2017-2018 A.Y.
Bachelor of Science Programs (3-y)
9.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, PROCEDURES AND DEADLINES
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9.1.
Continuing studies
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9.1.1.
Rules
Students enrolled in the first year of a Bachelor of Science program are admitted to the second year only if they have earned at least 24 credit points by the exam period of:
Please note that such credit points refer to the courses included in the first year study plan only and they also include the credit points earned when passing each single module if applicable to the course. Credits relating to the second year language exam, if students have obtained the recognition of an international certification (See: "Foreign languages and computer skills") are not included. At the end of the July exam period, credit points needed to move on to the second year are verified. Students who have not fulfilled this requirement are unable to take part in the September exam period and must continue their studies by enrolling as repeating students ("ripetente") in the first year of studies. Enrolling as "ripetente" gives students the right to attend lessons and does not give them access to exams before the end of the lessons for the semester in which the course is held. Students regularly enrolled in the academic year as regular ("in corso") or repeating students “ripetente”:
There are no restrictions for enrolment after the second year of studies. After the third year, students who have not yet completed the study plan usually enroll as repeating students "fuori corso". However students can also enroll as repeating students "ripetente". Last change 21/07/2017 10:54 |
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9.1.2.
Administrative procedures and deadlines for enrolment as repeating students ('ripetente') in the first, second and following years
Enrollment must be carried out during the:
by accessing, via yoU@B student Diary, to the Punto Blu 'Administrative Area' menu. The enrollment procedures are as follows:
After selecting "Enrollment in the academic year", the system automatically allows
Enrollment in the academic year via Punto Blu is completed once the first installment of the University fees and tuition has been paid and recorded in the student's academic career. If the first advance paymentis not paid by 15 September 2017 students will not be able to carry out any administrative or learning activities or make use of any other services. Students who do not enroll by 31 August 2017, for whatever reason, can enroll during the 1 September - 31 December 2017(*) period, upon payment of a late-enrollment fee (for detailed information check the website at www.unibocconi.eu/fees. After 31 December 2017 enrollment is only possible as students enrolled beyond the standard duration of the program, ("fuori corso" or "fuori corso intermedio") and with the payment of the penalty fees duly made (for detailed information please check www.unibocconi.eu/fees). (*) Since 31 December 2017 is a holiday, the deadline is extended to the next working day (3 January 2018). Last change 21/07/2017 10:55 |
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9.1.3.
Choice of Major for students enrolled in the BIEF program
From 8 to 19 January 2018, by using the Punto Blu, that can be accessed via yoU@B, BIEF students enrolled in the second year of studies must choose from among the following majors:
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9.1.4.
Choice of modules for CLEACC second year students
When enrolling in the second year of studies (27 July- 31 August 2017) students must carry out the choice of two modules, one for the first semester and one for the second one, relating to the course Metodo, critica e ricerca nelle discipline artistiche [Method, critique and research in artistic disciplines] (see chapter 2 Program structures of the BSc programs). From 8 to 19 January 2018 you can change, via yoU@B Student Diary>Punto Blu>Study Plan, the module previously chosen in the second semester with another module held in the second semester of the current academic year. Such changes must be made in compliance with numerical limits described in Elective course allocation. Last change 21/07/2017 10:59 |
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9.2.
Foreign languages
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9.2.1.
Changing first foreign language
First-year students who are not English native speakers and are enrolled in class groups taught in Italian will have English assigned automatically as their first compulsory language. Last change 05/07/2017 16:09 |
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9.2.2.
Choice of second foreign language for second year
Students must choose the second foreign language when enrolling in the 2nd year (27 July 31 August 2017). Students can change the 1st and/or 2nd language using Punto Blu that can be accessed by the yoU@B student Diary, in the period 27 July - 20 September 2017 and between 8 - 19 January 2018 except for BIG students who, after 20 September, have no longer the possibility to change the languages previously chosen. Information regarding language choice and courses on offer is available in "Foreign Languages and Computer Skills" and on the site at www.unibocconi.eu/languagecentre. Last change 21/07/2017 11:00 |
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9.3.
