Curriculum 2016-2017

The table below shows the subjects in the order in which they are offered, the student’s preferred prior knowledge and any additional prerequisites.

Table 1.

Minors

See Article 3.2 of the general section of the Teaching and Examination Regulation. The in-depth module may be completed by choosing from the modules listed in Table 3. Students who choose one of the following options for their minor must first obtain permission from the Examination Board:

• Exchange Minor (EM);
• In-depth initiatives (IM), see Table 2;
• Multi Minors (MM);
• Individual minor.

Tabel 2: In-depth Minors BIT

The Examination Board uses the following guidelines to assess the student’s request:

1. The educational component of the minor must be at an academic level;
2. At least 15 of the 30 credits must involve a paradigm shift;
   1. The contents of the minor must not fall within the field of computer science; or
   2. The contents of an exchange minor may fall within the field of computer science, provided that the minor is taken at an institute of higher education abroad and the educational component of the minor is at an academic level.
3. The educational component of the minor may not overlap with the programme’s compulsory units of study;
4. Up to five credits may be devoted to courses on the language and culture of the host country.

See www.utwente.nl/bit for further information regarding the Examination Board’s procedure for approving the minor. Once approval has been granted, the Bureau of Educational Affairs (BOZ) is responsible for the administrative procedure involved in enrolling the student in the relevant minor.

Sequence requirements (Article 7.13, paragraph 2s of the Act)

1. A student may enrol in the minor through the Bureau of Educational Affairs once he/she has earned at least 75 credits;
2. A student may only enrol in the final semester modules BIT INC (201500119) and Research Project (201500120) once he/she has earned at least 120 credits, excluding minors;