Preguntas frecuentes - Estudantes de intercambio, Erasmus, SICUE

Faculty of Philology

FAQ · Incomming students (Erasmus, SICUE, etc.)

Academic aspects

After arriving

You should go as soon as possible to the ORI (International Office), to justify your arrival and to deal with the paperwork.

The ORI is situated in the Casa do Lagar, Elviña Campus (down the hill, bus stop next to the UDC stadium).

➜ Casa do Lagar in Google Maps

You will need an appointment.

➜ Make an appointment

How is my timetable?

The following should be considered:

- Students in the 1st and 2nd years and in the Degree in English are divided into groups.

➜ Group adscription

- Some optional subjects of the Degree in Spanish also have two teaching groups.

- Each group has a different class schedule

➜ 1st year subjects
➜ 2nd year subjects
➜ 3rd and 4th year subjects
➜ Timetables

Group adscription

- Each student is assigned to a group, identified by a letter (A, B, C, D).

- The adscription is published on the faculty website, in the space for each degree:

Degree in Spanish | Degree in Galician and Portuguese | Degree in English

- Group adscription lists are updated after each enrolment period.

➜ What do I do if I am not on the group adscription lists?

1st year subjects

All 1st year subjects are term subjects, i.e. they are taught from September to December or from the late January to May (➜ Academic calendar).

1st year courses have the following weekly structure:

- 2 hours of lectures (“sesiones expositivas”)
- 2 interactive sessions of 1 hour each

The lectures are joint:

- on the one hand, for groups A and B
- and on the other hand, for groups C and D.

Each student must attend the lecture and the two interactive sessions per week corresponding to his/her group.

2nd year subjects

Second year subjects have the following weekly structure (with two exceptions):

- 2 hours of lectures
- 2 interactive sessions of 1 hour each

The lecture sessions are joint:

- on the one hand, for groups A and B,
- on the other hand, for groups C and D.

The lecture and the two weekly interactive sessions corresponding to each group must be attended.

Exceptions
Spanish Literature (Literatura Española) and Galician Literature (Literatura Galega) have a special distribution, with 90-minute lecture sessions throughout the course.

3rd and 4th year subjects

Compulsory subjects (taught from 8.30 to 15.30) have the following weekly structure:

- 1 lecture session (“sesión expositiva”) of 90 minutes
- 2 interactive sessions of 1 hour, which can be taken in a single 120-minute session.

In the Degree in English there are two interactive teaching groups (A and B). The assigned one must be attended (see group adscription lists).

Elective subjects are taught in the afternoons (16.30-20.30) and have the following weekly structure:

- 1 lecture session of 1 hour
- 1 interactive session of 1 hour

Some electives have two interactive teaching groups (A and B). You must go to the assigned group (see group adscription lists [Degree in English]).

Timetables

Available on the website of each degree programme:

Degree in Spanish | Degree in Galician and Portuguese | Degree in English

Master in Literature, Culture and Diversity | Master in Applied Linguistics | Master in Advanced English Studies

What do I do if I have a schedule clash?

a) If it solves the issue, request a change of group (➜ Can I change teaching group?)

b) Change your learning agreement. Contact your tutor at home and at the UDC (➜ Do I have a tutor at the UDC?).

What do I do if I am not on the group adscription lists?

If you are an incoming student (Erasmus, SICUE or any other program), please, consider that processing your learning agreement takes some time. Don’t hesitate to ask for the adscription to a group even if the enrolment or changes in the learning agreement have not yet been completed.

Please, note that groups are only assigned for subjects where interactive sessions are divided into groups.

There is a form in English to ask for the adscription.

Can I change teaching group?

Yes. There are some conditions and, if it is due to overlapping timetables, there is also a period of 10 days from the start of each term.

Regulations and application forms (Normativa e formularios de solicitude)

Academic calendar, dates to have in mind

Academic calendar for BA degrees

When are the exams?

There are three periods:

- First term subjects: 7 - 24 January 2025

- Second semester subjects: 19 May - 5 June 2025

- Second chance, for all subjects: 19 June - 11 July 2025

Details available on the website of each degree programme:

Degree in Spanish | Degree in Galician and Portuguese | Degree in English

➜ What do I do if two exams overlap?

