eDoz: Scheduling / Catalogue Data

You can use the “Catalogue data” function to enter or change the description of your course units. The information should be complete by the start of the semester.

Examples of the use ot the catalogue data.

Please note the Time out: save your changes regularly or write the text in another application.

No change?

In contrast to the Functions "Courses" and "Performance Assessments" no confirmation is necessary if you do not intend to change the Data.

Details and Content of the Catalogue Data

All details pertaining to the catalogue data must be entered in the language of instruction and in English. If the language of instruction is English, the English terminology is already available in the field «Original language» and should thus not be re-entered in the English fields provided.

a) English Translations

General Rule: The English translations should be entered only if the language of instruction is not English.
Please note: If the language of instruction is English, the English text must be in the fileds "Original language" and the fields "English translations" must be empty.

b) Mandatoy Fields

Title

Please note: The English title must be entered in the field marked "English Title" only if the language of instruction is not English.

Rules for capitalization in English

The rules for capitalization in English titles are different from the general grammar rules for capitalization. Please comply with these instructions to ensure that all course catalogue entries are standardized.

When entering an English title, please note that the first and last word and all other words (e.g. pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs) must be capitalized. The only exceptions are:

• definite and indefinite articles (e.g. a, the)
• conjunctions (e.g. and, or, but, nor, for, so, yet)
• demonstrative pronouns (e.g. this, those)
• short prepositions (e.g. in, for, after)

Examples:

Germany Between 1949 and 1989: Division and Restoration

History of the Soviet Union and After

Save Our Children

Individual Study

Objective

The learning objectives describe in detail the competences to be acquired by the students during the course unit. Information on formulating learning objectives can be accessed on the site Lernziele of Educational Development and Technology (LET).

Abstract

The abstract is printed in the diploma supplement. It is a short description of the course content and the objective.

c) Additional and optional fields

Content

What are the content and topics of the course unit?

Lecture notes

Details on course handouts can be entered in the field «Lecture notes».

Literature

Literature references that are useful for course preparation or as complementary reading can be entered in the field «Literature».

Prerequisites / Notice

The field «Prerequisites / Notice» can be used to enter details on deadlines, number of participants, etc., but particularly the requirements for the course attendance.

Modify authorisation

The main lecturers responsible for the course have modify authorisation. Any other lecturers involved in the course have view authorisation. Lecturers who are not the main ones responsible for the course should report any changes they wish to make to the main lecturers or to the persons in the departments who are responsible for the catalogue data (e-mail link for these individuals can be found in eDoz).

Any changes will be made directly and can be seen in other applications (Course Catalogue, myStudies).

Retrospective changes or additions

All information can also be changed or added to retrospectively. You will see if there are any restrictions on changing the English title or the brief description because the diploma supplements have already been printed.