Study plan

Curriculum unico

First year

Orientamento unico
Course		Semester	CFU	SSD
1010516 - SOCIOLOGY	1. Knowledge and understanding: on having passed the exam students will know the classical theories of Sociology (19th and 20th centuries), with particular attention to the epistemological dimension and the sociological lexicon. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: on having passed the exam students should be able to use the epistemological fundamentals of sociology for the analysis of past and present social reality, in a diachronic and synchronic, specialized and integrated perspective 3. Critical faculties should be developed through classroom debates on the sociological issues considered, to encourage the acquisition of critical judgment, through the collective analysis of the texts and the debate with the professor and with the other students. 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through classroom discussions, in which to informally and preliminarily explain what students learned during the course 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed through the acquisition of traditions of the discipline and its specialized lexicon. These skills will allow them to independently investigate other issues related to the social sciences	First semester	9	SPS/07
1010578 - HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should have basic knowledge of the history of sociological thought (theories, methodology, social changes); the classics in relation to contemporary sociology. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to distinguish the main approaches for the analysis of social action, both from the theoretical point of view and the research method 3. Critical faculties should be developed through classroom discussion. Students should have access to structured times for discussion and debate on the topics covered in the course with greater relevance to contemporary social issues 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed mainly through classroom discussions. 5. Learning skills. The ability The fundamental objective of the course is to provide the student with the necessary autonomy for the understanding and application of sociology to the different areas of society. The course, which is at the beginning of the three-year degree in Sociology, should provide students with the ability to select and distinguish the main currents of the history of sociological thought, in relation to contemporary sociology and emerging social issues. To this end, the course should offer links between sociological thought, contemporary social issues and specific areas of application.	First semester	9	SPS/07
1017545 - CONTEMPORARY HISTORY	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should have the basic knowledge of the main stages of political, social and cultural history of European and extra-European countries across the Twentieth century, as well as to learn the methodology of historical research and of historiographical debate 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to discuss the basic knowledge of the main stages of political, social and cultural history of European and extra-European countries across the Twentieth century, as well as to have a mature knowledge of the methodology of historical research and of historiographical debate. Moreover, to connect the social issues with the historical context 3. Critical faculties should be developed using different historical sources and attending the debates. Moreover, students should exercise the knowledge of the main stages of political, social and cultural history of European and extra-European countries across the Twentieth century in occasion of workshops and practicing the knowledge of the methodology of historical research and of historiographical debate 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned about the main stages of political, social and cultural history of European and extra-European countries across the Twentieth century should be developed through written papers and presentations. 5. Acquired skills should be permanent. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed through the provision of an updated international bibliography regarding the main stages of political, social and cultural history of European and extra-European countries across the Twentieth century.	First semester	9	M-STO/04
1023204 - MATHEMATICS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students will know how to choose the different mathematical concepts useful from time to time to the resolution of social and economic problems 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to privilege ideas and intuitions with respect to mathematical calculation techniques, at the same time including the mode of operation of the latter. 3. The development of critical faculties can be made easier presenting the entire teaching material in a simple and flat language that does not renounce correctness and mathematical rigor, as this allows all students to intervene in the classroom expressing their ideas and their doubts. 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed focusing on the operative properties and on the examples of the mathematical tools presented, so that students can become familiar with the most formal mathematical tool thus acquiring the ability to communicate 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed dedicating particular care to the motivation of the mathematical contents presented, so that students are encouraged to develop an analytical mentality to describe, schematize and quantitatively interpret the main aspects of the reality that surrounds us.	First semester	6	SECS-S/06
AAF1101 - English language	1. Knowledge and understanding: On having passed the exam, students will have acquired the most common language skills necessary to deal with communication in (English/Spanish/French) corresponding to the B1 level of the CEFR. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: On having passed the exam, students should be able to understand the key points of clear written and oral texts in (English/Spanish/French). 3. Communications skills. The capacity to communicate what is learned should be developed through writing and speaking practice. 4. Learning skills. The student's capacity to continue learning the language autonomously should be developed through the provision of study and practice materials of an appropriate level.	First semester	3
1010575 - STATISTICS	The educational target of this course is the provision of core competencies geared to the statistical analysis, both descriptive and inferential. Notably, the course will put forward the following subjects: preliminary analysis of data and their graphical representations, descriptive statistics, main techniques of analysis on two variables, regression, correlation, elements of probability and statistical inference. At the end of the course, students will have an appropriate level of competence in theoretical knowledge of statistical methods, as well as in their practical application. Furthermore, they will be able to apply on their own basic statistical techniques in operating environments, having developed the necessary analytical skills. Notably, the student will gain a good command of the research method and the techniques currently used, as well as the related practical and operational skills on data measurement, detection and processing, improving its capacity for operational analysis of social and economic variables. Finally, the student is supposed to be able in applying his knowledge into a real-life work environment, to fulfil tasks in many application areas.	Second semester	9	SECS-S/01
1035443 - SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: analytical and critical conceptual tools for culture and cultural processes in contemporary societies; cultural and communicative phenomena and processes concerning contemporary societies, with respect to the themes such as cultural change, pluralism of values, multiculturalism, religion, media and digital languages, symbolic systems of communication, cultural industries interpreted throughout classical and contemporary texts of sociological thought and analysis of mass culture products, subcultures and practices of cultural distinction 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should possess adequate and useful skills to: analyse, compare, sustain and criticize key-tools and arguments related to the decoding of ideologies, common sense, styles and tastes in the dimensions of cultural consumptions, institutionalised culture, youth cultures and ethnic minorities; address problems related to social inequalities in accessing to education, knowledge and to apply techniques and methods for interpreting cultural processes. Students should also be able: to analyse contemporary cultural products and objects along processes of creation, production, distribution, reception, consumption and re-appropriation; to update and apply the sociological and anthropological contributions and the logical and epistemological foundations to the concept and study of culture; to identify and decode the various topics related to culture in contemporary societies and in particular to address the meanings of subcultures, mass culture, production, reception and cultural resistance, political culture and economic culture. 3. Critical faculties, that is being able to analyse, process and interpret quantitative data and qualitative information useful to develop judgments and evaluations in an autonomous form, should be developed through group work activities, laboratory activities in the composition of hypertexts, critical discussions and in-depth analysis of examples and the capacity to understand the key elements of theoretical and empirical literature in English and use it appropriately. 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through group work activities aimed at delivering PowerPoint presentations, through tasks performed in extra-classroom moments but delivered also via moodle and discussed in the classroom and through oral communications. 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should make concretely possible for the students to acquire scientific knowledge in a reflective and competent manner in order to undertake further studies not only in the degree programs in LM87 (Social Service and Social Policies) and LM88 (Sociology and Social Research); but also in LM01 (Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology), LM19 (Information and Publishing Systems), LM37 (European and American Modern Languages and Literature), LM39 (Linguistics); LM49 (Planning and Management of Touristic Systems); LM57 (Educational Sciences of Adults and Continuing Education); LM59 (Sciences of Public Communication, Business and Advertising); LM65 (Performance Sciences and Multimedia Production); LM76 (Economics for the Environment and Culture); LM92 (Communication Theories).	Second semester	9	SPS/08
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Second year

