Degree Course: International Studies
A.Y. 2019/2020
Conoscenza e capacità di comprensione
Il CdLM in International Studies ha come scopo la formazione di specialisti in grado di comprendere approfonditamente e analizzare criticamente i sistemi politici, le relazioni che intercorrono tra essi, le aree e le ragioni delle tensioni e dei conflitti, le modalità delle risoluzioni di tali conflitti, il ruolo delle organizzazioni internazionali sul piano politico ed economico, l'evoluzione giuridico-normativa a livello internazionale e, soprattutto, le linee di tendenza dei processi di globalizzazione sul piano politico, economico e dello sviluppo, culturale e ambientale.
La conoscenza avanzata e approfondita dota il laureato magistrale di un profilo allo stesso tempo professionale e flessibile con capacità di raccogliere e interpretare i dati che lo mettono nelle condizioni di saper organizzare e gestire progetti, di applicare le proprie conoscenze e competenze per l'analisi e la risoluzione di problemi nuovi, come pure di sviluppare quelle capacità, che a partire dalle conoscenze e competenze acquisite, siano in grado di essere messe a frutto nei contesti culturali più diversi, anche in situazioni di crisi.
Le modalità di verifica del raggiungimento di un buon livello di preparazione e di capacità di comprensione, oltre agli esami tradizionali, prevedono vari strumenti intermedi (elaborazione di documenti di carattere internazionale, capacità di analisi critica e prove applicative come produzione di elaborati teorici o tecnici), programmati durante i semestri.Capacità di applicare conoscenza e comprensione
L'approccio interdisciplinare e l'approfondimento di più aree geopolitiche contribuiscono ad ampliare competenze e conoscenze e permettono di sviluppare capacità di comprensione e abilità analitiche utili a risolvere problemi che sorgono nei contesti lavorativi in cui i laureati magistrali si troveranno ad operare in qualità di funzionari e analisti politici (dalla carriera diplomatica alle organizzazioni internazionali; dalle carriera militare e della polizia alle organizzazioni non governative; dalle direzioni strategiche di uffici delle grandi imprese private che operano in ambito internazionale agli uffici internazionali delle strutture pubbliche sia a livello locale che nazionale).
Per il raggiungimento degli obiettivi suddetti si farà ricorso a una didattica articolata su più piani con il coinvolgimento diretto degli studenti (lezioni frontali, seminari, workshop, tirocini e stage).Autonomia di giudizio
Il laureato magistrale, grazie alle sue conoscenze e competenze, viene messo in grado di formulare giudizi, includendo la riflessione sulle responsabilità sociali ed etiche collegate all'applicazione dei loro studi e progetti.
L'autonomia di giudizio sviluppata facilita l'integrazione delle conoscenze e permette di gestire la complessità, anche per approssimazioni successive, privilegiando la ricerca di soluzioni condivise, ma senza rimozioni dei problemi sottesi.
Le competenze acquisite e l'autonomia di giudizio inoltre sostengono l'attitudine a sviluppare idee originali e ad applicare soluzioni non omologate necessarie ad operare in contesti caratterizzati da una forte dinamicità e interdipendenza delle variabili anche sulla base di informazioni limitate o incomplete.
La pratica di discussione collettiva dei risultati progettuali, prevista dal corso,aiuterà a rafforzare con il confronto l'autonomia di giudizio dei laureati.Abilità comunicative
I laureati magistrali saranno in grado di comunicare informazioni, idee, problemi e soluzioni a interlocutori specialisti e non specialisti; di presentare in modo chiaro e persuasivo le conclusioni e le conseguenti implicazioni applicative dei loro progetti, ricerche, studi, motivandole in modo aperto a una loro migliore definizione anche in fase operativa.
Le abilità comunicative acquisite sostengono inoltre competenze e capacità di mediazione e negoziazione ai fini del conseguimento del miglior risultato possibile nei contesti in cui si trovano a operare.
Sul versante della comunicazione scritta e verbale, il corso di laurea si affida:
- alla richiesta, avanzata da quasi tutti i corsi teorici e nei laboratori, di presentazioni scritte (tesine, ricerche, curricula ragionati e critici delle proprie attività, ecc.), intese come elementi essenziali per la valutazione dei risultati specifici e delle abilità comunicative;
- all'utilizzazione generalizzata, soprattutto nella sede dei laboratori progettuali (in itinere ed all'esame), di articolate e complete presentazioni pubbliche orali (con o senza supporti informatici).
A tal fine sono di fondamentale importanza le abilità informatiche alle quali gli studenti sono sollecitati nella preparazione delle relazioni e dei materiali da condividere in classe con i colleghi.
Dovranno sviluppare quindi elevate computer skills e competenza nell'uso dei social media.
Sarà inoltre particolarmente utile l'attività del LABICA (Laboratorio d'innovazione didattica, comunicazione e abilità relazionali).Capacità di apprendimento
Il presente CdLM si attende che, alla fine del loro percorso, i propri laureati abbiano sviluppato capacità di apprendimento e abilità progettuali tali da permettere loro un costante aggiornamento e un reale progresso conoscitivo, al fine di svolgere attività di ricerca di dati e di fonti, di organizzazione, di database, anche in modo indipendente.
