Binding Study Adivce
General
Since the academic year 2005/2006 a binding study advice applies to all new first-year bachelor students of all full-time bachelor's programmes of the Erasmus School of Economics. The binding study advice is included in the Teaching and Examination Regulation of the programme. The binding study advice is effected after comparison of the students study results with the standards set and is issued by the Examination Board ESE.
NB: The binding study advice also applies to students following the Mr.Drs. programme.
The standards
The EUR encourages you not to experience delays in your study. Therefore this course offers intensive study guidance. You may compensate for some fails and re-sit a limited number of subjects. At the end of your first year you receive a binding study advice. This advice is positive if you pass year one first time around. See the course website for more details.
www.eur.nl/english/bachelor/bsa/
Dismissal
If at the reference moment the study results do not meet the standards set, students can receive a dismissal (or receive a negative binding study advice on the continuation of the programme). In the decision whether or not to dismiss a student personal circumstances as described in article 26 section 6 of the TER of the programme are taken into account.
The result of a dismissal is that the student will not be allowed to register for the same programme of the Erasmus School of Economics for a period of three years. A dismissal from the bachelor's programme Economics and Business Economics/IBEB also applies to the bachelor's programme Fiscal Economics and vice versa.
In the event of a dismissal from the programme students can request an (exit) interview with a study adviser or student counsellor. If so desired by the student, information is provided on other study possibilities.
Progress control
In order to inform students on their progress the Examination Board ESE issues a provisional advice (also referred to as pre-advice) twice during the first year of enrolment to in any case those students that are expected not to be able to meet the standards.
These provisional advices are not binding, contrary to the (final) binding study advice on the continuation of the programme as issued after the first and the second year of enrolment of the programme. The provisional advices are intended as a warning to students who risk not meeting the standards. In the event of poor or unsatisfactory study results students are advised to discontinue their studies or to make an appointment with a study adviser in order to discuss their study plans and progress. Personal circumstances that have already been reported to a study adviser are not taken into account for the provisional advice.
Bachelor-1
Provisional advice 1: The first provisional study advice is issued after block 1 and is based on the results of the examinations of block 1. Possible exemptions or results obtained during an earlier academic year will not be included in the provisional advice.
Provisional advice 2: The second provisional study advice is issued after block 2 and is based on the results of the examinations of block 1 and block 2. Possible exemptions or results obtained during an earlier academic year will not be included in the provisional advice.
In block 3, 4 en 5 a general message will be send to all first-year students via SIN-Online. Students can make an appointment with a study adviser based on this message.
Bachelor-2
Students who did not obtain all 60 credits in their first bachelor's year, will only receive a letter at the start of bachelor-2 and no other provisional advices. Students can turn to a study adviser for information or to report personal circumstances during the year. They will receive a binding study advice in August.
Counselling
In addition to two provisional advices in the first year, the programme is responsible for the availability of student advisors and a compulsory tutorship for first-year students.
Personal circumstances
There might be personal circumstances that influence the study behaviour and thus affect the study results. If personal circumstances have been of influence to the study behaviour, students are to report these circumstances immediately to a study adviser or student counsellor.
The personal circumstances that are taken into account for the study advice only include:
- illness of the person involved;
- physical, sensory or other functional disorder of the person involved:
- pregnancy of the person involved;
- special family circumstances;
- membership of the university council, the school council, the school's management team, the programme management or the study programme committee;
- other circumstances as referred to in article 2.1 of the Dutch Higher Education and Research Act.
If the final advice is issued personal circumstances are taken into account if these circumstances have been the cause of an unsatisfactory study progress. The Examination Board can only take into account personal circumstances that have been reported in time (that is within 4 weeks after they started) to a study adviser or student counselor when issuing a final advice.
If the Examination Board decides that there have been relevant personal circumstances, it can decide not to issue the study advice until the next academic year.
