Academic calendar of the E.MA 2011/2012 

Dates	Academic programme and assessment	Special events
Week of 15 Aug 2011	Introductory activities (distance learning)
13-14 Sept	Arrivals in Venice/Lido
13-14 Sept	Orientation days
14-17 Sept	Introduction week
23 Sept		E.MA Universities Fair for the Second Semester. Universities provide information about second semester
19 Sept-15 Oct	Thematic Section 1
25 Sept		Graduation and  Opening Ceremony
8 Oct		Moot Court
17 Oct	Thematic Section 1: Exam 9:30-13:30 (4h)
17-29 Oct	Thematic Section 2
31 Oct-12 Nov	Thematic Section 3
9 Nov		Students submit their Second Semester University proposals (no more than six)
14 Nov-3 Dec	Thematic Section 4
21 Nov		Universities respond to Second Semester University proposals
28 Nov	Thematic Section 4: Exam 11:00-13:00 (2h)
		Students present their three preferred choices for their Second Semester University, in no ranking order
28 Nov-3 Dec	Project week
3-4 Dec		E.MA Council decides finally on Second Semester University destination
5 Dec -27 Jan	Thematic Section 5
16 Dec	Thematic Sections 2 & 3: Submission of Essay (deadline 9:00)
18 Dec -8 Jan		Holiday break (lessons start again on Monday 9 January 2012 at 9:00)
14-15 Jan	Thematic Section 5: 24h take home assignment
17-24 Jan (tbc)	Kosovo field trip (tbc)
25 Jan		Announcement of provisional First Semester marks
28-29 Jan		Exam Commission
1 Feb-31 July		Second Semester
12 July 2012	Deadline Master Thesis

 

The weekly academic programme is of the E.MA first semester is available on the Moodle platform.

The majority of first semester weeks offer a mix of first and second stream components, in a variety of combinations.
The model week below illustrates one such combination.