SOCIAL TOPICS IN ORGANIZATION - 134006-ENG

Attending students

Attending students will be assessed based on the following components: individual class participation/assignments (since this course is structured as a seminar, active participation by students is crucial for fostering an effective learning environment) and/or team assignments (each team will be tasked with completing a series of activities both in-class and outside of class, such as discussions, exercises, etc., that address topics relevant to the course content). At the conclusion of all activities, attending students will receive a maximum of 100 points. This score on the 100-point scale will be converted into a grade on the Italian 30-point scale (the minimum score required to achieve a passing grade is 60, with students needing to attain at least 30 points in the DEI section, and 15 points in the other two sections of the course).

Students interested in being considered attending students must be present during the first lesson. After the first lesson, students will be divided into groups. Once students opt to become attending students, regular attendance becomes mandatory; unexcused absences will impact their final grade and their status as attending students. Attending students are expected to attend (from the beginning to the end of each lesson) a minimum of 80% of all course sessions across the three sections.

Therefore, assessments are only conducted during the course, and there is no exam at its conclusion. Registering for the exam is necessary solely to formalize the grade obtained through the assessments during the course.

Non attending students

Non-attending students will be evaluated through a final exam. Specifically, the exam will be written and held at the end of the course (January/February, June, July, September) in digital format, lasting 40 minutes. It will consist of two open questions designed to assess whether the student has acquired the ability to connect fundamental concepts and apply them to specific practical contexts. Each open question carries a maximum of 16 points.

The purpose of the exam is to evaluate the students' intellectual maturity and their comprehensive understanding of the subject matter covered. Therefore, the exam goes beyond verifying the information provided during lectures and presented in textbooks/papers. Answers to open questions will be evaluated based on the following criteria: relevance to the question, comprehensiveness in addressing the question, inclusion of appropriate connections, conciseness (avoiding redundancy or repetition), command of language, and clarity of presentation. The final grade will be determined by the sum of the scores obtained in the open questions.

The exam will be scheduled in one or more sessions at the computer lab and will cover the contents of textbooks/papers available in the reading list and on the e-learning platform.