Orientamento unico
Course		Semester	CFU	SSD
1010529 - METHODOLOGY AND TECHNIQUE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH	1. Knowledge and understanding: on having passed the exam students will know the theoretical and applied features of methodology of social research on the ground of a basic competence of mathematics and statistics for social science, according to a quali-quantitative approach, with reference to research design and data gathering, processing, and analysis. Further, students should have capabilities of critical analysis and design of strategies and tools of social research and of data analysis as well, together with capabilities of choosing amongst different approaches to the research design and different methods of data analysis 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: on having passed the exam students should be able to apply knowledge and understanding skills to social phenomena through a theoretical and methodological method of empirical research; to know how to choose and use the quantitative and qualitative tools and techniques of social research; to criticize, justify, argue and support methodological choices with respect to the cognitive and / or applicative objectives of social research. 3. Critical faculties should be developed through activities of evaluation of an empirical research, a scientific article, or a research report based on the information available regarding the methodological path. Other activities are the collection of additional information and data from other sources, as well as the identification of cognitive problems and the identification of possible solutions 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate effectively the results of empirical research with a correct and conscious use of the methodological terms, as well as the ability to analyze and discuss critical issues of a methodological and theoretical nature, with particular regard to the aspects inherent in empirical research, should be obtained through classroom presentations of results of empirical research and the participation of students in discussions with the teacher). 5. Learning skills. The ability of updating in the methodology and techniques of social research should be developed through drawing on various bibliographic sources, national and international scientific literature, databases, etc.	First semester	9	SPS/07
1010544 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY	1. Knowledge and understanding: on having passed the exam students will know the main theoretical, conceptual and methodological aspects relevant to that branch of psychology that studies not only the interaction between people, but also the way how the presence of others influences behaviors, attitudes and feelings. In particular, knowledge should regard the main models of social psychology which have recently tried to explain, from a psychological point of view, the main group dynamics and social behaviors, with a specific reference to the influence of social context on cognitive processes, on communication – verbal and not verbal – on behavior and on individual development, the theoretical frameworks of social processes in which individuals are placed at a micro level (family, peer group, school and/or work) and at a macro level (relationships between different ethnic groups) and the individual processes analyzed within the framework of attachment theory. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: on having passed the exam students should be able to to use social psychology models to interpret and understand different social behaviours and to apply them selectively according to the context of reference. 3. Critical faculties should be developed through constant invitation to participate in classroom discussions about the different topics explained during the course. they should present their ideas critically and should be able to support them on psychological and social grounds. 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed encouraging students to take part in discussions concerning the different themes of social psychology and practicing how to argue, communicate and discuss ideas. 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed providing students with bibliographic references for an in-depth study of the topics dealt with in the lectures, as well as information on websites where to carry out bibliographical research on the most recent studies published within the scientific disciplinary sector. At the end of the course students should be able to use both the knowledge and the methodological tools acquired to plan and carry out autonomously experimental studies in the field of social psychology by the means of theoretical and methodological paradigms. Students should also be able to keep updated on the latest lines of research in social psychology, demonstrating that they have developed the learning skills necessary to pursue their studies independently, as required in the degree course and subsequent ones.	First semester	9	M-PSI/05
1012749 - CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students will have basic knowledge about cultural anthropology on the historical, theoretical, conceptual and methodological levels with particular reference to the understanding of contemporary world, the comparison between "complex " societies, popular cultures and non-European peoples, ethnography as an anthropological methodology characterizing the discipline and of cultural diversity . 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to understand contemporaneity using cultural anthropology, to use concepts such as identity, culture, ethnicity, tradition and the methodology of ethnographic research. 3. Critical faculties should be related to the ability of looking at contemporary cultural and social dynamics and processes that relate to the relationships between local cultures, cultural diversity and global scenarios. 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through students’ participation in discussions, through critical readings of texts and presentations 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed through… (activities).	First semester	9	M-DEA/01
1010573 - POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY	1. Knowledge and understanding: on having passed the exam students will have acquired basic knowledge about the relationships between political, cultural and economic sub-systems as well as on political actors, structures and processes in terms of policy and politics. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: through exercises on case studies focusing also on methodologies, students will be able to select basic concepts and indicators to set the analysis and understand the main characteristics of phenomena about which they will have learned basic knowledge. In particular, this regards the ability of analyzing aspects of public policy making, political cultures, specific changes affecting relationships between policy, politics and the market, specific changes affecting political institutions and the rules of representation; processes of political rescaling, changes affecting political parties, interest groups and lobbying, patterns of governance 3. Students will improve their capacity to develop their own points of view as well as critical capacity on the topics studied through active participation in group exercise and debates, as well as preparing both individual and group presentations 4. Communications skills. Students will improve their capacity to communicate the knowledge learned through individual and group presentations on the topics studied and participating in collective debates. 5. Learning skills. Students should improve the capacity to keep up their studies on the topics of this course through the ability acquired to connect concepts, theories and phenomena This ability may be developed through the explicit presentation of these connection, tested through exercises on specific case studies. At the end of the course, students should be able to autonomously explore the issues analyzed through the consultation of political sources and specialized research reports.	First semester	9	SPS/11
1013712 - Political Economy	1. Knowledge and understanding: this course should provide the students with a general introduction to the study of Economics, in its main sub-disciplines, the Microeconomics (consumption, production and price formation in markets) and Macroeconomics (GDP, Employment and Growth). 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to to apply the major economic tools learned during the course to their future work interests 3. Critical faculties: students are expected to be able to read and interpret an economic diagram as well a table of economic data. 4. Communications skills. Students are expected to master the economic reasoning and the appropriate terminology used in economic disciplines. 5. Learning skills: by training in the use of simple economic models and in the reading of economic data the students will be able to use both tools in their future career	Second semester	9	SECS-P/01
1034927 - SOCIOLOGY OF ENVIRONMENT AND TERRITORY	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should know the topics of environment and territory through the analytical models of sociology proposed by sociologists such as Alain Touraine, Zygmunt Bauman and Ulrich Beck. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to devise patterns for the theoretical study, empirical research and agency on environmental issues and on both urban and territorial development. 3. Critical faculties should be developed through presentations by the students of topics dealt with in the course 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed by the students producing, presenting and discussing during lessons analytical documents about environment and territory topics 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed recommending books, theoretical articles and empirical studies to choose in order to examine in depth the subjects of the course	Second semester	9	SPS/10
1035430 - ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students will know the most important theories concerning labor market, industrial relations, varieties of capitalism and welfare regimes. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to use both quantitative and qualitative methods, with a particular focus on the historical comparative analysis in Italy and in the main European countries. 3. Critical faculties should be developed through the involvement of students in team work and research projects on issues related to the course. The projects should be discussed during lessons, with the aim of promoting participatory discussions among students 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through team work presentations and team work activities aimed at developing public speech skills. 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed through research projects and public dissertations.	Second semester	9	SPS/09
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Third year