Modalità e strumenti con cui i risultati attesi sono conseguiti e verificati:
• esercitazioni scritte e orali in aula;
• preparazione di progetti e paper sugli argomenti principali dei diversi corsi;
• verifica reciproca tra studenti dei risultati raggiunti;
• discussione in classe di tali risultati sotto la guida del docente;
• preparazione di documenti (grafici, tabelle e rapporti) esplicativi del percorso compiuto
Requisiti di ammissione
Per l'ammissione al corso di laurea magistrale in International Studies gli studenti devono essere in possesso dei seguenti requisiti:
• un'adeguata preparazione personale: per personale preparazione si intende l'adeguata acquisizione di conoscenze e competenze nelle discipline di area storica, economico-giuridica, sociologica, linguistica-letteraria o delle relazioni internazionali.
Tale preparazione viene verificata dal Collegio didattico attraverso la valutazione del curriculum vitae dei candidati: sono normalmente considerati in possesso della personale preparazione gli studenti che abbiano maturato un voto minimo di laurea pari a 101/110;
• Conoscenza certificata della lingua inglese di livello B2;
• Specifici requisiti curriculari, maturati con l'acquisizione del seguente numero di crediti in determinati ambiti disciplinari:
Crediti (CFU) minimi richiesti nei seguenti Settori Scientifico Disciplinari:
In ambito socio-politilogico: 8 CFU SPS/04 Scienza politica SPS/07 Sociologia generale SPS/08 Sociologia dei processi culturali e comunicativi SPS/11 Sociologia dei fenomeni politici SPS/12 Sociologia giuridica della devianza e mutamento sociale
In ambito economico: 8 CFU SECS/P-01 Economia politica SECS/P-02 Politica economica SECS/P-03 Scienza delle finanze SECS/P-06 Economia applicata
In ambito giuridico: 8 CFU IUS/02 Diritto privato comparato IUS/09 Diritto pubblico IUS/13 Diritto internazionale IUS/14 Diritto dell'Unione europea IUS/21 Diritto pubblico comparato
In ambito linguistico(*): 16 CFU L-LIN/4 Lingua francese L-LIN/7 Lingua spagnolo L-LIN/12 Lingua inglese L-LIN/14 Lingua tedesca 6 (*)
Il conseguimento dell'esame di lingua inglese è previsto dai requisiti minimi, inoltre è necessario aver conseguito o una seconda lingua tra quelle indicate d'ambito L-LIN e offerta dal Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche, o un'altra lingua europea o extraeuropea.
In mancanza della seconda lingua possono essere considerati validi ai fini della conoscenza di una seconda lingua straniera esami di altri SSD degli ambiti riconosciuti per la classe di laurea LM-52 e sostenuti in lingua straniera diversa dall'italiano o dall'inglese.
In ambito storico: 8 CFU L-OR/23 Storia dell'Asia orientale e sud-orientale M-STO/02 Storia moderna M-STO/03 Storia dell'Europa Orientale M-STO/04 Storia contemporanea SECS-P/12 Storia economica SPS/05 Storia e istituzioni delle Americhe SPS/06 Storia delle relazioni internazionali SPS/13 Storia e istituzioni dell'Africa SPS/14 Storia e istituzioni dell'Asia In assenza di tali requisiti curriculari, sarà necessario recuperarli prima dell'immatricolazione esclusivamente con il sostenimento di corsi singoli (di livello triennale) presso questo o altri Atenei.
Prova finale
La prova finale consiste nella discussione della tesi di laurea, redatta in lingua inglese, a cui sono assegnati 24 CFU.
Essa deve riflettere sia nella struttura dell'elaborato (introduzione, articolazione in capitoli, conclusione) che nella sua veste formale (norme di edizione, indici, tabelle, grafici, figure, apparati di note, bibliografia) le conoscenze e le capacità di comprensione e di applicazione, i contributi originali alla ricerca (con riferimento alla letteratura scientifica di riferimento del tema prescelto nelle aree disciplinari di competenza del corso di laurea magistrale), le abilità comunicative e le capacità di apprendimento del candidato.
La prova finale si svolge in seduta pubblica, in lingua inglese, di fronte a un'apposita commissione di non meno di sette docenti o ricercatori universitari, che esprime la sua valutazione in centodecimi, tenendo conto della media conseguita negli esami del Corso e dei pareri del relatore e del correlatore sulla dissertazione presentata.
La valutazione della prova finale prevede l'assegnazione della lode all'unanimità e la eventuale pubblicazione dei risultati originali della ricerca, ove considerati degni.
Le caratteristiche e le modalità della prova finale, nonché la composizione della commissione sono indicate dal Regolamento apposito che fa parte di quello didattico del Corso di Laurea magistrale.Orientamento in ingresso
Servizio di orientamento e tutorato che provvede all'attivazione di rapporti con le scuole medie superiori e cura le giornate di orientamento.
Rappresentanti al GLOA per la Facoltà di Scienze Politiche: dott.
Antonio D'Alessandri e dott.
Emanuele Rossi
Le azioni di orientamento in ingresso sono improntate alla realizzazione di processi di raccordo con la scuola media secondaria.
Si concretizzano in attività di carattere informativo sui Corsi di Studio (CdS) dell'Ateneo ma anche come impegno condiviso da Scuola e Università per favorire lo sviluppo di una maggiore consapevolezza da parte degli studenti nel compiere scelte coerenti con le proprie conoscenze, competenze, attitudini e interessi.
Le attività promosse si articolano in:
a) seminari e attività formative realizzate in collaborazione con i docenti della scuola;
b) incontri e manifestazioni informative rivolte alle future matricole;
c) sviluppo di servizi on line per l'orientamento e l'auto-orientamento.
