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Academic year 2016/2017
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
Free access
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.
To obtain the degree, students must have acquired 180 credits including those relating to the final examination (3 credits). The final test has the objective of assessing the level of maturity and critical skills of the undergraduate, with respect to learning and to the acquired knowledge, on completion of the activities provided by the course syllabus. The final examination consists of an oral test, in accordance with the rules fixed every year by the Degree Course Regulations for the final examination, respecting and consistent to the calendar, the ministerial requirements and to the relevant Guidelines of the University.

course outline
Teachings first year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
01340 - CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY Details D'AGOSTINO (PO) 8.0 1 V A M-DEA/01
04872 - MATHEMATICS Details PECORELLA (PA) 6.0 1 V C SECS-S/06
06493 - COMPARATIVE LEGAL SYSTEMS Details PERA (PO) 9.0 1 V A IUS/02
04677 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE Details RESTIVO (PC) 8.0 2 V A L-LIN/12
13179 - GENERAL SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY - INTEGRATED COURSE Details LO VERDE (PO) 10.0 2 V
GENERAL SOCIOLOGY LO VERDE (PO) 6.0 B SPS/07
SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY TROBIA (PA) 4.0 C SPS/07
17618 - APPLIED MICRO- AND MACROECONOMICS Details EPIFANIO (PA) 9.0 2 V A SECS-P/06
18046 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ECONOMICS Details GUZZO (PA) 6.0 2 V C SECS-P/07
Optional subjects 6.0 C
Teachings second year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
02156 - COMPUTING SKILLS Details GAGLIANO (PC) 3.0 1 G F
06644 - STATISTICS Details BONO (PA) 8.0 1 V C SECS-S/02
15221 - SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE MODERN WORLD Details FIUME (PO) 6.0 1 V A M-STO/02
18047 - INTERNATIONAL LAW AND TRANS-EUROPEAN NETWORKS LAW - INTEGRATED COURSE Details ROMANA (RU) 10.0 1 V
INTERNATIONAL LAW ROMANA (RU) 6.0 B IUS/13
TRANS-EUROPEAN NETWORKS LAW ROMANA (RU) 4.0 C IUS/06
18240 - POLITICAL SCIENCE Details VACCARO (PO) 6.0 1 V A SPS/04
06672 - ECONOMIC STATISTICS Details PIACENTINO (PO) 6.0 2 V B SECS-S/03
18049 - NON-PROFIT AND MICROCREDIT ECONOMICS Details PROVENZANO (PA) 6.0 2 V B SECS-P/06
Optional subjects II 6.0 B
Free subjects (suggested) 6.0 D
Teachings third year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
07553 - PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 8.0 1 G F
13351 - ADVANCED SKILLS RELATED TO THE LABOUR MARKET Details 4.0 1 G F
14314 - OTHER LANGUAGE SKILLS 6.0 1 G F
18050 - POVERTY MEASUREMENT AND DEMOGRAPHY - INTEGRATED COURSE Details MENDOLA (PO) 12.0 1 V
POVERTY MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS MENDOLA (PO) 6.0 B SECS-S/05
DEMOGRAPHY BUSETTA (PA) 6.0 B SECS-S/04
05917 - FINAL EXAMINATION 3.0 2 V E
12363 - ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY Details AGNELLO (PO) 10.0 2 V
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS AND POLICY ASMUNDO (PC) 4.0 C SECS-P/02
ECONOMIC AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION POLICY AGNELLO (PO) 6.0 A SECS-P/02
18051 - TOWN AND URBAN POLICIES Details TRAPANI (PA) 6.0 2 V B SPS/10
18118 - ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY AND REGULATION Details MESSINA (PQ) 6.0 2 V B M-GGR/01
Free subjects II 6.0 D
Elective activities
Optional subjects II credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
06538 - SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURAL AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSES Details FRAZZICA (PA) 6.0 2 V B SPS/08
15205 - JURIDICAL SOCIOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL PROCESSES Details DINO (PO) 6.0 2 V B SPS/12
Optional subjects credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
06999 - HISTORY OF POLITICAL DOCTRINES Details GULLI (RU) 6.0 1 V C SPS/02
18023 - HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND FACTS Details SIMON (PA) 6.0 1 V C SECS-P/04
Free subjects (suggested) credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
06318 - SCIENCE OF FINANCE Details BERRITTELLA (PA) 6.0 1 V D SECS-P/03
11169 - EUROPEAN UNION LABOUR LAW Details NICOLOSI (PO) 6.0 2 V D IUS/07
11739 - OCCUPATIONAL AND ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Details DI STEFANO (PA) 6.0 2 V D M-PSI/06
13938 - ECONOMICS OF THE AGRO-FOOD SYSTEM Details SGROI (PA) 6.0 2 V D AGR/01
Explaination
Term Term/Semester
Val. Valutation: V = mark in 30/30, G = note
(*) Teaching attended in english
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