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Location: Torino - Class: ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING (LM-4)ARCHITECTURE HERITAGE PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT(change)
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Continuing students - Enrolling for years after the first: Personal Study Plan (PSP) and Annual Personal Study Plan (APSP)
Free credits
Free credits
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The Final Examination for the Master’s degree
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Free credits
FREE CREDITS (8 CFU)
You can acquire free credits with the following
training activities:
SPECIALIZING WORKSHOPS (allocation on the basis of merit)
Specializing workshops for the Master’s degree programmes of the Collegi of Architecture, Design, Urban Studies and Planning are assigned on the basis of merit, taking into account the preference order expressed by each student and the number of places available for each workshop.
We remind you that procedures for the choice of specializing workshops will be activated before the beginning of second semester. In order to be able to express your preferences, upon definition of your Annual Personal Study Plan, you must have inserted the names and generic codes of each course you wish to attend, within the deadlines illustrated in the academic calendar.
Exams that have been anticipated from the Master’s degree programme will not count towards the calculation of the average grade.
It might happen that several students with the same position on the ranking list choose the same Optional course, but places are not sufficient to satisfy all requests. In this case the course will be offered to those students who have the highest number of exams passed with honours; subsequently, remaining places will be randomly allocated by a computerized draw.
You will be allowed to express your preferences only if you had previously inserted in your APSP the generic code for Workshop professionalizzanti.
How to indicate your order of preference – merit-based course allocation
You can indicate your order of preference only if you had previously included the names and the generic codes of the courses during the preparation of your APSP. The names and the generic codes are available in the curriculum of your Bachelor’s degree programme on the Teaching Portal. Log into your personal page of the Teaching Portal, go to SEGRETERIA ON-LINE, then select ACCEDI/ACCESS and click on COMPILA PIANO CARRIERA – CARICO DIDATTICO/FILL IN YOUR PSP /APSP.
Upon completion of your PSP/APSP, you will be redirected to a new page. From this page you can express your preferences only for the courses which have a generic code in your APSP. You can set the order of preference using the arrows or dragging and dropping the courses, as illustrated in picture no.1:
- Specializing Workshops (8 CFU)
- Introductory Workshops (3 CFU)
- Reasearch essay (4 CFU)
- Learning activities outside the university (the number of CFU depends on the activity type)
- Competitive sporting activities (3 CFU)
- Student team activities (the number of CFU depends on the activity type)
SPECIALIZING WORKSHOPS (allocation on the basis of merit)
Specializing workshops for the Master’s degree programmes of the Collegi of Architecture, Design, Urban Studies and Planning are assigned on the basis of merit, taking into account the preference order expressed by each student and the number of places available for each workshop.
We remind you that procedures for the choice of specializing workshops will be activated before the beginning of second semester. In order to be able to express your preferences, upon definition of your Annual Personal Study Plan, you must have inserted the names and generic codes of each course you wish to attend, within the deadlines illustrated in the academic calendar.
Exams that have been anticipated from the Master’s degree programme will not count towards the calculation of the average grade.
It might happen that several students with the same position on the ranking list choose the same Optional course, but places are not sufficient to satisfy all requests. In this case the course will be offered to those students who have the highest number of exams passed with honours; subsequently, remaining places will be randomly allocated by a computerized draw.
You will be allowed to express your preferences only if you had previously inserted in your APSP the generic code for Workshop professionalizzanti.
How to indicate your order of preference – merit-based course allocation
You can indicate your order of preference only if you had previously included the names and the generic codes of the courses during the preparation of your APSP. The names and the generic codes are available in the curriculum of your Bachelor’s degree programme on the Teaching Portal. Log into your personal page of the Teaching Portal, go to SEGRETERIA ON-LINE, then select ACCEDI/ACCESS and click on COMPILA PIANO CARRIERA – CARICO DIDATTICO/FILL IN YOUR PSP /APSP.
Upon completion of your PSP/APSP, you will be redirected to a new page. From this page you can express your preferences only for the courses which have a generic code in your APSP. You can set the order of preference using the arrows or dragging and dropping the courses, as illustrated in picture no.1:
You can repeat this procedure until the closure of the period dedicated to the definition of the Annual Personal Study Plan.
Update of the 4th of december 2017:
When indicate the preferences order of Specializing workshops
from the 4th of december to the 18th of december 2017 until 11,59 PM (merit-based course allocation)
Choice of courses with residual seats (after the allocation on the basis of merit)
If, for any reason, you haven’t chosen your free credits by the deadline, you will be offered the possibility to choose a single preference among the courses with residual seats.
