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Academic year 2013/2014
Bachelor's Degree (BSc) on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Coordinator Prof. Fabio Massimo Lo Verde
Class of Bachelor's Degree (BSc) on Peace studies (L-37)
3 years
PALERMO
Number of seats in local planning: 150
Course Code
2133

Course info
The educational programme of this course aims at providing graduates with the multidisciplinary competences and skills in social, economic and anthropological sciences enabling them to understand, face and manage with adequacy and professionalism problems deriving from cooperation and economic development actions in those areas which are for various reasons defined as depressed or underdeveloped areas. The course also aims at transmitting the skills needed to work in organised contexts such as local and national public administration as well as in international governmental and nongovernmental organisations and in the third sector. They might also work in all the private national and international companies with a specific interest in investing in less developed areas. A characteristic feature of this Degree Course is also the creation of professionals capable of managing with attention all the phases of the actions of cooperation for development. Students will therefore be accompanied through and educational programme enabling them to acquire advanced knowledge of: - Social relation processes, with a detailed overview of the demo-ethno-anthropological aspects with reference to past and modern traditions, through the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, history and demography; - The dynamics underlying the main processes of development and economic convergence, at the micro and macro levels, through economic subjects; - The main notions related to rights with a focus on international law and European Union law, through legal subjects; - The methodological, social and economic statistics tools and methods, , which are necessary to describe complex phenomena. The course also aims to provide students with specific insights related to immigration and to the problems of integration of foreign citizens, as well as aspects related to international political programs. Students may also use 12 credits for elective courses. The Degree Course in Economic Development and International Cooperation aims at training professionals in the field of cooperation and development . who possess the tools for understanding the underdevelopment realities, the problems related to economic growth and sustainable development, the policies to combat poverty and the modeling, democratization, globalization and international regulation processes. This is also achieved through a long mandatory stage period awarded with 12 credits.
Graduates of this course might carry out their professional activities in public administration, nongovernmental and third organisations , educational institutions, in social and cultural cooperation and in international organisations. The experts in Economic Development and International Cooperation may carry out a fundamental activity in the analysis of the contexts of cooperation and development interventions. They will also be capable of identifying and investigate the need for action within its design and also monitor and evaluate the results of the specific intervention or of other development and international cooperation actions. Another professional opportunity is the activity, as individuals or in group and youth cooperatives, with respect to cooperation, social interventions towards immigrants, assistance and activity as observers during elections in the areas of international crisis, the promotion and protection of human and civil rights and to the achievement of equal opportunities in less developed countries or in those areas where the role of women is still marginal compared to the social and economic processes. Graduates may also find employment in organizations dealing with the design and management of development programs and projects at institutions for decentralized cooperation (Region, Province and Municipality), NGOs, companies with interests in developing countries.
The final examination consists of a written paper about topics related to the qualifying educational objectives of the Course, preferably about class-specific subjects. The test might consist of: - A dissertation about topics related to one or more teachings of the Degree Course; - A report about single discipline or multidisciplinary empirical or experimental research activities; - A report about the professional aspects of the stage period. It should enable the formulation of an evaluation of the knowledge,. Competences and skills acquired by graduates.

