Pre-Course 2025 — Orientation For New GL/CL Students
Begin your academic journey with our 5-day orientation event!
The pre-course is an opportunity for incoming General and Computational Linguistics students to get a first introduction to their degree through talks, guided workshops, and tours held by students from the Fachschaft and some of your tutors.
Please bring a laptop (+ charger).
ALL students (both GL and CL) are strongly recommended to obtain a laptop for their studies NOW - e.g. there are mandatory programming courses scheduled for the first semester of the Bachelors.
Schedule
| Day | Time | Content | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday October 13th |
11:00 - 13:00 | Official start of the pre-course Overview of GL & CL Programmes and Course Structure (slides) How to sign up for courses & Overview of language courses (slides) |
VG Wilhelmstraße Hörsaal 0.02 |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Introductory meeting for General Linguistics | Brechtbau Hörsaal 036 | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | Introductory meeting for Computational Linguistics | ||
| 18:00 | Post-intro meeting hangout | Alter Botanischer Garten | |
| Tuesday October 14th |
09:00 - 12:00 | Post-intro meeting Q&A Modulehandbook walkthrough (slides) (CL Diagram) (GL Diagram) Overview of the university platforms (slides) |
VG Wilhelmstraße Hörsaal 0.02 |
| Wednesday October 15th |
09:00 - 12:00 |
Introduction to General Linguistics (slides) Introduction to Computational Linguistics (slides) Gentle introduction to programming and GenAI (slides) Computer setup for your studies (slides) |
VG Wilhelmstraße Hörsaal 0.02 |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Living and Studying in Tübingen (slides) Tour of the campus |
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| Thursday October 16th |
09:00 - 12:00 | Computer setup for your studies | VG Wilhelmstraße Hörsaal 0.02 |
| 16:00 | MA student hangout | Brechtbau room 035 | |
| Friday October 17th |
10:00 - 12:00 | Lab 0 for CompLing students | VG Wilhelmstraße Hörsaal 0.02 |
| 13:00 | City Rally | Meeting point TBD | |
| 18:30 | Pub Crawl | Meeting point: Holzmarkt |
Schedule subject to change.
There are two introductory meetings taking place on Monday; the first one at 14:00 is aimed at GL students (but CL students are also encouraged to come), and the second is at 16:00 and aimed at CL students. We strongly encourage you to attend these meetings. You will get an overview and a quick description of all the courses you have to take.
Location
The pre-course will take place in VG Wilhelmstraße (Wilhelmstraße 19, 72074 Tübingen), Hörsaal 0.02.
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