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Students information guideline
2014/2015
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Welcome to Collegium Civitas!
In your hands we are giving „Students Information Guideline”, in which you can find scope of
useful advices about Collegium Civitas and tips where to find detailed informations.
In this guideline you will be able to find answers for frequently asked questions which students of I year are asking.
We wish you good luck!
Authorities and administration workers Collegium Civitas
What kind of informations can you find in the guideline?
I. COLLEGIUM CIVITAS AUTHORITIES .................................................................................. 3
II. THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTACTS.................................................................................. 4
III. VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY ........................................................................................................ 9
IV. REGISTRATION…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..9
V. USEFUL TIPS… ................................................................................................................... 10
VI. SESSION .................................................................................................................. 15
VII. STUDENTS LIFE…………………………………………………………………………………………………………17
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I. COLLEGIUM CIVITAS AUTHORITIES
Rector CC
prof. Stanisław Mocek
President CC
Co-funder and First Rector prof. Jadwiga Koralewicz
Vice- Rector for Students Affairs PhD Anna Siwek
Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs PhD Marcin Gajek
Vice-Rector for International Cooperation PhD Paulina Codogni
Vice-Rector for Strategic Development
PhD Małgorzata Baran
Vice-Rector for Sceintific Research PhD Katarzyna Iwińska
Rector’s plenipotentiary for Lifelong Learning M.A Teresa Wierzbowska
Rector’s pleninpotentiary for Promotion
M.A Michał Przymusiński
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II. THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTACTS
VICE-RECTOR FOR STUDENTS AFFAIRS, PhD Anna Siwek
room 1253 Duties for full-time and part-time: Tuesdays: 6 p.m-7 p.m (18.00-19.0) duty on-line per SKYPE Wednesdays: 9 a.m-16 p.m (9.00-16.00) Thursdays: 1 p.m-5 p.m (13.00-17.00) Sundays: (during part-time students meetings) 9 a.m-3 p.m (9.00-15.00) (for part-time students) Please sign in for appointment earlier in Students Affairs Department.
RECTOR’S OFFICE
room 1224 @: [email protected] Aleksandra Paliwoda-Kozłowska Rector’s Assistant Open: Monday-Friday, hours: 9 a.m-5 p.m (9.00-17.00) Please sign in earlier for appoitment. SUBMISSION FOR APPLICATIONS – STEP BY STEP
1. Applications:
financial issues to: Rector prof. Stanisław Mocek;
other issues to: Vice-Rector for Students Affairs – PhD Anna Siwek in Students Affairs Department.
2. During 1 week (in case of part-time students in three weeks) you should recive and answear in Bookamark: Your studies/Decisions on Virtual University.
3. If you disagree with a decision, you can write appeal of the decision to the Rector of the CC, with detailed justification.
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ACADEMICS AND STUDENTS AFFAIRS OFFICE
Anna Kicińska Head of Academics and Students Affairs
tel. 22 656 71 79 fax: 22 656 71 85 @: [email protected]
ACADEMICS AFFAIRS OFFICE
room 1251
Working hours: Monday - Thursday - 9.00 a.m-4 p.m (9.00-16.00) Saturdays (during part-time meetings) – 9 a.m-3 p.m (09.00-15.00 ) ATTENTION: on Fridays and Sundays the Office is closed.
Maja Karina Porowska Senior Specialist for Academics Affairs
tel.: 22 656 71 77 fax: 22 656 71 85
Małgorzata Sypniewska Senior Specialist for Academic Affairs and ECTS points tel. 22 656 71 79 fax: 22 656 71 85 @: [email protected]
STUDENTS AFFAIRS OFFICE
room 1252
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Working hours for students: Monday and Wednesday: 12.00 p.m-4 p.m (12.00-16.00), Tuesday and Thursday: 11 a.m-5 p.m (11.00-17.00) and Saturdays (during part-time students meetings): 9 a.m-3 p.m (9.00-15.00) and Sundays (during part-time students meetings): 9 a.m-2 p.m (09.00-14.00) ATTENTION: on Fridays Office is closed for students.
Paweł Zreda Senior Specialist for Students Affairs
tel.: 22 656 71 84 fax: 22 656 71 85 @: [email protected]
Marta Michałek Specialist for Students Affairs
tel.: 22 656 71 84 fax: 22 656 71 85 @: [email protected]
Agnieszka Niekurzak Specialist for Students Affairs tel.: 22 656 71 85 fax: 22 656 71 85 @: [email protected]
PAYMENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS OFFICE
room 1250
Open: Monday-Thursday: 12 p.m – 4 p.m (12.00-16.00)
On Fridays Office is closed.
