Political science and international relations

Educational objectives

According to the Dublin Descriptors, at the end of the course students will be expected to- demonstrate knowledge and ability to understand French at post-secondary level, including its history, development and variations in the areas in which it is used, with the support of advanced textbooks;- be able to apply acquired knowledge in a competent and reflective manner; possess adequate skills to both devise and support arguments;- be able to collect and interpret data useful for making independent judgements, including reflection on related social, scientific or ethical issues;- be able to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to specialists and non-specialists alike- develop the skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.

Educational objectives

The course focuses on the development of three main skills related to learning English as L2: speaking (oral production in real communicative situations, presentations), listening (comprehension of short oral texts and dialogues), reading (general understanding and details' understanding for different texts' contents). The review and consolidation of previously learned grammatical structures and the expansion of the vocabulary constitute two other fundamental course objectives. During the course students will be given the opportunity to listen to different accents through systematic listening. The course also aims to direct students towards a strategic use of the resources available to them (course book, grammar book and specialized websites, workbook, mono and bilingual vocabularies and resources tailored to the needs that will emerge during the course itself).
The official course is competed by language training classes, also addressed, albeit in different ways, to the development of the main skills related to learning English as a second language and based on the student's starting level.
The analysis of newpaper articles about political issues is also part of the course programme and will be presented by students also orally.

Educational objectives

The course aims to offer students an advanced knowledge of Spanish language and linguistics. It will provide them the theoretical and empirical tools to deepen, even independently, the study of Spanish and the analysis of texts and discourses for specific purposes.

Specific objectives:
The monographic course, taught by the professor, intends to stimulate the ability to apply linguistic knowledge to the analysis of specific communication contexts and fields, namely the political one. These topics will be introduced through a variety of materials and oral and written documents in the FL to strengthen communication skills and stimulate metalinguistic reflection and individual analysis.
Exchange and active participation will also be favored through moments of confrontation with external guests.

Educational objectives

"German between Language, Culture and Society" is the title of this course (9 CFU), the objectives of which have a dual character:

(i) The educational objective of the monographic course is to promote the competence and sensitivity useful for adequately addressing the encounter with the German language and culture. Through the semantic analysis of culturally connoted or politically used words, we will study those values and codes that represent potential factors of misunderstanding between Italians and Germans. The work on the ability to mediate cultural aspects of the German-speaking world will go hand in hand with the lexical and grammatical expansion, obtained by developing the ability to read, understand and interpret texts.

(ii) The objective of the lectorship course (held by the linguistic expert and instructor Dott.ssa Antje Ingeborg Wolf), aims at the acquisition of language skills related to A2/B1 of the CEFR.

Attendance to both courses (monographic & lettorato) is strongly recommended. Non-attending students are required to agree on the study program with their respective teachers.

Educational objectives

The course will illustrate the process of formation and development of the institutions of the modern State, the genesis of the most important constitutional models and the Italian constitutional history from the Albertine Statute to the fall of fascism. Students will be given the critical instruments to evaluate both the internal dynamics of the institutions and their relations with the social evolution.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide basic knowledge for the analysis and understanding of the evolution of the international political system from the Paris Peace Conference to the dissolution of the USSR and to the most significant events occured in the years following the end of the Cold War.

Educational objectives

The main objective of the class is to provide comprehensive knowledge of the European Union's legal system and explain its impact on national legal systems. Students will develop critical thinking and communication skills, as well as the correct use of legal language. Furthermore, students will be equipped to continue studying European Union law independently, for example in preparation for public competitions or for employment in European Union institutions.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide students with the understanding, as well as the fundamental knowledge of the phenomenon of international organizations (at universal and regional level) both as regards the institutional aspects of the phenomenon (bodies, functions, powers, membership within them, etc.) and as regards their role in the international legal system. Particular attention will also be paid to United Nations law, with the stress on the collective security system and the phenomenon of peace operations.

Educational objectives

Provide spatial interpretative tools to understandi the action of
subjects in the political field in order to allow to understand the complexity and the interrelations between the different geopolitical phenomena in the territory. The theoretical framework developed through the analysis of the main authors will be applied to cases of geopolitical instability at the various scales of analysis.
The student will learn the fundamental categories of political geography, in order to enhance the importance of multi-scale geopolitical analysis, of traditional and critical categories and of geopolitical dynamics in territorial processes.

At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to apply the categories of political geography to the study of international reality, in order to understand crisis factors at local and regional level.

Having achieved sufficient familiarity with the tools of political and economic geography, the student will be able to independently assess the geopolitical dynamics at the global and local level, the action of the great actors and political macrosystems.

Educational objectives

Acquiring an appropriate command of the fundamental concepts of the discipline, developing argumentative and critical skills.