What do I do if two exams overlap?

You can apply to change the date of the exam of the subject of the higher course.

All details, as well as the application form, can be found in the Regulation on changing dates of exams due to overlapping (Normativa de cambio de exámenes por solapamiento).

What are the teaching guides?

Each subject is described in a document that includes the syllabus, the assessment method, the tasks, conditions for passing the subject, etc.

The teaching guides are required to be followed by both teaching staff and students.

It is therefore very important to be familiar with each teaching guide.

Access to de teaching guides:

Degree in Spanish

Degree in Galician and Portuguese

Degree in English

Master's Degree in Advanced English Studies

Master's Degree in Applied Linguistics

Master's Degree in Literature, Culture and Diversity

Changes to the learning agreement

Erasmus students have the first month of the autumn semester (until 5th October) to make any changes to their Learning Agreement for the first semester. Similarly, at the start of the spring semester (30th January) students have until 2nd March to make changes to their LA.

You will need the signature of the Faculty coordinator (Dr. Elizabeth Woodward); please make an appointment for signing such changes writing to mobilidade.filoloxia@udc.es

If you need advice on which modules to choose, please consult the Exchange programme tutor corresponding to your home institution.

What is the Campus Virtual / Moodle?

It is the teaching platform of the UDC. You should consult it regularly.

https://udconline.udc.gal

How does the UDC and the faculty communicate?

The faculty, the UDC and the teaching staff will disseminate information through these means:

Faculty website: www.udc.es/filo
General website of the UDC: www.udc.es
Institutional e-mail. Each incoming student will be assigned a UDC email address. Please note this is the only one that teaching staff will use, and the only one which transmits messages through the Campus VIrtual. It is very important to access the UDC e-mail frequently.
Virtual Campus (also called Moodle) ➜ What is the Campus Virtual / Moodle?
Teams (the video call/videoconferencing tool))
Notice boards (ground floor foyer and in front of the administration, classroom doors and teachers' offices)

How do I find a teacher?

Almost all teachers’ offices are situated in the building perpendicular to the main building. This annex building is accessible from the car parking or through a corridor on the first floor (close to classroom 1.6).

Their e-mail addresses are also in the teaching guides.

Tutoring hours

Telephones, e-mail, offices

Do I have a tutor at UDC?

Exchange students are assigned an tutor depending on their home university.

Exchange program tutors

Questions, complaints, suggestions, compliments and claims

Standard form

There is a form for transmitting questions, complaints, suggestions and congratulations to any body of the UDC. It is accessible at the bottom of any official university web page (link Suggestions / Sugerencias).

This form should not be used for subject qualification claims; these claims are regulated in the “Rules for assessment, review and claims for the qualifications of BA and master's degree studies” (Normas de evaluación, revisión y reclamación de las calificaciones de los estudios de grado y máster universitario)

➜ Can I claim for the evaluation received?

Questions, requests for information and suggestions

It is advisable to go to the ➜ administration or directly to the responsible person (➜ Who does what in the faculty).

Can I make a claim for the assessment I have received?

Claims for the assessment of subjects are regulated in the “Rules for assessment, review and claims for the qualifications of BA and master's degree studies” (Normas de evaluación, revisión y reclamación de las calificaciones de los estudios de grado y máster universitario), articles 27 and following.

There you will find the reasons for which it is possible to make a complaint and how to do it.

Faculty services

Administration

Located on the ground floor. Opening times: 9.00-14.00, Monday to Friday
Registration and changes to registration for master's degrees, applications, certificates, etc.
Information on procedures related to registration, recognition of other studies, etc.

✉ administracion.filoloxia@udc.es
✆ (+34) 881 01 17 14 / 881 01 17 15 / 881 01 17 17

Concierge

• Located on the ground floor, between the entrance and the library (see location).

• General information:

· Location of different faculty spaces, offices, rooms...
· How to find a member of the teaching staff (or see Cómo localizar a un profesor/una profesora)
· Lost and found

• For notifying issues, especially about equipment

✉ conserxaria.filoloxia@udc.es
✆ (+34) 881 01 17 13