SfS (Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft) = Department of Linguistics
The study programmes:
ISCL = CL (Computational Linguistics) = CompLing
AS (Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft) = GL (General Linguistics) = GenLing
Fachschaft = student body of a course of studies or department
Fachschaft, Fachschaftsrat = representatives of that student body
Ersti = first semester student
Erstiwoche = welcome week
Ersticafé = a welcome event for new students
CP (credit points) = ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) points = course credits that indicate how much of a time investment a course is
Seminar types:
VL (Vorlesung) = a lecture (this abbreviation is more commonly used in other departments)
PS (Proseminar) = typically a BA-level seminar that might be a bit more advanced than the introductory lectures (usually worth 3-6 CP)
HS (Hauptseminar) = a seminar for MA and advanced BA students (usually worth 6-9 CP)
OS (Oberseminar) = a discussion group for current topics in a research group, for SfS staff and interested students (no CP)
The department’s building in Wilhelmstraße 19 has many names: SfS, VG (Verfügungsgebäude), Blochbau. We don’t live there anymore, we moved to Keplerstraße 2.
Fachschaft Room: Technically not the Fachschaft and any student can use the room. It’s room 049 in Keplerstraße 2.
UB (Universitätsbibliothek) = UniBib = university library
FSZ (Fachsprachenzentrum/Fremdsprachenzentrum) = language centre