Educational objectives

According to the Dublin Descriptors, at the end of the course students will be expected to- demonstrate knowledge and ability to understand French at post-secondary level, including its history, development and variations in the areas in which it is used, with the support of advanced textbooks;- be able to apply acquired knowledge in a competent and reflective manner; possess adequate skills to both devise and support arguments;- be able to collect and interpret data useful for making independent judgements, including reflection on related social, scientific or ethical issues;- be able to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to specialists and non-specialists alike- develop the skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.

Educational objectives

The course focuses on the development of three main skills related to learning English as L2: speaking (oral production in real communicative situations, presentations), listening (comprehension of short oral texts and dialogues), reading (general understanding and details' understanding for different texts' contents). The review and consolidation of previously learned grammatical structures and the expansion of the vocabulary constitute two other fundamental course objectives. During the course students will be given the opportunity to listen to different accents through systematic listening. The course also aims to direct students towards a strategic use of the resources available to them (course book, grammar book and specialized websites, workbook, mono and bilingual vocabularies and resources tailored to the needs that will emerge during the course itself).
The official course is competed by language training classes, also addressed, albeit in different ways, to the development of the main skills related to learning English as a second language and based on the student's starting level.
The analysis of newpaper articles about political issues is also part of the course programme and will be presented by students also orally.

Educational objectives

The course aims to offer students an advanced knowledge of Spanish language and linguistics. It will provide them the theoretical and empirical tools to deepen, even independently, the study of Spanish and the analysis of texts and discourses for specific purposes.

Specific objectives:
The monographic course, taught by the professor, intends to stimulate the ability to apply linguistic knowledge to the analysis of specific communication contexts and fields, namely the political one. These topics will be introduced through a variety of materials and oral and written documents in the FL to strengthen communication skills and stimulate metalinguistic reflection and individual analysis.
Exchange and active participation will also be favored through moments of confrontation with external guests.

Educational objectives

"German between Language, Culture and Society" is the title of this course (9 CFU), the objectives of which have a dual character:

(i) The educational objective of the monographic course is to promote the competence and sensitivity useful for adequately addressing the encounter with the German language and culture. Through the semantic analysis of culturally connoted or politically used words, we will study those values and codes that represent potential factors of misunderstanding between Italians and Germans. The work on the ability to mediate cultural aspects of the German-speaking world will go hand in hand with the lexical and grammatical expansion, obtained by developing the ability to read, understand and interpret texts.

(ii) The objective of the lectorship course (held by the linguistic expert and instructor Dott.ssa Antje Ingeborg Wolf), aims at the acquisition of language skills related to A2/B1 of the CEFR.

Attendance to both courses (monographic & lettorato) is strongly recommended. Non-attending students are required to agree on the study program with their respective teachers.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide students with the necessary tools to achieve a degree of basic preparation on the most important principles and institutions of administrative law. More specifically, the course will provide knowledge about sources, subjective legal situations, administrative activity; the issues related to the organization of the public administration. These are contents that can provide students with useful knowledge to develop specific skills concerning national and european public administrations and the skills necessary to understand complex realities in order to apply this knowledge in the Political Science and International Relations as it allows a thorough understanding and an adequate understanding of the main tools of the national and european administrative activity and organization. With the course the student will acquire the study and research methodology of administrative law and will be able to orientate himself between the principles, the general part and the special part, characterized by different national and European regulatory sources and not by a single code. This will allow student to develop the skills to communicate what he has learned in frontal lessons even in a working context or just to continue for further studies. Finally, the verification of the achievement of the knowledge and skills described will be carried out not only through the traditional final examination but also in the progressive monitoring of learning outcomes through an intermediate test.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide students with the knowledge of Industrial Relations System, Trade Union Law, Regulation of Employment Relationship also with regard to Public Administration. This knowledge is necessary to understand the fundamentals of the subject, in the individual and collective aspects.
The course moves from the constitutional principles on worker protection, as individuals and within professional organizations, first analyzing the role of trade union and industrial relations, in a historical and juridical-economic perspective; then examining the particular moments of the work relationship (constitution, development, extinction) and the main types of contracts, in order to provide the basic knowledge for the understanding of working dynamics. The theme of public intervention in the labor market will be examined in depth, with reference to active policies and income support for unemployment.

