Guidelines for Final Examination Preparation in Archaeology and Cultures - Master's Program

Guidelines to prepare for the final examination 2 cycle degree/Master programme Archaeology and Cultures of the Ancient World Curriculum Applied Critical Archaeology and Heritage Department of History and Cultures

PREPARING THE STUDY PLAN The study plan can be submitted or amended for each academic year only in two distinct periods. Deadlines are available in the web site Preparing the Study Plan , in the Studying section of the degree programme. Study plans submitted in the first period can be changed for the current academic year in the second period. The study plan can be amended and saved many times within the deadlines. Any change to the study plan is immediately effective after it has been saved. Attention: after the deadline of the second period, the last study plan submitted will be deemed valid and no further change will be possible for the current academic year.

AMENDMENT OF THE STUDY PLAN ATTENTION: ONLY section FINAL EXAMINATION Students intending to graduate in the autumn or winter session (November or March) who can not change the study plan previously submitted via SOL Studenti Online under penalty of exclusion from graduation session II and III, can change their study plan beyond the deadlines. In this case students must ask via mail the requested change to: - the Student Administration Office (seglet@unibo.it) or - the Degree Programme Office (info.lettere@unibo.it). This change will be fulfilled within the deadline of the graduation requirements of the specified session.

FINAL EXAMINATION In your study plan, you can choose among three different options of final exam. In two options you can obtain some of 18 CFU through different activities. 1) Final Examination (18CFU) 2) Final Examination (6 CFU) + preparation abroad (12 CFU) 3) Final Examination(6 CFU) + Internship abroad to prepare for the final examination (6 CFU) + Preparation abroad (6 CFU)

Final Examination- 1 Final Examination (18 CFU): This option does not include any institutional activity abroad.

Final examination - 2 Final Examination (6 CFU) with preparation abroad (12 CFU): This option includes a period of research abroad in agreement with the supervisor. A financial contribution can be granted for the preparation for the final examination abroad (Bando Tesi all estero)as follows: 12 CFU are recognized for the period spent abroad exclusively with the aim to complete the dissertation. The supervisor will then check if the agreed activity abroad has been completely carried out and will certify 12 CFU. Additional credits obtained in mobility programmes agreed with the supervisor at a partner university can be also recognized. 6 CFU refer to the conclusion of the dissertation.

Final examination - 3 Final Examination (6 CFU) + Internship abroad to prepare for the final examination (6 CFU) + Preparation abroad (6 CFU): This option also includes a period of research abroad in agreement with the supervisor. A financial contribution can be granted for the preparation for the final examination abroad (Bando Tesi all estero) as follows: 6 CFU are recognized for the period spent abroad exclusively with the aim to complete the dissertation. The supervisor will then check if the agreed activity abroad has been completely carried out and will certify 6 CFU. 6 CFU are recognized for the internship abroad agreed with the supervisor and related to the dissertation. 12 CFU refer to the conclusion of the dissertation.

INTERNSHIP ABROAD TO PREPARE FOR THE FINAL EXAMINATION Internship abroad to prepare for the final examination is not linked to a curricular internship. In case students decide to spend both kind of internships, they must be activated separately. In case both kind of internship are planned at the same Hosting Institution, they must be activated separately. Students who include in their study plan internship abroad to prepare for the final examination must choose the subject of the dissertation and find on time the Hosting Institution. They are not directly assigned by the degree programme. Internship abroad for the preparation of the final examination are verbalized on Almaesami as any other academic activity within the deadline to be admitted for the graduation. An extra-university activity related and consistent with the subjects and goals of ACRA can be acknowledged as internship. In case of acknowledgement request of internship abroad for preparation of the final examination, the activity must be carried out abroad. Internship Office: Email: aform.tirocinilettere@unibo.it Tel: 0512084000

PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL EXAMINATION ABROAD - TIMING BANDO TESI ESTERO (Call for Applications for scholarships for the Preparation for the Final Examination Abroad): it is usually advertised every academic year and has two intakes. Timing can vary. Students must regularly check the degree programme website. As soon as the Call is advertised, it is immediately Opportunities . uploaded in the section BANDO Students): it is usually advertised every year, in January. Students can apply for a mobility starting from the following academic year. ERASMUS+ (Erasmus+ Call for Applications Mobility for BANDO OVERSEAS (Call for applications Overseas): it is usually advertised every year in the end of September/early October. Students can apply for a mobility starting from the following academic year.

PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL EXAMINATION ABROAD Scholarships Within Bando per tesi all estero : Winners: students receive a scholarship (amount to be defined) as a financial contribution for the period spent abroad. Winners without scholarship: students have submitted a suitable project but they don t receive a grant. They can spend a period abroad at their expenses and obtain the recognition in their study plan of CFU referred to the preparation for the final exam abroad. Within Erasmus +/Overseas: Students must carefully check if the mobility they are interested in includes the preparation for the final examination abroad. Students can carry on the preparation abroad in both cases: 1) the teaching offer by the receiving institution includes a subject similar to ours eligible for exchange incoming students; 2) in case the receiving institution does not offer a subject similar to ours, incoming exchange students can add the preparation for the final examination abroad in their Learning Agreement.

INCOMPATIBILITY - Scholarships Two or more scholarships can not be granted if the periods spent abroad are simultaneous. Example: Scholarships Preparation for the Final Examination Abroad can not be granted together, for the same period abroad. Only consecutive mobilities are allowed. for Erasmus+ Mobility for Traineeships and for the Students can win a scholarship for the preparation for the final examination abroad (Bando Tesi all estero) and spend in the same period a internship abroad to prepare for the final examination in Hosting Institutions (without Erasmus scholarship).

WRITING A DISSERTATION Rules on preparing the dissertation do not change, regardless the option chosen in the study plan for the preparation for the final exam: 1) Final Examination(18CFU) 2) Final Examination (6 CFU) + preparation abroad (12 CFU) 3) Final Examination(6 CFU) + Internship abroad to prepare for the final examination (6 CFU) + Preparation abroad (6 CFU) Example: dissertation must always be at least 150 pages long.

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