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Geo-Studies

Study Office GEO

Please address your questions to the study office by e-mail or telephone.

If you are already enrolled, please contact us using your university e-mail address (Studmail) and be sure to state your degree programme and matriculation number.

Plagiarism check

Plagiarism is a serious offence against the principles of good scientific practice. Plagiarism violates copyright law and is therefore punishable by law!

§ 19 (4) of the current version of the Framework Study and Examination Regulations for the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes (RStPOBM) at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg states:

"(4) 1 Examinations and examination elements may be checked for unmarked copied text passages or other sources using suitable software; the assessment of whether cheating has occurred is carried out by the examiner or the Board of Studies and Examinations. 2 By submitting an examination, the student agrees to the examination being checked by software."

We hereby inform all students that examinations and examination elements can be checked for unmarked text passages or other sources using plagiarism software!

If a case of plagiarism can be proven by this check, the module achievement in question will be graded with a deduction of points or ‘insufficient’ depending on the extent of the attempted cheating -> see § 19 (3) RStPOBM.

Finally, we would like to point out that allowing another student to take over your own performance (‘’allowing it to be copied‘’) is also an unauthorized aid and therefore constitutes disorderly conduct within the meaning of § 19 (3) RStPOBM.

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Using AI-supported tools for text generation

Since the winter semester 2023/2024, the guidelines of our institute for the use of AI-supported tools for text generation must be observed in all courses.

The respective teaching staff will provide information on the specific use of AI tools in individual courses.

Institute guidelines on the use of AI
IfGuG_Handreichung_KI.pdf (157.1 KB)  vom 01.02.2024

This handout supplements the MLU Rectorate resolution of 18.07.2023 on the "Use of AI-supported tools in connection with study and examination achievements", which you can read here.
KI Leitlinien mit Anlage.pdf (293.4 KB)  vom 01.02.2024

Important note for students in the Bachelor of Geography and Master IAS-GCG: Geographical colloquium is compulsory!

Attending the Geographical Colloquium is now a fixed component (1 SWS) of the study programmes Bachelor Geography 180/120 LP and Master IAS-GCG.

In the Bachelor's programme, the colloquium has already been integrated into the compulsory module "GEO.07190 Vertiefung Geographisches Arbeiten" since SS 23.

In the Master's programme, the colloquium is part of the compulsory module "GEO.07236.02 Global and Regional Geographies - an Overview" from WS 23/24.

In both modules, attendance of the colloquium must be completed as a course credit. In order to fulfil this course achievement, a record of at least 7 colloquium dates must be prepared. This report does not have to be prepared within one semester, but the dates can be spread over several semesters.

Please submit the complete protocol to the Digital Geography office. The contact person is

Heike Barthel, VSP 4, room: 4 3.25
heike.barthel@geo.uni-halle.de
0345 – 55 260 41

We recommend that all students regularly inform themselves about the specific dates of the Geographical Colloquium. Especially for Master's students, it is important to start collecting the participation certificates (see protocol) already from the 1st semester, so that the required number of colloquium dates is recorded at the end of the 2nd semester!

The Geographical Colloquium usually takes place on Thursdays from 4-6 p.m. in HS 4 1.43 throughout the year; however, deviations are also possible. The respective chair confirms participation on site by signing and stamping the minutes.

The form for the minutes is available for download here and also in studIP in the course "Geographisches Kolloquium". The dates of the colloquium will be announced continuously by email to the student email addresses.

Protokoll_GeogrKolloq_Studierende_ab24.pdf (122.8 KB)  vom 18.04.2024

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