SPS PRE-SELECTION PROCESS Guidance for Students Undergraduate Teaching Office sps.pre-selection-1415@ed.ac.uk
What is 'Pre-Selection'? Pre-selection is the process of choosing your courses for the next academic year before you return to university. All returning students in SSPS need to pre-select their courses to allow for allocations to be made during the summer vacation period. Students from outwith SSPS should follow the instructions provided by their own School for Pre-Selection. The deadline for receipt of course selection information is 27 th June 2014. Please email your pre-selection choices to sps.pre-selection-1415@ed.ac.uk How does the Pre-Selection process work? As part of your degree at Edinburgh you have the opportunity to select optional courses to take alongside those that are compulsory for your degree programme. Depending on your area of study, there is a large range of different courses from all over the University available to choose from. You need to put ALL your compulsory and optional courses for each Semester on the form, including those from other Schools. Please indicate your options in order of preference, and list more than the required 120 credits, in case your first choices for optional courses are over-subscribed. Staff in the Undergraduate Teaching Office will process these forms as they arrive. All queries should be directed to sps.pre-selection-1415@ed.ac.uk and will be answered in the order in which they are received. Please allow five working days for a response. You will not receive a confirmation from the office for receipt of the form or for course allocation. You will be contacted at your student email address if there are any problems with your selections so it is important that you monitor this account. Allocations are made on a first come, first served basis for most courses. This does not apply to courses that operate a seeding process (such as PIR Honours courses) or to courses which are compulsory to your degree programme (you will automatically be registered to these by Registry). Course allocations will appear on your MyEd via EUCLID by the end of August. Please note that allocations to optional courses are provisional until attendance is confirmed by your Personal Tutor when you return to University in September. How do you select your courses? A normal year load is 120 credits (most commonly six 20 credit courses) and your courses should be distributed evenly between Semester 1 and Semester 2. Once you establish what your compulsory core courses are, and when they run, you will be able to make your optional course selections. It is your 1
responsibility to ensure that there are no timetable clashes between optional and compulsory courses. You will be unable to take an optional course if it clashes with a compulsory course. To view the compulsory courses for your degree programme, and explore what optional courses are available to you, go to http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/14-15/dpt/drps_sps.htm and follow the steps below: 1. Choose your programme from the list of Undergraduate programmes and click to view: 2. Scroll down the page to find the course requirements for the year you will be starting: For example, if you are going in to 3rd Year you will look at the 'Year 3, Academic year 2014/15' section of that page: 2
3. Read the rules for your degree programme and year. Your compulsory courses will be listed first, then your course options. To find out more about a particular course, click on the course code. This will take you to the page for that course, where you will find information about the syllabus, assessment and timetable. It is your responsibility to a) choose courses that do not clash with your core timetable b) choose courses that you are qualified to do. To view a course timetable from the course page, scroll down to 'Course Delivery Information' (making sure it is 'Delivery period 2014/15') and click on 'web timetable': To check if you are qualified to do a course, please refer to the 'Entry Requirements' on the course page, where any pre-requisites or co-requisites will be listed: 3
What do you do if you need further advice on the Pre- Selection process? If you would like to see the full choice of courses on offer specifically relating to your own degree programme then please refer to the appropriate course listing document (select Year 2 course selection 2014-2015 or 'Honours Course Listings 2014-2015 according to your year of programme). If you have any questions about the form, credits, the rules for your programme, or are unsure about any other administrative matters, then please check the Frequently Asked Questions document. All documents are also available on the SPS website at: http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/undergrad/on_course_students/course_registration_for_continuing_students If you need advice on any academic matters, please email your Personal Tutor in the first instance. You can find your Personal Tutor's email address on your MyEd page. If you are unable to reach your Personal Tutor then please let your Student Support Officer know and they will help you find someone who will be able to offer academic advice. Student Support Officer details are available at: http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/undergrad/on_course_students/student_support/student_support_team Any exceptions to your degree programme rules will need to be approved by your PT and Head of Subject. If you are unsure about who to contact about a query then please email the Undergraduate Teaching Office at uto.sps@ed.ac.uk 4