Computer Science for New Media Communications
Computer Science for New Media Communications
Course sheet
A.Y. 2024/2025
Bachelor
L-31 - Computer science
The objectives of the degree programme in Computer Science for New Media Communication are, on the one hand, to provide a solid basic and methodological knowledge in the areas of computer and mathematical sciences and on the other to provide a good mastery of methodologies and technologies of communication and information and their use in the creation, integration and maintenance of high-tech environments for the dissemination of professional, scientific, cultural and entertainment contents. In addition, the programme offers adequate preparation for the different application areas of the discipline (web, cinema, photography, publishing, television, new media). The degree programme is structured with a common trunk, which then branches in two curricula ("Y" shape), aimed at creating professionals with different skills: one on the web and mobile computing, the other on multimedia. The two paths share a broad common basis that preserves the uniqueness of the programme, allowing crossing between the paths and ensuring the homogeneity and cultural coherence of the graduates.
The working environments in which the graduate in Computer Science for Digital Communication can be inserted are: industry and services for cultural productions (Web, publishing, radio, cinema, television, new media), services for business communication, services for political-social communication, advertising companies, public and private companies.
In these fields, the graduate in Computer Science for Digital Communication will be able to deal with problems connected to the following activities:
- Management of the production and distribution chain of multimedia digital content
- digital and multi-channel publishing
- mobile and distributed applications
- cloud computing
- communication support based on multimedia digital technology
- planning and evaluation of communication via the Web
- acquisition, compression, coding and transmission of multimedia information
- integration of software systems and homogenization of distributed sources, Web and multimedia
- experts in graphics and digital photography
- technical experts of audiovisual productions
- development and testing of interfaces and intelligent user interfaces
- programming of basic and dedicated IT systems
Professional profiles
Technician in information technology for communication via networks and mobile devices.
Function in a working context:
The course trains experts capable of carrying out professional and/or research activities with functions of high responsibility theoretical-practical planning in the fields of communication mediated by the machine and its connection on the network;
professionals with high theoretical and applied skills for the design and development of distributed and innovative IT systems such as mobile telephony, mobile and embedded devices, web applications and services such as digital marketing, e-government, e-learning, cloud computing, design and management of online social interaction environments.
Skills associated with the function:
The graduates are professionals capable of designing distributed systems, advanced applications for the web to support humanistic and social skills, and to analyze data deriving from distributed applications and their social and economic implications.
Employment opportunities:
Highly specialized technical professions related to the web, distributed systems and networks in general, for the development of professional computing applications, for the entertainment and for the social interactions. These figures can find work in the public administration, industry, the tertiary sector and various types of research bodies.
Technician of methodologies of communication and interaction through multimedia applications
Function in a working context:
The professions included in this category operate, at a design, research, technical and creative level, in the various fields of the communication and interaction fields, using multimedia information (images, audio, video, data). Such professions can operate in the radio-television, cinematographic, photographic, web, visual communication and advertising, art, music and entertainment events, video games, interface development.
Skills associated with the function:
The graduates are professional figures capable of understanding the technological aspects of new media and of managing their contents in appropriate manner; also they can be managers and innovators in the area of communication through the use of multimedia information. In fact, the effective planning and management of new digital media - web, television, cinema, photography, digital publishing, multimedia productions, etc. - requires multidisciplinary skills from heterogeneous cultural areas with a common base in the IT aspects to support these disciplines.
Employment opportunities:
The graduates carry out highly specialized professional activities in the field of communication on new media, such as the web, radio, television and digital cinema, post-production, photography, audiovisual and advertising communication, and computer graphics technologies, augmented and virtual reality, advanced and 3D visualization, computer-mediated communication tools, development of interfaces and natural interaction processes with machines.
Employment statistics (Almalaurea)
In these fields, the graduate in Computer Science for Digital Communication will be able to deal with problems connected to the following activities:
- Management of the production and distribution chain of multimedia digital content
- digital and multi-channel publishing
- mobile and distributed applications
- cloud computing
- communication support based on multimedia digital technology
- planning and evaluation of communication via the Web
- acquisition, compression, coding and transmission of multimedia information
- integration of software systems and homogenization of distributed sources, Web and multimedia
- experts in graphics and digital photography
- technical experts of audiovisual productions
- development and testing of interfaces and intelligent user interfaces
- programming of basic and dedicated IT systems
Professional profiles
Technician in information technology for communication via networks and mobile devices.
