Skills and Self-Empowerment Courses
ay 2022-23
If you want to embark on a path of development or acquire life skills that will be useful for your integration into university and expand of your personal experience and relationships, you can register for one or more of our courses.
Details and offer may be subject to change.
Please, note! Each of the following courses requires a minimum number of participants in order to be activated.
Second semester | |||
Title | Language | Calendar and modality | How to register |
Public Speaking (Crash course) | ITA | 9 March 6:15pm-8pm 10 March 4:30pm-8pm In presence Room 31 | yoU@B Student Diary Registrations are closed |
Emotional Intelligence | ENG | 21-28 April 5 May 4:30pm-7:30pm In presence | yoU@B Student Diary
Registrations are closed |
Mindfulness
| ENG | 27 April, 4-11 May In presence | yoU@B Student Diary Registrations are closed |
Learning Needs Help Desk Learning Differences at Bocconi University: Support for university students with learning disorders | ITA/ENG | Every Thursday from 12 January From 11am to 2pm Online | By appointment e-mail: learningneeds.hd@unibocconi.it |
Programs of 2nd semester courses
Public Speaking
The course will be offered in Italian. Please find further information at this webpage.
Emotional Intelligence
«In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels. These two fundamentally different ways of knowing interact to construct our mental life.»
Daniel Goleman
Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand and manage one's own emotions and, at the same time,
to recognize and influence the emotions of those around us.
Emotional intelligence is an important element to possess because our brains are programmed to tap into both the rational and emotional parts, so it would be a waste not to take into account the information that emotions convey.
According to the Word Economic Forum, emotional intelligence is one of the 10 key skills for success in
the near future. A high level of emotional intelligence has a direct impact on people's performance and well-being.
What will you get from this learning journey?
- Ideas and information that can inspire insights on the topic
- A greater awareness of emotional information
- Understanding on how you can train your emotional intelligence
Main topics
- Emotional intelligence: what it is and why it is so useful to train it
- The Six Seconds’ Emotional Intelligence model
- Self awareness: emotional literacy, recognizing emotions, discovering the messages within emotions
- Self management: discovering our behavior/response patterns, exploring how we can be intentional in our communication
- Self direction: vision and sustainability of my noble goal, the power of empathy
Faculty for the course: Tania Paradiso, Otherwise
Mindfulness
The course will be held by professor Robert Grant, emeritus professor of strategic management at Bocconi University.
Please check the dedicated webpage for all the details.
First semester | |||
Title | Language | Calendar and modality | How to register |
Managing Ourselves: Deploying Mindfulness to Unlock Our Human Potential
| ENG | 29 September; 6-13 October 6.15pm-7.30pm In presence Aula N18 | yoU@B Student Diary. Registrations are closed. |
How to manage anxiety & stress
| ENG | 10-17-24 November 6:30pm-8.00pm Online | yoU@B Student Diary Registrations are closed. |
Study Skills
| ENG | 15-16-22 November 6.30pm-8.00pm Online | yoU@B Student Diary Registrations are closed. |
Learning Needs Help Desk Learning Differences at Bocconi University: Support for university students with learning disorders | ITA/ENG | Every Thursday from September 8th From 11am to 2pm Online | By appointment e-mail: learningneeds.hd@unibocconi.it |
Programs of 1st semester courses
How to manage anxiety & stress
Anxiety and stress are increasingly reported (30% of population in US), burdensome and costly to individuals and wider society. In addition to the profound negative impact on individual’s wellbeing and functioning, they are associated to worsened physical health.
The aim of the course is to illustrate the physiological and psychological mechanisms underlying stress episodes or anxiety disorders. The basics of the main evidence-based treatments will be illustrated, and practical hints to manage anxiety and stress will be provided.
Calendar:
10, 17, 24 November
6:30pm-8pm
Online
Lesson 1
Anxiety and stress: definition and underlying mechanism
Stress definition and models
Anxiety definition
Physiological underlying mechanims
Lesson 2
How to manage anxiety and stress: in theory
Psychological mechanism in Anxiety
Cognitive bias
Basics of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Lesson 3
How to manage anxiety and stress: in practice
A B C (E F ) model: examples from the course participants
Progressive muscle relaxation
Faculty for the course: Leonor Romero Lauro, MPsych, PhD Cognitive Neuroscience
How to register: Registration through yoU@B student Diary (various activity widget).
Study Skills
Improve your study skills and find your personal way of learning
The course is mainly addressed to international students.
Program:
Change is possible! Knowing yourself is the key to making the most of your resources and overcoming your flaws. In this course, we will try to understand how we function as students and what study strategies we can adopt to increase our academic performance. We will address topics such as concentration, motivation, note-taking, memorization techniques and time management.
Coordinator: Milena Milani, psychologist and psychotherapist
Calendar: 15, 16 and 22 November at 6:30pm
How: in distance
How to register: Registration through yoU@B student Diary (various activity widget).
Tips and info for a good start
13 September 2022 at 6pm
Aula Notari
In order to have a good start to your university experience, it's critical to have certain practical information and tools that will help you get organized academically in an efficient and focused way, enhance your study methods, and assist you in the development of rewarding interpersonal relationships.
In our workshop we will address these topics to help you begin this new chapter on a positive note, and with new ideas to reflect upon. We will also focus on the topics of adaptation and adjustment, not only from an academic standpoint, but also a cultural one.
Students will also have the opportunity to listen to student ambassadors who will share their own experience.
In collaboration with the team of counselors from Campus Life — Counseling, Self-Empowerment & Wellbeing
This meeting is particularly addressed to students who have attended a secondary school abroad or an international school (in Italy or abroad). Students who have attended an Italian secondary school in Italy are invited to attend the meeting on 8 September.
Registration required through yoU@B (various activities widget) from 30 August. This opportunity is dedicated to freshers.
Managing Ourselves: Deploying Mindfulness to Unlock Our Human Potential
The course, made up fo two self-contained modules, will be held by professor Robert Grant, emeritus professor of strategic management at Bocconi University.
Please check the dedicated webpage for all the details.
Other skills courses are offered to students enrolled in Master of Science programs only.
For additional details please check the webpage dedicated to the Enhancing Experience offered by Campus Life.
For further information on skills and self-empowerment courses taught in italian, please visit the italian site.