Choice of elective courses
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9.3.1.
Elective courses choice rules
When students enroll in the third year of their programs (24 July - 31 August 2017) they must choose their elective courses for both the first and second semesters, for inclusion in their study plan. The positioning of elective courses in the I or in the II semesters is merely a suggestion. Students can choose how to allocate these activities along the two semesters. During this period students can also change the electives they chose when enrolling in the current academic year. In addition BIEF students can also change the major chosen in the second year of studies. Electives may be freely chosen from the courses available, from the general list following the instructions below for each Bachelor of Science Program. CLEAM-CLEF-CLES 3 elective courses Electives must be chosen according to the following criteria:
BIEM
in addition
BIEF Students must select 4 compulsory courses to be chosen in the list of their major (Economics or Finance); in addition
Electives must be chosen following the criteria below:
CLEACC All students must choose 1 course from among:
4 elective courses. The elective courses must be chosen in compliance with the following criteria:
Before choosing elective courses students are advised to check the list of courses available, programs, lessons schedule, and the "incompatible" and "banned" courses (Italian version). Students participating in international programs will be given the possibility of changing their study plan once they come back from the exchange (see 9.3.4 Change of study plan for students participating in international programs). However, upon enrolling in the academic year, students are advised to choose elective courses coherent with their interests, in case they have to sit for some exams at Bocconi. Last change 24/08/2017 10:39 |
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9.3.2.
Electives allocation snd numerical limit
After enrolling in the academic year students are allocated the elective courses chosen for both the first and the second semester. The courses chosen are therefore immediately viewable in the students’ study plan. The allocation of elective courses is made on the basis of the sign-up positions when students made the course choice/change. As a general rule, each course class group must not have more than 110 students. Except for:
In the limit of 110 students, the following categories of students are not included:
Bocconi students participating in international programs may include courses that at Bocconi have reached the maximum number of students enrolled in their academic career only with the purpose of recording exams passed abroad in their academic career. Students who enroll in the academic year after 31 August, and especially during the period from 1 September 2017 to 31 December 2017(*), can choose their first- and second-semester electives from the list of electives still available at the time of enrolment in the academic year. (*) Since 31 December 2017 is a holiday, the deadline is extended to the next working day (3 January 2018). Last change 13/06/2017 14:56 |
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9.3.3.
Changing first and second semester elective courses with second semester elective courses
During the 8 - 19 January 2018 period students can change the first- and second-semester electives included in their study plan with other second-semester electives, as long as they refer to the current academic year via Punto Blu. Last change 21/07/2017 11:03 |
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9.3.4.
Change of study plan for students participating in international programs
Bocconi students participating in International programs can modify their study plan when they come back (and in the periods scheduled for all students: 24 July to 31 August 2017 and from 8 to 19 January 2018) one extra time (see Electives allocation paragraph 9.3.2) through the Punto Blu, via the yoU@B Diary. Last change 13/06/2017 14:57 |
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9.4.
Additional courses
Additional courses are those whose credit points provide more than the 180 credit points needed to fulfil the degree requirements. They can be chosen from among the range of elective courses and can only be included in the study plan, for a maximum number of three, after students have passed all course exams of the first 3 semesters of their Bachelor of Science program. Such activities can be selected from among the elective courses and the language courses. To calculate the average, only two additional exams may be considered (those for which students received the highest marks, if grades achieved are the same the ones with an highest number of credit points are considered). Students can choose additional courses from the third year of studies by collecting and handing in the completed form to the Academic Affairs Division Desk, between 24 July 2017 - 19 January 2018. Please notice that
Additional courses may be eliminated by submitting a request to the Academic Affairs Division Desk. It is not possible to eliminate an activity from the study plan which has been passed and registered. Last change 13/06/2017 14:58 |
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9.5.
Changing programs
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9.5.1.
Review of BSc program choice (rules valid up to the 2017-18 academic year)
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9.5.1.1.
