INTRODUCTION
The Faculty of Humanities, albeit deeply linked to the values of our cultural tradition, underwent some changes over the years to comply with the new legislative framework and respond to the transformations of our society and culture.
Despite these updating and adaptation processes, the Faculty’s educational programmes are still focused on humanities, philology and philosophy that represent the hardcore of the Faculty itself. However, besides the traditional curricula leading to teaching careers, the Faculty offers degree courses aimed at training the new professional profiles sought by the job market, providing graduates with sound expertise and effective methodologies.
The Faculty’s educational offer for the students who will enrol in the academic year 2008-2009 is very innovative as compared to the previous years. In fact, the Faculty offers five three-year degree courses and ten two-year specialist degree courses. The three-year degree courses consist of maximum twenty exams, while the curricula of the two-year, specialist degree courses comprise twelve exams. A final dissertation must be defended at the end of both degree courses.
The three-year degree courses instituted for 2008-2009 will be the following:
1. Interclass degree course in Arts (L-10) and Cultural Heritage (L-1);
2. Interclass degree course in History (L-42) and Philosophy (L-5);
3. Interclass degree course in Communication (L-20) and DAMS (Fine Arts, Music and Performing Arts) (L-3);
4. Degree course in Modern Languages and Cultures (L-11);
5. Degree course in Education Sciences (L-19).
The first three degree courses listed above (interclass degree courses) are the main innovation of the new educational offer. In fact, interclass degree courses allow students to obtain a degree in one of the two classes involved (Arts or Cultural Heritage, History or Philosophy, DAMS or Communication Sciences); however, students are allowed to study subjects that are common to both degree courses in the first two years, and then to choose one of the two qualifications in the third year. The five three-year degree courses, therefore, provide eight different first-level degrees. Second level education provided by the Faculty of Humanities consists of ten specialist degree courses aimed at broadening and strengthening the background provided by the first-level degree courses. The ten specialist degree courses are the following:
1. Specialist degree course in Archaeology (LM-2);
2. Specialist degree course in Modern Philology (LM-14);
3. Specialist degree course in Science of Antiquity (LM-15);
4. Specialist degree course in History of Art (LM-89);
5. Specialist degree course in Languages of Performing Arts, Cinema and Media (LM-65);
6. Specialist degree course in Communication Theory and Public Address (LM-92);
7. Specialist degree course in Philosophical Sciences (LM-78);
8. Specialist degree course in Historical Sciences (LM-84);
9. Specialist degree course in Modern Languages and Literatures (LM-37);
10. Specialist degree course in Media Education (LM-93).
The Faculty also offers two interfaculty degree courses in Primary Education Sciences and Tourism Sciences and several PhD courses.
On completion of a three-year degree course, students will obtain 180 university credits
(CFU). Students will acquire knowledge and competences through the three following educational activities:
a) BASIC activities, that are essentially common to all curricula;
b) CHARACTERIZING activities, that are specific for each curriculum (although guaranteeing appropriate integration of knowledge and competences relating to other curricula);
c) RELATED OR SUPPLEMENTARY activities, aimed at integrating students’ background and at providing knowledge and competences in specific sectors.
Teaching activities are organised in didactic modules assigning – with some exceptions – 6 to 9 CFUs. OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES complete the academic programmes; they consist of students’ participation in seminars, laboratory practice, internships and training periods (according to the specialization of each study course). Participation in seminars and laboratory activities during the academic year entitles students to receive a number of CFUs based on the duration of attendance to and difficulty of the seminar/lab activity.
The type of final test and the number of CFUs to be assigned on completion of it will be established according to each study course.
The duration of the specialist degree course is two years. Students have to earn 120 credits during the course and prepare a final thesis for obtaining the relevant specialist degree.
The Dean
Prof. Raffaele Perrelli
