Courses

Register/subscribe, reallocate/additional allocation

Register for courses

Registration for courses is only possible on the base Angewandte. After logging-in students are able to choose their courses by selecting the teaching tab and registering for a course by clicking the [+] sign. Courses with limited spaces give priority to degree students (compulsory subject) over degree students (elective), non-degree students and co-registered students. You receive an email as soon as the registration has been confirmed by the lecturer. Attending courses without registering online beforehand is not permitted (this also concerns the main artistic subject).

Before registering please make sure which part of the curriculum the course can be assigned to and for which part it is actually relevant, also in consideration of your study progress.

Note: During your studies the curriculum might be adjusted which can result in changes to your compulsory courses.

Additional allocations can only be requested before the end of the course, see Reallocate/additional allocation above.

Your curriculum analysis can be viewed under the tab teaching/study progress after logging into the base Angewandte. It offers you an overview of your completed courses as well as any remaining ECTS points.



Subscription to courses

Students have the option to subscribe to courses via the base Angewandte. This means that you are interested in the course but is not the same as registering for a course. SUBSCRIPTION ≠ REGISTRATION.

Subscribed courses are visible in 'my courses' and can also be displayed in a calendar which means you are able to see which courses overlap when planning your class timetable. As a subscriber of a course you receive notifications about changes of date or cancellations.

Reallocation of courses

In general, students choose the allocation of their course to a subject in the curriculum when registering online (if there is more than one option).

  • Later allocations to a different subject/section of the curriculum are only possible among the given options by emailing the Office of Student Affairs. Which part of the curriculum an already completed course can be assigned to can be seen after logging into the base Angewandte under the tab teaching/study progress at the respective course.

  • Provided there is no given allocation to a specific subject, students have the opportunity to apply for an additional allocation of the course BEFORE and DURING the attendance of that course.
    Applications, including a justification for the additional allocation, have to be sent to the chair of the respective study commission (contact see below) by email and will be processed within two months if possible. In case of a positive decision towards the additional allocation, the new allocation is then a valid option for all students of the respective study programme.

˅ Application for additional allocation
˅ Contact study commissions
Please note: In the course of study there can be changes in the curriculum and thereby changes in the courses requested.

Information and Contact

base Angewandte Support
W: https://base.uni-ak.ac.at/faq/
E: base-support@uni-ak.ac.at

Types of courses/grading/exams/confirmations

Types of courses

There are the following types of courses:

1. Courses without continuous assessment (no compulsory attendance)

  • Vorlesung (VO): is for knowledge transfer and introduces students to the essential parts of a subject, its basics and its main contents

  • Ringvorlesung (RV): is a lecture conducted by several lecturers with a summarizing exam at the end of the course

2. Courses with continuous assessment (attendance of at least 80 percent required)

  • Künstlerischer Einzelunterricht (KE): consists of artistic, scientific, theoretical, and practical contents; artistic one to one classes include individual supervision of students

  • künstlerisches Seminar (SEk): aims to deepen aspects of artistic subjects and complements the courses of the main artistic subject

  • Projektarbeit (PA): particularly allows independent work concerning interrelated topics and issues

  • Übung (UE): serves the transfer and practice of artistic, scientific and/or technical abilities and skills

  • Vorlesung und Übung (VU): a combination of lecture and practice

  • Vorlesung und Diskussion (VD): a lecture with focus on further discussing lecture contents between attendants and lecturer

  • Ringvorlesung und Workshop (RVW): a combination of 'Ringvorlesung' and Workshop

  • Proseminar (PS): prepares for scientific/artistic working, introduces to subject relevant readings as well as exemplary working techniques

  • wissenschaftliches Seminar (SEw): serves the deeper scientific pursuit of branches or specialised fields of the subject. Attendants are expected to deliver results independently

  • Konversatorium (KO): serves the deeper scientific discourse of branches of a subject and introduces to independent scientific/artistic analysis

  • Privatissimum (PV): serves the deepening of scientific discourse in the context of dissertations

  • Workshop (WSP): is a stacked lecture series serving the intense exchange with a specific topic

  • Exkursionen (EX): has the purpose of illustrating the content of courses

  • Studienbegleitende Reflexion (RS): assists with orientation within a study programme in regard to the qualification profile of the degree as well as the individual goals of the student. Students maintain a study portfolio in which they record and analyse the experiences and competences they acquired during their degree either in written or visual format and critically reflect them in conversation with the respective lecturer.

If a curriculum contains a different definition of one of the course types, the definition according to the curriculum is valid.

Grading

According to the exam arrangements outlined in the curricula, performance may be assessed through oral or written exams, or projects. Oral exams are generally open to the public.

Austrian grading system Definition
1 excellent (Sehr gut)
2 good (Gut)
3 satisfactory (Befriedigend)
4 sufficient (Genügend) (lowest grade to get a pass)
5 insufficient (Nicht genügend)


Only if this type of grading is not possible or unsuitable and a respective regulation has been laid down in the curriculum the following grading can be used:

mit Erfolg teilgenommen (successfully completed) positive performance
ohne Erfolg teilgenommen (not completed) negative performance


Grades for comprehensive exams (exams consisting of several subjects):

positive negative
mit Auszeichnung bestanden (distinction) nicht bestanden (insufficient)
mit gutem Erfolg bestanden (merit)
bestanden (pass)  

Source Notenskala: UG § 72 (in deutscher Sprache)

Exams

  • Positive assessed exams may be repeated once before the end of the study segment / the entire studies and up to twelve months after sitting it for the first time. Upon resitting the exam, the first result becomes invalid.

