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The Faculty of Economics does not require the students to take a selective entry test. There is nevertheless a non-obligatory entry test to evaluate basic competences in some degree courses. Other degree courses do have admission tests.

Degree course in Economics
Students who want to enrol in the degree course in Economics must have:
- appropriate level of logical-analytical abilities;
- basic algebra and geometry skills.
The initial preparation of the students is assessed by a multiple choice written test which is held before the beginning of the first teaching period of the first year of the course. The contents, the date and the style of this test will be published in the Admission Proclamation. The students who do not have a suitable initial preparation will have to attend a pre-course remedial programme for logical-analytical abilities and basic mathematical skills. The course finishes with a final test. Students who pass the test will satisfy the entrance needs for the course. Students who fail the test can do it again in any examination session scheduled in the academic calendar.
Students cannot take the examination of Mathematical Methods for Economics if first they have not passed the entrance test.


Degree Course in Business Economics
There is an obligatory admission test for students of this degree course. The test results show if any students have a lack of competence in essential logical-mathematics skills. The score achieved in this test will not be used in the admission lists for first year students. However, anybody who scores less than 30% will be marked as having an insufficiency. Students who do not sit the admission test will be attributed as having an insufficiency.

Degree Course in Territorial and Construction Estimative Geological-Topographical-Cartographic Studies

First year students must have basic knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry. Students sit a special test to assess their knowledge of these subjects. However, the students who do not pass the test can enrol in the degree course, after having attended a two-week pre-course (around 40 hours) on the above subjects, which concludes with a self-evaluated second test.


Economic and Social disciplines for development, cooperation and peace
Introduction

The objective of the course in Economic and Social Disciplines, Degree Class n.35.-Social Sciences for Cooperation, Development and Peace, is to form graduates who have cultural and professional profiles based on the knowledge of the processes of economic globalization; of intercultural and gender dynamics; of the social, economic, cultural historical and institutional components of development (including that at a local level); and of the processes of environmental change and of sustainable development.

Graduate’s Knowledge and skills
The study course aims to characterise this profile through the acquisition of the following knowledge and abilities:
- knowledge in the area of the disciplines of development and social change.
- knowledge of the politics of equal opportunities.
- effective written and oral use of the English language and of another language of the European Union, besides Italian, in the specific field of competence and for the general exchange of information.
- effective use of the tools of communication and information management;
- relational capacity to do group activity, to operate at a high degree of autonomy and to actively enter the work environment.

Employment opportunities
The degree course aims at providing graduates with the knowledge and the competences necessary to effectively operate in the following areas:
- public administration, as planning and management of programmes of economic and social development operator;
- tertiary sector, as promotion and management of actions in the field of social and cultural cooperation operator;
- international organisations, as management, analysis and evaluation of programmes of international cooperation operator;
- educational institutions, as economic-social trainer and “cultural mediator”.

Course Description
The academic year is divided into four teaching periods.
The first year of the course is the same for all the students and fundamental subjects are taught in the fields of economics, law, sociology, computer science and languages. In the second and third years some subjects are common for all while others are different. Students may personalise their courses by selecting compulsory and optional subjects.
There is a choice of two curricula:
a) social sciences for territorial and environmental development (local development);
b) social sciences for development cooperation.

Knowledge and skill requisites

Participation in the course requires:
- ability to express oneself correctly in written Italian;
- basic knowledge of modern and contemporary history;
- basic knowledge of political and economic world geography.


ECONOMICS

Introduction

Graduates in Economics have good knowledge of business subjects and are skilled in economic disciplines. The objective of the course is to train economists who will mainly work in public or private firms and in public administration.

Graduate’s Knowledge and skills
The graduates will be able to appraise, from an economic point of view, production activities (of goods or services), as well as the impact for these activities of changes in the socio-economic and market contexts and in the economic policies in which the firm or the public administration operates.
Since the curriculum focuses on the functional bonds between the activities of goods and services production units, on the one hand, and the evolution of the socio-economic context, of the markets and of economic policy, on the other, the aim of the degree course is to provide graduates with solid basic knowledge of economic theory and policy.

Employment opportunities
Typically graduates in Economics work as “business economists” or as “economists” inside medium or large public or private enterprises, or in public administration. The similarities in the various programmes of the degree in Economics are defined so as to provide all graduates with the necessary knowledge to work as professionals in the area of economics and business economics.