Orientamento unico
Course		Semester	CFU	SSD
1017531 - SOCIOLOGY ADVANCED COURSE	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should have advanced knowledge of sociological theory and empirical research in the “classic” as well as in the contemporary perspective. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to plan and accomplish a research project endowed with a sound theoretical frame as well as using both qualitative and quantitative techniques. 3. Critical faculties should be developed through class debates applying sociological theories to contemporary social issues 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through questions, set speeches, classroom discussions. 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed through the ability of understanding complex texts and expressing themselves (through both a verbal and written communication) at an adequate complexity level as well. Singling out texts and other sources, providing a bibliography, recording books and papers are desirable tools for that.	First semester	6	SPS/07
- A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE		Second semester	12
AAF1004 - Final exam	To acquire the skills necessary for writing, presenting and defending a written thesis, developed independently by the student, which should document in a comprehensive and detailed way the topic addressed showing original processing capabilities.	Second semester	6
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Optional Groups

**Scegliere un insegnamento dell'area delle discipline giuridico-politologiche tra i seguenti:: The student must acquire 9 CFU from the exams below**
Course		Year	Semester	CFU	SSD	Language
1013718 - PRINCIPLES OF PUBLC LAW	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should know the fundamental legal topics and categories in the fields of constitutional law and public law, among them in particular: the organization of the public powers, the system of government in the interaction between Government, Parliament and President of the Republic, also in the perspective of the integration between the legal system of the state and the legal order of the European Union. Students should also know the system of state and European legal sources, and the laws and acts making procedures, the principles underlying the public administration, the administrative procedure and the content of public administration proceedings. Moreover, a good level of knowledge on the issues and problems concerning the most relevant social phenomena, in their specific juridical - institutional reflection. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to adequately orientate arguments and activities with regard to the functioning of the organs of the State and of the public administration, also through the interpretation of legislative, administrative and jurisdictional acts, with a particular propensity for some specific areas of the phenomenon as a projection and interface of the social phenomena, including those concerning the protection of social rights. 3. Critical faculties should be developed through the discussion and presentation of topics related to the course, both during the lectures, and through working groups, as well as through the interaction and discussion with the professor himself and with the course colleagues 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through group work on specific topics of in-depth study of the course, written reports on case law concerning notions explored, to be presented to the class and submitted for discussion with the professor and with the course mates. 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics concerning the fundamental public law notions should be developed through a good understanding of normative texts and administrative documents, as well as of jurisprudential acts, in particular of the Italian Constitutional Court and of the Court of Justice of the EU	First year	Second semester	9	IUS/09
1017526 - POLITICAL SCIENCE	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students will know the concepts of politics, as well as the functioning of contemporary political systems, Italian and international 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to use appropriate tools to better understand the contemporary political context and activate forms of participation 3. Critical faculties should be developed through the organization of discussion forums in the classroom, with political scholars and political consultants 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through the organization of discussion forums in the classroom, with political scholars and political consultants 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed through the ability of preparing papers to be presented in the classroom and debated among the students.	First year	Second semester	9	SPS/04

**Acquisire 6 cfu scegliendo tra 2 moduli da 3 cfu o il modulo da 6 cfu: The student must acquire 6 CFU from the exams below**
Course		Year	Semester	CFU
AAF1137 - COMPUTER SKILLS	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having got these ECTS students should have basic knowledge of basic and cross-medial information systems. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having got these ECTS students should know how to use systems and software met during teaching activities	Second year	First semester	3
AAF1113 - FRENCH LANGUAGE	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students will know the common language tools needed to deal with communication in French corresponding to the B1 level of QCER 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to understand the key points of written texts and oral speeches in French 3. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through written and oral exercises. 4. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed providing students with teaching material corresponding to the level attained.	Second year	First semester	3
