GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY

Università Bocconi offers its students supplementary activities designed to enhance their cultural understanding and complement the degree program requirements. Positive participation in the activities doesn't provide any credit nor extra points for the student's CV academic career, but allows students to obtain a certificate of participation.
The supplementary activities are divided in two large groups.  For the first group of activities  students must sign up using the yoU@B student diary. The second group must sign up to the service offering the activity, without use of the student diary.

Supplementary activities include:

• research seminars organized by the Library www.unibocconi.it/library
• personal development and self-management skills courses organized by CESDIA - Centre for Teaching and Learning www.unibocconi.it/cesdia (Italian version)
• interdisciplinary courses which form part of the Sapere a Tutto Campo program www.unibocconi.eu/culturalactivities
• language and culture courses organized by the Language Centre www.unibocconi.it/languagecentre

The full range of supplementary activities for 2008-2009 is published in September (before the start dates for choosing any activity initiatives); more detailed information including programs and calendars will be released on the websites of the services which offer these activities.

For students enrolled in Degree programs participation in supplementary activities is optional and is ruled by general instructions, as follows:

• sign-up application procedure: through the yoU@B student diary during 2 periods:
  
  - from 17 to 28 September 2008 for I semester activities;
  - from 12 to 25 January 2009 for II semester activities.

When signing up students can make up to 3 choices (max) in decreasing order of preference.
Students can also indicate if they intend to take just 1 of the 3 indicated or if they intend to take 2 (if it is possible to assign everyone a course and places are still available);

• assigning courses: sign-up applications are accepted on the basis of the year of studies at which the activities are pitched, for second year students on the basis of academic merit (GPA and credit points earned registered in the student academic career) and for first year students in the order of sign-ups received. In the II semester priority is given to students who missed out on their preferences or who did not apply in I semester. Once the ranking has been drawn up, students are assigned their first, second or third choices, in that order, depending on whether there are places available. After all students in the ranking have been assigned an activity, where possible, the same criteria are applied to assigning a second to those who have requested one, and if there are any places left. Students who are admitted/not admitted to attend these activities will receive a personal online message sent to their yoU@B student diary;
• attendance: obligatory for at least 75% of the teaching sessions, as established by the instructors, in order to obtain the certificate of participation; online courses as well, if offered, have mechanisms for registering attendance. For the academic year 2008/2009 students who don't reach the minimum threshold of the required attendance don't incur any penalty. However, students enrolled for the academic year 2007/2008 to one or more supplementary activities and who have not attended at least the 50% of the lessons without good reason will be excluded, for the academic year 2008/2009 from the edition of all the activities of different kind;
• evaluation: is carried out by instructors according to the assessment methods discussed in class (teacher can require a final written report) but is subordinate to the compulsory 75% attendance and to the active participation in class;
• period of study: courses are held during teaching periods and on specific dates which will be finalized before the sign-up period begins;
• duration: a minimum of 5 teaching sessions of 2 hours each.

A list of activities including the service providing the activity and the Bocconi website for further information follows:

• computer skills courses organized by SEDIN (www.unibocconi.it/sedin).
• international competitions and simulations, organized by International Relations Services www.ir.unibocconi.it/competitions
• in-company training (a selection of candidates and certificate of attendance) organized by  Career Service - www.cs.unibocconi.eu

 In addition:

• career guidance seminars, company presentations, individual counselling in job search  techniques; organized by  Career Service - www.cs.unibocconi.eu
• POL (Programma Orientamento Laureati - Personal Orientation Lab) for undergraduate and graduate students who are about to enter the world of work, aptitude orientation interviews  for undergraduate students who wish to continue their studies, organized by  Servizio orientamento attitudinale Aptitude orientation service  www.unibocconi.it >Risorse e servizi >Orientamento attitudinale
• concerts, meetings, exhibitions, debates, sports and culture events aimed at raising students cultural awareness; organized by ISU Bocconi www.unibocconi.eu/events
• competitive and amateur sports: basketball, volley ball, soccer, athletics, golf, skiing, tennis, wing shooting, swimming,  water polo, sailing and rugby.   Participation on a permanent basis to the most important federal and university championships entitles you to a certificate from the Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Bocconi Sport Team (Amateur Sport Association Bocconi Sport Team).