Tra le attività svolte in collaborazione con le scuole per lo sviluppo di una maggiore
consapevolezza nella scelta, il “progetto di auto-orientamento” è un intervento significativo che consente di promuovere un raccordo particolarmente qualificato con alcune scuole medie superiori che insistono sul territorio limitrofo a Roma Tre.
Il progetto, infatti, è articolato in incontri svolti presso le scuole dagli esperti dell'Ufficio Orientamento con la collaborazione di studenti seniores ed è finalizzato a sollecitare nelle future matricole una riflessione sui propri punti di forza e sui
criteri di scelta (gli incontri si svolgono nel periodo ottobre-dicembre).
La presentazione dell'offerta formativa agli studenti delle scuole superiori prevede tre eventi principali, distribuiti nel corso dell'anno accademico, ai quali partecipano tutti i CdS.
Salone dello studente “Campus orienta”, si svolge presso la fiera di Roma fra ottobre e novembre e coinvolge tradizionalmente tutti gli Atenei del Lazio e molti Atenei fuori Regione, Enti pubblici e privati che si occupano di Formazione e Lavoro.
Roma Tre partecipa a questo evento con
un proprio spazio espositivo e con conferenze di presentazione dell'offerta formativa dell'Ateneo.
Le Giornate di Vita Universitaria (GVU) si svolgono ogni anno da gennaio a marzo e sono rivolte agli studenti degli ultimi due anni della scuola secondaria superiore.
Si svolgono in tutti i Dipartimenti dell'Ateneo e costituiscono una importante occasione per le future matricole per vivere la realtà universitaria.
Gli incontri sono strutturati in modo tale che accanto alla presentazione dei CdS, gli studenti possano anche fare un'esperienza diretta di vita universitaria con la partecipazione ad attività didattiche, laboratori, lezioni o seminari, alle quali partecipano anche studenti seniores che svolgono una significativa mediazione di tipo tutoriale.
Partecipano annualmente oltre 6.000 studenti delle secondarie.
Orientarsi a Roma Tre rappresenta la manifestazione che chiude le annuali attività di orientamento in ingresso e si svolge in Ateneo a luglio di ogni anno.
L'evento accoglie mediamente circa 3.000 studenti romani e non solo, che partecipano per mettere definitivamente a fuoco la loro
scelta universitaria.
Oltre all'offerta formativa sono presentati tutti i principali servizi di Roma Tre rivolti agli studenti e le segreterie didattiche sono a disposizione per tutte le informazioni relative alle pratiche di immatricolazione.
In tutte le manifestazioni di presentazione dell'offerta formativa, sono illustrati anche i vari servizi on line che possono aiutare gli studenti nella scelta: dai siti web dei Dipartimenti al sito del POS (Prove di Orientamento Simulate) che consente alle future matricole di autovalutarsi rispetto ai requisiti di accesso per tutti i CdS di Roma Tre.
Infine, in tutte le manifestazioni che si svolgono in Ateneo sono somministrati ai partecipanti questionari di soddisfazione che vengono elaborati ed
utilizzati per proporre miglioramenti all'organizzazione degli eventi.Il Corso di Studio in breve
Il nuovo Corso di Laurea Magistrale in “International Studies” si concentra sulla formazione di giovani professionisti nella diplomazia, nelle organizzazioni ed enti internazionali, le multinazionali e le organizzazioni attive nel settore della cooperazione e dello sviluppo.
Interamente insegnato in lingua inglese e strutturato sulla base di un confronto continuo tanto con i docenti che con i colleghi di corso, si basa su un formato internazionale con una didattica innovativa, che offre agli studenti l'approccio a metodi e tematiche fondamentali per la formazione in ambito internazionale.
Appartiene alla stessa Classe del Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Relazioni Internazionali già attivo, in lingua italiana, ma presenta una offerta del tutto innovativa per metodologia didattica e finalità formative.
L'importanza di un approccio che presenti una forte coerenza fra profili in uscita e le relative funzioni e competenze e i risultati di apprendimento attesi è stata peraltro già verificata con le parti interessate.
Come già dimostrato dall'esperimento del percorso di laurea su cui si basa, è particolarmente attrattivo per studenti italiani e stranieri grazie al fatto di essere interamente in lingua inglese e all'impostazione della didattica.
Si rivolge a coloro che intendono perseguire una carriera in organizzazioni internazionali e/o nella diplomazia e operatività italiana nel mondo.
In particolare, i laureati nel corso di laurea magistrale in “International Studies” avranno competenze in:
- teoria delle relazioni internazionali, dei diritti umani e delle relazioni culturali;
- diritto internazionale nei settori dello sviluppo, del peace-keeping e della cooperazione;
- elementi essenziali dei modelli economici internazionali e dei processi di globalizzazione;
- completa padronanza della lingua inglese, in particolar modo mirata all'uso in ambito politico internazionale, e di un'altra lingua tra le più utilizzate in ambito internazionale, come spagnolo, francese, cinese o arabo.
Lo studente espliciterà le proprie scelte al momento della presentazione,
tramite il sistema informativo di ateneo, del piano di completamento o del piano di studio individuale,
secondo quanto stabilito dal regolamento didattico del corso di studio.
FIRST YEAR
First semester
Course
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Credits
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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Contact Hours
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Exercise Hours
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Laboratory Hours
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Personal Study Hours
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Type of Activity
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Language
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21810032 -
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DEVELOPMENT
(objectives)
International Development Law is a strategic and operational tool for all involved institutional and non-institutional stakeholders on a global, regional and national level. For this reason the course deals mainly with the role and actions of States and international intergovernmental (political and financial IOs) and non governmental (NGOs and national and multinational corporations) organizations working at the bilateral, multilateral and multi-bilateral level in order to frame policies, programs and projects as key components of the international development law.