Rules
For Bachelor of Science programs which have a common foundation - CLEAM, CLES, CLEF, BIEM and BIEF - students may request to be assigned to a different program as long as it belongs to the same subject-area foundation as their original Bachelor of Science program. They may request this change during the third semester, in the second year of studies. In order to submit an application to review the Bachelor of Science program choice, students must be enrolled in their original Bachelor of Science program for the 2017-2018 academic year. Last change 23/06/2017 16:58 |
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9.5.1.2.
Limits
In order to regulate the changes from one degree program to another, for the 2017-2018 academic year,applications will be accepted as long as the balance between entering and exiting students, added to those students who make up the class groups, is at most equal to 135 students for each class group for programs taught in Italian and 115 students for programs in English for each class group. If the number of applications is greater than the number of places available, students will be selected according to a ranking list for each new Bachelor of Science program based on merit, which is determined by the weighted average of exam marks and credit points received compared with those to be received in the origin BSc program. The ranking is carried out by considering the first year study plan and exam passed by the month of November 2017. Please note that in case students opt for the BIEM or BIEF program:
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9.5.1.3.
Administrative procedures and deadlines
Students can submit an application to review the Bachelor of Science program choice (the application form must be collected, filled out and handed in at the Academic Affairs Division Desk) during the 30 November-20 December 2017 period by specifying the preference for a maximum of 2 programs (first and second choice). The same deadline applies for cancelling or modifying any applications previously submitted. On 17 January 2018 via yoU@B student Diary, students receive the results of the Bachelor of Science program review; admitted students also receive the details on the class group assigned. During the December 2017 and January-February 2018 period, students who applied to review their Bachelor of Science program choices must sit first- and second-semester exams of the first year of studies and first-semester exams of the second year of studies as required in the study plan, with course profiles and teachers of their original Bachelor of Science programs.
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9.6.
Changing Bachelor of Science Programs - rules valid up to the 2017-2018 academic year
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9.6.1.
Rules
Students cannot change their Bachelor of Science program in the first year of the program. Changes of program:
For the BSc programs taught in Italian and in English (CLEACC), changing class group is of an exceptional nature and its reasons should be explained in written by the student via a letter to be attached to the application. The Direction will evaluate each single letter of reasons identifying, in this way, the students who can be admitted. It is possible to submit request to change BSc program at the end of the first of studies or at the end of subsequent years, on condition that the student has not yet earned more than 60 credit points. For the BSc program changes, the year of admission to the new program is determined by the Program Director, who will take the student's academic curriculum into account. It is specified that, for the change for the Bachelor of Science in International Politics and Government, the admission will be possible at maximum in the first or second year of studies. Bachelor of Science program changes towards the World Bachelor in Business program are not possible (in no way). To request a change of program, students must have previously enrolled in the original program for the upcoming academic year (in the first year of the program as a repeating student ("ripetente") or in years following the first). When changing from one Bachelor of Science program to another, the following applies:
In addition, students are considered to have attended the lessons for courses taken in the years before the change included in the program structure of the new degree program. Therefore students can register for the exams for the courses included in the program structure of the new degree program in the years before the change, starting from the first available exam session.
Please note that, if students opt to pass to programs taught in English:
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9.6.2.
Limits
In order to regulate the changes from one degree program to another, for the 2017-2018 academic year, applications will be accepted as long as the balance between entering and exiting students, added to those students who make up the class groups, is at most equal to:
If the number of applications is greater than the number of places available, students will be selected according to a ranking list for each new Bachelor of Science program based on merit, which is determined by the weighted average of exam marks and credit points received compared with those to be received in the BSc program of origin. The ranking is carried out considering the exams passed by July 2017. Last change 12/07/2017 13:04 |
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9.6.3.
Administrative rules and deadline
Students can submit the application to change Bachelor of Science program (the application form must be collected, filled out and handed in at the Academic Affairs Division Desk) during the 27 July - 29 August 2017 period by specifying the preference for a maximum of two programs (first and second choice). The same deadline applies for cancelling or modifying any applications previously submitted. Last change 13/06/2017 15:23 |
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9.6.4.
