GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY
2016-2017 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 Integrated Master of Arts in Law 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 Integrated Master of Arts in Law 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 14/07/2016 18:10 | |
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, just after entering the title into the IT procedure, students will fill the appropriate form (Second Advisor form - pdf file) in which must be signed by the Advisor Professor and returned to the Secretary's Office of School of Law. 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 an the Discussant's namecan be made only if the student is enrolled in the fifth year of studies.
In case of Second Advisor, the name must not be enters in the Graduation Application Procedure online but communicated in accordance with the procedure described above. 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. NOTE:the title approval by the Advisor professor is compulsory requirement to make the graduation reservation. Therefore please enter the title in advance than the deadline scheduled for the graduation reservation (for deadline see: www.unibocconi.eu/graduationcalendar).
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.
IMPORTANT: students who do not want to graduate in the reserved session and who continues with the annulment of the title, must alsocancel the graduation reservation previously made.
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 2016-2017 academic year will be held in July 2017. 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. When making the "Graduation Reservation" the procedure checks the regular administrative and financial status* of the student and that:
Students' regular administrative status implies:
For information regarding the financial matter and on installments, students are advised to check with the Tuition and Fees Office (TCA ) www.unibocconi.it/tca Once the registration has been carried out students must print, through the Punto Blu, the receipt of the graduation reservation made. In the subsequent days than the graduation reservation students are asked to:
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 18/07/2016 15:21 | |
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:
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. It is possible to change the entered data through the function ‘Make again the title information completion’ until the student requests the approval. 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. IMPORTANT NOTE: 1. the text of the abstract MUST BE digited in the box of the procedure and NOT copied and pasted from a file; 2. the definitive file, in PDF format (max 10 MB) must include, as first pages, 4 sheets (vedi paragrafo 7.3. Format specifications for thesis. Last change 01/06/2016 08:00 | |
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 01/06/2016 08:00 | |
7.3.
Format specifications
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7.3.1.
Thesis format specifications
The Thesis must be uploaded in a single file, PDF format created with the program Adobe Acrobat 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. In the thesis content no reference to personal details must be entered. The definitive file must include as first 4 pages the following ones:
The text (numbering, index, introduction, content etc) MUST start AFTER the 4 pages described above; in addition, the content of thesis must not include the title page which will be automatically printed and i twill include the information on title entered by the student via the Punto Blu. 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. It is not possible to use the Università Bocconi seal on the cover sheet or within the Thesis. Last change 06/07/2016 09:13 | |
7.3.2.
Format specifications for any materials supporting the thesis oral defense
If the student wishes to prepare any support materials for the thesis oral defense (e.g. any paper presentation brought to the graduation session) he/she is invited to follow the indications below in line with the principles of environmental sustainability applied by the University:
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7.4.
Graduation Acceptance
After the period for completing the Graduation applications procedure, the Study Planning 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. After making the graduation reservation students can no longer enroll in the academic year if they do not cancel the graduation reservation. Last change 08/07/2016 16:13 | |
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 13/12/2016 12:39 | |
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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