Course Description
Starting from a core of common competences in micro-economics, macro-economics, business economics, methods of quantitative analysis and law that constitute the essential basic tools for the curriculum of the student in Economics, specialised training curricula are available within the degree course that satisfy specific profile demands from enterprises or local authorities, so allowing an easier insertion into the job market. Students can therefore improve their knowledge of the tools typical of the “business economist” or enhance the competencies that are looked for by Local Authorities and, in general, by the Public Administration.
At the end of the course students may continue their studies with a specialised degree in Economics.

Knowledge and skill requisites

Students who want to enrol in the degree course of Economics are required to have:
- appropriate logical-analytical abilities;
- basic skills of algebra and geometry.

BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Introduction

The degree course in Business Economics proposes to give students the methodological and scientific tools necessary to prepare them for a profession in the business world, so as to make them ready to correctly interpret and guide the operation of any type of firm or business.

Graduate’s Knowledge and skills
Graduates will not only have mastery of the different business functions and the knowledge of the management support, guidance and analysis tools, but will also acquire the ability to understand the interactions between enterprises and the environment. To do this, we aim to get the students to acquire the necessary basic skills in the business, economic, juridical and quantitative disciplines, so as to prepare them to enter the job market particularly in private firms, in the professional sphere, in public firms and in the field of training.

Employment opportunities
Graduates in Business Economics have the following career opportunities:
- management of the functional areas (finance, marketing, management control, accounting etc.) of public and private enterprises;
- management of the functional areas of banks and other financial intermediaries;
- professional sphere;
- study and research.
Graduates from this course, after having attended the compulsory training period, are admitted to the examination (Esame di Stato) to be registered in the roll of commerce graduates under the section “expert in bookkeeping”.
The degrees in Business Economics and in Economics are the only degree courses in the Faculty of Economics which allow graduates to sit the Esame di Stato for work as liberal professionals.

Course Description
The degree course is organised into four curricula:
- Bank and Finance;
- Business Economics and Management;
- Businesses, Markets and New Economy;
- Liberal profession and Business Management.
The first and second year of studies include several subjects that are common to all the curricula. These subjects are considered as essential for giving a cultural background to the students which will enable them to face the next academic year and the challenges of the labour market, as well as postgraduate programmes (specialised degrees, master’s degree courses, research doctorates). Therefore economics, law, mathematics, business economics, statistics, business management and management, English language and a second foreign language, as well as computer science are taught. Beginning from the third year, the four curricula have the objective of strengthening some specific competencies so as to offer graduates the chance of a more effective and immediate insertion in the labour market, immediately after graduating from the three-year course. The four curricula, nevertheless, have been also organised from the perspective of the students who want to continue their university studies with a Specialised Degree or a Master’s Degree. For all these reasons, the curricula offer a combination of courses and of original and interactive didactic activities such as practical exercises, in company business case studies, simulations, business games, training programmes and placement training, suitable to allow an immediate and effective insertion in the job market. They also allow students the possibility of doing further studies to enable them to get post-graduate qualifications in the same specialised area or in parallel educational programmes (all the areas of business economics and management; the area of technology management, nets management, the area of business law, etc.).

Knowledge and skill requisites
The initial preparation requires suitable knowledge of the Italian language, a basic knowledge of foreign languages, adequate logical-mathematics skills and fundamental knowledge of themes of general culture.


QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Introduction
The degree course Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Management (Class 37, class of Degrees in Statistics) offers undergraduates suitable methodological and practical knowledge in the field of statistics and quantitative methods, so that they can operate with autonomy and competence in various fields of economics and of business management.

Graduate’s Knowledge and skills
The curriculum is designed so that during their studies the students acquire – besides knowledge in the mathematical-statistical disciplines – knowledge in information technology and in business-economics. The level of this knowledge will depend on the particular programme the students choose.

Employment opportunities
Graduates can find work in numerous sectors of public administration and of private firms in which there is an ever increasing demand for the presence of qualified personnel able to do data analysis and to use quantitative tools for resource management, activity planning and then, finally, as decision making support. A sound formation – integrating statistical and quantitative disciplines with computer science and business economics – not only allows graduates to hold technical roles, but also to deal with managerial tasks and high responsibility in sectors such as analysis and study of statistical models of socio-economic data, planning and management of data bases, analysis and planning of financial and insurance products, public and private services quality assessment, statistical records and market research.