course outline
Teachings first year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
01340 - CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY D'AGOSTINO (PO)D'AGOSTINO GABRIELLA 8.0 1 V A M-DEA/01
14126 - PRINCIPLES OF MATHEMATICS AND ELEMENTS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE PROVENZANO (RU)PROVENZANO DAVIDE 6.0 1 V C SECS-S/06
15928 - EUROPEAN LEGAL SYSTEMS - INTEGRATED COURSE PERA (PO)PERA ALESSANDRA 12.0 1 V
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PRIVATE LAW PERA (PO) 6.0 A IUS/02
COMPARATIVE AND EUROPEAN LEGAL SYSTEMS PERA (PO) 6.0 A IUS/02
04677 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE GRILLONE (PC)GRILLONE CARMELA 8.0 2 V A L-LIN/12
06578 - GENERAL SOCIOLOGY LO VERDE (PO)LO VERDE FABIO MASSIMO 8.0 2 V B SPS/07
15200 - MICRO- AND MACROECONOMICS EPIFANIO (PA)EPIFANIO ROSALIA 8.0 2 V A SECS-P/01
Optional subjects 8.0 A
Teachings second year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
02502 - INTERNATIONAL LAW ROMANA (RU)ROMANA NICOLA 6.0 1 V B IUS/13
06644 - STATISTICS GIAIMO (CU)GIAIMO ROSA 8.0 1 V C SECS-S/02
16413 - POLITICAL SCIENCE WITH ELEMENTS OF PLANNING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT - INTEGRATED COURSE VACCARO (PO)VACCARO SALVATORE 10.0 1 V
ELEMENTS OF PLANNING FOR DEVELOPMENT CIPOLLA (PC) 4.0 C SPS/04
POLITICAL SCIENCE VACCARO (PO) 6.0 A SPS/04
02760 - DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS AND POLICY ASMUNDO (PC)ASMUNDO ADAM 6.0 2 V B SECS-P/02
05120 - SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY SIINO (RD)SIINO MARIANNA 6.0 2 V B SPS/07
06672 - ECONOMIC STATISTICS DAVI' (PQ)DAVI' MARIA 6.0 2 V B SECS-S/03
15203 - ECONOMICS OF THE NON PROFIT SECTOR PROVENZANO (PA) 6.0 2 V B SECS-P/06
Optional subjects II 6.0 B
Free subjects 6.0 D
Teachings third year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
06318 - SCIENCE OF FINANCE BERRITTELLA (PA)BERRITTELLA MARIA 6.0 1 V A SECS-P/03
14152 - SOCIAL STATISTICS AND DEMOGRAPHY - INTEGRATED COURSE MENDOLA (PO)MENDOLA DARIA 12.0 1 V
DEMOGRAPHY BUSETTA (PA) 6.0 B SECS-S/04
SOCIAL STATISTICS MENDOLA (PO) 6.0 B SECS-S/05
11016 - ECONOMIC POLICY AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION POLICY AGNELLO (PO) 6.0 2 V C SECS-P/02
14154 - ENVIRONMENT AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT - INTEGRATED COURSE MERCATANTI (PO)MERCATANTI LEONARDO 12.0 2 V
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT GIANNONE (PC) 6.0 B M-GGR/02
ENVIRONMENT AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS MERCATANTI (PO) 6.0 B M-GGR/01
05917 - FINAL EXAMINATION 4.0 3 V E
Stage and others 10.0 F
Optional subjects III 6.0 F
Free subjects II 6.0 D
Elective activities
Optional subjects III credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
04532 - ARAB LANGUAGE 6.0 2 G F
04664 - FRENCH LANGUAGE 6.0 2 G F
04736 - GERMAN LANGUAGE 6.0 2 G F
13529 - CHINESE LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I 6.0 2 G F
13967 - SPANISH LANGUAGE 6.0 2 G F
Stage and others credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
11028 - INTERNSHIP 6 CREDITS 6.0 1 G F
11030 - INTERNSHIP 8 CREDITS 8.0 1 G F
11031 - INTERNSHIP 10 CREDITS 10.0 1 G F
11033 - INTERNSHIP 3 CREDITS 3.0 1 G F
11036 - OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES - 3 CREDITS 3.0 1 G F
11037 - OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES - 4 CREDITS 4.0 1 G F
11038 - OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES - 5 CREDITS 5.0 1 G F
11039 - OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES - 6 CREDITS 6.0 1 G F
11040 - OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES - 7 CREDITS 7.0 1 G F
11041 - OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES - 8 CREDITS 8.0 1 G F
11042 - OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES - 9 CREDITS 9.0 1 G F
11043 - OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES - 10 CREDITS 10.0 1 G F
11049 - INTERNSHIP 7 CREDITS 7.0 1 G F
11351 - INTERNSHIP 5 CREDITS 5.0 1 G F
Optional subjects II credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
06535 - SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICAL PHENOMENA FRAZZICA (PA)FRAZZICA GIOVANNI 6.0 1 V B SPS/11
15205 - JURIDICAL SOCIOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL PROCESSES DINO (PO)DINO ALESSANDRA 6.0 1 V B SPS/12
Optional subjects credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
07043 - ECONOMIC HISTORY CAMILLERI (PC) 8.0 1 V A SECS-P/12
14177 - EARLY MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORY CASTIGLIONE (PQ)CASTIGLIONE CARMELA 8.0 1 V A M-STO/02
Explaination
Term Term/Semester
Val. Valutation: V = mark in 30/30, G = note
(*) Teaching attended in english
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