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8
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IUS/13
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64
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-
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Core compulsory activities
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ENG |
21810028 -
INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF PEACE
(objectives)
For centuries mankind has longed for peace and for peaceful solutions to conflicts, but only in the last centuries peace has been perceived as an achievable political aim: this way the idea of war abolition has become conceivable; associations devoted to peace (and pacifism as a sort of peace party) emerged, along with the development of international organizations aimed at banning war and promoting peace-keeping operations. The course gives a historical introduction to the peace issue as one of the nodal points in contemporary politics up to the beginning of the 21st Century. It is devoted to the international history of peace ideas, peace movements, and peace institutions.
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8
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M-STO/04
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64
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-
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-
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Core compulsory activities
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ENG |
21810020 -
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
(objectives)
This course aims to offer students a deeper knowledge of the main issues surrounding international politics, while also providing them with the tools necessary to analyze these issues. It introduces the main ideas, theories and concepts of international relations which have evolved during and since the end of the Cold War. To build on this core knowledge, key issues and themes in international politics are analyzed with a focus on patterns and phenomena which are characterizing the current international order and its transformation. Furthermore, students are encouraged to reflect independently on these theories by focusing on their own research for the mid-term paper on diverse geographic areas and periods of time.
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8
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SPS/04
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64
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Core compulsory activities
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ENG |
21810014 -
THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD IN THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES
(objectives)
The 20th century has been labeled as "the American century," while the beginning of the 21st is identified as a time of decline for the United States. Is American governance still functioning within and what weight does the United States carry on a global level? The course provides an analysis of the emergence of the country as a world power throughout the 20th century, up to the presidency of Obama, within the framework of the new methodological approach of transnational history. The exceptionalist model no longer applies and American history is in need of revision. Students will therefore deal with the major issues of domestic policy while analyzing the new role the United States has come to play in the past few decades globally. The goal of the course is to provide students both with a general methodology for the study of the United States in a global sphere and an understanding of American politics and society in the past century.
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8
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SPS/05
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64
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Core compulsory activities
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ENG |
Optional Group:
One of the Following Required Language and Culture Studies: - (show)
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8
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21810034 -
FRENCH STUDIES
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Also available in another semester or year
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21810036 -
GERMAN STUDIES
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Also available in another semester or year
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21810035 -
HISPANIC STUDIES
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Also available in another semester or year
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21810047 -
RUSSIAN STUDIES
(objectives)
By the end of the course students will be able: to develop a basic understanding of the principal linguistic features, to be comfortable using the language in everyday situations and to analyse the cultural background of Russia within the context of language teaching.
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8
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L-LIN/21
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64
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Core compulsory activities
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RUS |
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Optional Group:
Two Electives among the Following: - (show)
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16
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21810029 -
GENDER AND POLITICAL THEORIES
(objectives)
This course is based on a systematic analysis of the classic works and theories of antique, modern and contemporary political philosophy, through a gender perspective; i.e. those works and theories in which great thinkers have revealed their thoughts regarding the political and social life of women. The aim of the course is to fill a gap in our knowledge about the history of political thought and to comprehend the assumptions behind deeply rooted modes of thought that continue to affect women’s lives in significant ways.
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8
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SPS/02
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64
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Related or supplementary learning activities
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ENG |
21810017 -
LATIN AMERICA IN THE 20TH CENTURY
(objectives)
• Enable students to develop a working knowledge of the key social, political, and economic transformations occurred in Latin America during the 20th century.
• Acquire knowledge of the most relevant historical process and political formations developed in Latin America that affected the American continents and the global space.
• Develop students’ critical thinking and skills through: evaluating historians’ arguments; connecting analytic frameworks and historical processes.
• Improve written and oral expressive skills by presenting, discussing, and (substantial) writing.
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8
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SPS/05
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64
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Related or supplementary learning activities
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ENG |
21810074 -
EVOLVING SECURITY IN THE POST 1945 WORLD
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Also available in another semester or year
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21810072 -
CONTEMPORARY ASIA
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Also available in another semester or year
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21810255 -
THE ROOTS OF GLOBALIZATION: EUROPEAN EXPANSION AND COLONIALISM
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Also available in another semester or year
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21810076 -
SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC DEVELPMENT AND TRANSPORT
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Also available in another semester or year
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21810073 -
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
(objectives)
The purpose of this course is to develop a good understanding of international financial markets. We will cover basic theories of the operations of modern monetary systems; interest rate behavior; financial intermediation and central banking; methods and objectives of monetary and regulatory policy. In particular, the following topics will be highlighted: (i) the determination of interest rates, (ii) the functions and operation of financial intermediaries, and (iii) the functions and goals of central banks.
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8
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SECS-P/01
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64
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Related or supplementary learning activities
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ENG |
21810010 -
EUROPEAN UNION INTERNAL MARKET LAW
(objectives)
The course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge and useful tools to understand the regulatory context and the practical functioning of the internal market of the European Union and the four fundamental economic freedoms (free movement of goods, workers, services and capitals).
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8
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IUS/02
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64
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Related or supplementary learning activities
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ENG |
21810012 -
EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
(objectives)
The course provides the basics of European constitutional law through a review of supranational law sources and its functioning between national and European legal systems. Moreover, the course aims to open a debate on the basic structure of the EU form of government, on the functioning of European institutions, and on the protection of fundamental rights at supranational level.