Course Description
The basic educational programme aims at giving basic mathematical knowledge to students as well as basic computing skills. In this phase the students expand their theoretical and methodological knowledge of statistics, with particular reference to some applied fields.
The degree in Quantitative Methods for the Economy and Business Management has three curricula:
a) Statistics and Applications (SA) which aims at providing suitable preparation for the application of statistical methodologies to different fields, in accordance with the educational objectives of this degree class;
b) Finance and Insurance (FA) which aims at training experts in the finance and insurance fields with specific quantitative skills for the evaluation and management of modern financial and insurance products and for the analysis of financial markets.
The educational programme also provides preparation for the Esame di Stato for Junior Actuary;
c) Business Statistics and Computer Science (SIA) which aims at creating graduates with an interdisciplinary background for the management of business processes and services, the realisation of market research and the planning of data bases.

Knowledge and skill requisites
Students who want to enrol in this degree course are required to have
1. logical-analytical ability;
2. basic competence in algebra and geometry;
3. ability to understand and synthesize a text in Italian.


TERRITORIAL AND CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATIVE GEOLOGICAL-TOPOGRAPHICAL-CARTOGRAPHIC STUDIES

Introduction
The degree course in “Territorial and Construction Estimative Geological-Topographical-Cartographic Studies” is organised in collaboration with the Faculties of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, Engineering and Economics. Courses are held in the various Faculties.

Graduate’s Knowledge and skills
The general educational objectives of the course, as a consequence of its affiliation to Degree Class 7, are the following:
- basic knowledge to analyse transformation processes affecting a city and its territory;
- theoretical and practical competencies for the analysis of the forms, and of the functional relationships of the physical environment and its transformation processes;
- basic knowledge related to urban, territorial and environmental planning;
- ability to analyse the assembly and management of complex projects and programmes of public works;
- basic knowledge to assess the impact of planning actions on the settlement, environmental, landscape, social and economic contexts;
- a good written and spoken command of at least one language of the European Union, besides Italian, in the specific field of competence and for the exchange of general information.

Employment opportunities
The legislation in act allows the graduates of the class 7 degrees access, after passing the Esame di Stato, to register with various professional bodies [agronomists and forestry (agronomy and forestry sectors, section B); architects, planners, landscapists and conservationists (planning sector, section B); agro-technician; surveyor; agrarian expert; industrial expert (building section)]. In consideration of art. 55 of the DPR n. 328 of 5.6.2001 regarding the access to the profession of surveyor, the course offers enough further knowledge necessary in economics, law and valuation so as to train professionals able to deal with technical and multidisciplinary problems, from the professional perspective of a surveyor. Attainment of the degree allows direct access to the Esame di Stato for work as a surveyor and the graduates passing the exam will acquire the title of “graduated surveyor” as stated in the DPR n. 328 of 5.6.2001.

Course Description
The course is divided into a geological-topographical-cartographic programme and an eco-environmental programme; students can either decide to access the job market, or to continue their university studies.

Knowledge and skill requisites
For admission to the degree course students are required to have basic knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry.


Tourism Sciences

Introduction
The degree course in Tourism is organised in collaboration with the Faculty of Humanities.

Graduate’s Knowledge and skills
The graduates from this degree course will have to:
- possess suitable fundamental background in business-economics, history of art, sociology, anthropology and geographical-territorial disciplines, as well as in cultural and juridical disciplines related to the tourist market;
- possess a good mastery of social and economic research methods and of the relevant research techniques applied to these sectors with skills related to the collection and treatment of social analysis data;
- possess suitable knowledge of the organisational culture of the working contexts, which will enable graduates to flexibly operate in enterprises and in administrations working in this sector;
- acquire the techniques for the promotion of cultural heritage and cultural activities;
- be able to apply the specific knowledge acquired in the economic, social and cultural contexts at a local, national and supranational level;
- have a good written and spoken command, of at least two languages of the European Union, besides Italian, in the specific field of competence and for a general information exchange;
- possess suitable competencies and instruments for information communication and management.

Employment opportunities
Graduates will work in different sectors, such as in tourism, in the organisation of environmentally compatible social activities, tourist communication for the traditional and multimedia publishing industry, and in the press offices of corporate bodies and enterprises specialising in this sector. They will be able, therefore, to work as professionals in the sectors of tourism organisation and the promotion of the cultural heritage. Particularly, graduates can have career opportunities in public corporations and in private firms specialising in the promotion of the natural and cultural national heritage and to the creation of tourist-cultural programmes with a high level of historical-artistic, archaeological and environmental contents, as well as in the management of services/structures connected to tourism, to tourism marketing and to the organisation of events.

