APPRENTICESHIPS channel 1

Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: FRANCESCA ROMANA BERNO

Lecturers

FRANCESCA ROMANA BERNO

Objectives

APPRENTICESHIPS

Learning outcomes

At the end of the class, the student will be able to use the library services and the data bases, and to build a bibliography.

Prerequisites

Basic IT skills

Programme

Information Literacy

The class will take 16 hours (2 CFU) and will show the students the library's services, the different research options in Classical studies, and the data base on Humanities, with specific examples. It will also provide indications about how to build a bibliography and how to write a dissertation. 

Books

Handouts provided by the teacher

Lessons mode

There will be short presentations and students' exercises on PC on given examples.

Frequency

Attendance is mandatory (80% of the lessons)

Exam mode

There will be an evaluative final test. To pass the exam, the student will have to answer correctly to 60% or more of the questions.

Example exam questions

which keywords would you use to find bibliography on love in Lucretius?
which are the main online data base on Classics?

Arguments

  • unit 1 (lessons 1-2): the library and its provided services
    • Books: materials provided by the teacher

  • unit 2 (lessons 3-6): databanks in humanities

  • unit 3 (lessons 7-8): how to build a bibliography

Sustainability goals

  • Goal4
  • Goal12
  • Academic year2026/2027
  • Degree program to which the course belongsClassics
  • Lesson codeAAF2015
  • Year and semester1st year - 2nd semester
  • Activity typeUlteriori attività formative (art.10, comma 5, lettera d)
  • Academic areaTirocini formativi e di orientamento
  • Mandatory presenceNo
  • Languageeng
  • CFU6 CFU
  • Total duration42 hours
  • Hours distribution42 others hours