Function in a working context:
The course trains experts capable of carrying out professional and/or research activities with functions of high responsibility theoretical-practical planning in the fields of communication mediated by the machine and its connection on the network;
professionals with high theoretical and applied skills for the design and development of distributed and innovative IT systems such as mobile telephony, mobile and embedded devices, web applications and services such as digital marketing, e-government, e-learning, cloud computing, design and management of online social interaction environments.
Skills associated with the function:
The graduates are professionals capable of designing distributed systems, advanced applications for the web to support humanistic and social skills, and to analyze data deriving from distributed applications and their social and economic implications.
Employment opportunities:
Highly specialized technical professions related to the web, distributed systems and networks in general, for the development of professional computing applications, for the entertainment and for the social interactions. These figures can find work in the public administration, industry, the tertiary sector and various types of research bodies.
Technician of methodologies of communication and interaction through multimedia applications
Function in a working context:
The professions included in this category operate, at a design, research, technical and creative level, in the various fields of the communication and interaction fields, using multimedia information (images, audio, video, data). Such professions can operate in the radio-television, cinematographic, photographic, web, visual communication and advertising, art, music and entertainment events, video games, interface development.
Skills associated with the function:
The graduates are professional figures capable of understanding the technological aspects of new media and of managing their contents in appropriate manner; also they can be managers and innovators in the area of communication through the use of multimedia information. In fact, the effective planning and management of new digital media - web, television, cinema, photography, digital publishing, multimedia productions, etc. - requires multidisciplinary skills from heterogeneous cultural areas with a common base in the IT aspects to support these disciplines.
Employment opportunities:
The graduates carry out highly specialized professional activities in the field of communication on new media, such as the web, radio, television and digital cinema, post-production, photography, audiovisual and advertising communication, and computer graphics technologies, augmented and virtual reality, advanced and 3D visualization, computer-mediated communication tools, development of interfaces and natural interaction processes with machines.
Employment statistics (Almalaurea)
The education program can be enriched by educational activities abroad both to deepen some topics and as socialization experience in international environments. Within the Erasmus+ program study periods can be taken in over 50 universities in Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey. Courses will be recognized in the personalized study plan. These periods abroad are typically 5-month long and include courses for about 30 CFU, in the area of information and communication technology and related applications. Recognition of these educational activities will be based on the Learning Agreement, to be defined in advance by the student and the Erasmus coordinator at the Computer Science Department before starting the period abroad: course in the learning agreement with passed exams will replace the educational activities of the study plan ("manifesto"), either by covering the same topics or complementing the acquired basic competences. The Erasmus Committee at the Computer Science Department will perform the recognition of CFU obtained abroad and the definition of the personalized study plan. Similarly, stages to prepare the final dissertation are allowed in the same foreign universities. Recognition will be performed by the Department Erasmus Committee.
Erasmus: the coordinator for the Department of Informatics is Prof. Fabio Scotti
International Programs: the coordinator for the Department of Informatics is Prof. Vincenzo Piuri.
More information are available at the following link: http://www.di.unimi.it/ecm/home/didattica/international-studies
Erasmus: the coordinator for the Department of Informatics is Prof. Fabio Scotti
International Programs: the coordinator for the Department of Informatics is Prof. Vincenzo Piuri.
More information are available at the following link: http://www.di.unimi.it/ecm/home/didattica/international-studies
Attendance is strongly recommended for both courses and laboratories.
Enrolment
Qualifications and knowledge required for admission
In order to be admitted to the Bachelor's degree programme in Computer science for new media communications, you must have e high-school diploma or equivalent foreign qualification pursuant to Ministerial Decree no. 270 of 22 October 2004.
Admission assessment
Admission is capped in order to meet high-quality teaching standards relative to the available resources. Therefore, you will have to take a TOLC - CISIA Online Test before enrolling. There are 150 places available for the first year of the programme.
You may sit for the TOLC test at the University of Milan or any other member university of CISIA (Consortium of Inter-University Integrated Access Systems). Register to the TOLC test on the CISIA website (https://www.cisiaonline.it/).
The test providing access to the degree programme is TOLC-S, consisting of the following sections: Basic mathematics (20 questions - 50 minutes), Reasoning and Problems (10 questions - 20 minutes), Reading comprehension (10 questions - 20 minutes), Basic sciences (chemistry, physics and geology - 10 questions - 20 minutes).
Each question has 5 answer options, of which only one is correct.
Score: +1 for a correct answer, -0.25 for a wrong answer, 0 for a no answer.
Students who take the TOLC-S test and apply for admission to the programme will be included in a merit ranking based on the test score. The score will be weighted, for each section, according to the criteria set out in the call for applications. The winners may enrol within the deadlines.
The selection is divided into several time windows beginning in February and ending in early September.
