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 (see supplementary activities registration via yoU@B student Diary"). The second group must sign up to the service offering the activity, without use of the student diary (see Supplementary Activities without Registration via yoU@B student Diary).

Supplementary activities include:

• research seminars organized by the Library www.unibocconi.eu/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.eu/languagecentre)

The full range of supplementary activities for 2010-2011 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 . The period when students can sign up will be communicated about one month before via yoU@B student Diary.
• assigning courses: for each study program sign-up applications are accepted in the order of sign-ups received. 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. Students who don't reach the minimum threshold of the required attendance don't incur any penalty;
• 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:

• international competitions and simulations, organized by International Relations www.ir.unibocconi.eu/competitions
• in-company training (a selection of candidates and certificate of attendance) organized by  Career Service - http://www.cs.unibocconi.eu/

In addition:

• career guidance seminars, company presentations, individual counselling in job search  techniques; organized by  Career Service - http://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  http://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).