General Information

• The University of Basel has compiled an"A-Z for lecturers". Here you will find the most important information
• When a teaching assignment is granted, a University of Basel email account is set up (or reactivated) and represents the official correspondence address for lecturers with students and university institutions.
  The login data of the mail account is used to access various portals and services of the University of Basel (such as Services; ADAM).

Semester planning

• Semester dates:https://www.unibas.ch/de/Studium/Termine-Events/Semesterdaten.html

• Lecture-free days: https://www.unibas.ch/de/Studium/Termine-Event/Vorlesungsfrei.html Session dates of courses that do not take place due to lecture-free days are automatically indicated in the course catalog under Dates and Rooms with reason for cancellation).

Teaching materials

Teaching materials can either be deposited digitally via ADAM:https://adam.unibas.ch/ or a semester apparatus can be compiled in the subject library.

• PDFs of the texts can either be uploaded by the students themselves or ordered free of charge on ADAM via the function "Add new object" > "DigiLit" via the library service. It should be noted that orders may take a few days to process, especially at the beginning of the semester.

• For ordering books outside the local holdings of the departmental library, the following form is available.

• The Seminar for Media Studies provides a number of documents for the design of written work(rules for ensuring scientific honesty, recommendations for the organization and design of scientific work, a guide for excerpts, a guide for exposés, and a guide for essays).

Equipment of the seminar rooms at Holbeinstrasse 12

All seminar rooms are equipped with filpcharts, blackboards and projectors (with audio system). Lecturers bring their own laptops and adapters for mini-HDMI, DVI, USB-C, VGA, etc.

To connect to the W-LAN, eduroam can be used. This also applies to members of the University of Basel. For some services, an additional connection to the VPN of the University of Basel must be established.

Grading and deadlines

• Here you will find collected information for lecturers at the University of Basel.

• Performance is graded according to the following guidelines (according to § 11 of the Regulations for Bachelor's and Master's Programs at the Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences of the University of Basel).
  Student performance is evaluated by the lecturers according to the principle "pass"/"fail" (pass/fail) or with a grade. The grading scale ranges from 6 to 1, with a minimum grade of 4 required for passing. Grading of a performance review is in whole or half grades. The following grading scale is used:
  
  6 "excellent"; 5.5 "very good"; 5 "good"; 4.5 "satisfactory"; 4 "sufficient"; 3.5-1 "insufficient".
  
  Grade point averages are rounded to two decimal places. Half hundredths are rounded up. An average less than 4 is unsatisfactory. The calculation of the final grade of the program is regulated in the respective study regulations. The final grade is rounded to one decimal place. Half tenths are rounded up. Examinations may only be repeated in the case of unsatisfactory grades. In the case of repeated examinations in accordance with § 12 Para. 9, § 15 Para. 5 and § 16 Para. 4, the better grade shall count.
• Clear cases of plagiarism must be reported to the Head of Student Administration. Student work can be checked for plagiarism on ADAM. More information on plagiarism and academic honesty.

• The entry of assessments (pass/fail or grade) is done via the services platform of the University of Basel (instructions are stored there as PDF documents). The evaluation of the performance review is done in 4 steps; the automatically generated checklists (PDF) have to be signed and dated and sent to the pre-printed address of the study administration of the Faculty of Phil.-Hist. or deposited at the secretary's office Media Science.

• The deadlines for the submission of written work within the framework of courses as well as their evaluation in the system are regularly 6 weeks each; for free written work via Learning Contract 10 weeks. Exceptions are possible by mutual agreement.

• The Department of Media Studies has a form for the evaluation of written work that can be used as a guide.