Log into your personal page of the Teaching Portal, go to the section “SEGRETERIA ON-LINE”, then select “ACCEDI/ACCESS” from the box named “COMPILA PIANO CARRIERA – CARICO DIDATTICO/FILL IN YOUR PSP /APSP”. The system will show the list of courses with residual seats, as illustrated in picture no.2:
In this phase you should pay careful
attention to the course you are selecting. In fact, once you confirm your choice, it cannot
be modified.
INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP (3 CFU)
If you are enrolled in any Master’s degree programme of the Collegio di Architettura, or if you are a student of the Bachelor’s degree programme in Architettura and in Architettura/Architecture, and if you anticipate first-semester courses, you can get 3 free choice credits attending one of the Introductory Workshop offered by Politecnico. The Introductory Workshops will take place from 2nd to 7th October 2017.
If you want to attend these Introductory Workshops, you have to insert in your APSP the generic code that you will find on the Teaching Portal – Course catalogue - Curriculum.
Please note that Introductory Workshops are capped at limited number of places. Therefore, once the maximum number of places has been reached, you will be to choose only among those workshops that still have residual seats.
When to choose your Introductory Workshops
From 10.00 a.m. of 27th September to 23:59 of 28th September 2017.
How to choose your Introductory Workshops
From the home page of the Teaching Portal, choose “MAIN” or “LA MIA DIDATTICA” tab. You will see the picture illustrated here below. In order to make your choice, log into your personal page of the Teaching Portal and select the desired Workshop. Please find here below some explanatory screen shots: You need to click on the desired Workshop from the home page of the Teaching Portal (tab “MAIN” or “SEGRETERIA ON –LINE”)
INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP (3 CFU)
If you are enrolled in any Master’s degree programme of the Collegio di Architettura, or if you are a student of the Bachelor’s degree programme in Architettura and in Architettura/Architecture, and if you anticipate first-semester courses, you can get 3 free choice credits attending one of the Introductory Workshop offered by Politecnico. The Introductory Workshops will take place from 2nd to 7th October 2017.
If you want to attend these Introductory Workshops, you have to insert in your APSP the generic code that you will find on the Teaching Portal – Course catalogue - Curriculum.
Please note that Introductory Workshops are capped at limited number of places. Therefore, once the maximum number of places has been reached, you will be to choose only among those workshops that still have residual seats.
When to choose your Introductory Workshops
From 10.00 a.m. of 27th September to 23:59 of 28th September 2017.
How to choose your Introductory Workshops
From the home page of the Teaching Portal, choose “MAIN” or “LA MIA DIDATTICA” tab. You will see the picture illustrated here below. In order to make your choice, log into your personal page of the Teaching Portal and select the desired Workshop. Please find here below some explanatory screen shots: You need to click on the desired Workshop from the home page of the Teaching Portal (tab “MAIN” or “SEGRETERIA ON –LINE”)
Please note that Introductory Workshops will not be allocated to
students on the basis of their academic achievement. Therefore you should pay
careful attention to your selection. In fact, once you confirm your choice, it
cannot be modified.
Once the maximum number of available places for each workshop has been reached, you will be to choose only among those workshops that still have residual seats. If all workshops are full, you will not be able to make any choice. If you had correctly inserted the workshop code in your Annual Personal Study Plan, but you were unable to choose it because the workshop is full, you will be able to modify the code and substitute it with other activities available in the Curriculum. For this operation, you need to go to the Office of Student Services located at the Castello del Valentino.
Once the maximum number of available places for each workshop has been reached, you will be to choose only among those workshops that still have residual seats. If all workshops are full, you will not be able to make any choice. If you had correctly inserted the workshop code in your Annual Personal Study Plan, but you were unable to choose it because the workshop is full, you will be able to modify the code and substitute it with other activities available in the Curriculum. For this operation, you need to go to the Office of Student Services located at the Castello del Valentino.
The critical historical Research essay is not
assigned to students on the basis of a merit ranking list.
When you
define your Annual Personal Study Plan, you need t
o insert the name and code
shown on the Teaching Portal “Offerta formativa – piano degli studi – programmi dei
corsi”.
/“Course
catalogue – Curriculum – course syllabi”.