AAF1198 - SPANISH LANGUAGE	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students will know the common language tools needed to deal with communication in Spanish corresponding to the A.1.1 level of QCER 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to understand the key points of written texts and oral speeches in (English/Spanish/French) 3. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through written and oral exercises. 4. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed providing students with teaching material corresponding to the level attained.	Second year	First semester	3
AAF1221 - OTHER COMPUTER SKILLS	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students will have acquired advanced knowledge of basic and cross-medial information systems. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having taken part in this learning activity students should be able to use these systems to ends coherent with the topics of the degree course in Sociology	Second year	First semester	3
AAF1161 - OTHER LANGUAGE SKILLS	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having got these ECTS students should have language skills: a) At very advanced level on the English, French or Spanish language; b) At entry-level or above on other languages. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam for other languages, students should be able to understand the key points of written texts and oral speeches 3. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through written and oral exercises. 4. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed providing students with teaching material corresponding to the level attained.	Second year	First semester	3
AAF1223 - OTHER EXTRA-UNIVERSITY TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES	1. Knowledge and understanding: students will know how to enhance knowledge learned in the training base and/or characterizing activities of the course of study participating in training and/or professional activities outside the university 3. Critical faculties consist in the skills of focusing on and selecting external training opportunities, seeking to complete the university training. 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned is developed through yeam working and public speaking 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics is developed through the knowledge and use of platforms for job searching; providing specific training projects.	Second year	First semester	3
AAF1224 - PORTFOLIO OF UNIVERSITY TRAINING EXPERIENCES	1. Knowledge and understanding: students will know how to enhance knowledge learned in the training base and/or characterizing activities of the course of study participating at training (seminars, workshop) and/or research activities in the university 2. Through these activities students will be able to apply knowledge acquired in the course of study to specific case studies. 3. Critical faculties consist in the capability of focusing on and selecting internal training opportunities, seeking to complete the university training. 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned is developed through team working and public speaking 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics is developed through better knowledge of the specific training context and planning specific training projects.	Second year	First semester	3
AAF1452 - TRAINING AND ORIENTATION APPRENTICESHIP	1. Knowledge and understanding: students should enhance knowledge learned in the training base and/or characterizing activities of the course of study participating at experiences of job and internship 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: through this activity students should be able to apply knowledge acquired in the course of study at specific work areas 3. Critical faculties should be developed through skills of focusing and selecting external training-on-the-job opportunities, seeking to complete the university training 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through team working and public speaking 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue these activities should be obtained through knowledge and use of platforms for job searching and specific training projects	Second year	First semester	6
AAF1217 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE II	1. Knowledge and understanding: On having passed the exam, students should have acquired the language skills necessary to understand the key points of written and oral texts in (English/Spanish/French) concerning topics of the social sciences corresponding to the B2 level of the CEFR. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: On having passed the exam, students should be able to understand (English/Spanish/French) language for academic purposes corresponding to the B2 level of the CEFR. 3. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what is learned should be developed through the reading of authentic academic texts. 4. Learning skills. The student's capacity to continue learning the language autonomously should be developed through the provision of study and practice materials of an appropriate level.	Second year	Second semester	3
AAF1218 - FRENCH LANGUAGE II	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to understand the key points of written texts and oral speeches in French concerning topics of the social sciences 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to understand French language for academic purposes. 3. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through the reading of real academic texts. 4. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed providing students with teaching material corresponding to the level attained.	Second year	Second semester	3
AAF1219 - SPANISH LANGUAGE II	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to understand the key points of written texts and oral speeches in Spanish concerning topics of the social sciences 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to understand Spanish language for academic purposes. 3. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through the reading of real academic texts. 4. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed providing students with teaching material corresponding to the level attained.	Second year	Second semester	3

