OVERVIEW

The “Altre attività” (other activities) allow students to broaden their horizon and integrate the acquisition of additional knowledge and skills into disciplinary learning, useful for training and for entering the world of work.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

"Other activities" are planned to allow students to experience the external world, in order to encourage the contacts between the formative and professional world. By attending seminars, conferences, workshops and partaking in internships at public or private institutions, students can deepen the knowledge useful for the integration in the job market.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Depending on the student’s free choice, participation in Further activities will allow:

• to acquire transversal and broad knowledge with respect to the training course (participation in conferences, seminars, etc.)
• to acquire extra-curricular skills and competences (participation in workshops, school trips)
• to acquire skills and abilities in the field of foreign languages.
• to acquire skills in the IT field.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The following is a detailed list of activities that are considered valid for credit recognition purposes:

• period of study abroad at university sites (3 CFU for a duration of no less than 2 months);
• stage or laboratory activities recognised by the CCDS relevant to curricular training;
• relational and didactic training activities at public or legally recognised organisations pertinent to curricular training;
• attendance at conferences and seminar series strictly pertinent to curricular training, as established by the commission (in accordance with the general training principle whereby 1CFU corresponds to 25 hours of attendance activities or equivalent);
• computer skills, subject to passing the specific test (from 1 to 3 CFU);
• elective teaching activities (ADE) pertinent to curricular training;
• student representation activities in the university's self-governing bodies (Departmental Council, Course Council, BoD, Senate, various committees) (1 CFU);
• knowledge of another foreign language (in addition to that required to fulfil statutory obligations) subject to submission of a certificate (up to a maximum of 2CFU);
• other, subject to examination by the committee and specific approval by the CCdS.

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The student must submit to the Other Credits Commission, at least three months before the thesis discussion, the documentation attesting the skills acquired and / or the activities carried out and their duration. The student must also declare that (s)he has not previously used the activity carried out to request the attribution of CFU.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

A commission of professors appointed by the Degree Course will assess the congruence and correspondence in credits of the certified training activity. The referent teacher for this procedure is prof. Paolo De Lucia.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Credits relating to other activities can be included, at the student's discretion, in the 1st, 2nd or 3rd year study plan. Credits can only be recorded on condition that the corresponding code has been entered in the study plan. The Commission in charge of the recognition of other credits is composed of:

• prof. Paolo De Lucia (paolo.delucia@unige.it)
• prof. Michele Abbate (michele.abbate@unige.it)