Educational objectives

The goal of the course is it, to cover the main institutions of the Italian family law, in order to give the necessary knowledge and the adequate instruments also to “non – law” students.
Specific objective Dublin 1: at the end of the course the student knows the main family law institutes, the main jurisprudential orientations, the theories of the most recent doctrine and the main debates, above all in the subject matter of recent legislative interventions.
Specific objective Dublin 2: upon completion of the course the student is able to apply the acquired knowledge in a competent and reflective way; it can support legal arguments and is able to solve problems typical of the subject dealt with.
Specific objective Dublin 3: upon completion of the course the student is able to carry out comprehensive reflections on topics of family law pertaining to social reality, to independently develop judgments on issues that involve ethical evaluations, as in the case of maternity techniques surrogate or homosexual cohabitation.
Specific objective Dublin 4: upon completion of the course the student is able to express the concepts learned, also communicating to non-legal practitioners the conclusions to which he / she has reached by applying the concepts learned in the course.
Specific objective Dublin 5: upon completion of the course the student is able to continue in a specialized higher level learning, having acquired a solid foundation for the preparation and processing of the legal material.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the origins, transformations, and role of the masses in contemporary political and social life. The emergence of mass society, generally situated between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, marked a crucial turning point throughout the 20th century. Key factors such as demographic growth, large-scale urbanization, the spread of education, and the expansion of voting rights contributed to a progressively more aware and engaged popular participation in political processes. At the same time, economic growth and the rise of the mass consumer market fostered a gradual homogenization of customs, lifestyles, and cultural models, thus reducing – though not entirely eliminating – traditional economic and social inequalities.

Educational objectives

To provide students with interpretative tools for the study of early modern globalisation.
To enable students to identify the main aspects of the integration of space at world level in the early modern age, identifying the main processes: political, cultural, religious, commercial, migratory, demographic and environmental.
To illustrate the coordinates and historiographical implications of the theoretical and methodological debate on world history in recent decades in a way that is functional for understanding the salient features of early modern globalisation.
To make students aware of how knowledge of the first-world integration of space in the early modern age also prepares them to understand the genesis and complex processes of ongoing globalisation.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide students with the analytical tools necessary to understand the main issues in contemporary Italian history: the legacy of liberal Italy and fascism, the central role of the Resistance, the construction of the democratic regime and mass society, the emergence of the party-based republic and its crisis. It aims to place these aspects of Italian history in a European and global context, making Italy a focal point for understanding a series of general transformations that characterized the international context of the second half of the 20th century.
The expected outcome is that students will not only be able to acquire knowledge of Italian history but also to place it within the context of global history and to engage in critical discussion on the historical development of Italy and the extension of civil, social, and political rights that characterized the second half of the 20th century.

Educational objectives

Provide the theoretical foundations and essential tools of data science and exploratory statistical analysis for political decision-making.
Specifically:

Knowledge and Understanding
• Informational paradigm (information, knowledge, decision-making)
• Data science and exploratory statistical analysis
• Data matrix and data pre-processing
• Proximity matrix
• Covariance matrix and correlation matrix
• Cluster Analysis
• Principal Component Analysis
• Data-driven democracy
• Measuring democracy
• Indicators related to the democratic process

Applying Knowledge and Understanding
• Ability to select and apply the learned statistical methodologies to political processes and decisions

Autonomy of Judgment
• Independent ability to collect, process, and interpret data and results

Communication Skills
• Ability to clearly present the results of statistical analyses

Learning Skills
• Ability to independently learn new statistical techniques

Educational objectives

The course provides a basic understanding of the main issues in economic policy, with particular attention to developing economies in an open-economy context, through the analysis of the main short- and long-run reference models.A specific module is devoted to the issue of international migration.The course aims to develop a critical approach to contemporary debates on the main issues in international economic policy and development, as well as on the effectiveness of alternative economic policy choices.By the end of the course, students will have acquired the knowledge required to interpret the main issues in international economic policy and development, and to undertake advanced studies in economics with a sufficient degree of autonomy.

Educational objectives

The goals of the course are:
a) Illustration of the motivations and tools of the public intervention in the economy, with reference to the logic of the collective choices in public finance, also through the use of graphs.
b) Knowledge of the methodological aspects of the analysis of public finance policies.
c) Application of the economic teories to the national public finance issues.
d) Development of evaluation autonomy and critical ability to understand the fiscal phenomena.
e) Development of a tecnical language, adequate to express the economic concepts.
f) Acquisition of learning skills necessary to deepen and update the relevant issues, also using different references, and to understake subsequent studies.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide the student with a set of core competencies concerning the measurement and statistical analysis of economic phenomena, with particular reference to the macro level.

Educational objectives

The course combines a theeoretical and a pratical side. on the one hand the student will learn basic notions of grammar and syntax of the classical Arabic language and on the other had these theoretical competences will be integrated by some practical exercises readings and dialogues with a mother tongue teacher

Educational objectives

The course is devoted to the study of Modern Chinese language (Putonghua) with regards to the ability to read, speak and translate simple sentences. Chinese phonology, Hanyu pinyin romanization; simplified and complex Chinese characters, radicals (1 to 100); elementary grammar, simple sentence structure, word classes, verbs in series, direction verbs. 

Educational objectives

The course aims at reaching an A2 level in the language at issue, through the reading of various texts, the teaching of grammar, and the practice of conversation.