 28th October 2016 Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day (Faculty closed) 17th November 2016 Dean's Holiday (Faculty closed) 18th November 2016 Christmas holiday 23rd Dec 2016 – 2nd Jan 2017 Pre-examination week for teachers to make up missed 3rd–6th January, 2017 classes and to hold early exams Registration for examinations through the on-line Student from 1st December 2016 Registration System (SIS) Examination period 9th Jan – 17th Feb 2017 SUMMER SEMESTER 2016/2017 20TH FEB – 30TH JUNE 2017 Registration and orientation for visiting students (see 13th–19th February 2017 detailed schedule from International Office) Beginning of classes in the Summer Semester 20th February 2017 Registration for classes in the Summer Semester (exclu- 13th Feb – 3rd Mar 2017 (to 2pm) sively through the on-line SIS Student Information System) Classes 20th Febrary – 19th May 2017 Dean's holiday (Faculty closed) 13th April 2017 Easter Friday (Faculty closed) 14th April 2017 Easter Monday (Faculty closed) 17th April 2017 Rector's sports day (restricted opening) 17th May 2016 Registration for examinations through the on-line Student from 10th April 2017 Registration System (SIS) Pre-examination week for teachers to make up missed 21st–26th May 2017 classes and to hold early exams Examination period 29th May – 30th June 2017 Course Evaluation for the Summer Semester 2014/2015 5th–23rd June 2017 3 REGISTRATION FOR CLASSES Students are able to enrol for classes during go to the course outline by following the link a three-week registration period at the start under the course code and check the schedule of the relevant semester. During this time stu- in the central right menu. dents are free to attend any courses and add or drop classes according to their preference. After WITHDRAWAL FROM CLASSES the end of the registration period, adding new classes will not be possible. To withdraw from a class, go to the “Enrolled” list again and click on the blue icon with a red In academic year 2016/17 the registration peri- minus sign. This option is available only within ods for exchange students will be as follows: the three-week registration period. After it is Winter Semester over, please email [email protected] with 26th September 2016 – 14th October 2016 to 2:00pm your full name and a code and the name of the course you want to remove from your list and Summer Semester it will be deleted manually. Please note that 13th February 2017 – 3th March 2017 to 2:00pm this can be done only prior to the start of the Registration for classes can only be exam period. done through our Student Informa- tion System (SIS), which is accessible at FULL CLASSES http://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng or through our website www.fsv.cuni.cz → Intranet → SIS (in If a class if full, the enrolment button will the top menu). Students can log into the sys- switch to a waiting list option. You can be tem with the password they obtained along added on the list any time before the end of with their student ID (CAS password). the registration period. When a place in the class has been vacated, the next student on the To register for a class, log in to the SIS, choose waiting list will be automatically registered “Subjects and Schedule Registration” and click for the class. on “Enroll (my own)” in the green menu at the top. Search for a class by applying the various CLASSES AT OTHER FACULTIES filters and check the details and outline of the courses by following the links [courses]. Tick the You can register for less than half of your particular class in the left column and click on classes with other faculties of Charles Uni- “Enroll“. After a successful registration, a yellow versity. Their registration period is some- message “Subject enrolled“ will be displayed, times different and you may need to wait one and the course will appear under the “Enrolled“ or two weeks before their registration system button in the top menu. All registrations show opens for students from other faculties. Find as “preliminary“ until the end of the registration their registration dates at their websites. period. Later this message disappears. Some faculties, however, do not allow stu- dents to sign up for a course electronically via The registration for classes during the pre- Student Information System by themselves.
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