Consider the mandatory EPOS courses of the first, second and third year
Consider the list of electives in the EPOS website
It is also possible to ask to convert your activities abroad into other courses in addition to the ones in the EPOS website, but that is subject to case-by-case approval (the complete list of courses available at UNIBO is here).
The course unit(s) you select at the host institution should match well with the course(s) at UNIBO you ask credit for. Some general criteria about the content that will facilitate the approval of your learning agreement are the following:
Equivalences work only for courses in the same area: e.g. a management course will not be converted into an economics course, and viceversa. At UNIBO, course areas are identified by their codes: IUS=law, SPS=political science, SECS-S and SECS-P/05=mathematics, statistics and econometrics, SECS-P/07-11=management, SECS-P/01,SECS-P/02,SECS-P/03,SECS-P/06=economics, SECS-P/04 and SECS-P/12=economic history and thought.
The big data sequence in EPOS comprises intermediate-level and advanced-level courses that you do after statistics, programming, and econometrics. You should make sure that the units you choose abroad are at the same level as the ones in EPOS. For example, doing an introductory quantitative course abroad would not be a good substitute for BIG DATA IN SOCIAL SCIENCES.
There will be more flexibility in converting a host institution course unit into an EPOS elective course than into a mandatory one.
The best way to do the comparison is to check the syllabi of the host institution course units (i.e. the detailed description of topics, textbooks, instructor’s name, etc.). They are not always available, but it is highly recommended to send them to didatticasociale.mobility@unibo.it when you submit your Learning Agreement on AlmaRM so that they will be used by the Degree Programme Board for a more accurate evaluation of your proposal. You can find a short description of mandatory and characterizing EPOS courses as well as more details on the syllabi in this website.
The number of credits of the courses should be comparable as indicated in the links above.
You will not get credit for English language courses done abroad. Even if you do an Advanced English writing class at the host institution, EPOS will not give you credit for it.
Do not leave credits for an unspecified course that indicates only the disciplinary sector (for example SECS-P/01), unless it is absolutely necessary. In particular, never put a sector (like SECS-P/10 for instance) where EPOS does not offer courses, either mandatory or optional.
