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Academic year 2014/2015
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
Department of Economics and statistical Sciences
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 demo-ethno-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, as well as 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 an 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 demograpy; - 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 at providing 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 have 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 modelling, democratization, globalization and international regulation processes. This is also achieved through a long mandatory stage period awarded 12 credits.
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 monitoring and evaluating the results of the specific intervention or of other development and international cooperation actions. Another professional opportunity is represented by the activities, as individuals or in group and youth cooperatives, related 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 the preparation, presentation and discussion of a written paper. The final work may be a bibliography, a project or a short essay on a mono- or multi-disciplinary topic. It may be, for instance: 1) review of the literature on a topic assigned by a supervising professor; 2) short essay on a topic related to a curricular discipline; 3) short essay on an interdisciplinary topic; 4) short essay on a issue connected with the activity of internship/stage; 5) the presentation of a case study.

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 GAYDUK (PC)GAYDUK OLGA 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
17618 - APPLIED MICRO- AND MACROECONOMICS EPIFANIO (PA)EPIFANIO ROSALIA 8.0 2 V B SECS-P/06
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 A SECS-P/02
05120 - SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY TROBIA (PA)TROBIA ALBERTO 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)PROVENZANO VINCENZO 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
07553 - PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 10.0 1 G F
14152 - SOCIAL STATISTICS AND DEMOGRAPHY - INTEGRATED COURSE MENDOLA (PO)MENDOLA DARIA 12.0 1 V
SOCIAL STATISTICS MENDOLA (PO) 6.0 B SECS-S/05
DEMOGRAPHY BUSETTA (PA) 6.0 B SECS-S/04
14314 - OTHER LANGUAGE SKILLS 6.0 1 G F
05917 - FINAL EXAMINATION 4.0 2 V E
11016 - ECONOMIC POLICY AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION POLICY AGNELLO (PO)AGNELLO LUCA 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
ENVIRONMENT AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS MERCATANTI (PO) 6.0 B M-GGR/01
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT GIANNONE (PC)GIANNONE MAURIZIO 6.0 B M-GGR/02
Free subjects II 6.0 D
Elective activities
Optional subjects II credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
15205 - JURIDICAL SOCIOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL PROCESSES DINO (PO)DINO ALESSANDRA 6.0 1 V B SPS/12
06535 - SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICAL PHENOMENA FRAZZICA (PA)FRAZZICA GIOVANNI 6.0 2 V B SPS/11
Optional subjects credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
07043 - ECONOMIC HISTORY SIMON (PA)SIMON FABRIZIO 8.0 1 V A SECS-P/12
14177 - EARLY MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORY CASTIGLIONE (PQ)CASTIGLIONE CARMELA 8.0 2 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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