Course Description
The curriculum of the degree course includes:
- activities aimed at acquiring fundamental knowledge in the various fields of economics, geography and of sociology of tourism, as well as in other relevant disciplines, combining specialist knowledge with a coherent system of theoretical and practical skills;
- activities providing sound knowledge of the cultural heritage and methodologies for its enhancement and use within the context of cultural tourism;
- activities aimed at the learning of practical skills in the sector of tourism techniques, of market analysis and in the management of the firms working in the hotel sector offering cultural and environmental services;
- extra activities, connected to specific objectives, such as training periods in Italian or foreign corporate bodies or institutes of the sector, firms and public administration, as well as study periods in other Italian, or foreign, universities.

Knowledge and skill requisites
For admission to the degree course students are required to have basic knowledge of the Italian language, basic command of at least one/two foreign languages, as well as basic competencies and skills of general cultural themes.


Law
(single-cycle specialist degree course)

Graduate’s Knowledge and skills
Graduates who have a degree in jurisprudence have:
- broad knowledge concerning national and European juridical culture also with case techniques and methodologies connected to themes useful in the understanding and the evaluation of principles or institutes of positive law;
- sound historical knowledge allowing them to appraise positive law institutes in the perspective of their historical evolution;
- ability to produce clear and well-argued juridical texts (legislative and/or negotiational and/or judicial) suitable and effective in relation to their application contexts, with the support of computer tools;
- interpretative abilities, and knowledge in case analysis, juridical qualification (connecting facts with model fact situations), as well as the ability to understand, represent, evaluate and face interpretation and application problems of the law;
- basic skills to update their competencies.

Employment opportunities
The graduates of the courses, as well as working as professionals and in courts, can work in positions of great responsibility, in the various social, social-economic and political fields or in institutions, in public administration, in private enterprises, in the labour unions, in the sector of informatics law, in the sector of comparative international and community law (European jurist), as well as in the international organisations requiring the jurist’s abilities of analysis, of evaluation and of decision that are relevant even outside the sectoral knowledge.

Course Description
The degree course, besides guaranteeing the objectives of the class of degree in Law, offers students a good level of knowledge in economic, business and statistical studies that are considered as essential to operate with professionalism and competency in the juridical world of our complex societies. Based on this knowledge, the degree course allows students to have a complete and integrated juridical background with the cognitive and methodological tools of the economic sciences, to be able to train as jurist operating with competence and critical sense, within enterprises or public institutions, or in the juridical field (lawyer, judge and notary).


Economic and Social Disciplines for Development and Cooperation
(Second Level Specialist Degree Course)

Introduction
The Second Level Specialist Degree Course in Economic and Social Disciplines for Development and Cooperation, and connected to Development Cooperation Studies, class 88/s, aims at providing graduates advanced competences to operate effectively in the fields of local development and development cooperation.

Graduate’s Knowledge and skills
The course aims at providing students with
- the knowledge necessary for the planning and implementation of development and development cooperation programmes and projects at a local level, with special focus on resource exploitation, the fight against inequalities and poverty, institutional strengthening (human rights, democracy, local governments, bureaucracies) and on the improvement of settlement and environmental conditions;
- the knowledge necessary to analyse and to interpret specific social, economic and institutional aspects that can act as means and promotion of sustainable development with attention to the inherent relationships and the environment;
- the ability to apply the different methodologies for the planning of development and development cooperation programmes and projects;
- the necessary competencies for the ideation, planning and the coordination of interventions for multi-ethnic and multi-cultural integration, within education development, insertion in the social contexts and in the job market and re-insertion in the countries of origin programmes;
- the necessary competences to apply monitoring and evaluation methods to development and development cooperation programmes;
- the ability to use written and spoken English fluently;
- advanced skills for the management of information and communication tools.

Employment opportunities
Graduates can take managerial or advisory roles in the public administration at a local or national level, in voluntary organisations, in educational institutions, in public and private corporations, and in super-national and international institutions that operate for local development, for cooperation and support for developing countries.
Below are some examples of some career opportunities for graduates:
- planner and coordinator of development actions implemented by public or private, regional, national, international and super-national organisations;
- local level public administration executive for the planning of multi-ethnic and multi-cultural integration initiatives and for the access to services for immigrants;
- executive for the planning and coordinating of activities inside non-governmental organisations and decentralised cooperation working in the field of assistance to multicultural development and integration.