OTHER LEARNING ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY
Politecnico can recognize 3,4,5,6,8,10 or 12 academic credits (ECTS) depending on the kind of activity. Politecnico can recognize more than one activity during the course of your studies.
If you are going to participate or have participated in external learning activities (training courses, workshops, Summer or Winter Schools,…) which are relevant and coherent with your educational path, you can ask for the recognition of this activity. The request shall be made through a specific procedure called ‘Approvazione attività esterne’/ Approval of external activities, available under the Segreteria on line section of your personal page.
You will have to upload the activity supporting documents (agenda, contents and duration). The Programme Academic Coordinator will decide whether to accept your request and how many credits you will be granted.
COMPETITIVE SPORTING ACTIVITIES (3 CFU)
Politecnico can recognize up to a maximum of 3 academic credits, only one time during the entire duration of your studies (Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme).
If you achieve outstanding results in competitive sporting activities while you are studying at the university, you can ask for the recognition of this activity at any time of your academic career. The request shall be made through a specific procedure called ‘Approvazione attività esterne’/ Approval of external activities, available under the Segreteria on line section of your personal page. As a general rule, the term “outstanding results in competitive sporting activities” refers to:
a) athletes called into the Italian national team of disciplines which have a federation approved by CONI and are recognized as Olympic sports.
b) absolute champions or champions of division in Italian championships, or medalists in European /World championships in one of the disciplines that have a federation approved by CONI and are recognized as Olympic sports.
c) athletes, couches or referees who have participated in top level national and international championships
d) students who have won the open competition for the Agon project promoted by CUS Torino
STUDENT TEAM ACTIVITIES
Politecnico can recognize 3,6, or 12 academic credits, only one time during the Bachelor’s degree programme and only one time during the Master’s degree programme.
If you are actively involved in a student team, you can ask for the recognition of this activity. The request shall be made through a specific procedure called ‘Approvazione attività esterne’/Approval of external activities, available under the Segreteria on line section of your personal page. The team leader will have to certify the nature of your collaboration and the amount of time that you have dedicated to it. On the basis of such information the Faculty member in charge of your Personal Study Plan (referente del piano carriera) will decide whether to accept your request and how many credits you will be granted.
Further information on Student teams is available on: https://didattica.polito.it/team_studenteschi.html
Politecnico can recognize 3,4,5,6,8,10 or 12 academic credits (ECTS) depending on the kind of activity. Politecnico can recognize more than one activity during the course of your studies.
If you are going to participate or have participated in external learning activities (training courses, workshops, Summer or Winter Schools,…) which are relevant and coherent with your educational path, you can ask for the recognition of this activity. The request shall be made through a specific procedure called ‘Approvazione attività esterne’/ Approval of external activities, available under the Segreteria on line section of your personal page.
You will have to upload the activity supporting documents (agenda, contents and duration). The Programme Academic Coordinator will decide whether to accept your request and how many credits you will be granted.
COMPETITIVE SPORTING ACTIVITIES (3 CFU)
Politecnico can recognize up to a maximum of 3 academic credits, only one time during the entire duration of your studies (Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme).
If you achieve outstanding results in competitive sporting activities while you are studying at the university, you can ask for the recognition of this activity at any time of your academic career. The request shall be made through a specific procedure called ‘Approvazione attività esterne’/ Approval of external activities, available under the Segreteria on line section of your personal page. As a general rule, the term “outstanding results in competitive sporting activities” refers to:
a) athletes called into the Italian national team of disciplines which have a federation approved by CONI and are recognized as Olympic sports.
b) absolute champions or champions of division in Italian championships, or medalists in European /World championships in one of the disciplines that have a federation approved by CONI and are recognized as Olympic sports.
c) athletes, couches or referees who have participated in top level national and international championships
d) students who have won the open competition for the Agon project promoted by CUS Torino
STUDENT TEAM ACTIVITIES
Politecnico can recognize 3,6, or 12 academic credits, only one time during the Bachelor’s degree programme and only one time during the Master’s degree programme.
If you are actively involved in a student team, you can ask for the recognition of this activity. The request shall be made through a specific procedure called ‘Approvazione attività esterne’/Approval of external activities, available under the Segreteria on line section of your personal page. The team leader will have to certify the nature of your collaboration and the amount of time that you have dedicated to it. On the basis of such information the Faculty member in charge of your Personal Study Plan (referente del piano carriera) will decide whether to accept your request and how many credits you will be granted.
Further information on Student teams is available on: https://didattica.polito.it/team_studenteschi.html