GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY

The program requirements of all undergraduate programs offered at Università Bocconi include a Computer skills exam (4 credit points) in the first year of studies. This course aims to develop students' IT knowledge and skills in accordance with the current regulations in force regarding undergraduate degrees in the Management, Economics and Legal Studies fields of study.

IT knowledge and skills are assessed by the ECDL Start (European Computer Driving Licence), an internationally recognized certificate which enables students to demonstrate their competence in Windows, Office Applications and the Internet.
Università Bocconi is an official ECDL Test Centre.
In order to obtain the licence it is necessary to pass the following 4 exam modules:

• Resource management (module 2);
• Word (module 3);
• Excel (module 4);
• Internet (module 7) .
  
  

To pass modules students must answer at least 75% or more of exam questions correctly.
When each module is passed the mark is registered on the Skills Card. The ECDL Start is awarded when all 4 modules have been passed.
The overall result achieved from the 4 modules is converted into a mark out of thirty and recorded in the student's academic career. In particular, the average of the percentages achieved for each of the 4 modules is calculated. The average percentage is then converted into a mark out of thirty on the basis of the conversion table shown below.
The mark out of thirty is included in the calculation of the Grade Point Average.

Please note: students that have passed any of the modules before 2004 must use the calculation method available on the IT Education Services Center (SEDIN) website at http://www.unibocconi.it/sedin (Italian version).

All students (attending and non attending) can sit the exam on the date fixed by the Bocconi Test Centre. Exam registration is done in person at the SEDIN office.
If students have already passed this exam at secondary school, they can complete the form online via their yoU@B student diary. If exams have not been taken through an automatic system (ALICE or ATLAS), then students must hand in a declaration indicating the score achieved (expressed as a percentage) for every exam passed. The declaration must be issued on the Test Center's official paper and submitted at the IT Education Services Center (SEDIN).

For more information see the SEDIN website at http://www.unibocconi.it/sedin  (Italian version).