Master’s Degree Course Study Plans

Every student must submit a personal study plan before 30^th November of their first year (or within a month after enrolment, if later than that date). The study plan is created using the CAPS interface, which is accessible with the personal academic credentials (the same ones used for the Alice portal). The plan will then be evaluated by the Study Plans Committee. The study plan can be submitted multiple times during the course of studies, but submission can only occur within these three time windows during the academic year:

• 1 September – 30 November;
• 1 February – 31 March;
• 1 June – 30 June.

The study plan submitted outside of these periods will remain pending and will be evaluated in the next available time window. For urgent matters and special cases, it is possible to request an early evaluation from the President of the Study Course Council.

The Committee needs that one of the following representatives, depending on the study programme, signs (using CAPS) the study plan in order to guarantee its coherence:

• Logic: Alessandro Berarducci
• Algebra: Ilaria Del Corso
• Geometria: Riccardo Benedetti
• Mathematics education and history of mathematics: Pietro Di Martino
• Mathematical analysis: Giovanni Alberti
• Probability and statistics: Marco Romito
• Mathematical physics: Giovanni Federico Gronchi
• Numerical analysis: Stefano Massei
• Operational research: Giancarlo Bigi

If a study plan does not belong to a specific programme, or in other special cases, it can be signed by the President of the Study Course Council. For free-choices study plans, it is necessary to send an email to the President of the Study Programs explaining the request.

The Master’s Degree Course in Mathematics is structured in five programmes:

• Applied;
• Educational;
• General;
• Modelling;
• Theoretical.

The programme is chosen when submitting the study plan.

To modify an already approved study plan, it is sufficient to submit a new one. Similarly, if you wish to change your curriculum, just submit a new study plan with the updated curriculum. The changes to the study plan and curriculum become effective immediately once the plan is approved.

New plans must still be proposed well in advance of the graduation date.

The last submitted and approved study plan is considered valid.

ATTENTION: it is important to choose the option corresponding to your Academic Year of enrolment. For information about previous academic years or for further details, please refer to the corresponding Master’s Course Handbook at the following page.

Notes

• Students must choose which exams they intend to pass when submitting their study plan. Students may also include some free-choice courses from the ones not already selected in the study plan, or:
  • Courses active at other departments of the University
  • Master’s courses at Scuola Normale Superiore
  • Ph.D. courses at University of Pisa or at Scuola Normale Superiore
  • Internships at a private or public organization that has an agreement with the Department of Mathematics or the University of Pisa.
• Not all courses described in the Handbook are active each year; please check the list of active courses before choosing the exams to include in the study plan.
• Please note that the enrollment to the Master’s Degree Course may impose some provisions, i.e. educational activities that must be included in the study plan.
• Study plans will also be visible on the Alice portal; however, curriculum changes and study plan modifications made through a new submitted and approved plan in CAPS are not automatically recorded in Alice. In the case of the Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree Programs in Mathematics, the valid and current curriculum and study path are those defined in the latest study plan submitted and approved in CAPS. In conclusion, do not worry about any discrepancies recorded in Alice compared to the CAPS study plan; the student record will be aligned with the last approved study plan before the graduation session for which you have registered. It is always possible to request to rectify the aforementioned Alice-CAPS discrepancies by writing to patrizia.lenzi@unipi.it (University Student Office, contact person for the Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree Programs in Mathematics). Note: attach the CAPS study plan to the email and add chiara.luzzati@unipi.it (Department of Mathematics Academic Office) in CC. For specific cases of extra exams, consult the following page.