GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY
2017-2018 A.Y.
World Bachelor Business (3-y)
3.1.
Foreign languages
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3.1.1.
Foreign Languages in the WBB program: overall framework
The WBB study plan includes, in the third year of studies, a second foreign language of the European Union as specified below:
2. To classify the language knowledge levels, Bocconi University follows the Common European Framework established by the Council of Europe.
In addition, students who are not italian native speakers are offered an intensive Italian introductory course, held in the first semester and lasting 38 hours. Information about the sign-up methods are communicated to all students who are not italian native speakers via the yoU@B student Diary.
Course Codes
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3.1.2.
Knowledge assessment
Students can choose between:
The language level acquired by students is specified in the exam report and on the official academic transcript. The knowledge assessment is expressed into a grade out of thirty calculated for the grade point average. Last change 03/07/2017 10:47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.1.2.1.
International Certifications/Tests
Below please find general information relating to certifications/tests (in brief certifications). Detailed information are available on the Bocconi website. Students can record only one of the certifications recognized by the University, taken at one of the Examination Centers officially recognized, in Italy or abroad. In addition, the certification must be:
Students can obtain the certification before (e.g. by presenting again certifications obtained for the purpose of being admitted to the University) or during university studies.
Recording can be made also in advance than the first exam session the student can register for. In any case, the relating credit points and the grade are awarded in the year of studies the language is positioned in. The result of the certification is recorded in the student's academic career with a grade out of thirty, upon conversion based on the tables published on the website. For certification recording, students must submit the original certification at the Office of the Language Center. For obtaining a certification during the university studies, the Language Center offers:
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3.1.2.2.
Bocconi Exam
Please below find general information on Bocconi exams. Detailed information on exam assessment methods and calculation of the final grade is available on the course syllabus available on the website www.unibocconi.eu/languagecenter in Curriculum courses, Bachelor of Science programs. Exams follow the same language standards applied for international certifications. the exam is structured into a written exam and an oral exam, both compulsory, admission to the oral exam is depending on passing the written exam with a grade equal or higher to 18/30. The second language includes a final compulsory exam in the second semester of the relating year of teaching and optional partial exam (on a single date) in the first semester. The final grade is calculated upon considering both the final grade and other elements aimed at assessing the learning progress during the studies and the student's commitment. Specifically:
For the Bocconi exam, only the B1 level is included, corresponding to the minimum output level. Last change 12/07/2017 17:22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.1.3.
Educational Offer
the Language Center offers courses to prepare to some international certifications and the Bocconi exam. All students are automatically allocated a class group for preparing the Bocconi exam: these students who wish to attend a course to prepare the certification must register for the admission test (see paragraph 3.1.3.1.). Below please find information about the educational offer. Detailed information is available on the Bocconi website at www.unibocconi.eu/languagecenter. Last change 26/07/2017 09:35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.1.3.1.
Courses to prepare French and Spanish language certifications
For French second language:
For Spanish second language:
Each course (lasting a semester) includes 48 hours of teaching. Courses are offered in the 2nd semester, only to the students who have the language course code included in their study plan. They are offered to a limited number of students and only students who pass the relating test for initial positioning are admitted (the test is carried out at the end of the first semester). Students who are not admitted keep the allocation of the class group to prepare the Bocconi exam (automatically assigned in the first semester). Periods and sign-up methods for the test are communicated via the yoU@B Diary (further information is available on the website www.unibocconi.eu/languagecenter, under the menu Certificates. Courses are started only if an adequate number of registered students is reached. Last change 26/07/2017 09:36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.1.3.2.
Teaching to prepare the Bocconi exam
Courses last one year and include 128 hours. Detailed information on course objectives and contents is available in the course syllabi available on the website www.unibocconi.eu/languagecenter in Curricular courses, Bachelor of Science programs. Last change 26/07/2017 09:36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.1.4.
Self-study
In addition to lecture attendance, learning foreign languages requires a constant commitment also for self-study which includes a series of activities to carry out, based on specific information provided by the teaching staff in class and available om the course syllabi, with the use of different tools (e.g. exercise books, multimedia courses available on the BBoard e-learning platform).
In general, students are suggested to spend 3-5 hours per week for the self-study. Last change 26/07/2017 09:37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.1.5.
Foreign languages as addictional exams
Foreign languages can also be recorded as additional exams (See chapter 8.5.), either by passing a Bocconi exam or upon obtaining a certification.
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