Mariola Skorupa Senior Specialist for payments and scholarships Payments for studies, applications for scholarships for academics performances and sports, social assistance for full-time and part-time students
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tel. 22 656 71 81 @:[email protected] @:[email protected]
INTERNATIONAL OFFICE OF COLLEGIUM CIVITAS
room 1250
Open: Monday-Thursday: 12 p.m-4 p.m (12.00-16.00)
On Fridays Office is closed.
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OFFICE/EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
ROOM 1250 Open: Monday-Thursday: 12 p.m-4 p.m (12.00-16.00)
On Fridays Office is closed.
Beata Rembecka
Senior Specialist for Studies in English
tel.: 22 656 71 86
fax: 22 656 71 85
Karolina Madyjewska
Specialist for Academic Affairs
tel.: 22 656 71 86
fax: 22 656 71 85
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Despite the fact that right now you are starting your studies at Collegium Civitas, you should consider studying abroad in one of the European Union countries. Thanks to EU funds costs connected with leaving can be covered. Thanks to the cooperation with 45 universities from: EU, Switzerland, U.S, Korea, Canada, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Ukraine or Taiwan more than 100 students each and every year have an unique opportunity to study in the most prestigious universities all over the world.
For further informations please visit: www.erasmus.org.pl. To receive a scholarship you need to know a foreign language at least at a communicative level that allows participation in lectures. Highly rated is also documented activity for your home university. Remember! Semester or academic year abroad will be credited into your course of study and fully recognized by Collegium Civitas. Attention! At CC is working program called TUTOR. If you would like to help foreign student to acclimatize to students life contact with the International Office. More informations you will find: http://wu.civitas.edu.pl (Basic informations/International Cooperation) or by contact with:
Katarzyna Błaszczyk Coordinator for International Exchange tel.: 22 656 71 95 fax: 22 656 71 85 @: [email protected]
DIPLOMA PROCEDURE OFFICE
room 1211
Working hours:
Monday-Thursday: 11 a.m-4.30 p.m (11:00-16:30)
Saturday: 9 a.m-3 p.m (09: 00-15:00) (during part-time students meetings)
On Fridays Office is closed.
Anna Wyrzykowska Coordinator for diploma procedure tel. 22 656 71 91 @:[email protected] @:[email protected]
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Anna Gontarewicz Specialist for diploma procedure tel. 22 656 71 91 @:[email protected]
III. ON VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY YOU WILL FIND:
personal informations – Your personal data, marks and grades, course of study, the decisions for your applications, as well as biographies of speakers and descriptions of objects, syllabuses of the enrolled lectures. If you changed your e-mail address or other personal data, you should immediately inform the Students Affairs Department;
general informations – rules, brief informations about studies (contacts to the lecturers, administrative workers, terms of duties in cathedrals, catalog of courses for a given semester, informations on study fees);
Your financial data – about calculations and payments please contact with Mariola Skorupa (@: [email protected]);
schedule for the session and exam results;
advertisements from Students Affairs and Academic Research Office and current informations about students life;
surveys for students – ratings about lectures and other issues taken at the end of each semester. Surveys are annonymous but mandatory. They are important for CC Authorities and administration workers.
IV. REGISTRATION ON-LINE
Registration on-line allows checking which lectures are mandatory for you in a given semester and signing in for faculties. Beofre registration read carefully following documents:
ECTS rules–basic rules on study in ECST points system;
instruction on register for lectures – detailed description about registration what you need practically to do to register for classes, what to click and pay attention to.
How to sign in for the lectures?
during registration login for you account on Virtaul University:
http://wu.civitas.edu.pl
login is your Students ID card number
password for first login is your date if birth in format: YYYYMMDD
on the left side of the menu you will find a bookmark „Reservation of lectures”;
click the link „Reservation of lectures”;
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read the „User’s Guide on-line registration” and start recording.
The choice of the subjects made at the time of registration you can change through the Virtual Univeristy during the modification proces. Questions about registration during subjects follow to: @: [email protected] (for Polish Students) @: [email protected] (for English Students) Registration for the subjects is mandatory. In case when the number of point is smaller than 30 ECTS reqired to achive completion by the student (maximum 35 ECTS points) the registration can’t be successfully finished. Savings for the subjects instructs student to receive its credit. WHAT IS ECTS? ECTS points system Works on most universities in Europe, including CC. For each subject is assigned a number of points. Completion of the course is equivalent to obtaining a given number of points. Semester must obtain a minimum of 30 credits and a maximum of 35, not less than 60 per year. Syllabusy for subjects This are detailed descriptions of the lectures including the topics of classes, mandatory and recommended readings, rules and requirements for credit students as well as learning outcomes. When you log in to your account you will find the names of syllabuses.
