Master Premaster Curriculum and changes 2011 - 2012

Master Business Administration

Dear students in the Premaster and Master of the MSc Business Administration programme,

In september the first semester of the MSc Business Administration programme will start. With this letter we would like to inform you about a number of arrangements and changes.

Only for premaster students:

In august you will have the opportunity to take the last exams needed to finalize your premaster program. This would mean that by the start of the 1st semester you cannot be sure yet about whether you finalized your premaster.

The arrangement is that if you have a reasonable expectation that the exams you took in the last 2 weeks of August will lead to positive results, you may sit in with the masters courses in the first 3 weeks of September. In the unfortunate event that after these 3 weeks it turns out that you did not pass one or more of your premaster courses you will not be allowed to further participate in the masters courses (this will be checked administratively when registering for the exams) but instead you have to concentrate on and give priority to finalizing the premaster or you have to stop the premaster altogether (Student’s Charter (incl OER) Dutch or English version.). The professors of the masters courses themselves are not allowed to make any exceptions. If you have special circumstances you should contact the study advisor (Charlotte Roring) and she can guide you through to the Exam Committee if needed.

Premaster courses

Although the contents of the premaster is not substantially changed, the title of the course Concept and Observation is changed to Introduction to Research methodology (Course code 201100098). The course Research Methodology is changed to Methodology & Research Design (Course code 194119030)

If Concept and Observation or Research Methodology is on your premaster list of courses (original acceptance letter) and you did not do an attempt on this courses, please follow the new courses. If you already did one attempt on one of those courses, you can still do a second attempt for the old course. Still the rule applies that you can only do two attempts and have to finish your premaster within one year.

For master students:

For all tracks the MSc Business Administration programme will start in September (2011) and February (2012).

Academic programme 2011-2012 MSc Business Administration per track

As of 2010/2011 the MSc Business Administration program has two types of flexible options:

1. flexible options for the 4 generic courses allowing you to spread your courses over the year if necessary

2. track-specific flexible options allowing you to further differentiate or specialize within your track.

Ad 1. For the first type of flexible options, the possibilities are as follows:

Ad 2. For each track, in every Quartile track courses are scheduled. The standard, nominal programme is to follow 4 generic courses (see above) plus 2 track courses. Under certain conditions a 3^rd, more track specific course is allowed. Below these conditions are listed per track and per semester.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship track, starting September ‘11

Innovation & Entrepreneurship track , starting February ‘12

Other combinations of INN&ENT track courses are allowed, and following extra track courses is encouraged for ambitious students (n.b.: explicit agreement with the track coordinator is needed)!

For students from the INN&ENT track a short cut to the double diploma with TU Berlin is possible. See the website.

N.B.: for students following the 5/6 year graduate programme Innovation and Etrepreneurship with Twente Graduate School, 4 specific course are obligatory, and the double diploma with TU Berlin is preferred! See the TGS website (www.utwente.nl/tgs) and contact Prof. Dr. ir. Petra C. de Weerd Nederhof about this possibility.

When choosing a flexible option, please consult the study adviser Charlotte Röring!

Please let your track coordinator know when you choose to follow this track (p.c.deweerd@utwente.nl (INN) or a.j.groen@utwente.nl (ENT)).

International Management track, starting September ‘11 

Note that International Management is always obligatory in this track. The track course Management in Emerging Economies (191880720, Q2) can be substituted for the track course International Entrepreneurship (201000156, Q4).

Students from the INT track are allowed to enter in the double diploma with TU Berlin under special conditions. See the website.

When choosing a flexible option, please consult the study adviser Charlotte Röring! Please let your track coordinator know when you choose to follow this track (s.j.deboer@utwente.nl)

Financial Management track, starting September ‘11

Financial Management track, starting February ‘12

Other combinations of FIN track courses are allowed, and following extra track courses is encouraged for ambitious students (n.b.: explicit agreement with the track coordinator is needed)!

Students from the FIN track are allowed to enter in the double diploma with TU Berlin under special conditions. See the website.

When choosing a flexible option, please consult the study adviser Charlotte Röring! Please let your track coordinator know when you choose to follow this track (m.r.kabir@utwente.nl)

Information Management track, starting September ‘11

Information Management track, starting February ‘12

Other combinations of INF track courses are allowed, and following extra track courses is encouraged for ambitious students (n.b.: explicit agreement with the track coordinator is needed)!

Students from the INF track are allowed to enter in the double diploma with TU Berlin under special conditions. See the website.

When choosing a flexible option, please consult the study adviser Charlotte Röring! Please let your track coordinator know when you choose to follow this track (a.a.m.spil@utwente.nl)

Human Resource Management track, starting September ‘11

Human Resource Management track, starting February ‘12

Other combinations of HRM track courses are allowed, and following extra track courses is encouraged for ambitious students (n.b.: explicit agreement with the track coordinator is needed)!

Students from the HRM track are allowed to enter in the double diploma with TU Berlin under special conditions. See the website.

When choosing a flexible option, please consult the study adviser Charlotte Röring! Please let your track coordinator know when you choose to follow this track (j.c.looise@utwente.nl)

Service Management track, starting September ‘11

Service Management track, starting February ‘12

Other combinations of SM track courses are allowed, and following extra track courses is encouraged for ambitious students (n.b.: explicit agreement with the track coordinator is needed)!

Students from the SM track are allowed to enter in the double diploma with TU Berlin under special conditions. See the website.

When choosing a flexible option, please consult the study adviser Charlotte Röring! Please let your track coordinator know when you choose to follow this track (c.p.m.wilderom@utwente.nl)

We would further like to inform you about the following rules and arrangements.

-UT BSc students in Business Administration may begin following courses in the Master's programme in Business Administration in 2011-2012 after passing a minimum of 170 EC in their Bachelor’s programme. Completion of the Bachelor's programme takes priority over the Master's courses.

-To inspire you and guide you in the process of choosing and obtaining a graduation assignment in the second semester, all tracks organize trackmeetings during the first semester. Check the course schedules on internet or contact your trackcoordinator about the dates.

Fraud

We have noticed that not all students realise the consequences of (exam-) fraud and therefore we bring again to your attention that:

Of course we do not think this is a problem for you, but within our School we had some bad experiences.

Questions

If you have any questions regarding this letter please contact our study adviser Charlotte Röring, E-mail: c.g.m.roring@utwente.nl Ravelijn, room 2414. She can help you with problems concerning the study programme, with choosing a flexible option and studying in general.

The study advisers have consulting hours every Tuesday from 12.30 hrs until 13.30 hrs. You can drop by for a short question or small problem. It is also possible to make an appointment with a study adviser via the secretary, phone number (053) 489 3200. The secretary is located in the Ravelijn, room 2402. Charlotte Röring will not be in the office till the 2^nd of August. If you have an urgent issue regarding the first quartile, please contact the secretary as soon as possible so Charlotte can see you before the start of the academic year. For issues regarding the second quartile and further, you can make an appointment later on.

We wish you a successful and stimulating start of the new academic year!

Kind regards,

Charlotte Röring, Study adviser

Cynthia Souren, Programme coordinator