  • Negative assessed exams can be repeated up to three times. The third resit will be carried out as a board examination. The student may apply for a board examination already at the second repetition.

  • Two examinations passed in the main artistic subject may be repeated once respectively throughout the entire duration of the studies.

  • Students are entitled to resit any exam failed in the main artistic subject up to three times. The first repetition requires the retaking of the entire course. The second and third repetition may each be carried out as a single board examination.

  • Comprehensive exams carried out by an examination board have to be repeated in full if the student failed more than one subject. In case of only one failed subject, only that one needs to be repeated.

  • Failed pedagogical internships, which are completed as part of the Art Education Studies, can only be repeated once.

 
Sources: UG §77, Satzung §9 (in German language)

Confirmations

Curriculum analysis ("Studienplananalyse")
provides degree programme students with information about their study progress.
available via base Angewandte or the Online-Service for Students

Study confirmation ("Studienbestätigung")
includes the student record sheet ("Studienblatt") and the study period confirmation ("Fortsetzungsübersicht").
available via the Online-Service for Students

Proof of academic success ("Studienerfolgsbestätigung")
serves as a document for social insurance and finance authorities, as well as for the application for extension of residency permits for foreign students.
available from the Office of Student Affairs

Examination list ("Prüfungsliste")
serves as official proof of examinations completed at the Angewandte.
available from the Office of Student Affairs

ECTS-Transcript
serves incoming ERASMUS students for the recognition of examinations completed at the “Angewandte” by their home university.
available from the Office of Student Affairs

Please note: In the course of study there can be changes in the curriculum and thereby changes in the courses requested.

Main artistic subject (ZKF)

In the study programmes Architecture, Art & Science, Fine Arts, Stage Design, Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management, Design, Experimental Game Cultures, Expanded Museum Studies, Conservation and Restoration, Media Arts, Social Design - Arts as Urban Innovation one of the required courses from the main artistic subject must be completed each semester. An exception to this rule is permitted three times.

If within four semesters no main artistic subject is completed in the above-mentioned programmes it leads to the termination of admission to study!


Please note: In the course of study there can be changes in the curriculum and thereby changes in the courses requested.

Visiting semester within the Angewandte

Attending the main artistic subject of another study programme

During the course of study every student of a diploma, bachelor, or master programme has the opportunity to attend of artistic training in another field of study. The required application - which must be approved by the supervising professors of both the main and secondary field of study - has to be submitted to the Office of Student Affairs.

Form

see menu - forms


Attending another main artistic subject within the study programme of Fine Arts

Students of Fine Arts earn the right to attend courses of another ZKF based on the positive assessment of a portfolio presented for this purpose to the head of the appropriate artistic department (see curriculum Fine Arts).

Form

see menu - forms


Please note: In the course of study there can be changes in the curriculum and thereby changes in the courses requested.

Attending individual courses outside the Angewandte

Upon request courses completed at another university can be recognised by the Dean of Studies.
 

Co-registration at other universities

Students of diploma, bachelor, master, or doctoral programmes have the opportunity to attend various courses that are not offered at the Angewandte at other universities; for detailed information regarding admission please contact the respective university. A co-registration is only valid for one semester.

Co-registration at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK)

Based on a cooperation between the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna and the University of Applied Arts Vienna, regular students may mutually visit courses (including artistic subjects) from the respective partner university. For participating in main artistic subjects individual approval given by the head of the course is required.

Further information for Angewandte students can be found on the MUK Website, the complete range of courses is available at MUKonline.

Attending individual courses at the Central European University Vienna (CEU)

As part of a cooperation agreement with the Central European University Vienna students of both universities are allowed to visit courses of the respective other university free of charge.

The option to visit a maximum of two undergraduate courses for one semester at the CEU is open to all full-time students of the Angewandte. We would like to particularly draw the attention of students form Cross-Disciplinary Strategies, Global Challenges and Sustainable Developments to this possibility due to the relevant content of their degree programmes.

Pre-requisites to participate are a good level of English and the relevance of the chosen courses to your respective study programme.

All details regarding the courses on offer as well as the application procedure can be found on the website of the CEU: acro.ceu.edu/angewandtetoceu.

Important: The application deadline to attend courses during the CEU "Winter Term" (January to April 2023) is already on 12th Dec 2022. Additionally, the "Spring Term" lasts from April to June and the ‘Fall Term’ from October to December. Deadlines for application can be found on the previously mentioned website.

Inquiries should be first and foremost directed to the CEU at undergradadmissions@ceu.edu.

Please note: In the course of study there can be changes in the curriculum and thereby changes in the courses requested.

Recognition of exams

Upon request, courses completed in the frame of other studies can be recognised by the Dean of Studies.

Before commencing your studies, no information about potential recognition of credits can be provided.


Please note: In the course of study there can be changes in the curriculum and thereby changes in the courses requested.
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