Bookmark: Register for subjects. Here you will find dates of lectures
(click the symbol: before the name of the subjects and you will see the dates of classess) Types of subjects: Subjects are divided into: manmdatory: directional, specialization and faculties. According to the rules of Collegium Civitas to your compulsory subjects you have to select the optional subjects that interest you, if they are available for your year and direction are also available temporarily. You can talk about the faculty with the lecturer or students of the older years. Lectorates – other type of classes are language lessons available for B.A and M.A students in Empik Language School („Junior”, Marszałkowska 104/122 Street, III floor). Students choses from languages such as: English, Spanish, French and has lectorates since 1 semester till forth semester. Please read carefully rules of Empik School which is availabe to download from the Virtual University. Attendance to the lectorates is mandatory.
V. USEFUL TIPS
ACCESS TO THE COMPUTERS AND INTERNET
big computer room (room 1248)
small computer room (room 1249)
Library CC (room 1106 , XI floor)
Internet– WirelessLAN (802.11g oraz 802.11b standard)
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For further informations please contact with IT Collegium Civitas Department:
Łukasz Golenia Head of IT Department room 1212 tel. 22 656 71 83 @: [email protected]
ATTENTION:
in big computer room may be held lectures – before entrance check what time room is available (information before the entrance to the room);
people using computers need to have a valid students ID card, otherwise they may be asked to leave the room;
in computer rooms you mustn’t smoke, east, drink and seat in hats, coats.
CAREER CENTER COLLEGIUM CIVITAS AND STUDENTS LIFE
room 1109, XI floor tel: 22 656 71 82 Coordinator Career Center: Agnieszka Pikuła @: [email protected] Specialist Career Center: Izabela Modzelewska @: [email protected] @: [email protected] Since 1 year of studies yyou have access to Career Centers offer of Internships/jobs opportunities. For more informations please visit:
Fanpage – „Praca i Kariera Collegium Civitas” on Facebook
Newsletter Career Center
Internet website with offers
Boards aith offers on XI and XII floor
Klub Absolwenta Collegium Civitas on Facebook What are we doing? The purpose of the Career Center CC is a comprehensive support of students and graduates CC in creating and developing their careers. In this brochure you will find information’s about: workshops, seminars, conferences for studens and graduates
creating a professional career with Career Councelor
internships and voluntary work
possibilities of professional qualifications\
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cooperation with employers
conduct pre-recruitment and selection for work with employers Career Center
meetings with employers and graduates of Collegium Civitas
For futher information please visit http://ck.civitas.edu.pl/bk/ If you would like to receive Newsletter Career Center contact with: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
COLLEGIUM CIVITAS PUBLISHING OFFICE
room 1105 If you think that your thesis, essays are worth publication, creative and innovative contact with PhD Marek Gawron who is responsible for Scientific publications at Collegium Civitas.
PhD Marek Gawron Editor tel. 22 656 71 96 @: [email protected]
LIBRARY CC
XI floor PKiN, room 1106 In Academic Year 2014/15 library is open:
Monday: 10 a.m-6 p.m (10:00-18:00) Tuesday: 10 a.m-5 p.m (10:00-17:00) Wednesday: 9 a.m-5 p.m (9:00-17:00) Thursday: 10 a.m-6 p.m (10:00-18:00) Friday: 9 a.m-5 p.m (9:00-17:00) Saturday*: 9 a.m-4 p.m (9:00-16:00) Sunday*: 9 a.m-2 p.m (9:00-14:00)
* During meetings for part-time students
Piotr Wąsowicz
Natalia Płońska tel. 22 656 71 96 @: [email protected]
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tel. 22 656 71 96 @: [email protected] Beata Capik tel. 22 656 71 96 @: [email protected]
CC Students can use collections of:
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology Polish Academy of Science
Central Army Library
Foundation of the House of Literature and Creative Work Houses
Reading room of the Warsaw University
Reading room of the National Library
OFFICE OF POSTGRADUATES STUDIES, COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
room 1211
Małgorzata Sieradzka Head of Postgraduates, courses and Workshops Office tel.: 22 656 71 98 @: [email protected]
Joanna Golenia Specialist for Lifelong Learning tel.: 22 656 71 98 @: [email protected]
IN COLLEGIUM CIVITAS ARE ALSO WORKING:
Marta Łagowska Organizational Director room 1149 @: [email protected]
Olga Kocot Head of the Admissions Office room 1210
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Magdalena Fruba
Specliast for Admissions
room 1210
@:[email protected] Tarmu Kross Specialist for Admissions @: [email protected] Justyna Blusiewicz Specialist for Scientific Research Department room 1237 @: [email protected] Anna Sudolska-Bytof Administration Specialist for Scientific Research Department @: [email protected] Agata Olbrycht Specialist for Scientific Research Department [email protected]
Adam Grejcz Administrative manager room 1212 @: [email protected]
SCHOLARSHIPS Rector’s scholarships for the best students
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Rector’s scholarships for the best students may receive a person who has:
high marks average from last two semesters with the average at least 4,5. In each semester the average can’t be smaller than 4,2 or
high sports resultats in international or national competitions or
other achievements.