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8
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IUS/08
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64
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Related or supplementary learning activities
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ENG |
21810022 -
POST-COLONIAL STUDIES IN THE ENGLISH SPEAKING WORLD
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Also available in another semester or year
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21810285 -
MULTICULTURAL AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Also available in another semester or year
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Optional Group:
One among the Following Free-Choice Electives: - (show)
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8
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21810037 -
ISSUES IN THE CONTEMPORARY CATHOLIC ROMAN CURCH
(objectives)
The aim of this course is to offer students an environment in which to critically evaluate some of the most pressing issues facing the Roman Catholic Church at the dawn of the Third Millennium. Through the analysis of the texts identified, and eventual conversation in class, students will be challenged to probe deeply into certain themes and consider them from many angles. Most of these themes are quite controversial, and thus require serene and objective scrutiny which will be fostered throughout the course.
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8
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M-STO/04
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64
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Elective activities
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ENG |
21810038 -
ITALY AND THE US: HISTORY OF A LONG-STANDING INTERACTION
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Also available in another semester or year
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21810040 -
THE ITALIAN FASCISM: THE FIRST TOTALITARIAN POLITICAL RELIGION
(objectives)
By the end of the course students will be able to: recognize the importance of the symbolic dimension in politics: put in relation secularization, politics and religion in modern society and grasp in a better way the contours of the modern political experiment (up to today fundamentalism); understand the main features of Totalitarianism; identify the main aspects of the Fascist regime, its values, its institutions, its leaders; understand the historical significance of Fascism, and its dramatic danger as a wrong answer to the problems of mass society; identify the myths, rituals, symbols, monuments and other spectacles of Fascist Italy; discover the mechanism of deep fascination provoked by mass rituals.
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8
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M-STO/04
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64
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Elective activities
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ENG |
21810041 -
TERRORISM AN INTRODUCTION
(objectives)
The course examines the historical, ideological, and local roots of terrorist violence and explores terrorism in relation to revolutionary power, nationalism, and religious extremism.
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8
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SPS/04
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64
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Elective activities
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ENG |
21810123 -
VALUING DIVERSITY? ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION POLICIES
(objectives)
This course offers students insight on the creation of a globalized world and how different cultures, languages and ways of life progressively came together as a result of the contribution of migrants. Students are exposed to the evolution of Italy from an emigration to an immigration country. After drawing a profile of contemporary Italian immigration, with its economic
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8
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SPS/04
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64
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Elective activities
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ENG |
21810045 -
ARABIC STUDIES
(objectives)
The course is to give students a thorough grounding in the written and spoken language, and to equip students with a knowledge of the history and culture of Arabs and Islam.
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8
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L-OR/12
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64
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-
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-
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-
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Elective activities
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ARA |
21810046 -
CHINESE STUDIES
(objectives)
At the end of the course, students will communicate effectively in Chinese, oral and written, and understand the rich and different cultures of China, so that they will become culturally aware and ready to be global citizens.
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8
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L-OR/21
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64
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-
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-
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-
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Elective activities
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ZHO |
21810139 -
HISTORY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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Also available in another semester or year
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21810149 -
GLOBAL ECONOMY AND LABOUR RIGHTS
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Also available in another semester or year
|
21810150 -
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
(objectives)
This course will provide students with an analytical framework for the study of international trade.
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8
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SECS-P/02
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64
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-
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-
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-
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Elective activities
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ENG |
21810178 -
HISTORY AND POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
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Also available in another semester or year
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21810185 -
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
(objectives)
This course introduces philosophical ethics in the context of environment such as population growth, resource use, sustainability, non-human animal welfare, biodiversity loss, environmental justice, and global climate change. No prior experience with philosophy is required. The two main goals of the course are to provide students with a more sophisticated understanding and vocabulary to make and evaluate ethical arguments and to engage students’ ethical reasoning and reflection on environmental issues.
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8
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SPS/01
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64
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-
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-
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-
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Elective activities
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ENG |
21810188 -
INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM
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Also available in another semester or year
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21810254 -
MEDIA, GENDER AND IDENTITY
(objectives)
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
● Understand how gender is central to sexuality, class, and race operating in the wider socio-cultural context since the 19th century ● Develop and acquire knowledge of theories of articulation and hegemony, and apply to representations of gender and identity in popular culture ● Examine popular culture as a site of struggle and contestations, seeing representations, for example, as attempts to stabilize social meanings and as subject to socio-historical change ● Critically analyze classical theories and approaches to studying gender, sexuality and race, and apply them to case studies ● Contextualize the links between popular culture and debates about “identity” ● Evaluate how subjective understandings of gender, race and sexuality affect experiences of popular culture
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8
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SPS/02
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64
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-
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-
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-
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Elective activities
|
ENG |
21810181 -
THE ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZED CRIME AND SOCIAL INNOVATION
(objectives)
The aim of the course is to bring examples of real-life experience involving organized crime, and to understand how mafias gain huge amounts of money and re-invest them all over the world. Students will analyse data, figures and specific events; they will have the chance to understand how this system affects the economic and institutional life of entire regions and the world economy; finally a focus will be made on the strategies to combat transnational organized crime at the global level and to fight mafias at the local level, especially through the Italian social entrepreneurs.
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8
|
SECS-P/06
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64
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-
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-
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-
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Elective activities
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ENG |
21810182 -
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE EU: CRISIS & CHANGE
(objectives)
This course is designed to give students a practical understanding of the political-economic situation in Europe and a familiarity with theoretical principles applicable to economic crises in general.
