How to plan a specialisation in the PlanApp?

You can use the Osiris PlanApp to plan your individual study programme and to request approval for your electives. This includes planning a specialisation, which can be done via Plan Later (A), Curriculum (B) and via the Course Catalogue (C). Note that you first need to enrol in a specialisation via Osiris Student before you can plan a specialisation in the PlanApp.

BE AWARE to always save your plan in between changes and before you close the PlanApp. Additionally, to make your plan definite, you need to request approval for your electives. For information on how to request approval for your electives, see the manual How to request approval for electives?

NOTE: In case of following a double specialisation, upon graduation please check on your Study Progress Overview whether the requirements of both specialisations are fulfilled. For more information about the Study Progress Overview have a look at the manual How to read the study progress overview?

This manual describes how to plan a specialisation in the PlanApp

A. How to plan a specialisation via Plan later

1. In the Plan menu, click on PLAN LATER at the upper right of your screen to unfold the PLAN LATER menu
You can use the PLAN LATER menu to plan courses of your curriculum you still need or want to plan. This includes courses within a specialisation.

2. Look up the course from a specialisation you want to plan and click PLAN NOW

NOTE: When a course is already planned, it will become grey.

3. When PLAN NOW is chosen, choose in which year and period you plan to follow the course
How to add an extra year to your plan is described in the manual How to add a year to/delete a year from my planning?

NOTE: The green square indicates in which period the course is normally given. It is also indicated if the course is given in the morning (MO), afternoon (AF), whole day (WD) or distance learning (DL).

4. In the Plan menu, you can now see that the course from the specialisation is planned in the selected year and period
It is important to note that you need to enrol in a specialisation and thereafter plan the whole specialisation in order to be able to graduate.

B. How to plan a specialisation via Curriculum

1. Click on Curriculum at the top of your screen
In the Curriculum menu an overview of the different components of your study programme are shown. This includes the specialisation you are enrolled in.

2. When you scroll down, the components of a Specialisation are shown
A specialisation contains different components, including Compulsory Courses, Restricted Optionals and Thesis within your specialisation.

TIP: Beneath the different components of your curriculum it is shown what the minimum number of points is you need to achieve for this component (for electives this is always 0), what number of points you already achieved and what number of points you already planned. When you achieved the minimum number of credits for a component, a check mark will appear behind that specific component.

3. To see more detailed information for each component of a specialisation, click on the arrow to unfold the menu

4. You now see an overview of all courses within the component you unfolded

NOTE: When a course is already planned, it will become grey.

5. To plan a course from a specialisation, you click on PLAN NOW

TIP: You can click on the 'i' symbol to get more information on the course.

6. When you clicked on PLAN NOW, you can choose in which year and period you plan to follow the course
How to add an extra year to your plan is described in the manual How to add a year to/delete a year from my planning?

NOTE: The green square indicates in which period the course is normally given. It is also indicated if the course is given in the morning (MO), afternoon (AF), whole day (WD) or distance learning (DL).

7. In the Plan menu, you can now see that the course from the specialisation is planned in the selected year and period. To plan the rest of the specialisation, repeat step 5 & 6
It is important to note that you need to enrol in a specialisation and thereafter plan the whole specialisation in order to be able to graduate.

C. How to plan a specialisation via Course Catalogue

1. Click Course Catalogue at the top of your screen
You can use the Course Catalogue to find courses that are in a specialisation.

2. Click SPECIALISATIONS at the upper left of the screen

3. Click on the arrow in front of the specialisation you are registered for to unfold the menu
You can only see the specialisations within the study programme you are enrolled in.

4. You now see an overview of all the courses within the specialisation
Be aware that you need to plan every individual course to plan the specialisation.

NOTE: When a course is already planned, it will become grey.

5. To plan the courses you can either choose PLAN NOW or PLAN LATER
When you click PLAN LATER, the course will appear in the PLAN LATER menu next to your programme overview in the Plan menu. How to plan a courses from a specialisation via Plan later is described in A. How to plan a specialisation via Plan later.

TIP: You can click on the 'i' symbol to get more information on the course.

6. When PLAN NOW is chosen, you can choose in which year and period you plan to follow the course
How to add an extra year to your plan is described in the manual How to add a year to/delete a year from my planning?

NOTE: The green square indicates in which period the course is normally given. It is also indicated if the course is given in the morning (MO), afternoon (AF), whole day (WD) or distance learning (DL).

7. In the Plan menu, you can now see that the course from the specialisation is planned in the selected year and period
It is important to note that you need to enrol in a specialisation and thereafter plan the whole specialisation in order to be able to graduate.