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<!--@include: ../../notice.md-->
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# Semester Planning
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Whenever the course registration opens, make sure that you know what you want to do next semester,
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and ideally what you want to do the next few semesters.
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For planning, [StudyPlanner](https://www.studyplanner.ch/) may come in very handy, as it helps you keep track of what you still need to do and what you already have done.
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For picking courses, you may want to read reviews of courses, which you can do on [CourseReview](https://coursereview.ch).
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## What if I overcommitted?
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You can drop courses *at any time* (apart from the basics courses, whose exams you have to sit in one go).
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Thus, if you have bitten off a bit more than you can chew, drop one of the extra courses such that you are able to focus on the more important courses.
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If you have gone past the official de-registration period, you can simply stop attending the course, if it doesn't have graded attendance.
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In that case, don't sign up to the exam, and if you already have, there typically is a de-registration period for that as well, which for end of term examinations
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is typically about two or three weeks before the end of the semester.
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If you have also missed that, in most cases you have to contact the teaching team of the course, ideally on the day before the exam.
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## Requirements for Bachelor
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The CS Bachelor can be a bit confusing in terms of its requirements. I explained it as I would have hoped it had been to me when I started in HS24:
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- **Semester 1 and 2**: You need to pass both, each *on average*. You either get all 28 credits, or none at all for each of the semesters.
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You have two attempts for each semester.
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The average is the raw average (i.e. 3.99 fails) and taken *after* rounding for each of the courses.
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- **Semester 3 and onwards**: You need to pass each exam and they award you the credits individually. This means that you can take just three of the typical four courses
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in semester 3.
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- **Basic Courses**: The basic courses are the eight mandatory courses in semester three and four. You need to pass seven out of them within two attempts each.
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If you failed one, you can *compensate it* with a *core course*, but only if you have *attended and failed* said course.
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Failing two or more basic courses twice and you are out of the programme and blocked from this programme.
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- **Core subjects**: These courses are typically taken in Semester 5 and 6, and you need to pass *at least* four of them.
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If you failed a basic course twice (or once and decided not to retake it), you have to pass *at least* five of them.
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- **Ergänzung**: This is a course from a different department, and it needs to be worth at least 5 credits. You can pick any from the approved ones on VVZ.
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Failing one twice isn't a big deal, just pick another one.
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- **GESS**: GESS courses are things like history, philosophy and more and you need 6 credits in this category (any excess won't contribute to your total).
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Three of these credits can be obtained through language courses.
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- **Bachelor's Thesis**: Should be self-explanatory, is worth ten credits.
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- **Seminar**: You need to participate in at least one seminar, worth two credits.
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- **Electives**: These are extra subjects you can take (and you will most likely have to take a couple of them) to fill in the remaining credits.
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Note that for courses that have a bonus, that bonus is *generally* added *before* rounding.
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