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8
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SECS-P/02
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64
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-
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-
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-
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Elective activities
|
ENG |
21810179 -
COMMUNICATING ACROSS CULTURE IN ITALY, EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
(objectives)
Using the daily life experiences of class members in combination with texts, theory and discussion, students will develop the knowledge, skills and studies necessary for successful intercultural encounters in the Italian, European and Mediterranean context.
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8
|
SPS/02
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64
|
-
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-
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-
|
Elective activities
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ENG |
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Optional Group:
Seminar A.A. 2019/2020 - (show)
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8
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Second semester
Course
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Credits
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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Contact Hours
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Exercise Hours
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Laboratory Hours
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Personal Study Hours
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Type of Activity
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Language
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21810019 -
INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS
(objectives)
The course is aimed at covering the main issues in the economic and political debate in macroeconomics. By the end of the course, students should be able to follow and understand in detail the economic and political international debates, such as the ones concerning economic growth, business cycles, monetary policy, fiscal policy, exchange rates, labour market dynamics, the discussions about the Euro area, etc. The approach to these topics will cover both analytical and institutional features.
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8
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SECS-P/01
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64
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-
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-
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-
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Core compulsory activities
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ENG |
21810177 -
THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM AFTER THE END OF THE COLD WAR
(objectives)
The recent history of the international system is undoubtedly marked by the end of bi-polarism, which has been regarded as the single most important event in the second half of the 20th century. This “transformational moment”, however, is questioned by a number of historiographical approaches emphasizing the importance of long term trends to understand a number of current events. The course will investigate the evolution of international relations since the end of the cold war by comparing these explicative paradigms. On the one hand, it will look at some of the most distinctive features of the post Cold War era, inlcuding the crises of the 1990s, the emergence of the United States as a hegemonic power, and the consequences of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and of the 2003 Iraq war on the American ability to preserve its supremacy. On the other, it will discuss different conceptual and chronological frameworks to present the evolution of the international system from more complex perspectives, by looking at long term phenomena such as the return of China to a great power role or the discontinuity introduced in the international system by the Neo-liberal approach since the 1970s.
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8
|
SPS/06
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64
|
-
|
-
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-
|
Core compulsory activities
|
ENG |
21810016 -
THEORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
(objectives)
Today human rights are the dominant moral doctrine for evaluating the moral status of the contemporary geo-political order. In the 20th century a broad consensus has emerged on framing judgment of nations against an international moral code prescribing certain benefits and treatment for all humans. Within many nations, political debates rage over the denial or abuse of human rights. Legal documents to protect human rights have proliferated. The course examines the philosophical basis and content of the doctrine of human rights. It assesses the contemporary significance of human rights, charts the historical development of the concept of human rights, beginning with a discussion of the earliest philosophical origins of the bases of human rights and culminating in some of the most recent developments in their codification. It also analyses the formal and substantive distinctions philosophers have drawn between various forms and categories of human rights, the justifications of their claims, and the main criticism currently addressed to them.
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8
|
SPS/01
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64
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Core compulsory activities
|
ENG |
Optional Group:
Two Electives among the Following: - (show)
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16
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|
|
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21810029 -
GENDER AND POLITICAL THEORIES
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Also available in another semester or year
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21810017 -
LATIN AMERICA IN THE 20TH CENTURY
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Also available in another semester or year
|
21810074 -
EVOLVING SECURITY IN THE POST 1945 WORLD
(objectives)
The course aims to define and elaborate on the concept of military security as it developed after the Second World War. The time span is determined by the ineluctable revolution that the discovery and use of nuclear weapons ushered both in terms of military doctrine and of power politics. Starting with a reflection on the reasons of the early failure of collective security, the course will first focus on the crucial hallmarks of security in a bipolar international system, making a clear distinction between States included in, and excluded from, a multilateral alliance. It will then take into consideration the major challenges posed to military security by newly emerging threats as the former was consolidating after the end of the Cold War.
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8
|
SPS/06
|
64
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Related or supplementary learning activities
|
ENG |
21810072 -
CONTEMPORARY ASIA
(objectives)
By the end of this course, having completed the relevant readings and activities, students should be able to:
1. Analyse the historical development of international relations in East Asia since the mid XIX century, comparing and contrasting developments in East Asia’s international politics in the Cold and post-Cold War periods (CLO 1). 2. Explain the linkages between global and regional security issues in the East Asian region (CLO 2). 3. Discuss the emergence, development, effectiveness and prospects of intra-regional institutions (CLO 3). 4. Assess the prospects for regional stability and cooperation (CLO 4)
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8
|
SPS/14
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64
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-
|
-
|
-
|
Related or supplementary learning activities
|
ENG |
21810255 -
THE ROOTS OF GLOBALIZATION: EUROPEAN EXPANSION AND COLONIALISM
(objectives)
The course offers students the opportunity to understand the mechanisms that led to the origin of European colonial empires in the early modern age, their functions and how these empires contributed to the first forms of globalization of the early modern world.
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8
|
M-STO/02
|
64
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-
|
-
|
-
|
Related or supplementary learning activities
|
ENG |
21810076 -
SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC DEVELPMENT AND TRANSPORT
(objectives)
This course focuses on the sustainability of development patterns. Environmental quality, economic vitality and equity are discussed with a particular emphasis on the critical role played by transportation. In fact, transport is global and fundamental to economy and society, so effective action requires strong international cooperation.
