2013-2014 A.Y.
Integrated Master of Arts in Giurisprudenza (5-y; Law)
7.
THESIS AND GRADUATION SESSION
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7.1.
Thesis
To be admitted to the graduation session students must earn all the credit points provided for in the program structure except for those credits of the thesis.
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7.1.1.
Contents
In order to obtain the Combined Bachelor and Master of Science degree a final exam is required.The exam requires students to present and defend their written theses to the Degree Board. The thesis shapes the student's educational experience in a significant way. It is the result of research carried out under the supervision of the thesis advisor on a topic linked to the main subject area of the graduating student's curriculum. The topic of the thesis does not necessarily need to be associated with a course in the student's study plan. It can be based on work experience (internship) or a period of study in Italy or abroad. The thesis must demonstrate the student's command of the basic methodologies of the subject areas he/she has studied. Students must also prepare an in-depth analysis of a specific topic addressing the theoretical, practical and empirical aspects in a critical and original way. The thesis requires approximately 4 months of full-time preparation. Students can opt to write the thesis in either Italian or English. The defence language is the same as the language in which the thesis is written. Theses associated with the Angelo Sraffa Department of Law and the historical-economic area of the Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management generally consist of 150/200 pages (around 50,000/70,000 words). Theses associated with the other Departments generally consist of 50 pages (about 18,000 words). The thesis also has an abstract which concisely summarizes the main topic of the thesis. It is possible to download the "Guide to writing a degree thesis Combined Bachelor and Master of Science Program" (Italian version) designed to aid students in writing their theses from the website. Any additional information will be given by the Combined Bachelor and MSc Program Director and will come out when writing the thesis from the contact between Advisor and student. We invite you to carefully check the correct procedures for the use of citations, in the above guide. The University pays particular attention to the originality of the students’ thesis.It must be the result of a personal contribution, must not be carried out with the aid of outside consulting firms, special attention must be paid to citations and must not contain texts taken from other sources. To this end the University has adopted ad hoc software in order to verify the originality of the work. Should copying of work be discovered, the student will be referred to the disciplinary board and appropriate measures will be taken. Last change 05/05/2014 13:34 |
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7.2.
Graduation application procedures
The Graduation application procedures process is structured into the following compulsory phases:
The student who does not complete all the phases of the Graduation application procedure cannot be admitted in the graduation session.
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7.2.1.
Assigning thesis title
The thesis is formally assigned by the thesis advisor, who will supervise the progress of the work. The advisor may nominate a second advisor:
In case of selection of a Second Advisor, before entering the title into the IT procedure, please contact the Communication and Organization of Teaching Services Office through the Help&Contact procedure (upon selecting the topic yoU@B Diary). Once the thesis has been assigned, the thesis advisor will nominate a discussant to act as the interlocutor during the presentation (defence) of the thesis. There is only one discussant. Thesistitle assignment can be made only if the student is enrolled in the fifth year of studies.
The information entered on the Punto Blu are immediately made available to the Advisor Professor who, via web, continues with assignment of the thesis and any change of the Discussant professor. Upon title assignment the student receives a notification via yoU@B Diary and can continue with the following phases of the Graduation Application procedures. If the student wishes to modify the data relating to the title entered only, he/she must use the function Graduation Application procedure>Change title: in this case, if done already, the final paper title assignment by the Advisor professor is still valid. Cancelling the title entered If the student wishes to modify the Advisor professor and enter a new title, must use the function Graduation application procedures>Cancel title: in this case he/she must repeat the whole procedure of title entering and must wait the title assignment by the new Advisor professor. The student can cancel the title entered at the Punto Blu until request of approval to the Advisor professor: once he/she has forwarded the approval request, the function ‘Cancel title’ is no longer available on the Punto Blu Uploading Thesis attachments Only upon approval of the Advisor Professor to a specific request, the student can forward NON DEFINITIVE files of his/her work (e.g. single chapters of temporary sections) by using the appropriate function ‘Thesis attachments’ available on the Punto Blu. The attached files in progress are made available to the professor. NOTICE: uploading the files in ‘Thesis attachment’ function DOES NOT replace the upload of one-definitive file which MUST be made in any case by using the function ‘Thesis title Information completion’>Thesis final attachment Once the title has been assigned by the tutor professor, the student can:
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7.2.2.