Program changes - valid from the 2018/19 academic year
Starting from the 2018/2019 academic year, for changing programs new rules will be applied; these do not include the distinction betwing BSc program change and Review of the BSc program choice. The rules will consider the following elements:
The BSc programs are therefore possible:
As for exceptional cases, it is possible to allow the change of BSc programs taught in a different language also at the end of years following the first one, on condition that the student has not yet earned more than 60 credit points (relating to compulsory and elective educational activities) of the program structure of the new BSc program.
For the Courses taught in Italian and in English (CLEACC) changing class group is of an exceptional nature and its reasons should be explained in written by the student via a letter to be attached to the application. The Direction will evaluate each single letter of reasons identifying, in this way, the students who can be admitted.
It is specified that it is possible to request, during the same academic year, only one BSc program change, therefore students who have obtained the BSc program change at the end of the first year CANNOT request again the BSc program change at the and of the third semester. In order to regulate the changes from one degree program to another, for the 2018-2019 academic year applications will be accepted as follows:
If the number of applications is greater than the number of places, students will be selected according to a ranking list for each new Bachelor of Science program based on merit, which is determined by the weighted average of exam marks and credit points received compared with those to be received. Below please find time reference when it is possible to request BSc program change:
(**) It is possible to request, as part of the same academic year, only 1 change of program, therefore students who obtained the BSc Program at the end of the first year CANNOT request the BSc Program change again at the end of the third semester. Last change 01/02/2018 15:24 |
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9.7.
Transferring to another university
Bocconi students may transfer to another university by submitting an application to transfer form. The form is to be collected, filled out and submitted to the Academic Affairs Division Desk. Details must include the new university they intend to transfer to and the Program they wish to attend. Students are advised to check the deadline for receiving transfer documents with the university they intend to transfer to, to make sure they have enough time to submit the application to complete the transfer procedure. Students who present a transfer request during the 24 July - 29 September 2017 period do not have to enroll in the 2017-2018 academic year; students who present a transfer request after 2 October 2017 and no later than 31 December 2017(*) must enroll for the 2017-2018 academic year. Enrolled students who have submitted a transfer application should contact the TCA (University Fees Office) for information regarding university fees and tuition. The transfer application form must be accompanied by:
Students who transferred to another University cannot come back to Università Bocconi during the same academic year they applied for transferring, except for students who have not carried out any administrative act at the University of destination. Students who intend to continue their studies at the Italian Military Academy and universities abroad must hand in a special application form available from the Academic Affairs Division Desk. (*) Since 31 December 2017 is a holiday, the deadline is extended to the next working day (3 January 2018). Last change 05/07/2017 16:26 |
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9.8.
Temporary interruption
Students who during the academic year are carrying out military service or civil service duties, female students in the year of birth of each child and students who are forced to interrupt studies because of serious illness and certified prolonged medical conditions can apply to temporarily interrupt their studies in accordance with DPCM 09/04/2001.
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9.9.
Disqualification
After eight academic years after the end of the standard duration of the program, starting from the first initial enrolment in the university system, the student academic career is subject to a specific evaluation. Last change 01/06/2017 08:00 |
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9.10.
Withdrawing from university studies
Students can withdraw from their studies at any time, ending their academic career at this University. Their intention to withdraw must be communicated in a written, clear and concise form. The withdrawal form is to be collected, filled out and submitted to the Academic Affairs Division Desk. Students enrolled in the first year of studies 2017-2018 who wish to withdraw must follow the timeline below:
The application should include a declaration stating that there are no pending obligations with ISU Bocconi (Student Assistance and Financial Aid), the Bocconi Library, and other University Offices. A marca da bollo worth of euro 16,00 must be attached to the application. Students must pay university fees and tuition up to the submission of the withdrawal form according to the payment deadlines defined by TCA (University Fees Office). Students who submit the withdrawal form should contact the TCA (University Fees Office) in order to check any pending obligations with reference to any tuition and fees deadline expired. Withdrawn students can obtain certifications regarding the previous academic career and credit points earned. Last change 13/06/2017 15:37 |