Bachelor EER (OER) 2013-2014 DRAFT - School of Business and ...

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- Academic year: The period from 1 September of a calendar year up to and
including 31 August of the following calendar year.
- (The) Act ( or the abbreviation WHW): the Dutch Higher Education and Scientific
Research Act (Wet op het Hoger Onderwijs en Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Stb.
1992, 593).
- Binding Study Advice (BSA): the advice in accordance with Article 7.8b of the
Act/WHW entailing that the student cannot (or can) continue in the programme,
also referred to as the ‘negative binding study advice (NBSA)’.
- Board of Examiners: the examination board referred to in Articles 7.12, 7.12a
and 7.12b of the Act/WHW.
- BSc-EER: abbreviation of Bachelor of Science Education and Examination
Regulations.
- Capstone assignment: an individually and independently written essay that
concludes a Bachelor’s programme.
- Course: a bachelor’s programme component or educational unit within the
meaning of the Act.
- Course assignment: an assignment that can be used as a substitute for
participation requirements. Before referred to as ‘Block assignment’.
- Course book: a paper or electronic document outlining the goals and content of a
particular course, describing methods of education and examination of that
particular course and prescribing particular regulations and guidelines applicable
to that particular course. Before referred to as “block book”.
- Course Coordinator: the person responsible for developing the content of a
course. In this she or he is often assisted by a planning group. During the course,
she or he gives guidance to the teachers of the course, resolves problems in the
organisation of the course, and coordinates all tasks related to the examination of
the course. Before referred to as ‘Block coordinator’.
- Course manual: a document published on EleUM, containing information about
the education and the study programmes of the SBE, including a description of all
courses.
- Course period: a temporal unit as defined in the academic calendar, equal to the
duration of the educational activities and subsequent examination of a course.
Before referred to as ‘Block period’.
- Credit: an unit expressed in European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits,
with one study credit equalling 28 hours of study referred to in Article 7.4 of the
Act/WHW.