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Compile the curriculum

Log in to Online Services using your login details and complete your study plan by following the instructions in the handbook

Once you have selected your modules, you will need to confirm your choice.

  • If the status of the proposal is Complete standard study plan: approval by the degree programme board is not required. The plan will be automatically approved and added to your academic record shortly.
     
  • If the status of the proposal is Incomplete standard study plan or Individual study plan: the plan will only be added to your academic record following assessment by the Study Plans Committee and approval by the Programme Board. This procedure takes longer.

Choice examinations

The following are not considered elective modules: work placements, study abroad programmes, workshops, seminars or assessments which generally do not result in a mark out of 30 but only an assessment such as ‘pass’, ‘suitable’, etc.

Please also note that students on three-year degree programmes may not include courses intended for Master’s degrees, even amongst their free-choice modules.

In the case of exams offered as part of degree programmes with limited enrolment, it is good practice to request authorisation by contacting the course lecturer in advance.

Students often decide to sit elective exams during their Erasmus placement (subject to authorisation by the course lecturers on the Learning Agreement); if these modules do not have a corresponding name and code at our University, they cannot be included in a study plan; in this case, it is possible to confirm the study plan with a lower number of credits (this is flagged during the completion process but does not prevent submission) and you must specify, in the notes, that the elective exam or exams have not been included because they will be attended and taken as part of the Erasmus programme. 

Support in compiling the study plan

If you have any difficulties completing the form, you can seek assistance from the student tutors in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures.
For assistance in drawing up your study plan, please contact the lecturer responsible for the Study Plans Committee.

Please remember that:

  • the deadline must be strictly adhered to to avoid the risk of exclusion from the winter session exams.
  • If you have already included all your modules in your study plan, you do not need to complete the form, unless you intend to make changes. In order to amend your study plan, you must be up to date with your fees for enrolment in the new academic year.
  • If you expect to graduate by the March examination session and therefore do not intend to enrol for the new academic year, you cannot submit a new study plan.

Exceptions to the indicated deadlines:

  • If you have applied for the recognition of exams from a previous course of study and are awaiting the decision on recognition, you will only be able to complete your study plan once the Student Registry has sent you the decision on recognition. If you miss the deadline for completing your study plan, you will need to apply for an extension at the Student Services Desk.

Recognised modules, as well as any exams included in the decision as additional academic requirements (i.e. exams to be taken to supplement modules that have been recognised), must not be included in the study plan, as they will be added automatically by the Student Registry.

  • if you enrol on a Master’s degree programme after October: you are granted an extension to complete your study plan until 15 days after the enrolment date. This extension is granted automatically.

Part-time curriculum

If you know you are unable to devote yourself to your studies on a full-time basis, you can choose to enrol on a part-time basis, with a reduction in tuition fees corresponding to the part-time category you choose from the following:

  • Category 1 – up to 15 CFU: pay a fee equal to 25 per cent of the amount due
  • Category 2 – up to 30 CFU: pay a contribution equal to 50 per cent of the amount due

Each year, when you complete your study plan, you can change your category or decide to return to full-time study.

Modifying the curriculum

As a general rule, you can amend your study plan during the three periods indicated. You will need to log in to the online system, select the exams entered in previous years that you wish to remove, and then add the replacement exams for the current academic year.

During the registration period, you can access the system several times to amend your study plan, but only until it has been confirmed: once the plan has been confirmed, you will no longer be able to make changes during that period and will need to wait until the next registration period.

Fractionation change

Some modules in the Modern Languages and Cultures programme are divided into groups based on the first letter of students’ surnames (please refer to the Study Guide for your degree programme, Appendix 7).

You cannot switch from one session to another on your own initiative, and changing sessions is only permitted in exceptional circumstances.

You will need to request authorisation from the lecturer of the:

  • target session
  • source timetable

explaining exactly which timetable clash (or other serious reason) is forcing you to change. Remember to email the request to change the instalment to the student services desk:&sportello.lingue@unige.it

Cases of freezing or suspension of the curriculum

  • if the initial assessment (TELEMACO) has not been completed, you will be prevented from registering your first-year study plan
  • if you have received an OFA (if you have not passed the entrance assessment), you will be prevented from registering your second-year study plan
  • if you have not completed the annual teaching evaluation questionnaire for the, which is compulsory for students enrolled on the programme (Modern Languages and Cultures Degree Programme Questionnaire)
  • if the B1 English test has not been taken or has not been passed, the study plan will be blocked (if code 55870 ENGLISH I had been entered as the language of study or third language whilst completing the form)
  • if two academic years of the same language are entered, without authorisation from the lecturer responsible for teaching the most advanced level of that language
  • in the absence of valid enrolment for the current academic year

Changing language after the first year of the course

Instructions

  • Complete an individual study plan online during the period set aside for the submission of new study plans (for details, see the degree programme website)
  • Remove from previous years any language and literature exams that you wish to replace*
  • Include in the study plan the first year of the new language and the corresponding first-year Literature and Culture module (it is not permitted to include two years of the same language in the study plan for the same academic year)**
  • Complete the study plan with the other subjects provided for in the standard plan
  • Confirm the study plan.

* Students who have already passed the first-year Literature and Culture exam in the language area they intend to replace may claim the relevant credits by entering the following sentence in the ‘comments’ section:
“Please note: change of language. Please count the first-year Literature and Culture X exam as an elective subject”.

Students who have passed and registered further examinations in that language and/or literature and wish to ascertain whether the corresponding credits can be used towards the completion of their three-year degree may contact:
Davide Finco (davide.finco@unige.it) for the first and second years
Paolo Marelli (paolo.marelli@unige.it) for the third year

** In exceptional cases, if a student already has a good knowledge of the new language to be included and, following an interview, the lecturers of that language give their approval for the inclusion of two years’ study of that language in the study plan for the current academic year, the Study Plans Committee may authorise such inclusion.

In this case, a WRITTEN APPROVAL from the lecturer in charge must be attached to the proposed study plan.