GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY

In addition to traditional lessons, teaching for mainly MSc courses may also include case study discussions, practical exercises for which students are asked to prepare beforehand and active class participation. Teachers can also assign individual and/or groups assignments, if necessary assisted by a tutor.

Student workload is expressed in credit points. Each credit point corresponds to an average of 8 hours of classroom teaching activities. With reference to such activities include:

• for Bachelor programs, for the first three semesters the Bachelor Program Director can request:

-A maximum of 2 additional hours per credit point for the Matematica general course;

-A maximum of 1 hour per credit for the other courses.These complementary learning activities include practical exercises and other class activities that help the understanding of the subject matter discussed in the classroom without adding new topics to the course content.

• for compulsory courses which do not refer to the law subject area of the Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza [Law] it is possible that the following hours per credit point can be added:

-  A maximum of 2 hours for the course code Metodi Quantitativi [Quantitative Methods] due to complementary learning activities;

- A maximum of 1 additional hour for all the other courses (Economia aziendale and Bilancio [Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis] Modules 1 and 2, Principi di economia [Principles of economics], Scienza delle finanze [Public Economics].

These activities include practical exercises and other class activities that aim to improve the student's understanding of the topics covered in class without adding new topics to the course content.

For the Master of Science Programs a maximum of 2 hours of the total hours of a course (8) can be organized dividing the class group into 2 smaller groups.

As for the innovations in the learning methods on use, using the computer might be compulsory condition to attend the lessons of some courses, therefore each student should be equipped with a personal laptop PC.

The educational activities are organised into class groups.

Each class group of compulsory courses is assigned a specific classroom.

All students belonging to the same class group follow the lessons in their assigned classroom and have the same teachers.

To facilitate educational activities planning (class group numbers and classroom capacity) students cannot change their assigned class group.

The class groups remain the same for the entire academic year.

For some educational activities (lessons taught in English or applying specific teaching methods, teachings taught in modules), the class groups are divided into smaller groups. Students are recommended to follow the indications given by teachers during lessons regarding the smaller group sign up methods and the relative educational activities of these groups.
 

There is also an e-learning class group for some courses.
In the e-learning class groups, traditional educational activities in class are replaced, by participation in specific on-line activities, both asynchronous (i.e. students' individual activities) and synchronous (i.e. video-conference).

The general class timetable and relative changes can be viewable on the yoU@B student Diary and on the Bocconi website at www.unibocconi.eu/classtimetable *. After the initial enrolment to the University of the enrolment in the academic year the personalized class timetable and the daily timetable can be viewed on the yoU@B student Diary

The start of lessons for the 2019-20 academic year will follow the schedule below:

• First semester:
  • from 5 September to 6 December 2019 for Bachelor Program courses (codes 30000-30999) , for MSc courses (codes 20000-20999) and for Integrated Master of Arts in Law (codes 50000-50999);
• Second semester:
  • from 5 February to 9 May 2020 for Bachelor program courses (codes 30000-30999) and for MSc courses (codes 20000-20999);
  • from 5 February to 15 may 2020 for Integrated Master of Arts in Law (codes 50000-50999).

*N.B.: Students are advised to always make sure that they are checking the information that relates to their assigned class group for each course when choosing courses.

On the graduation days, listed below, lessons in all courses for all programs are suspended:

• Friday 25 October 2019;
• Saturday 26 October 2019;
• Wednesday 15 April 2020;
• Thursday 16 April 2020;
• Friday 17 April 2020.
   

During the partial exam periods listed below, lessons in all courses are suspended:

• I semester: from Monday 21 October 2019 to Thursday 31 October 2019;
• II semester: from Monday 16 March 2020 to Tuesday 24 March 2020.
   

In addition, lessons are also suspended on the following days:

• from Friday 1 November 2019 to Saturday 2 November 2019;
• from Friday 10 April 2020 to Tuesday 14 Aprile 2020;
• Friday 1 May 2020.

For some courses, faculty members are assisted by teaching assistants, who provide assistance to faculty and students. This includes assisting students to understand the main topics of the course, case studies, projects and exercises and managing the online community.
Teaching assistants can also provide assistance in class during lectures, including the use of software or discussion of cases.
 

For information about courses and teaching assistantship (teaching assistants), the following document can be consulted:

Teaching assistants list 2019-2020 academic year (available starting from September)

Information regarding the 1st semester will be available by the end of September and information regarding courses offered in the 2nd semester will be available by the end of February.

During office hours students have the opportunity to consult teachers. This gives students the chance to seek further explanations or clarifications of topics not fully understood during lessons.

The office hours timetable can be found on the Internet site at http://www.unibocconi.eu/officehours or in the yoU@B student Diary, which provides a direct link to the page.

If decided by the professor, the office hours could be carried out only upon reservation by the student: in this case the reservation must exclusively be made through the yoU@B student Diary.

As per Professor’s discretion, students are invited to check in advance the office hours carrying out methods.