Course Description
Course activities involve teaching, seminars, group activities and self-study, and are divided into two programmes:
- social studies for local development;
- social studies for development cooperation

Applied economics
(Second Level Specialist Degree Course)

Introduction
The Second Level Specialist Degree Course in Applied Economics aims to provide:
- an elevated mastery of the quantitative techniques for the analysis of relevant economic information for the definition and implementation of economic policies, of the activities of local authorities and business management;
- specialised knowledge in the areas of economic and business analysis and of economic policies;
- ability to use methodologies of economic and business sciences to analyse the complexities of economic phenomena in the contemporary society and to define appropriate interventions by public and private subjects;
- a suitable mastery of the principles and institutes of the regional, national and European legal systems;
- good command (written and spoken) of two languages of the European Union, besides Italian, with reference also to the specific lexicons.

Graduate’s Knowledge and skills
The graduates of the Second Level Specialist Degree Course in Applied Economics will be able to
- analyse the operation of economic systems;
- foresee the course of economic variables;
- appraise the impact and expected impact of economic policies (macro-economic policies, territorial economic policies, sector economic policies);
- analyse the economic aspects of business operations (public and private), and thus identify actions able to increase their efficiency.

Employment opportunities
Graduates will be able to take top responsibility posts in economic study and research activities in public and private firms, banking institutes, non-profit organisations, local sub-regional and regional bodies, public administration bodies, as well as research bodies. They will be able, also, to provide advice in public and private enterprises as professionals in the area of applied economic analysis. Graduates will be able to continue their studies and further increase their knowledge in the area of applied economics and economic analysis by attending a PhD course.

Course Description
The course includes activities aimed at the acquisition of knowledge of economic theory, of applied economics, of the methods of quantitative analysis of information as well as complementary multidisciplinary training in law and business economics.


Business Economics
(Second Level Specialist Degree Course)

Graduate’s Knowledge and skills
The degree course provides students with:
a) knowledge of the management of the business system, in terms of relationships with other external systems (clients, suppliers, competitors, institutions) and in the functional relationships among its subsystems, with particular attention to marketing, finance, production, logistics and personnel organisation. The subjects taught will allow, therefore, the acquisition of skills aimed at the management of an enterprise, of the dynamics of the creation and spread of value, the measurement of the performances of systems, the high-level study of technical-functional subjects;
b) knowledge of business structures and processes, of the communication tools of the business activity also referring to extraordinary, internationally important events, of some legal methodologies applied to business problems especially in the fiscal and commercial sectors. The subjects taught will also allow students to acquire competencies enabling them to understand and manage the principal measurement problems of business performance;
c) knowledge geared to the use of techniques of financial analysis and of financial tools, to manage the bank-enterprise relationship from the point of view of the bank, as well as that of the enterprise. The curriculum will also focus on deeper understanding of evaluation models, providing competencies in economic, business and juridical fields;
d) knowledge related to the analysis of the interrelations between enterprise behaviour and market characteristics, of the concepts and of the strategies the enterprises need to successfully operate in the new technology economy, thereby providing students with a new set of principles and of technical applications necessary to deal with the connections between enterprises and the new economy;
e) knowledge that will give them sound competencies in the field of economy and of statistics, with reference both to the theoretical-methodological aspects and to practical aspects. Such training - integrated with particular knowledge in the legal field and in computer data-management - provides the cultural and operational tools necessary for:
i) management – in the business sectors and public employment – with particular reference to services quality evaluation;
ii) the study, interpretation and the forecast of phenomena in the economic-production, industrial or social sectors.

Employment opportunities
The degree course provides sound knowledge and experience that will allow a qualified insertion in the labour market, with particular reference to:
a) businesses, management consultation societies and public firms, which are increasingly requiring effectiveness, efficiency and materiality. This degree course aims at supplying the need for professionals with the ability of analysis of evolutionary business dynamics, ability to manage them towards decisional processes able to identify the most effective, efficient, flexible solutions to the managerial problems of the entrepreneurial systems;
b) accountancy, after having passed the relative examination and the compulsory training period. Besides, the background acquired allows an effective insertion of graduates in the administrative sector of enterprises and of the public administration;
c) banking and insurance firms, as expert of analysis and financial management, professional activity in the field of financial consultation and as operators of financial markets, in high-level managerial and professional positions;
d) public and private firms in positions of prominence and responsibility in the strategies of price determination within enterprises or in the market regulation activities of the public authorities, as well as important positions in the management of information technology and of international markets;
e) high level responsibility and management in sectors of the economy, of industry and public administrations requiring a mastery of the quantitative tools necessary for the management and the evaluation of the activity and its services. Other career opportunities include positions in research and study centres in economic corporate bodies, local authorities or public administrations.

