GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY

In addition to traditional lessons, teaching for mainly MSc courses may also include case study discussions, practical exercises for which students are asked to prepare beforehand and active class participation. Teachers can also assign individual and/or groups assignments, if necessary assisted by a tutor.

Student workload is expressed in credit points. Each credit point corresponds to an average of 25 hours work for the student, 8 of which are dedicated to classroom teaching activities. Such activities include:

• for Bachelor programs a maximum 2 additional hours of complementary learning activities for each credit point. These complementary learning activities are practical exercises and other class activities that do not add new topics to the course content;
• for MSc programs a maximum of 2 hours where the class group is split into 2 smaller groups for each credit point.

Attendance at lessons is not compulsory however is strongly recommended since it is consistent with the proposed educational model designed to favour gradual learning, the active participation of students in class and the creation of a dialogue between students and teachers. For some courses the assessment methods may be different for attending and non attending students.

The educational activities are organised into class groups.

Each class group is assigned a specific classroom.

All students belonging to the same class group follow the lessons in their assigned classroom and have the same teachers.

To facilitate educational activities planning (class group numbers and classroom capacity) students cannot change their assigned class group.

The class groups remain the same for the entire academic year.

For some educational activities (lessons taught in English or applying specific teaching methods), the class groups are divided into smaller groups (the number of these class groups is between 51 and 99). Students are recommended to follow the indications given by teachers during lessons and to consult the Institute bulletin boards that display the smaller group sign up methods and the relative educational activities of these groups.

The class timetable and relative changes are posted on the dedicated bulletin boards, which are located on the ground floor of the University buildings at Piazza Sraffa 13 and Via Sarfatti 25. In the same place students can also find the computer skills bulletin boards.

It is possible to print the class timetable for the whole semester or the class timetable for individual courses from the website at www.unibocconi.it/classtimetable^*.

There are two options:

• in order by code
• in alphabetical order.

The personalised class timetable can be displayed and printed from the yoU@B student diary.

The start of lessons for the 2007-08 academic year will follow the schedule below:

• First semester:
  - from 10 September to 19 December 2008 Bachelor Program courses (codes 6000-6999);
  - from 15 September to 19 December 2008 MSc courses (codes 8000-8999); 
• Second semester:
  - from 16 February to 28 May 2009 MSc courses (codes 8000-8999);
  - from 16 February to 28 May 2009 Bachelor Program courses (codes 6000-6999)

N.B.: Students are advised to always make sure that they are checking the information that relates to their assigned class group for each course when choosing courses. The assigned class group is indicated on the enrolment receipt.

On the graduation days, listed below, lessons in all courses for all programs are suspended:

• Friday 10 October 2008;
• Saturday 11 October 2008;
• Friday 12 December 2008;
• Saturday 13 December 2008;
• Thursday 26 March 2009;
• Friday 27 March 2009;
• Saturday 28 March 2009;
• Friday 29 May 2009.

 During the partial exam periods, listed below, lessons in all courses are suspended:

- I semester: from Mondayy 27 October 2008 to Saturday 8 November 2008;
- II semester: from Monday 30 March 2009 to Thursday 9 April 2009.

In addition, lessons are also suspended for holidays on the following days:

• Saturday 1 November 2008;
• Monday 8 December 2008;
• From Friday 10 April to Tuesday 14 April 2009;
• Saturday 25 April 2009;
• Friday 1 May 2009;

For some courses the teacher is assisted by tutors who provide support to students with regard to the understanding and learning of the subjects dealt with during lessons, case studies and exercises.

For information about courses and tutor activities (names of teachers, office hours and rooms) see the "Tutors" bulletin board located on the ground floor of the University building at via Sarfatti 25.

• Tutors 2008-2009 academic year
  

For some MSc courses (codes 8000-8999) the teacher is assisted by tutors. This type of tutoring includes support for groups of students working on case studies, realisation of the projects, in class practical exercises, and management of the online community. It could also involve lectures that require the use of software ad hoc.

The opportunity to consult teachers is designed to integrate the dialogue that students establish with their teachers during the educational activities carried out in the classroom.
These meetings give students the opportunity to ask for further explanations or clarification of the topics that were not understood in depth during the lessons.
The scheduling of these meetings is displayed on the Department bulletin boards and can also be found on the Internet site at www.unibocconi.it/studentconsultationhours or in the yoU@B student diary, which provides a direct link to the page.