Graduation reservation
The first graduation session available for fifth year regular CLMG students 2013-2014 academic year will be held in July 2014. Graduating students make the graduation reservation via Punto Blu, by selecting the "Graduation Reservation" option. Students must respect the deadlines and timelines indicated on the Graduation Calendar that will be available later in year. Students do not need to have passed all the exams in the program structure in order to make the graduation reservation. In fact, it is advisable to make the graduation reservation in advance than the submission of the thesis.
* Students are advised to carry out the payment about one month before making the graduation reservation. Students' regular administrative status implies:
Once the registration has been carried out students must print, through the Punto Blu, the receipt of the graduation reservation made. Via the yoU@B student diary, on the subsequent days than the graduation reservation, n students must fill out the following forms: Students who have carried out the graduation reservation but who do not graduate anymore in the session they reserved for can cancel their reservation, in accordance with the deadlines set in the graduation session calendar, by using the function Graduation>Graduation Application procedure>Cancel Application. Last change 18/07/2014 11:27 |
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7.2.3.
Title information completion - uploading the final attachment
After having completed the first phases of the graduation application procedure, the graduating student must enter via the web -all information still missing to complete the title of the thesis. Through the function Graduation>Application procedure>’Thesis title information completion’ the student:
In addition, once the data entered have been confirmed,
The student must upload the definitive file of the thesis by the deadlines specified in the graduation calendar published on the website at www.unibocconi.eu/graduationcalendar. NOTICE: the upload of the definitive file must be EXCLUSIVELY carried out through the function Thesis title information completion>Thesis definitive attachment.; the function Thesis Attachments must therefore not be intended as an alternative function to upload the definitive file of the thesis. In addition, once the definitive version of the thesis has been uploaded and the approval has been requested on the Punto Blu no changes are accepted. The information entered and the thesis definitive attachment on the student Punto Blu are immediately made available to be viewed by the Advisor Professor.
The information entered and the final attachment of the thesis uploaded on the Punto Blu are immediately made available for being viewed by the Advisor professor. The graduating student must upload the definitive file of the thesis by the deadlines specified in the graduation calendar published on the website at www.unibocconi.eu/graduationcalendar. NOTICE: the definitive file, in PDF format (max 20 GB) must include, as first pages, 4 sheets ordered as follows:
The text of one’s work (index,introduction, contents and so on) must start after the 4 pages above. NOTICE: the definitive file of the Thesis must exclusively be uploaded through the Thesis Title - Information completion; the function Thesis attachments’ MUST NOT be considered as an alternative for the upload of the definitive file of the thesis. Last change 05/05/2014 18:04 |
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7.2.4.
Approval request
The approval is the declaration of approval released by the professor regarding the thesis written by the student and it represent the final phase of the Graduation application procedures . The student can request the approval when:
The approval request must be carried out via the Punto Blu upon selecting the function ‘Graduation>Application procedure>Request approval by the dates specified in the graduation calendar published on the website at www.unibocconi.eu/graduationcalendar. Upon approval release by the advisor professor, the student receives a message on the yoU@B Diary and can consider the graduation application procedure correctly completed. Last change 05/05/2014 18:05 |
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7.3.
Format specifications
The Thesis must be uploaded in a single file, PDF format and the name of the file will be TS, followed by the student ID number e.g., if the student ID number is 1234567, the name of the file is TS1234567.pdf.
The text of the thesis must start after the pages described. In addition the following parameters must be respected:
It is not possible to include any personal detail (name, student ID...) in other sections of the thesis (headings or notes at the bottom of the page) other than the front page. Last change 28/05/2014 10:43 |
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7.4.
Graduation Acceptance
After the period for submitting the thesis has closed, the Study Plan office will determine whether or not the student meets all the criteria to graduate.
The thesis will be submitted to the Degree Assessment Board for assessment only if all the criteria to graduate are fulfilled. Last change 04/09/2014 11:45 |
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7.5.
Degree Assessment Boards
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7.6.
Graduation and awarding of the graduation grade
In order to submit and present their theses before the Board, graduating students must have earned all the credit points foreseen by the program structure, with the exception of those which are awarded for the thesis.
With reference to the "GPA" it should be noted that:
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7.7.
Important Reminders
After reserving a graduation session students can no longer enrol in the new academic year unless they renounce the graduation reservation. Renouncement must be done in writing and handed in to the Academic Affairs Division Desk. Last change 05/05/2014 13:47 |
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7.8.
Self-declarations and degree certifications
As a general guide, on the days following the publication of grades, graduating students can:
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7.9.
Graduation session
The graduation calendar (that will be available later in the year) can be consulted on the website in the section "Graduation sessions; calendars and ceremonies". It also contains the following information:
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