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Course		Year	Semester	CFU	SSD	Language
1018725 - PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL SCIENCES	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should have knowledge of the essential concepts and topics of epistemological and methodological debate in social sciences, understanding the specificity of sociology and its explanatory models. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to identify different theoretical and methodological streams and position theories, approaches and methods within them. 3. Critical faculties should be developed through text reading and presenting well supported opinions 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through oral presentations by students. 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed learning how to make a literature search and write a literature review.	Third year	First semester	6	SPS/07
1034933 - SOCIAL POLICY	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students will know the definitions of Welfare State, purposes of Social Policy, Welfare State models, the evolution of Social Policies in Italy and characteristics of the Italian welfare state. Students should also know how to read a social phenomenon in the light of the dominant sociological approaches: poverty; age inequalities, gender; prostitution; substance dependencies; family problems; crime and deviance etc 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to understand the political measures in the Welfare State domain, to understand political decisions, reporting them within the Welfare State models studied and to decode problematic social phenomena in light of contemporary sociological approaches 3. Critical faculties, consisting also in recognizing the voluntary and culturally oriented character of political choices, should be developed through the ability to to analyze the historical evolution of social policy measures in light of the main demographic, economic and sociological changes occurred in Italy in the last 40 years dealt with by specific political measures. 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through the active participation of the students in group discussions and reflections on the interpretation of sociological phenomena and the consequent political measures, present or past, oriented towards the contrast of the main social political phenomena: poverty; female emancipation; structure of the Welfare State; Welfare changes and so on. 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed indicating books, magazines, institutions, internet sites where to find further information and knowledge on the topics covered by the course.	Third year	First semester	6	SPS/07

