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Transferring Credits

Students of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and students of the Faculty of Human Sciences are able to change the Module Context of a completed course. The prerequisite is that the course is allocated to different modules. As soon as a course has been marked as Successfully Completed ("Erfolgreiche Teilnahme"), you can change the module context.

You can transfer "successfully completed" credits to different modules by using the My Degree Programme application an your Home Screen.

Please note: The instructions below are for the desktop view and correspond largely to the procedure on mobile devices. You can find a more detailed explanation of the mobile view of My Degree Programme in the chapter "My Degree Programme - Mobile Devices".

1. Click on the Registration Status application in the Application Menu.

View of the home screen. The My Degree Programme application is highlighted in the Favourites and All Applications menu.

2. The application My Degree Programme opens and displays the study structure of the part of your degree programme that you last opened. If you would like to change to a different part of your degree programme, click on the Show My Degree Programmes button to display your entire degree programme.

View of the My Degree Programme page. The collapsed curriculum structure is shown. Above that, the Show My Degree Programmes button is highlighted.

3. In a tabular view you can see your degree programme and the individual parts of your degree programme.

In order to see the study structure of the desired part of your degree programme, click on the Curriculum Number in the column Curriculum. You can also click on the respective Name of Degree Programme

View of the My Degree Programme pop-up. The subject German and the corresponding curriculum number are highlighted in the second row of the list of the individual degree programmes.

4. The curriculum will then be opened in the form of a tree structure in the view My Degree Programme. You can expand or collapse the curriculum structure by clicking on the "+/-"-Symbols.

View of the My Degree Programme page. The module nodes of the selected curriculum structure are expanded and the corresponding +/- symbols are highlighted.

5. To assign a course to a different module, go to the target module (circle symbol) in the curriculum and click on the grey "L" symbol in the "Results" column. 

Another view of the curriculum structure, which is again expanded at the module nodes. The described grey L symbol is highlighted in the column Results at the first exam node of the third module node.

6. In a dialogue window, all courses that are assigned to this module and that have been marked as successfully completed will be shown. If a course is assigned to another part of the curriculum, this will also be shown.

To assign a course to a new module, click on the Pencil Icon.

View of the page for transferring credits. The upper table, which shows credits at the selected node, is blank. The table below, which shows transferable credits from other nodes, contains one course. The pencil icon is highlighted on the right.

7. All possible module contexts for this course will be shown.

Please choose the preferred module and confirm your choice by clicking on Save and Close.

View of the page for transferring the selected credit. The newly chosen module context is selected and highlighted in the Nodes table. Below that, the Save and Close button is highlighted.

8. Click the Rebook Result button in the window that opens to confirm the transfer of your credits.

View of the confirmation window for transferring the selected credit. The existing module context and the newly selected module context are displayed. Below that, the Rebook Result button is highlighted.

9. You will receive a status message about the change. In a dialogue window, the new module of the course will be shown.

Updated view of the page for transferring the credit. The upper table, which displays credits at the selected node, now shows the transferred credit. The notification that the credit has been successfully transferred is highlighted at the top.

10. Please close the window. The study tree in the My Degree Programme view is updated automatically. If this is not the case, click on the Display button above the study tree and then on Refresh in the drop down menu that opens.

View of the My Degree Programme page. The Display button is highlighted above the selected curriculum tree as is the Refresh button below it in the opened selection menu.

11. In the column "Results", the grey "L" symbol will now be highlighted in blue.

Another view of the curriculum structure, which is again expanded at the module nodes. The described, now blue L symbol is highlighted in the column Results at the first exam node of the third module node.

Please note: If your degree programme awards credits for successfully completing a course, these credit points will not be immediately changed in the My Degree Programme application - it may take up to 24 hours.