Course Description
In the degree course, teaching and training activities are organised in specific curricula:
a. Banking and Finance;
b. Economics and Business Management;
c. Businesses, Markets and New Economy;
d. Private practice and Company Management.


Statistics And Computational Method For Economics And Finance
(Second Level Specialist Degree Course)

Introduction
The Second Level Specialist Degree Course in Statistics and Computational Method for Economics and Finance trains graduates with an interdisciplinary knowledge in the quantitative methods and the economic and business disciplines. The three-year degree in Statistics - and, beginning from the academic year 2003/2004, the degree in Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Management which follows on from it – belonging to class 37 (degree class of the degrees in Statistics) activated at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Calabria allows access to the specialist degree with the recognition of all credits acquired by the students.

Graduate’s Knowledge and skills
According to the curriculum the students will acquire, besides knowledge in the mathematical and statistical subjects, knowledge of computer science and business-economics depending on the programme chosen.

Employment opportunities
Thanks to the specificity of their education, graduates of the specialist degree course can work in top positions in study and programming offices in private enterprises and public administration and of local authorities, specialising in economic and financial matters. They can work in the statistics offices of medium and large enterprises for the analysis and the business management of human resources, production, quality, forecasts or market research. They can also become expert advisors for surveys and statistical analysis in the economic, financial, actuarial and social security fields and for business management issues.

Course Description

There are two curricula:
a) Insurance and finance (AF) aims at training professionals specialised in methodological tools for the analysis of the financial, insurance and social security markets; the programme particularly aims to provide specific knowledge that allows the evaluation of investment and financing alternatives, the planning of suitable tools for the measurement and management of financial risks. The programme also provides the bases for preparation to the Esame di Stato for becoming an actuary.
b) Statistics and Computer science for Business Strategies (SISA) aims at training professionals specialised in statistical methods of data analysis and of data mining necessary to provide useful information concerning medium and large enterprises, public administration or local authorities; the educational programme also aims to provide knowledge of the problems relating to data formation in the specific fields of analysis and concerning the creation, updating and use of informative-statistic systems and relative databases and data-warehouses.


Enhancement of Tourist-Cultural Systems
(Second Level Specialist Degree Course)

Introduction
The degree in Enhancement of Tourist-Cultural Systems provides a preparation in various abilities such as:
a) planning, promotion and management of tourism products and complex systems in large territorial areas and with particular reference to the Mediterranean area;
b) planning of structural interventions (urban and territorial) necessary for the qualification of the tourism offer, and its promotion through the use of traditional and multimedia technologies.

Graduate’s Knowledge and skills
Graduates will have:
- advanced skills for operating within the tourist systems characterised by an integrated offer of cultural heritage, environmental wealth and of tourist attractions or by a widespread presence of tourist businesses with specific abilities in the management of the tourism and cultural communication flows; skills oriented towards the integration of the accommodation companies providing cultural and environmental services;
- skills in the promotion, marketing and management of complex tourist products, also with the support of new multimedia technologies;
- linguistic and specialist competences so as to be connected to the globalization processes of tourist activity or international cultural events;
- advanced skills in planning and implementing inter-sectoral and infrastructure interventions necessary for the qualification of the tourist offer and for the urban and territorial re-qualification of the areas with a lot of tourist settlements, particularly in the areas involved in the enhancement of the cultural and environmental heritage offering and promoting new tourist products;
- ability to define, also from a socio-anthropological point of view, the peculiarities of sites and cultures for non-intrusive tourism;
- advanced skills in planning and implementing cultural events, conferences and exhibitions;
- technical and political skills necessary for the planning of cultural intervention projects designed by the public administrations;
- an advanced written and oral knowledge of at least one language of the European Union other than Italian, with reference also to subject-related lexis.

Employment opportunities
The employment opportunities and professional activities offered by the degree course are in tourist firms and hotels in high level posts; in planning and marketing of trips and activities connected to tourist products; in cooperative and integrated tourism consortia; in the organisation of cultural events and exhibitions; in the management of reception services connected to cultural and environmental heritage; in centralised and decentralised government institutions; in the tourism, culture, cultural and environmental heritage and local development sectors. Graduates from the single-cycle specialist degree course can also undertake activity as advisors for the local bodies and new enterprises in the accommodation industry.

Course Description
Educational and training activities are organised in a single curriculum.