How to choose from the IDE offering of elective courses

In addition to the opportunities outside the IDE faculty, the faculty also offers many IDE elective courses each semester which students can choose from. This wide offering and the number of available days in the week means it is not possible to create a timetable that makes every combination of electives possible.

As the timetable is an important factor when planning your options for the third semester, the range of electives is presented in a way that shows on which day they will be taught.

To give you an idea of the content of the courses when looking at the overview, a number of tags are shown next to each course.

These tags give an indication of:

• The focus of the content (see below for more detailed information) 
• Whether the course entails individual or group work
• Whether the course involves contact with the professional practice
• Whether the contact moments are scheduled in the morning or the afternoon

Students can use all this information to get an idea of the type of course and whether it would be possible to take two courses on one day. 

• Example 1
  Imagine that two courses are offered on Monday, both entailing individual work. The contact hours do not overlap. A student can opt for both these courses, keeping Tuesday free for self-study for the two courses on Monday. Keep in mind that you should not plan more than 15 EC per week if you don't intend to spend more than 42 hours per week studying.
• Example 2
  A project course of 6 EC is scheduled on Monday morning. Furthermore, the course has a tag indicating the project requires group work. And the course is made green. This means that you need more than one day for this course. So, because group work is required, do not select another course on Monday in order to be able to have meeting with your group on Monday afternoon. And, next to the Monday, you have to keep one day free for working on this course.

Focus of the content
Multiple elective courses are offered, each focusing on different subject matter. Some courses explore people as a user of products, while others examine a specific technically oriented subject. Others teach you research skills or specific visualisation techniques. 

To give students an impression of the type of courses available, they have been classified according to the focus of the content, by using tags. The tags and an explanation of the tags can be found in the semester overview of the electives.