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Before you register for courses on Sisu
There are some things you should consider before registering for courses on Sisu, such as registration periods and requirements.
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Registration periods
- If a limited number of participants will be admitted to a course implementation, the registration period usually ends 7 days before the teaching period begins.
- If the number of participants is not limited, the registration period usually ends 7 days after the teaching period has begun.
You need to register separately for examinations that are not included in the registration for the course. The registration period ends 7 days before the examination.
To see the registration period of a course implementation, see the course information sheet:
- Go to the ‘Completion methods’ tab.
- In the ‘Teaching’ section, open the course implementation in question.
- Go to the ‘Registration’ tab.
Basic requirements for registration
At Aalto University, the basic requirements for registration for courses include (but are not limited to) the following:
- You have a valid right to study at Aalto University.
- You have enrolled as an attending student.
- You have added the course for which you are registering to your primary study plan, and this study plan matches your right to study.
- Instructions on selecting your primary study plan.
To check if you need to meet other requirements before you can register for teaching, see the course information sheet.
- Go to the ‘Completion methods’ tab.
- In the ‘Teaching’ section, open the course implementation in question.
- Go to the ‘Registration’ tab.
Number of participants in a course implementation
Number 2112 can appear as number of participants either in
- Course information sheet > ‘Completion methods’ tab > course implementation in question > ‘Registration’ tab, or
- Study calendar > course implementation in question > under the ‘Register’ button
Please do not pay attention to this number since it is automatically imported to Sisu and does not correlate with the actual maximum participant number. If you want to know the actual maximum of participants, please check it from each teaching group in the study calendar.
Changing the version of a course
- In the ‘Structure of studies’ section, click on the code of the course whose version you want to change.
- Under the course information sheet title, click on the text ‘Version zzzz-yyyy’.
- In the drop-down list that opens, select the ongoing academic year.
- A notification banner appears at the top of the page. Click on the text ‘Use this version’.
This banner sometimes hides behind other blue banners. For example, if you see a notification of a confirmed minor, close this notification by clicking on the X on the right.
Further instructions on changing the version of a minor, a substituting course, or master’s-level studies are available:Changing versions in your study plan
If your study plan on Sisu follows the degree structure of a past academic year, the courses in your study plan are the versions that were taught in that academic year.
- The academic year whose degree structure your study plan follows is mentioned under the title of your study plan. Check it there.
- The courses in your study plan automatically follow the curriculum that was in force in the academic year when you created your study plan.
- To change the version of a course, click on its code.
- Open the course information sheet.
- In the drop-down menu under the course title, select the current academic year.
- Sisu will now display the following notification: ‘You are viewing a version of the study module that is not included in your study your plan. Use this version.’
- Note: If Sisu is currently displaying other banners at the top of your study plan (e.g. ‘The selection xx can be confirmed to your study right’ or any other banner), the banner about the course version may hide under them. Close the other banners by clicking on the X on the right to see the banner about the course version.
- Click on the link ‘Use this version’.
- Go to the ‘Completion methods’ tab and click on the ‘Select this completion method’ button.
- After you have selected a completion method, you will be able to choose the dates when you want to attend teaching and go to your study calendar to register for the course.
If you register for a course through the course search function, your study calendar will display the following notification: ‘You were not selected for the teaching because you do not fill some requirements.’ + ‘The requirements that are not fulfilled: Course not included in the primary study plan.’
- Because the course is in fact included in your primary study plan, this notification may seem confusing.
- What the notification means is that your study plan does not contain the correct version of the course, that is, the version of the ongoing academic year. To fix this, change the version in your study plan.
If you try to register for a course through your study plan by opening the course information sheet without changing the version of the course first, the section ‘Teaching’ under the ‘Completion methods’ tab will not display any teaching dates and times in the ongoing academic year.
- To make Sisu display the dates for the ongoing academic year, make sure your study plan contains the ongoing academic year’s version of the course.
Some vocabulary related to course registrations used on Sisu
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Implementation of teaching |
A teaching event of a course, such as the lectures, exercises and the exam that make up a course. Sisu processes make-up exams as their own category of teaching events or ‘implementations of teaching’ in Sisu-speak. |
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Teaching |
An umbrella term that refers to courses that have upcoming teaching events for which you can register. |
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Completion method |
The method you use to complete a course, such as class participation or an examination. |
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Study calendar |
A tab on Sisu. Use the study calendar to plan your studies and register for courses. |
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Personal study plan (HOPS) |
Your personal study plan (HOPS). The abbreviation HOPS is derived from ‘henkilökohtainen opintosuunnitelma’ which is the Finnish for ‘personal study plan’. |
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Basic requirements for registration |
The requirements you must meet to be able to register for a course. |
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Registration selection criteria |
The selection criteria that is used to set registered students in an order of priority in situations where it is necessary to select who gets to participate in a course. |
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Registration with direct confirmation |
At Aalto, students can register for the following types of courses and immediately receive confirmation that they will be admitted to the course: 1) courses with no limit on the number of students and 2) courses that continue throughout the academic term or year and for which students can register at any point of the academic term or year. Your registration for such courses is confirmed immediately as long as you meet the basic requirements. |
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Standard registration |
At Aalto University, standard registration for courses is used for 1) courses where the number of students is limited and 2) make-up exams. You will find out whether you were admitted to the course after the registration period is over. When it comes to make-up exams, everyone who needs to take the exam and fulfils the basic requirements is admitted to the exam. |
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Course information sheet |
A view on Sisu that contains information about a course. The course information sheet contains information about the course and the methods you can use to complete it. |
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Degree structure |
The degree structure is the structure of your degree programme. Your study plan on Sisu is based on this degree structure. |
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Teaching group |
For example, lectures or exercise classes can be called teaching groups. If the students in a course are divided into several exercise groups, the groups are often numbered: H01, H02, H03 etc. |
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