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 25 hours work for the student, 8 of which are dedicated to classroom teaching activities. Such activities include:

• for Bachelor programs a maximum 2 additional hours of complementary learning activities for each credit point. These complementary learning activities are practical exercises and other class activities that do not add new topics to the course content;
• for MSc programs a maximum of 2 hours where the class group is split into 2 smaller groups for each credit point.

Attendance at lessons is not compulsory however is strongly recommended since it is consistent with the proposed educational model designed to favour gradual learning, the active participation of students in class and the creation of a dialogue between students and teachers. For some courses the assessment methods may be different for attending and non attending students.

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), the class groups are divided into smaller groups (the number of these class groups is between 51 and 99). 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.

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 (https://agenda.unibocconi.eu/.

The start of lessons for the 2009-10 academic year will follow the schedule below:

• First semester:
  - from 9 September to 17 December 2009 Bachelor Program courses (codes 6000-6999);
  - from 14 September to 11 December 2009 MSc courses (codes 8000-8999); 
• Second semester:
  - from 15 February to 28 May 2010 MSc courses (codes 8000-8999);
  - from 15 February to 28 May 2010 Bachelor Program courses (codes 6000-6999)

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. The assigned class group is indicated on the enrolment receipt.

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

• Friday 23 October 2009;
• Saturday 24 October 2009;
• Friday 18 December 2009;
• Saturday 19 December 2009;
• Monday 29 March 2010;
• Tuesdayì 30 March 2010;
• mercoledì 31 March 2010;
• Monday  31 May 2010.

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

- I semester: from Monday 26 October 2009 to Saturday 7 November 2009;
- II semester: from Monday 30 March 2009 to Thursday 9 April 2009.

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

• Monday 7 December 2009;
• Tuesday 8 December 2009;
• From Thursday 1 April toTuesday 6 April 2010;
• Saturday 1 May 2010;
• Wednesday 2 June 2010.

For some courses the teacher is assisted by tutors who provide support to students with regard to the understanding and learning of the subjects dealt with during lessons, case studies and exercises.

For information about courses and tutor activities (names of teachers, office hours and rooms) see the "Tutors" bulletin board located on the ground floor of the University building at via Sarfatti 25.

• Tutors 2009-2010 academic year
  (available starting from September)

For some MSc courses (codes 8000-8999) the teacher is assisted by tutors. This type of tutoring includes support for groups of students working on case studies, realisation of the projects, in class practical exercises, and management of the online community. It could also involve lectures that require the use of software ad hoc.

The opportunity to consult teachers is designed to integrate the dialogue that students establish with their teachers during the educational activities carried out in the classroom.
These meetings give students the opportunity to ask for further explanations or clarification of the topics that were not understood in depth during the lessons.
The scheduling of these meetings can be found on the Internet site at www.unibocconi.eu/studentconsultationhours or in the yoU@B student diary, which provides a direct link to the page.