WELCOME TO MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY

Hello!
A warm welcome to the course Psychology, MA, The Biology of Emotions, 7.5 credits and as a student at Mid Sweden University.

Schedule
Four weeks before the beginning of the course you will get access to your schedule www.miun.se/schemasok. Please note that the timetable may be updated until the beginning of the course and even after that if something unforeseen happens.

Before you can begin your studies, there are three things you need to do

1. Get a login for the student portal (Swedish: Studentportalen)
If you are an international student you will receive your User ID upon arrival at Mid Sweden University.
This is your most important tool during your studies at Mid Sweden University. Here, you will find information about courses, study material etc. This is also where you register for each course. All of this can be found at www.miun.se/admitted.

Please note:
If you have studied at Mid Sweden University before, you will keep the same student login and user id.

2. Read through the current course syllabus
In the course syllabus, there is information about the course literature and other important things about the course for both teachers and students.

3. Register for the course
You must register for all of the courses you want to take during the semester. You do this in the Student Portal by clicking on the link “My Studies”, and then “Register on course”. You can register no earlier than two working days before the beginning of the course. It is important that you register for each course.

Course information
This course will focus on the biological foundations of emotions. These foundations are both neural structures and pathways as well as agents (e.g. transmitter substances and hormones) acting to communicate between these structures. Functional relationships between amount of different agents and emotions are at the core of this course. The amount of different agents relates to functional as well as dysfunctional emotional reactions.

As the course is a distant learning course (with one compulsory meeting on campus in Östersund, Sweden – see below) participation is required through active participate in the course room at the university’s learning platform. This platform is the primary communication tool used for students and teachers, and students will find all information needed to complete the course in the course room on the platform. Only issues of private nature (i.e. not concerning the course) could be addressed privately. However, do always use the student e-mail you are given in the communication with the teacher (before you are given this e-mail address you can use another e-mail address). All communication concerning the course should be done in English, no exceptions.

You need to register on the learning platform Moodle (in case that doesn’t work as should, you can contact helpdesk@miun.se – not the teacher). On the platform you should read the syllabus and the study guide carefully! For most questions you might have, the answers could be found in the Study guide or elsewhere on the learning platform

This course is part of the Master Program in Emotion Psychology. For each course in the program one compulsory meeting day is planned from the 28th of March to the 31st of March. Please note that those are entire days and that it is your responsibility to come on time to campus. If you travel from far you may need to travel the day before the meeting. For the present course - PS059A The Biology of Emotions - the meeting day is the 30th of March.

Registration on the study platform will open two days before course start. Registration and participation online are mandatory. Students who do not show active participation online will be unregistered from the course at the end of the second course week

Student information
You will find information about our campuses, registration, accommodation, checklist for new students and routines for examination and more on our webpage www.miun.se/antagen (Swedish) or www.miun.se/admitted (English).

If you do not want to attend this course you have been admitted to,
please visit the link below for information about how to decline our offer
antagning.se / universityadmissons.se

If you are a student from a partner university, please contact internationaloffice@miun.se.

Contact us
Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via e-mail contact@miun.se or phone, +46 (0)10-142 80 00 Monday through friday, 08.00-16.00.

Best regards
Mid Sweden University

Anders Flykt