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8
|
SECS-P/06
|
64
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Related or supplementary learning activities
|
ENG |
21810073 -
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
|
Also available in another semester or year
|
21810010 -
EUROPEAN UNION INTERNAL MARKET LAW
|
Also available in another semester or year
|
21810012 -
EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
|
Also available in another semester or year
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21810022 -
POST-COLONIAL STUDIES IN THE ENGLISH SPEAKING WORLD
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Also available in another semester or year
|
21810285 -
MULTICULTURAL AMERICAN LITERATURE
(objectives)
The course offers an overview of multiethnic and multicultural literature through a selective examination of authors, trends and historical contexts related to the United States of America. The literary production examined in the course describes a complex cultural and social experience in which writers continuously negotiate their own identity within the communities they belong to and the United States at large, thus exploring linguistic, racial, generational, gender and economic issues in a socio-historical context that has often evolved at a dramatically fast pace.
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8
|
L-LIN/12
|
64
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Related or supplementary learning activities
|
ENG |
|
Optional Group:
One among the Following Free-Choice Electives: - (show)
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8
|
|
|
|
|
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21810037 -
ISSUES IN THE CONTEMPORARY CATHOLIC ROMAN CURCH
(objectives)
The aim of this course is to offer students an environment in which to critically evaluate some of the most pressing issues facing the Roman Catholic Church at the dawn of the Third Millennium. Through the analysis of the texts identified, and eventual conversation in class, students will be challenged to probe deeply into certain themes and consider them from many angles. Most of these themes are quite controversial, and thus require serene and objective scrutiny which will be fostered throughout the course.
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8
|
M-STO/04
|
64
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Elective activities
|
ENG |
21810038 -
ITALY AND THE US: HISTORY OF A LONG-STANDING INTERACTION
(objectives)
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
– Understand the main features of the US policy and attitude towards Europe and Italy in a historical perspective
– Identify the main themes of Italian foreign policy and their interaction with US policy in the region
– Have a fresh and on-the-field outlook of the Cold War through the study of its development in Europe, specifically in Italy
– Develop a better understanding of the current issues at stake in International politics, from the study of the Transatlantic debate and the interaction between the U.S. and the EU with a “view from Rome”
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8
|
SPS/06
|
64
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Elective activities
|
ENG |
21810040 -
THE ITALIAN FASCISM: THE FIRST TOTALITARIAN POLITICAL RELIGION
(objectives)
By the end of the course students will be able to: recognize the importance of the symbolic dimension in politics: put in relation secularization, politics and religion in modern society and grasp in a better way the contours of the modern political experiment (up to today fundamentalism); understand the main features of Totalitarianism; identify the main aspects of the Fascist regime, its values, its institutions, its leaders; understand the historical significance of Fascism, and its dramatic danger as a wrong answer to the problems of mass society; identify the myths, rituals, symbols, monuments and other spectacles of Fascist Italy; discover the mechanism of deep fascination provoked by mass rituals.
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8
|
M-STO/04
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64
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-
|
-
|
-
|
Elective activities
|
ENG |
21810041 -
TERRORISM AN INTRODUCTION
(objectives)
The course examines the historical, ideological, and local roots of terrorist violence and explores terrorism in relation to revolutionary power, nationalism, and religious extremism.
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8
|
SPS/04
|
64
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Elective activities
|
ENG |
21810123 -
VALUING DIVERSITY? ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION POLICIES
(objectives)
This course offers students insight on the creation of a globalized world and how different cultures, languages and ways of life progressively came together as a result of the contribution of migrants. Students are exposed to the evolution of Italy from an emigration to an immigration country. After drawing a profile of contemporary Italian immigration, with its economic
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8
|
SPS/04
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64
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Elective activities
|
ENG |
21810045 -
ARABIC STUDIES
|
Also available in another semester or year
|
21810046 -
CHINESE STUDIES
|
Also available in another semester or year
|
21810139 -
HISTORY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(objectives)
The course will focus on the political history of energy and on the environmental consequences of the emergence of different energy regimes from the beginning of the 20th century to the present time.
|
8
|
M-STO/04
|
64
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-
|
-
|
-
|
Elective activities
|
ENG |
21810149 -
GLOBAL ECONOMY AND LABOUR RIGHTS
(objectives)
The course aims at developing the salient characteristics and trends in social and labour rights regulation, in the framework of global economy and sustainable development.
|
8
|
IUS/07
|
64
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Elective activities
|
ENG |
21810150 -
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
|
Also available in another semester or year
|
21810178 -
HISTORY AND POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
(objectives)
The course will address the evolution of Islamic political doctrine, with a focus on contemporary phenomena such as that of jihadism, salafism, political Islam, post-Islamism, and the relationship between oppositional Islamic parties and government across a range of settings. These themes will be analysed by looking at how local contexts, analysed through an historical lens, intersect with trans-regional phenomena triggered by the new media and migration.
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8
|
SPS/13
|
64
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Elective activities
|
ENG |
21810185 -
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
|
Also available in another semester or year
|
21810188 -
INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM
(objectives)
This course is designed to provide an introduction to the theories and techniques of journalism, with an emphasis on fairness and accuracy of journalistic coverage of diverse, multi-ethnic communities, the role of journalism in democratic societies, news values and ethics, and reporting and writing techniques. All this is done with a special comparative focus on the situation of journalism in the country of study, in Europe as a whole and the U.S. Using specific examples from especially the first two geographical and political areas, students examine the influence of journalism on politics, business, and society. Being in a vibrant European capital, with dozens of newspapers, magazines, and new media produced here, students experience the location and organizers of the most influential national press briefings as well as attend an editorial board meeting of one of the most popular daily newspapers. They will also pay particular attention to the role of foreign correspondents.
