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Faculty of: ARTS AND PHILOSOPHY; LINGUISTIC SCIENCES AND FOREIGN LITERATURES

Tourism management, sustainability and enhancing the land

Brescia

Domestic applicants
International applicants
Duration
3 Years
Language
Italian
Degree Classes
L-15 (Tourism)

Verification of Initial Preparation (VPI) and Additional Educational Obligations (OFA)

The Verification of Initial Preparation (VPI) consists of a compulsory test for all students enroled in the 1st year of an undergraduate or integrated graduate degree, in order to be able to ascertain the basic knowledge to successfully attend the chosen degree programme.

The VPI is not a constraint for access to or attendance to the programme, but it is an opportunity for students to measure their knowledge and skills at the beginning of their university career.

The date on which the test is taken is automatically assigned following enrolment. You can view and modify it, only if strictly necessary, through your personal iCatt page.

The test is held remotely online and the technical details are communicated to the student following enrolment.

For this degree programme, the test consists of a series of online multiple-choice questions, lasting a total of 40 minutes, in the following subject area:

  • Italian language knowledge and text comprehension (30 questions).

The positive outcome of the test is achieved with 50%+1 of the correct answers.

In the event of a negative result or absence from the test, an Additional Educational Obligation (OFA) is assigned to fill the gaps found in one's knowledge.

Students with disabilities and/or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) are invited to contact the Services of Inclusions for Students with Disabilities and SLD at least 7 days before the test.

For this degree programme, the Faculty has determined the following Additional Educational Obligations:

  • "Italian language knowledge and text comprehension": 12-hour online course, with final assessment.

Students are required to attend the OFA according to the scheduled calendar (consult the Newly Enrolled Student's Kit of their Faculty). Students who have participated in at least 70% of the scheduled hours are admitted to the final exam of the OFA course. Passing the final exam entails the fulfilment of the OFA and the possibility of continuing in the university programme without further Additional Educational Obligations. During the first year, there are up to 3 attempts to pass the final exam, without the need to attend the OFA course again.

In case of failure to pass the OFA final exam, the Group Tutor in charge will contact the student in order to support him/her in the process of preparing and passing the above test.

At the end of the early summer exam session and/or the summer exam session, the professor/lecturer in charge of the degree programme, having evaluated the results of the VPI and the final exams of the aforementioned course, and taking into account the exams of the 1st year passed by the student, may consider the OFA to have been fulfilled.

Otherwise, the student is required to renew his/her enrolment in the first year of the programme as a repeating student.

Students from other universities are exempt from taking the VPI only in the event of admission to years subsequent to the 1st one.
Students transferring internally from Università Cattolica programme to another are exempt from taking the VPI only in the following cases:

  • admission to years subsequent to the 1st one;
  • in the event that the VPI carried out in the programme of origin is identical to that envisaged in the programme of destination in terms of specificity and number of the thematic areas and the duration of the same. In this case, students retain the result of the VPI in the programme of destination and any OFAs assigned in the previous degree programme remain to be filled, if they have not yet been taken.