What is it?
The Study Active Certificate (SAC) is a unique certificate, which is granted to students that have proven to be actively involved with activities outside of the regular curriculum. A score system is kept to quantify how active students are regarding extracurricular activities within the university. These activities include participation in committees, attending symposia, lectures and company presentations. The score system keeps track of so-called ‘SAC-points’, not to be confused with regular study credits (ECTS). Not all extracurricular activities give SAC points. Which activities do give SAC points are found below. If unsure, contact the Assessor Tertius (tertius@uavonline.nl). The Tertius will also be the one to keep track of the SAC score system.
Why does it exist?
The SAC is meant for students that have proven to do more but just studying. This gives an advantage during job interviews. Nowadays, more and more people possess a university degree. The SAC is a way to stand out. The student receives the SAC, signed by the university, after they have graduated from the Bachelor’s or Master’s program. This way, each student can qualify for a SAC, even if they attend a Master’s program outside of Earth Sciences.
What activities give SAC points?
The certificate is split into three different extracurricular activities: committees, study related activities and career-oriented activities. To qualify for the certificate, the student must have collected at least 6 points in the ‘committees’ category, 10 points in the ‘study related activities’ category and 10 points in the ‘career-oriented activities’ category. You can also get SAC points for lectures, excursions, symposia etc. organized by other organizations. To make these activities count, you can provide evidence of participation to the Assessor Tertius. The certificate will be granted to the student if they have reached the minimum amount of 26 points.
1| Committees
| Committees and councils | Points per year |
| Introduction Committee | 4 |
| Lustrum Committee | 4 |
| FCE Committee | 4 |
| Dies Committee | 2 |
| C.R.U. | 3 |
| WiekEx Committee | 2 |
| Almanak Committee | 3 |
| Other Committees | 1 |
| U.A.V. board | 8 |
| S.C.U. board | 4 |
| Faculty board | 4 |
| Faculty council | 3 |
| Study board | 3 |
| Study council | 2 |
| Council of advice | 2 |
| KasCo | 2 |
| AcCU | 2 |
| Sub-society board | 1 |
2) Study related activities
| Activity | Points per Activity |
| Symposia | 3 (halve dag = 2) |
| Lecture | 1 |
| Course related excursion en workshops | 2 |
| Mentor during Ardennen fieldtrip | 4 |
3 | Career-oriented activities
| Activity | Points per Activity |
| Company presentation | 1 |
| Company visit and Workshops | 2 |
| Company speed dating | 2 |
| Alumni Lecture | 1 |
| NAM-weekend | 2 |
| FCE | 3 |