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8
|
SPS/08
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64
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Elective activities
|
ENG |
21810254 -
MEDIA, GENDER AND IDENTITY
|
Also available in another semester or year
|
21810181 -
THE ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZED CRIME AND SOCIAL INNOVATION
(objectives)
The aim of the course is to bring examples of real-life experience involving organized crime, and to understand how mafias gain huge amounts of money and re-invest them all over the world. Students will analyse data, figures and specific events; they will have the chance to understand how this system affects the economic and institutional life of entire regions and the world economy; finally a focus will be made on the strategies to combat transnational organized crime at the global level and to fight mafias at the local level, especially through the Italian social entrepreneurs.
|
8
|
SECS-P/06
|
64
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Elective activities
|
ENG |
21810182 -
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE EU: CRISIS & CHANGE
(objectives)
This course is designed to give students a practical understanding of the political-economic situation in Europe and a familiarity with theoretical principles applicable to economic crises in general.
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8
|
SECS-P/02
|
64
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Elective activities
|
ENG |
21810179 -
COMMUNICATING ACROSS CULTURE IN ITALY, EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
(objectives)
Using the daily life experiences of class members in combination with texts, theory and discussion, students will develop the knowledge, skills and studies necessary for successful intercultural encounters in the Italian, European and Mediterranean context.
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8
|
SPS/02
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64
|
-
|
-
|
-
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Elective activities
|
ENG |
|
Optional Group:
One of the Following Required Language and Culture Studies: - (show)
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8
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|
|
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21810034 -
FRENCH STUDIES
(objectives)
This 8 cfu module is offered to students with a good level of French. It aims to develop students’s reading skills, with specific focus on texts dealing with the social, the political, and the economic scenarios of modern and contemporary France.
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8
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L-LIN/04
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64
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-
|
-
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-
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Core compulsory activities
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FRE |
21810036 -
GERMAN STUDIES
(objectives)
Students will build on previously acquired listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. They will further develop their political and cultural knowledge in German-speaking countries. The course is taught in German and is divided into a linguistic section, which pays particular attention to the acquisition of sectoral lexicons in the political-legal and historical-economic fields, and a thematic section, which is devoted to the German-speaking region through texts and documents of various kinds from newspapers, non-fiction books, films and literature, whereby literature serves as a model for complex cultural communication, aesthetics and criticism.
Ziel dieses Kurses ist es, die bereits von Studenten erworbenen Sprachkompetenzen durch die Vertiefung der politisch-kulturellen Erfahrungen im deutschsprachigen Raum zu perfektionieren. Es gliedert sich in einen sprachlichen Teil, der dem Erwerb sektoraler Lexika im politisch-juristischen und historisch-ökonomischen Bereich besondere Aufmerksamkeit widmet, und einen weiteren thematischen Teil, der dem deutschsprachigen Raum durch Texte und Dokumente unterschiedlicher Art aus Zeitungen, Sachbüchern, Filmen und Literatur gewidmet ist, wobei die Literatur als Modell für komplexe kulturelle Kommunikation, Ästhetik und Kritik dient.
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8
|
L-LIN/14
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64
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-
|
-
|
-
|
Core compulsory activities
|
DEU |
21810035 -
HISPANIC STUDIES
(objectives)
This course is taught in Spanish and divided into two modules: the first is based on the (pre-)acquired linguistic and communicative skills and aimed at achieving the understanding and production of texts in the field of phraseology and sectoral paremiology (political, legal, administrative, economic). The second module focuses on the diatopic issues of the Spanish language with an in-depth global study of the cultural and institutional aspects of Latin American countries.
Los objetivos formativos del curso se dividen en dos módulos; el primero, a partir de las competencias lingüísticas y comunicativas (pre)adquiridas, está orientado a la consecución de la comprensión y producción de textos en el ámbito de la fraseología y la paremiología sectorial (política, jurídica, administrativa, económica). El segundo módulo se centra en las cuestiones diatópicas de la lengua española con un estudio global en profundidad de los aspectos culturales e institucionales de los países hispanoamericanos.
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8
|
L-LIN/07
|
64
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Core compulsory activities
|
SPA |
21810047 -
RUSSIAN STUDIES
|
Also available in another semester or year
|
|
21810043 -
SEMINARS, EXTERNAL COURSES AND INTERNSHIPS
(objectives)
Seminars are aimed at enhancing the independent learning of students, at framing a specific issues, and at providing methods and tools for the understanding and the deepening of this specific issues. Extra-curricular activities are aimed at enriching our academic offer and promoting the acquisition of complementary and soft skills. Interships are aimed at gaining experience and at preparing for entering the world of work.
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8
|
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64
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-
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-
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-
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Other activities
|
ENG |
21810042 -
THESIS
(objectives)
The general goals of a Master’s thesis are to investigate an issue or problem concerning the specialty in depth, to collect original empirical material or data and to analyse this in the light of the corresponding conceptual or theoretical framework, providing the research results as clear and reasoned conclusions.
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24
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Final examination and foreign language test
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ENG |
Optional Group:
Seminar A.A. 2019/2020 - (show)
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8
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|
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SECOND YEAR
First semester
Course
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Credits
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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Contact Hours
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Exercise Hours
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Laboratory Hours
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Personal Study Hours
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Type of Activity
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Language
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Second semester
Course
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Credits
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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Contact Hours
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Exercise Hours
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Laboratory Hours
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Personal Study Hours
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Type of Activity
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Language
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