Admission requirements
Not applicable.
Description
Starting your studies is not easy! This course will help you get settled at LIACS and shows you how to best approach your studies by practicing effective and efficient study strategies. You are also introduced to several core academic skills, including presenting, collaborating, and writing.
Course Objectives
Students get to know the university environment and understand what is expected of them as a student in terms of independence and active participation.
Students can apply evidence-based study strategies in the different courses of their program, and are able to evaluate which strategies work best for them.
Students are able to apply presentation skills in a group presentation, demonstrating that they are familiar with how to set up a good storyline, deliver a presentation, and make use of supportive tools.
Students are able to explain what contributes to good teamwork, can apply this within a group assignment, and can reflect on their role within a team.
Students can recognize academic literature and are able to apply this knowledge in finding academic sources in the field of their studies.
Students can recognize and apply the academic writing style in a paper on the topic of the field of their studies, demonstrating that they can write formally and correctly in a coherent structure, using LaTeX.
Students are able to critically evaluate academic sources in the field of their studies by asking critical questions and writing an evaluation.
Students are familiar with the policy and regulations on fraud and plagiarism at the university, can recognize how to prevent plagiarism within the different components of their study (coding, writing, collaborating), and can correctly refer to sources in their work.
Timetable
In MyTimetable, you can find all course and programme schedules, allowing you to create your personal timetable. Activities for which you have enrolled via MyStudyMap will automatically appear in your timetable.
Additionally, you can easily link MyTimetable to a calendar app on your phone, and schedule changes will be automatically updated in your calendar. You can also choose to receive email notifications about schedule changes. You can enable notifications in Settings after logging in.
Questions? Watch the video, read the instructions, or contact the ISSC helpdesk.
Note: Joint Degree students from Leiden/Delft need to combine information from both the Leiden and Delft MyTimetables to see a complete schedule. This video explains how to do it.
Mode of instruction
Lectures
Workshops
Practical assignments
Assessment Method
The course Studying and Presenting is completed through four assignments on study skills, collaborating and presenting, and writing (two assignments). Each assignment is graded on a scale of 0-10.
In order to pass the course, all assignments need to be submitted, and for at least three out of four assignments a 6 or higher needs to be obtained. One assignment can be failed but should receive at least a 4. The final grade is the average over the grades for the four assignments, and should be at least a 6.
A non-completed assignment receives a 0.
Retake of one failed or missed assignment is allowed if this is necessary in order to pass the course.
Reading List
Material will be placed on Brightspace
Registration
As a student, you are responsible for enrolling on time through MyStudyMap.
In this short video, you can see step-by-step how to enrol for courses in MyStudyMap.
Extensive information about the operation of MyStudyMap can be found here.
There are two enrolment periods per year:
Enrolment for the fall opens in July
Enrolment for the spring opens in December
See this page for more information about deadlines and enrolling for courses and exams.
Note:
It is mandatory to enrol for all activities of a course that you are going to follow.
Your enrolment is only complete when you submit your course planning in the ‘Ready for enrolment’ tab by clicking ‘Send’.
Not being enrolled for an exam/resit means that you are not allowed to participate in the exam/resit.
Contact
Education coordinator LIACS bachelors
Remarks
Software
Starting from the 2024/2025 academic year, the Faculty of Science will use the software distribution platform Academic Software. Through this platform, you can access the software needed for specific courses in your studies. For some software, your laptop must meet certain system requirements, which will be specified with the software. It is important to install the software before the start of the course. More information about the laptop requirements can be found on the student website.