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Course		Year	Semester	CFU	SSD
1022513 - SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIALIZATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROCESSES	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should know the main concepts and methods of the sociology of education with particular reference to: socialization and educational processes, the sources of sociological knowledge in education, the sociology of education: from the classics to the contemporary topics, the relationship between education and society, the main studies in education and socialization; practice and learning between education and work, the main perspectives for the study of educational, socialization and professional learning processes in contemporary society 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to: distinguish the different theoretical perspectives in the study of educational and socialization processes, orientate themselves in the literature related to education; distinguish qualitative and quantitative methods in educational research; define research questions related to the role of education in contemporary society; project and carry out small educational research in the empirical field; produce an extensive bibliography on the educational topics. 3. Critical faculties should be developed participating in group activities, making decisions with others, expressing personal ideas in group discussions, experience in which to learn how to distinguish one's own judgment in the debate and recognizing the positions of others in the debate. 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed being able to: draw up a text, prepare a bibliography, make a presentation in the classroom coordinate a discussion in a public debate 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed being able to recognize the positions present in public debates, develop research questions address methodologies in the field, develop qualitative and quantitative research skills.	Third year	First semester	6	SPS/08
1022521 - SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should master the analytic tools necessary to understand the principal characteristics of modern family unit during a period of important cultural, social and economic changes. Changes have been influent in various ways on the experience that people have of family life. In this context, particular attention is focused on possible consequences over the identity process 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to understand: models of family in different age and societies; Processes involving family, mainly in terms of decreasing of the number of members and the changing of family relationships (crisis, functions and development) from modernity to nowadays; The role of family in keeping social cohesion in western societies; The evolution of the family models in a post-modern era. 3. Critical faculties should be developed through the involvement of students in the elaboration of family issues through the debate, also stimulated by watching movies and writing reports on texts that are recommended during the course 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through the writing of the reports and debate in the class. 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed through the ability to interpret the evolutions of the family in a reflexive and critic way and to use sociological concepts and categories to describe the reality family. Knowing extend its analysis beyond the immediate data, recognizing the variables (social, economic, cultural) accidents in the situation	Third year	First semester	6	SPS/08
101132 - SOCIOLOGY OF WORK	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students will know a) the conceptual equipment developed by classical and contemporary sociologists for to study phenomena related to work; b) empirical evidences and investigation problems in this area. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to define, analyse and explain with sociological instruments the work phenomena 3. Critical faculties should be developed writing short texts and participating in discussions in the classroom 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed stimulating participation in classroom discussions 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed providing students with bibliographies for further study on the topics addressed	Third year	First semester	6	SPS/09
1022316 - SOCIOLOGY OF THE ORGANIZATION	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students will know the following themes: Sociological theories for the study of organizations-the development of mass production and the Taylor-Fordist model- The shift from economy to scale to the economy of flexibility-the organizational architecture and microstructures-the organizational environment and technologies-organizational change and analysis of the role and the profession. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to carry out organizational analysis with reference to: roles, professions, elements of the organization, structures, organizational typologies and their evolution. They will also have to connect the acquired notions to the reference theories. 3. Critical faculties, consisting in comparing critically concrete application in organizational practices and mechanisms of business development with theoretical models, should be developed through the discussion in the classroom of business cases and scientific articles on emerging topics 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned, to use the technical-scientific language and to express and to express different concepts clearly, should be developed through group or individual discussion of company cases 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed through the slides used during the course, which can provide the students with a schematic grid to deepen on the textbooks and the supplementary papers	Third year	First semester	6	SPS/09
1034959 - SOCIOLOGY OF PUBLIC ACTION	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students will know: differences and similarities between the concepts of social, collective and public action; building blocks of the concept of public action; historical and epistemic variables of the argumentative turn; main approaches, methods and tools of the interpretive analysis 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to apply the analytical tools learned to analysis of specific case studies, to analyse a discursive artefact using the appropriate methodology, to read and comment texts about public action and to write a simple research project 3. Critical faculties should be developed through activities aimed at: evaluating strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to the analysis of public action; identifying the main differences between Keynesian and neoliberal public action 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed exposing in front of an audience the content of complex texts about public action, the results of analysis, a research project or its main results 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed learning how to make a literature search and write a literature review.	Third year	First semester	6	SPS/11
1043981 - GOVERNMENTS POLICIES AND SOCXIETY	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students will have acquired in-depth knowledge and skills of critically systematize the principal theories concerning public administration reforms 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to use methodologies and techniques for the analysis of the processes of public sector reform, looking at actors, laws and restrictions, resources, relationship and interests 3. Critical faculties should be developed applying knowledge and understanding to the management of empirical researches 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed improving writing and public speaking 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed performing bibliographic researches and focusing on the most relevant policy makers: institutions, associations and group of interest	Third year	First semester	6	SPS/11
1022516 - SOCIOLOGY OF TOURISM	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should know the historical evolution of the tourism phenomenon from the romantic Grand Tour to mass tourism, the “life cycle” model of the tourist resort, of the concept of a system applied to the tourist resort 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to evaluate the evolution of the tourist resort on the basis of the predictive capacity of the life cycle model and Identify the obstacles that prevent the development of a high systemic capacity in areas with intensive tourism development 3. Critical faculties should consist in the ability to identify the critical issues that characterize the tourist development of a locality or a tourist region and to present the proposed analysis in public 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through participation in the discussion in the classroom supporting a critical point of view 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed through the consultation of a basic bibliography and theoretical framing of a specific social problem	Third year	First semester	6	SPS/10
1041827 - URBAN SOCIOLOGY	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students will have a general knowledge of: the current issues and debates in urban sociology, as well as the ability to frame those issues in the context of European cities; the major theories and methods it used in the study of urban regeneration processes and the ability to think critically about them; the role of theory in the application of conceptual frameworks in the research process 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to: identify problems and frame research questions relating to the contemporary city, to people living in it and their experiences; understand the environmental and spatial problems that threaten urban residents (in both Italy and Europe) and some of the potential solutions suggested by the academic community; describe and detail the theoretical and policy implications of urban regeneration processes; analyze urban regeneration case studies in Europe; demonstrate research competence by conducting a simple qualitative study via a class project using existing data sources or simple data collection. 3. Critical faculties should be developed through the ability of: critically discussing how urban regeneration theories can be applied to specific contexts; producing and analysing qualitative data and gathering secondary information; understanding how European cities try to face urban transformations; dealing with and reflecting on social, scientific and ethical issues 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through the elaboration and the presentation of an integrated regeneration project for a defined urban area in which they should show to have the confidence necessary to engage in collaborative problem-solving. 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed through the skills of: understanding and comparing different ideas and strategies concerning the urban regeneration processes; identifying the different approaches to the study of contemporary cities; understanding and using research methods to examine cities and apply sociological imagination to issues in their life and community; reinforcing their knowledge of the basic sociological concepts and analytical skills they learned in previous courses.	Third year	First semester	6	SPS/10

