Course Organisation

MSc Tropical and International Forestry (TIF)

 Academic Calendar

• Course start: October 22, 2012

• Course end: February 08, 2013
• Examination period: 4-6 weeks
• Christmas holidays: December, 24 – January, 4

TIF Orientation
MSc Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology

• 5 different sub programmes

– Forest Enterprise and Management
– Forest Conservation
– Wood Biology and Technology
– Forest Ecosystem Analysis and Information Processing
– Tropical and International Forestry
 Course schedule TIF
M.Forst.1511: M.Forst.1512: M.Forst.1513: M.Forst.1514: elective
1. Sem Tropical forest ecology International forest Monitoring of forest Forest utilization and 6C
WiSe and silviculture policy and economics resources wood processing
30 C 4 SWS / 6 C 4 SWS / 6 C 4 SWS / 6 C 4 SWS / 6 C

2. Sem M.Forst.1521: M.Forst.1522: M.Forst.1523: M.Forst.1524:

SuSe Ecopedology of the Project planning and Biometrical research Biotechnology and elective
30 C tropics and subtropics evaluation methods forest genetics 6C
2 SWS + field exc. / 6 C 4 SWS / 6 C 4 SWS / 6 C 4 SWS / 6 C

3. Sem M.Forst.1531: elective elective

WiSe Project: Development of a forest region elective 6C 6C
30 C 7 SWS / 12 C 6C

4. Sem
SuSe Master’s Thesis
30 C 30 C
Elective modules
• Mandatory modules of the other programmes MSc Forest
Sciences (in German only)
• Faculty of Forest Sciences (in English)
• Other faculties of the university (MSc SIA)
• ZESS (Centre of foreign languages and key competences) –
max. 12 Credits
• Other universities, national or international

• Important: on MSc level

• Recognition form
Key competences
• 6-12 Credits from elective modules
• ZESS (Centre of foreign languages and key competences) –
foreign languages, German courses
• Internship module
Examination regulations

• Legal framework for every study programme

• Specific regulations for TIFcourse and general regulations for all
courses at the university of Goettingen
• Regulates course content, examination rules, master thesis
• Contains module descriptions
Examination regulations – Modules and Courses

• Module – consists of different types of courses: lecture, seminar,

excursion – Don‘t get confused!
• Module – module description in the examination regulations
• Credits – work load, 1 C = 25-30 hours of work
Examination regulations – Grading system

Grades

1 very good and excellent performance

2 good performance considerably above the average requirements

3 adequate performance corresponding to average requirements

4 satisfactory performance despite its deficiencies still meeting the

demands - passing
5 unsatisfactory performance that no longer meets the requirements
due to its considerable deficiencies.
Passing and failing of exams

• Passing: student obtains credits and grade

• Failing: student obtain grade and negative credits (Maluspunkte)
• max. 40 negative credits allowed for the whole course
• Compulsory modules have to be repeated
• Electives can be repeated
• Free attempt: Improvement of the grade of a passed exam at
the next regular examination date, if you have attended to
the first examination date according to the study plan
Cheating and Plagiarism

• Cheating: Usage of illegal means or incorrect/missing quotation

– assessed as unsatisfactory (grade 5)
• Plagiarism: Copying of papers or articles or parts of it and ideas
without indicating the source, incorrect/missing quotations
• Familiarize with scientific writing rules!
• Plagiarism can lead to expulsion from the university!
Master‘s thesis

• Processing period: 6 months

• Registration of thesis topic and advisors in time at the
examination office
• Extra time only if you have a good reason (proven illness, delay
due to circumstances beyond your control)
Examination registration and de-registration

By examination administration system FlexNow

Exam type Registration De-register (without

reason)
Written exams At least 7 days before At least 24 h before
Oral exams At least 7 days before At least 7 days before
Term paper, protocols At least 7 days before At least 7 days before

It is not possible to register later nor to participate in an exam without

registration!
Illness: Submit a medical certificate to the examination office within three
days, otherwise you get negative credits
Information in the web – faculty‘s homepage

www.forst.uni-goettingen.de
Schedules (1)
Information in the internet – Uni-VZ

www.univz.uni-goettingen.de
Lecture notes on StudIP

https://www.studip.uni-goettingen.de
E-Campus

www.ecampus.uni-goettingen.de
Examination administration FlexNow
Further information

• News for international students by email

• Semester meeting of TIF students
• Facebook: www.facebook.de: Faculty of Forest Sciences and
Forest Ecology
– News for international students from the faculty
Contact persons

Coordinator TIF Prof. Dr. Dirk Hölscher Tel. 39-22121

Email: dhoelsc@gwdg.de
Dean of Study Affairs Prof. Dr. Dohrenbusch Tel. 39-3678
Email: adohren@gwdg.de
Academic adviser Jutta Hohlstamm Tel. 39-9999
Email: jrothe@gwdg.de
Tutor for international Ray Wollenzien Tel. 39-10488
students Email: rwollen@gwdg.de
Examination office Selma Koç Tel. 39-3405
Email: skoc@gwdg.de
Thank you very much for your attention!