GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY

When students enrol in the third year of their programs via Punto Blu/Virtual Punto Blu (1 August - 8 September 2008) they must choose their elective courses for both the first and second semesters, for inclusion in their study plan. During this period students can also change the electives they chose when enrolling in the current academic year. Students who change even one elective course lose the priority position they held for their initial choice, even for elective courses which have not been changed (see "Elective Allocation").
 

Electives may be freely chosen from the courses available or from the general list or from the cluster following the instructions explained below for each Bachelor Program. 

• 5 elective courses
• Electives must be chosen according to the following criteria:
• at least 2 electives must be chosen from those taught in English, for students involved in semesters abroad, e.g. Exchange program or free mover semester in countries where sitting exams in English is not possible the requirement is 1 elective;
• a maximum of 2 of the 5 electives can be chosen from compulsory courses characteristic of other Bachelor programs;  
• a curricular internship may replace 1 elective taught in Italian.

• 5 compulsory courses chosen from Management or Economics Major;

in addition

• 4 electives;

Electives must be chosen following the criteria below:

•  they may be chosen from the remaining courses of the Major chosen;
• a maximum of 2 of the 4 electives can be chosen from  the Major not chosen or from the compulsory courses characteristic of the other Bachelor programs; 

          a curricular internship may replace 1 elective.

CLEACC

All the students must indicate as compulsory that can be chosen a workshop, selected from among the 10 exclusive CLEACC workshops. In additon:

• 2 electives

Electives must be chosen following the criteria below:

• both may be chosen from the electives list of the Bachelor Programs with a common foundation;

or:

• 1 course chosen from the electives list of the Bachelor Programs with common foundation  and 1 course from among the 10 exclusive CLEACC Workshops (1 of the 10 is already in the study plan as "compulsory course chosen by the student"); 
• at least 1 course must be chosen from among those taught in English (however, for students who spend a semester abroad, in Exchange programs or free mover semester in countries where sitting exams in English is not possible the requirement is not valid); (*) 

          a curricular internship may replace one elective taught in Italian.

(*) The student's study plan must include at least 2 courses (compulsory and/or electives) in English: one of the the two is included in the third year compulsory courses Strategia e politica aziendale [Business Strategy], the other one can be selected from the list of workshops in English included in the study plan as a compulsory course.

Before choosing elective courses students are advised to check the list of courses available, programs, lessons schedule, and the "incompatible" and "banned" courses (italian version).

For all courses it is compulsory to select an alternative course to the priority choice you have made.

The second choice is necessary in case the priority course chosen, taught with the traditional teaching method, does not reach the minimum number of students to run the course (40 per class group) or exceeds the maximum number (110 per class group).  

The educational offer provides that for some electives, also taught with the traditional method, an e-learning class be run in the same semester.   Where appropriate the student must specify the teaching method (traditional or e-learning) when choosing elective courses.

Whether an e-learning class group runs depends on:

• the traditional class (if it does not run, neither will the e-learning class group);
• the minimum number of students enrolled in the e-learning class group.

By 15 September 2008:

• Allocation in the study plan of first- and second-semester electives will take place; students will receive a personal message in their yoU@B student diaries informing them of whether or not they have been assigned the chosen electives.

Allocation of courses is based on a scale that takes into account the alternatives expressed by students and their enrolment positions when they made the choice/change.

Courses that do not attract a minimum of 40 students will not run except for third year CLEACC workshops whose the maximum limit of 35 students enrolled is exclusively set  (allocation is based on the alternatives expressed by students and their enrolment position s when they made the choice/change).

Each class group must not have more than 110 students. The following are not included in this limit:

• students participating in international programs from foreign universities;
• students who opt to change from a four-year to a three-year program, since the results of their applications will be released by 30 September 2008;
•  students who already hold a degree from Università Bocconi and are admitted to the third year.
  
  

Bocconi students participating in international programs may have exams recorded in their academic career which were taken at universities abroad that correspond to Bocconi courses that have either not reached the minimum number of students and therefore are not run or that have already reached  the maximum number of students.

During the 15-30 September 2008 period:

• Students who were not allocated either their first-choice electives or their second-choice electives and
• Students who obtained permission to change their Bachelor Programs
  

must choose from among the first- and second-semester electives that are still available, at Punto Blu or Virtual Punto Blu. In this phase, once electives have reached the maximum number of 110 students, they will no longer be available for other students to choose.

Students who enrol in the academic year after 30 September, and especially during the period from 1 October 2008 to 31 December 2008(**), can choose their first- and second-semester electives from the list of electives that are still available at the time of enrolment in the academic year.

(**) Since 31 December 2008 is a holiday, the deadline is extended to the next working day (7 January 2009).

During the 7-30 January 2009 period students can change the first- and second-semester electives included in their study plan with other second-semester electives, as long as they refer to the current academic year.

Changing electives is always subject to the limited numbers as described in "Elective courses choice rules".