**Scegliere un insegnamento tra i seguenti:: The student must acquire 6 CFU from the exams below**
Course		Year	Semester	CFU	SSD
1022503 - PSYCHOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students will know the theoretical, conceptual and methodological aspects of human development as well as the main developmental models that tried to explain the psycho-physical development of human beings. In particular, this regards the fundamental concepts of developmental psychology and the basic theoretical aspects that account for the growth of the individual throughout the whole life span: childhood, adolescence and adulthood as well as the main areas of human development (motor, cognitive, emotional, moral development) social skills according to the growth trajectories that emerge from birth to adolescence. Finally, the most important differences related to healthy and pathological development should be highlighted with specific reference to some forms of emotional and behavioral disorders in childhood and adolescence 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to identify the level reached in the different stages of growth, allowing to discern the achievement of a suitable development with respect to the presence of deficits in specific areas. The student should get to acquire an adequate understanding of the assessment profiles which highlight any emotional and behavioral disorders. These profiles represent the basis from which to develop individualized intervention projects aimed at recovering a suitable development and/or preventing more serious maladaptive outcomes. 3. Critical faculties should be developed through the presentation of the central themes of child and adolescent development as well as through cases discussions in order to transmit the indispensable tools for discerning trajectories of normal and pathological development and learning to design treatment and prevention interventions, which are implemented in agreement with other mental health professionals 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through the participation in discussions concerning cases of subjects in developmental age in order to develop skills of argumentation, communication and comparison about the achieved development, the skills highlighted by the subject and any difficulties shown by child. The discussions in the classroom should also concern intervention strategies, the risk factors and the protection factors. 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed providing bibliographic references to deepen the topics addressed in the lectures, internet sites where bibliographic research concerning the most recent studies published in the disciplinary scientific sector, as well as information regarding the most important national and international conferences.	Third year	Second semester	6	M-PSI/04
1009300 - LABOR LAW	1. Knowledge and understanding: on having passed the exam students will know the labor law, trade uni. on and labor market rules providing him the tools to understand and interpret the great work transformations caused by the fourth industrial revolution. In particular, students will know the typology of employment contracts, tasks; working time. remuneration and emoluments, the interruption of working relationship, trade union law, especially those about union's organization and action, the repression of anti-union activity and collective bargaining. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: on having passed the exam students should be able to analyze legal and contractual sources of the legal system and institutions aimed to facilitate the unemployed people to settle in the labor market. The course should allow the acquisition and / or strengthening of professional and transversal skills of students interested in the issues of the labor market and trade union relations. In particular: knowledge, reading, comprehension and technical-legal analysis of legal and collective source regulations, with specific reference to employment contracts; knowledge of the role of the trade union also in employment crises; knowledge of the role of public institutions, at various levels, and trade unions in the management of labor law 3. Critical faculties should be developed through constant interaction with the teacher and the use of open access technologies. Students must be an active part of the course by the involvement and the discussion on labor law key issues. Each student can be asked to present to the class and share with the class mates the results of individual studies. 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through the involvement both in individual and in group works on the topics indicated by the teacher, as well as in the analysis of concrete cases about the contents of the employment contract or specific labor disputes or job policies. This should allow them to face a discussion in public and to make available to others the skills acquired during individual or collective studies. 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed through the use of IT research tools. Relationship with public offices or with trade union representatives and experts from the world of work may allow the student to develop transversal skills and to be in contact with people who can offer an update on the labor topics.	Third year	Second semester	6	IUS/07
1022533 - HISTORY OF SYSTEMS, PARTIES AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should know the roots and development of political movements in Italy from the advent of mass society to the crisis of the so-called "first Republic" with particular attention to political parties and considering: the political cultures of post-unification Italy and the political movements of the nineteenth century; the birth of mass parties; The fascist regime; Cultures and political parties in republican Italy; The crisis and the transformations of the last decades in Italy and in Europe. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able: to move among the great themes of the twentieth century, managing to place them over time; to evaluate the links between cause and effect between the events of the past and contemporary reality; to distinguish new phenomena from facts and problems that are rooted in distant years; to use a lexicon and a cognitive baggage that allows him a knowledge of political history and its main expressions. 3. Critical faculties should be developed through the constant involvement of the students in discussions during the lessons, written exercitations and listening to points of views different from the professor’s 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through the constant involvement of the students to discussions during the lessons, in order to stimulate reflection, to teach public speaking, to give students the opportunity to strengthen their points of view by comparing them with others and with the professor 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed through the ability to carry out a bibliographic research in the historiographical field and to use various sources allowing students to access very different documents and materials	Third year	Second semester	6	M-STO/04
1010655 - FUNDAMENTALS OF URBAN PLANNING	1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students will know the introductory elements of planning in its historical, technical and normative aspects, as well as basic knowledge concerning the most important topics of urban sustainability 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to analysis territories and interpret planning tools through the analysis of a specific area. 3. Critical faculties should be developed through team work in which to apply theoretical concepts and methodological tools to case studies 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed presenting maps and evaluating the different territorial components. 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed providing students with teaching material and methodologies corresponding to the level attained.	Third year	Second semester	6	ICAR/21

1. Entry requirements and operational procedures to the degree programme

Enrollment in the Sociology degree course is subject to:

a. possession of a high school diploma obtained in Italy or a qualification equivalent or recognized, according to the current legislation in force;

b. admission test (henceforth AT). Terms, rules and regulations of the ATare announced every year before the summer break with Rectoralcall [cf. par. 2.].

