LUC The hagUe ProfiLe 1

Facility: Library Learning Centre, Campus The Hague
Location: Room A2.06, Schouwburgstraat 2, 2511 VA, The Hague
Opening hours: 08:00 - 22:00 every business day
Reserve desk hours: 09:00 - 17:00 every business day
Librarian hours: 09:00 - 17:00 every business day
Book delivery to and from Leiden: around 12:00 noon every business day
There is a reader for most LUC courses. These collections of articles and book
chapters are made available electronically. Articles are usually posted on
BlackBoard, the electronic learning environment for the course. Chapters from
books or articles that are not available via the digital library of Leiden University
Library are scanned and made available digitally via BlackBoard. In cooperation
with the Leiden University Library, LUC strives to enable digital access to
all required and recommended readings, via the Library website, so that you
can consult the texts without the constraintof library opening hours. If a digital
copy is not available, hard copies are provided in the LUC Reading Room. Note
that removing or defacing these copies from the Reading Room constitutes an
infraction of the Honour Code.
Until the Student Association has set up its own book buying scheme, books can
be ordered from the following local and global bookshops:
• Van Stockum Boekverkopers
Heerengracht 60, 2511 EJ The Hague, www.vanstockum.nl
• Jongbloed Juridische Boekhandel
Noordeinde 39, 2514 GC The Hague, http://international.jongbloed.nl
• The American Book Center
Lange Poten 23, 2511 CM The Hague, www.abc.nl
(offers a 10% discount to students)
• Selexyz Verwijs
De Passage 39, 2511 AB The Hague, www.selexyz.nl (in Dutch)
• www.bookdepository.co.uk
(free worldwide delivery, but order in good time)
• www.amazon.de
(fast and reliable, but slightly more expensive, service)
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Sickness and Absence
Full attendance at all courses is obligatory at LUC. Attendance requires your
punctual arrival in the classroom, ready to engage, and prepared with your
learning materials.
If you are ill and unable to attend class, you should inform your instructor and
tutor before the class starts and seek your instructor’s advice on ways to make up
for the material missed. You should expect to complete additional work towards
this end. Where possible, plan your medical visits in a way that does not interrupt
your LUC class schedule. When you have to miss class for medical reasons,
request a note from your healthcare professional to document your medical visit
and submit copies of it to your instructor and tutor.
If you miss more than 30% of total sessions for a single course without recognized
and documented extenuating circumstances, your grades for that course
will be annulled. For more information about the regulations pertaining to the
Bachelor’s examination, see the LUC Academic Rules and Regulations further
on in this Handbook.
Examination Results and Transcripts
LUC courses usually contain continuous assessment: in general, no single
assessment element can count for more than 40% of the final grade, and the
assessment moments and methods of a course are normally spread over the
entire block or semester. You should expect your instructor to provide you with
the partial grades for your assignments as well as with formative feedback. All
grades will be published on uSis, the university online Student Registration
System.
If you need an interim transcript during your studies at LUC, you can place a request
by stopping by the Student Information Desk or e-mailing studentaffairs@
luc.leidenuniv.nl. While these requests are usually fulfilled within two days,
transcripts should be requested in good time for purposes of processing and
verification. For more information on grading, credits, and appeal procedures,
consult the LUC Academic Rules and Regulations.
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