30 CHeCKlISt <strong>–</strong> BeFore You leaVe SWeden... Blåsenhus is one of many modern campus areas at uppsala university and the Centre for learning and Psychology. Photo: Staffan Claesson
The university may seem rather large and difficult to get an overview of, but it is the department that will be your actual workplace. A department is a unit within the university where your classes and research take place within one subject, for example the Department of Mathematics, the Department of English, the Department of History, etc. It is the department that registers you when the programme or course begins. At the department you will find lecturers, study counsellors, course secretaries, director of studies, head of the department. This is where your instructions, lessons, some administrative services and any laboratories are held. Those that follow a longer programme can usually be expected to take several courses from other departments but usually have a “home” department in charge of the whole programme. Many departments work together in the same research and educational centres also called campus areas. Examples include Ekonomikum (business studies, economics, statistics, and more), Ångström Laboratory (technical, engineering, physics, chemistry and much more), <strong>Uppsala</strong> Biomedical Centre, mostly known as BMC (medical and pharmaceutical studies plus others). Teaching Methods Higher education at Swedish universities is mainly based on the tradition that <strong>student</strong>s take responsibility for their own studies with the support of the teaching faculty. The academic environment is informal You and Your StudIeS Your department = Your Workplace and interactive. Teaching is problem-based and carried out in different forms: lectures, seminars, group work, laboratory work, independent study, etc. Every degree programme and individual course has a syllabus that describes the learning outcomes and the content, the number of credits, learning activities, entry requirements, forms of assessment, grading system, organisation of the programme content and course requirements. These requirements are pre-determined and adopted by the faculty board in charge of the course. Disciplinary Procedures for Plagiarism, Cheating and Obstruction Students are expected to uphold the standards of academic honesty at <strong>Uppsala</strong> University. Plagiarism and cheating are treated very seriously. Invigilators at the examinations will check on <strong>student</strong>s and proven or suspected cheating will be reported to a Disciplinary Committee. At the hearing, a <strong>student</strong> may receive a warning or, at worst, be suspended from classes and other university activity for a period of time. This is the same procedure for suspected plagiarism, i.e. copying parts of someone else’s essay or publication and presenting it as your own. Plagiarism is generally defined as using someone else’s text or idea without a clear reference to the original source. If you are unsure about how to correctly cite sources in academic writing, be sure to consult your teacher or advisor to avoid any misunderstandings. 31
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