2. Admission test

The ATassess the possession of a good knowledge of the Italian language; a basic knowledge of the English language; basic notions relating to the use of mathematical symbols; of historical background of twentieth century events; knowledge related to general knowledge and current affairs. The AT also verifies the possession of an interest in the knowledge and understanding of social phenomena and of a specific motivation towards sociological education.

The result of the AT, although not binding for the purpose of enrolling in the degree programme, provides a valid orientation on the knowledge in possession of the student, useful for the course. Those who don’t obtain a certain score in the admission testcan still enroll in Sociology, but will have to take further required courses (OFAs) at a later time. The degree programme activates specific courses in the various assessment areas in which the AT is divided, to allow students who register, following the performance of the AT itself. Students who get one or more OFAs must pass them before they complete their first academic year, those exams do not lead to credit assignment.

Failure to attend the AT constitutes a reason for impeding enrollment in the degree course.

The following candidates are not required to take the AT:

a. students with a university degree or three-year diploma;

b. students enrolled in degree courses in Sociological Sciences (DM 509/99) and Sociology (DM 270/2004) at other universities;

c. students enrolled at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" in the degree programme of the faculties of political science, sociology, communication, medicine and psychology (relating to classes L-24), law and economics;

3. Transfers, passages and exam recognition

It is possible to access the degree programme in Sociology by:

a. transfer from another degree programme of another university, Italian or foreign;

b. passage from another degree programme of the University of Rome "La Sapienza".

Interested students are required to contact the Student Affairs office of the original degree programme in due time, to carry out the necessary administrative requirements. They can request the transfer or passage only:

a. students who areup to date with the payment of university fees;

b. students who have taken the necessary admission tests [see par. 2.].

The recognition of the university career of students already enrolled in other degree programme or already graduated who intend to enroll in the degree programme in Sociology is based on the calculation of the credits obtained in the access degrees and counted according to the assignment of the issuing university. The exams passed for which the scientific-disciplinary sector is not declared, are, if recognizable, recognized on the basis of assessments and resolutions of affinity and equivalence to the teachings contained in the reference document - DM (MIUR) 4.10.2000 (GU n. 249 of 24.10.2000) - of the scientific-disciplinary sectors. Exams in subjects taught in courses before the DM 509/99 are recognizable up to 9 credits (if annually) and up to 6 credits if in semester courses.

The total number of credits that can be recognized cannot exceed 174, of which a maximum of 12 credits already achieved in scientific-disciplinary sectors not included among those in which the degree programme in Sociology is divided. The credits obtained as part of IFTS courses or other post-secondary training courses can be recognized if associated with teaching modules carried out by university teachers structured in such a way as to be compatible with the study disciplines constituting the curriculum of the degree programme. In the absence of these conditions, possession of the relevant qualification, duly certified, to the extent of a maximum number of credits equal to 6 credits, can be recognized, under the sections Altreattività formative, referred to the second year of the course.

Those who obtain the recognition of credits already achieved in another degree programmeare enrolled:

- in the first year of the course if the recognized credits do not exceed 39;

- in the second year of the course if the recognized credits vary between 40 and 99;

- in the third year of the course if the recognized credits are more than 99.

4. Study plan

The degree in Sociology is obtained having fulfilled educational obligations for a total of 180 credits.

Those enrolled in the Degree Programme in Sociology are required to meet specific conditions foreseen for the study plan. The study plan related to the first year of the course foresees the preparatoryof the teachings of Institutions of sociology and History of sociological thought, regardto the teaching of Sociology of culture and the teaching of Mathematics for social sciences, regard tothe teaching of Statistics. The study plan of the second year foresees the preparatoryof the teaching of Statistics with regard to the teachings of Methodology and Technique of Social Research and Political Economy.The study plan of the third year foresees the choice between four optional groups:

1. Sociocultural;

2. Socioeconomic;

3. Sociopolitical;

4. Socio-Territorial.

In order to take exams, it is necessary to present a study plan from the first year of the course using the procedure provided on Infostud.

Those enrolled in the degree programme can follow a training course based on the part-time regime. In this case, they are required to opt for this solution within the times and in the ways established by the University Regulations.

The degree in Sociology is obtained having fulfilled educational obligations for a total of 180 credits.

Those enrolled in the Degree Programme in Sociology are required to meet specific conditions foreseen for the study plan. The study plan related to the first year of the course foresees the preparatoryof the teachings of Institutions of sociology and History of sociological thought, regard to the teaching of Sociology of culture and the teaching of Mathematics for social sciences, regard tothe teaching of Statistics. The study plan of the second year foresees the preparatory of the teaching of Statistics with regard to the teachings of Methodology and Technique of Social Research and Political Economy.The study plan of the third year foresees the choice between four optional groups:

1. Sociocultural;

2. Socioeconomic;

3. Sociopolitical;

4. Socio-Territorial.

In order to take exams, it is necessary to present a study plan from the first year of the course using the procedure provided on Infostud.

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