{"id":118,"date":"2012-01-25T10:33:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T09:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2014-11-10T11:20:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T10:20:09","slug":"degree-accreditation-and-grading","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/it4bi.ulb.ac.be\/it4bi\/home\/master-programme\/degree-accreditation-and-grading","title":{"rendered":"Degree, Accreditation and Grading"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Degree Awarded and Accreditation<\/h3>\n
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The programme relies on nationally recognised degrees included in each HEI catalogue, namely:<\/p>\n

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  • ULB: Master of Science in Computer science and engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • UFRT: Master Sciences et technologies, mention Informatique, sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9 Syst\u00e8mes d'information pour l'aide \u00e0 la d\u00e9cision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • UPC: Erasmus Mundus Master in Information Technologies for Business Intelligence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • ECP: Master Sciences de l'ing\u00e9nieur, mention Mathematiques appliqu\u00e9es et sciences de l'information, sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9 Ing\u00e9nierie des connaissances<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          • TUB: Master of Science in Informatik<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Students enroll for the first semester at ULB and the second at UFRT. They choose in the third semester a specialization at one of the three other institutions (UPC, ECP, or TUB). Finally, in the fourth semester they carry out the master's Thesis at any of the partner institutions (whether full or associated). Upon completion, they are awarded a multiple degree (ULB, UFRT, and the university of the specialization).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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            Grading<\/h3>\n
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            Joint examination will rely partly on mutual recognition of the quality of the partners. Thus, the consortium will incorporate the features of existing courses and local regulations will apply for student's evaluation and student-teacher conflict resolution. Nevertheless, an effort has been made to establish a procedure as uniform as possible for examination and assessment of student's achievements:<\/p>\n

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            Regarding the courses,<\/p>\n

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            • During the first and second semesters, for delivering fundamentals, all students are together in the same institution, and therefore no coordination or harmonization for the evaluation results is necessary. Nevertheless, the contents and objectives of these courses have been coordinated with those in the other institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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              • A dedicated joint examination method will be organized for the course implemented jointly at UFRT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                • In case of failure of a module, a resit session will be organized for the student not before 2 weeks of the previous examination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                  • Local marking will be used throughout the student tracking. Conversion to ECTS will be done subsequently using local conversion rule<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                    • At the end of each semester, the list of courses validated by each student will be drawn up with a mark and the number of ECTS credits associated with each.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                      • At the end of each year, the StrCo reviews and discusses the student's results, and, at the end of year 2, harmonises the marks and distributes the ECTS credits. Our starting point for equivalencies across grading scales is given in Table 5, and this will be reviewed regularly to ensure similar grades from different partners truly reflect similar underlying student behaviour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                        • To obtain the master's degree, it is necessary to obtain 90 ECTS from courses, plus 30 ECTS from the master's Thesis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                          • Upon completion of the programme, student's grades will be issued in the ECTS grading scheme. 
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                            Equivalence between grades across countries.<\/caption>\n
                            ECTS<\/td>\nDefinition<\/td>\nUS<\/td>\nBE, FR<\/td>\nES<\/td>\nDE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                            A<\/td>\nExcellent: outstanding performance
                            \nwith only minor errors<\/td>\n                            		A<\/td>\n[18-20]<\/td>\n[9.5-10]<\/td>\n[1.0-1.3]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                            B<\/td>\nVery Good: above the average standard
                            \nbut with some errors<\/td>\n                            		B+<\/td>\n[16-18[<\/td>\n[8.5-9.5[<\/td>\n[1.7-2.0]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                            C<\/td>\nGood: generally sound work
                            \nwith a number of notable errors<\/td>\n                            		B<\/td>\n[14-16[<\/td>\n[7-8.5[<\/td>\n[2.3-2.7]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                            D<\/td>\nSatisfactory: fair but with
                            \nsignificant shortcomings<\/td>\n                            		C+<\/td>\n[12-14[<\/td>\n[6-7[<\/td>\n[3.0-3.3]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                            E<\/td>\nSufficient: performance meets
                            \nthe minimum criteria<\/td>\n                            		C<\/td>\n[10-12[<\/td>\n[5-6[<\/td>\n[3.7-4.0]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                            F<\/td>\nFail: considerable further work
                            \nis required<\/td>\n                            		F<\/td>\n[0-10[<\/td>\n[0-5[<\/td>\n5.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                            Regarding the Master Thesis:<\/p>\n