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Faculty of Social Sciences
Information:Contact information: Faculty Office: Unioninkatu 37 (P.O. Box 54) 00014 University of Helsinki Phone +358-(0)9-1911 (University) Fax +358-(0)9-191 24835 |
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Degree Reform Introduced 1 August 2005
Two-Cycle Degree StructureA two-cycle degree structure was introduced at the Faculty of Social Sciences in August 2005. All students must first complete a Bachelor's Degree before they can move on to completing a Master's Degree. The degree reform will affect all students who began their studies at the Faculty after 1 August 2005 . Those students who have begun their studies prior to the above-mentioned date may choose, whether they continue studying according to the old degree structure or change to the new system. The change can be taken any time, but it has to take place before 31 July 2008 , when the transitional period ends. All studies completed by that time will be transferred as completely as possible. Therefore, the degree reform will not affect the study progress in any significant manner. New Study Requirements and Credit SystemStarting from autumn 2005, all study-units, instruction etc. will be presented according to the new system and a new grading scale will be used. Studies taken are registered using the new credits (in Finnish: opintopiste, op) instead of the credit units (in Finnish: opintoviikko, ov) used in the old system. The new credits correspond to the ECTS credits (1 credit = 1 ECTS credit). From August 2005 onwards the academic year will be divided into four teaching periods, each beginning and ending at the same time throughout the University. There is a week's break between the periods. The above-mentioned changes appear big, but in most cases they will not greatly affect the students, i.e. it does not matter so much, according to which system the student chooses to study and graduate. The majority of the studies offered at the Faculty remain rather similar in the new system. The biggest change will be the fact that now taking the Bachelor´s degree before moving on to Master´s level is compulsory and some study units that before were part of the Bachelor´s degree (mainly higher subject studies) will now be included in the Master´s degree. More Information on Degree ReformThe following links will provide you with more detailed information on the degree reform:
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