New teachers seminarAugust 22, 2012

Jens Chr. GodskesenHead of Department

Contents

• The departmental structure

• Teaching obligations

The Department

ITU has 1 department for research and education (The Department)It consists of a learning and research support unit (Research and Learning Support, RL), and 5 sections:

•Computer Games and Interaction Design•Culture, Aesthetics, Organizations, and Society•IT Management and Leadership•Software and Systems•Theoretical Computer Science

The Department Management

A Department Management is in charge of running the department and taking care of its development

Members are: all section heads, head of Research and Learning Support, Head of Studies, Head of PhD School, one appointed member, Head of Department

Research at ITU

A faculty member belongs to one or more of 11 research groups:

Algorithms Process and Systems Models

Center for Computer Games Research

Programming Logics and Semantics

Digital Culture Software Development

Digital Media and Communication Software Engineering

Interaction Design Technologies in Practice

Pervasive Interactive Technology

The ECTS Model (i)

The model for a faculty’s teaching load (The ECTS model) tells that an:

• Assistant Professor must earn 258 ECTS points/semester• Associate/Full Professor must earn 322 ECTS points/semester

Adding also the requirements from the Sabbatical Policy we get

• Assistant Professors must earn 278 ECTS points/semester• Associate/Full Professors must earn 349 ECTS points/semester

The ECTS Model (ii)

• A course of size 7.5 ECTS points with 40 students (passing exams) gives 300 points, likewise a 15 ECTS point course with 20 students, and

• Master Thesis students gives 30 points each.

There is a flexibility within the model in that the Head of Department just requests from a Section Head that a section as a whole performs according to the ECTS requirements.