Social scholarships Support may receive full-time and part-time students Wsparcie with the lowest income per person in the student's family. Scholarship may be increased by the payment for accomodation. Social scholarships for disables students: This kind of help may receive disabled student in connection with incurring additional costs of disability, confirmed the judgment of the competent authority. Grants Student who from special circumstances is in a difficult material situation has the right to receive (once in a semester) a grant. Application forms and detailed rules are available on Virtual University. For more information please contact with Mariola Skorupa: ([email protected]). Ministers scholarship for the best students – for further information please contact: Mariola Skorupa ([email protected]). Remember! If you suddenly found yourself in a difficult financial situation you can apply for a cash allowance!
VI. EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE SESSION Materials that can help you to prepare for the session (syllabuses, notes, xero) you may find in the Library. Academic materials are also available on Virtual University and in pdf format in computer rooms.
REMEMBER:
You can’t repeat I and II semester degree. If you don’t pass the retake exam you can
write an application to the Vice-Rector for Student Affairs asking for conditional
entry of the subject. You are entitled to conditional enrollment of only two subjects
in;
• retakal exams are free, but charge for conditional entry is 10% semester tuition;
• If happens that you become sick just before the exam, you should notify the
Student Affairs Department in advance (by phone or mail) about this absence;
• You must provide a medical statement within three days from the end of the
exemption period. After this time, according to the Rules of Studies Collegium Civitas
the exam is failed;
• Some grades may take the form of lectures combined with exercises;
• Positive assessment of the entrance examination within a period of zero can’t be
correct. When you 3, you can’t retake for 4 or 5 on a zero exam. If you fail the zero
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exam, the negative evaluation (2) is not taken into account and you can sit from the
beginning in the first period.
What „plagiat” is? ? All assignments are checked in the system called: plagiat.pl. The method of putting the essay ( by e-mail) into the system is described in details in the schedule of the exam session. Collegium Civitas treats the issue of plagiat system very seriously. Before the lecturer will accept your work, it passes the test in the system. The system checks the contents of working with Internet resources, complex work at other universities and by other students in the CC. Plagiat.pl ratio indicates the likelihood of plagiat, if there is any likelihood between your work and others work. According to the Polish Law on Higher Education (Art. 214, par. 4 and 5) by assigning the relevant portions of another person's work can result in serious penalties (admonition, reprimand), including expulsion from the University. If the suspicion of plagiat is confirmed in relation to student writing a thesis, is suspended the proceedings for granting the professional title and the Rector gives notice of an offense! Rules of the procedure of the system at Collegium Civitas is available on Virtual University. How to be aware of the system?
ALL – materials downloaded from Internet (also in foreign languages) needs to have sources given in notes;
Properly cite the other authors, use quotation marks, insert footnotes, bibliography. STUDENTS RULES If you would like to find out more please visit Virtual University about the rules:
Rules of Studies Collegium Civitas
ECTS Rules
Rules of payment
Rules of EMPIK Language School
Rules of social scholarships Collegium Civitas
Rules of Library CC
Rules of plagiat system Collegium Civitas
Rules of international studies and exchange programs
Rules of Internships Collegium Civitas
Spokesman for disciplinary affairs is the judge Mr. Wiesław Johann (former judge of the Constitutional Court).
VII. Students life STUDENTS GOVENMENT
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This is the main organization for social activity at CC. Government CC works in the University of Warsaw. It is actively involved in the organization of the Warsaw Juwenalia, Ursynalia and represents CC in Polish Students Parliment. The Board of the Student Collegium Civitas operates in accordance with the Regulations of Studies Collegium Civitas and the Regulations of the Student Government CC.
mail: [email protected] SOCIOLOGY CIRCLE COLLEGIUM CIVITAS
The circle organizes seminars, conferences and prepares scientifis researches on certain projects.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CIRCLE COLLEGIUM CIVITAS
Realizes scope of project connected with International Relations. COMICS CIRCLE COLLEGIUM CIVITAS
The circle focuses on a unique way of commenting on the surrounding reality. It also organizes lectures, panel discussions, and meetings with native creators and publishers of comic books.
MULTIMEDIA CIRCLE COLLEGIUM CIVITAS
The circle organizes seminars and conferences about games in sociological context.
AZS CC
At Collegium Civitas students may participate in sports trainings in sections like: football, skiing and snowboard, Texas Holdem.
ERASMUS STUDENT NETWORK
International organization which goal is to suport and develop Collegium Civitas exchange programs. ESN hepls international students in accomodation to CC student’s life and to acclimatize in Poland.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CLUB
Social Club which focues on intergation and network beetwen international and Polish students.
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