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Elective courses 1st year for Bachelor of Science students
For the academic year 2015/2016, students of Engineering courses, except for the degree course in Technology and International Business, can select from a list an exam in order to obtain the Free ECTS credits of the first year. They can put the optional courses of the list in order of preference. 
The exam list is published in the educational offer (offerta formativa) of each degree course.   

Lessons held: 14th March – 11th June 2016 
Optional courses‘ lessons will start two weeks after the beginning of the second semester and will last 12 weeks. There will be 4-5 hours of lesson a week on Wednesday and Friday afternoon.   

Selection period duration: 
Students can indicate their preferences in the period between 26th February and 2nd March.   

Who can select the optional courses
The selection can be made by all students enrolled to Bachelor of Science Engineering courses (DM 270/2004) if the optional exams are provided for their first year. 
Exceptions are:
- students enrolled in the 2015/2016 academic year who failed the Mathematical Analysis I examination (students in this situation will have to attend a remedial course which replaces the optional course of the second semester). 
- students who already put the optional course in their study load during the previous academic year and who didn’t ask for exoneration. 

Students who, after an internal or external transfer or a shortening of the degree program, have been recognized an optional course don't have to select the optional course again.
Part-time students with a study load with more than 30 credits, will not be able to select the optional course.

How to select optional courses
Students make the selection from their personal page of “Portale della didattica” by clicking on “Compila Piano Carriera e Carico Didattico”. 
There will be a list of exams that students have to select in order of preference by using the arrows next to each exam or by dragging each exam in the preferred position. In order to conclude the procedure students will have to confirm their choice. Then  a caption will appear “Scelte effettuate in precedenza” (previously selections made). Remember that the preference order can be changed by logging in the procedure again within the deadline for the selection ( 2nd march 2016).   

Rankings criteria and assignment of the optional courses
After the exam session of the first semester, when students have received the results of the exams, a merit ranking will be made and optional courses will be assigned. The ranking is made by the Area Gestione Didattica and each student will be given a score calculated by multiplying the number of credits of Mathematical Analysis I, Chemistry and Computer Science by the mark obtained. 
The preferred course will be assigned following the order of the merit ranking until all seats in the classroom will be taken. 
If too many students, with the same merit rank, have chosen the same optional course, the preferred course will be assigned basing on the number of exams passed with a mark of 30/30 cum laude and subsequently seats will be assigned by a computer draw procedure. 
After all the assignments have been made, if there are remaining seats for courses they could be assigned to those who are over the deadline to make the selection. 
To do so, students who are in this situation can go to the Segreteria Didattica Ingegneria (1st floor of Cittadella Politecnica) between 17th and 24th March 2016 in order to check if there are remaining courses to select. 

Specific cases: 
The optional courses for students who don’t have to attend the remedial course of Mathematical Analysis I, will be assigned taking into account the specific nature of the course and/or student: 
  1. the course 01DDVLI Automotive Evolution will be granted for students of Automotive Engineering who attend the course entirely taught in English, provided that students put it as a first choice
  2. students who are interested in the “campus italo-cinese” have to follow the normal procedure described in the first part but, if they are selected for this project, then the secretary will replace the optional course with 06LOE Chinese Language. 
  3. SDSS students will be granted 02FZU Tecniche di comunicazione e di scrittura (videotaped), provided that they put it as a first choice. In particular: 
    1. SDSS students from the Verres seat, 01QXS Laboratorio di sensori e sistemi di attuazione will be granted if it is put as a first choice, because it will be developed there. 
    2. SDSS students from the Biella seat, 01QZV Laboratorio tecnologico per l'industria tessile will be granted if it is put as a first choice, because it will be developed there.
  4. students enrolled to English degree courses or that are attending the first year in English will be granted the choice of one of the courses in English if they put it as a first choice. 
  5. part-time students who have been assigned an optional course, have to pay its credits within the deadline of 11th March 2016 otherwise, the optional course will be removed from their study load.    

Notice for students: 
Once the assignment has ended, a couple of days before the beginning of lessons, students will receive an email which invites them to check which exam they have been assigned.  
The email will also provide students with information about class timetable and classroom location.