Students who have not achieved at least 10 points in the Basics mathematics module will have to fulfil additional learning requirements (OFA).
The TOLC test includes an additional English section, consisting of 30 questions to be answered in 15 minutes. This section does not count toward the overall test score.
Detailed information, registration procedures, dates, deadlines and other information are published in the
call for applications and at the following addresses:
https://www.unimi.it/en/study/enrolment
https://www.unimi.it/en/study/bachelor-and-master-study/degree-programme-enrolment/enrolment-first-degree-programme
Remedial activities and tests.
Students with additional learning requirements will have to carry out remedial activities in the period October-December,
and then take a test to prove they have filled their gaps. Otherwise, they may not take any second-year exams before passing the Continuum mathematics exam.
For information: https://icd.cdl.unimi.it/it/studiare/le-matricole
Transfers and second degrees
Students who are already enrolled in a degree programme of the University of Milan or another University, as well as graduates, will be waived from the test requirement only if they meet the following requirements, based on academic records assessments:
- if, following academic records assessments, the student is awarded at least 30 credits of which 12 for Continuum Mathematics, he/she will be admitted to Year II with a waiver from the test requirement and with no additional learning requirements (OFA);
- if the student is awarded less than 30 credits, he/she student must register for the test.
To this end, they will have to submit a specific request for prior assessment of their academic records using the online service as shown in the call for applications.
These candidates must provide a full transcript of records (listing exams, subject areas, credits, grades) and attach the course syllabi. For more details, please refer to the call for applications.
The application for academic records assessment must be submitted within the deadline stated in the call for applications.
The assessment outcome will be notified by email by the date stated in the call.
Students admitted to years subsequent to the first must enrol in compliance with the deadlines and procedures specified in the call for applications.
Students admitted to the first year will be required to take the test and register for the call.
In order to be admitted to the Bachelor's degree programme in Computer science for new media communications, you must have e high-school diploma or equivalent foreign qualification pursuant to Ministerial Decree no. 270 of 22 October 2004.
Admission assessment
Admission is capped in order to meet high-quality teaching standards relative to the available resources. Therefore, you will have to take a TOLC - CISIA Online Test before enrolling. There are 150 places available for the first year of the programme.
You may sit for the TOLC test at the University of Milan or any other member university of CISIA (Consortium of Inter-University Integrated Access Systems). Register to the TOLC test on the CISIA website (https://www.cisiaonline.it/).
The test providing access to the degree programme is TOLC-S, consisting of the following sections: Basic mathematics (20 questions - 50 minutes), Reasoning and Problems (10 questions - 20 minutes), Reading comprehension (10 questions - 20 minutes), Basic sciences (chemistry, physics and geology - 10 questions - 20 minutes).
Each question has 5 answer options, of which only one is correct.
Score: +1 for a correct answer, -0.25 for a wrong answer, 0 for a no answer.
Students who take the TOLC-S test and apply for admission to the programme will be included in a merit ranking based on the test score. The score will be weighted, for each section, according to the criteria set out in the call for applications. The winners may enrol within the deadlines.
The selection is divided into several time windows beginning in February and ending in early September.
Students who have not achieved at least 10 points in the Basics mathematics module will have to fulfil additional learning requirements (OFA).
The TOLC test includes an additional English section, consisting of 30 questions to be answered in 15 minutes. This section does not count toward the overall test score.
Detailed information, registration procedures, dates, deadlines and other information are published in the
call for applications and at the following addresses:
https://www.unimi.it/en/study/enrolment
https://www.unimi.it/en/study/bachelor-and-master-study/degree-programme-enrolment/enrolment-first-degree-programme
Remedial activities and tests.
Students with additional learning requirements will have to carry out remedial activities in the period October-December,
and then take a test to prove they have filled their gaps. Otherwise, they may not take any second-year exams before passing the Continuum mathematics exam.
For information: https://icd.cdl.unimi.it/it/studiare/le-matricole
Transfers and second degrees
Students who are already enrolled in a degree programme of the University of Milan or another University, as well as graduates, will be waived from the test requirement only if they meet the following requirements, based on academic records assessments:
- if, following academic records assessments, the student is awarded at least 30 credits of which 12 for Continuum Mathematics, he/she will be admitted to Year II with a waiver from the test requirement and with no additional learning requirements (OFA);
- if the student is awarded less than 30 credits, he/she student must register for the test.
To this end, they will have to submit a specific request for prior assessment of their academic records using the online service as shown in the call for applications.
These candidates must provide a full transcript of records (listing exams, subject areas, credits, grades) and attach the course syllabi. For more details, please refer to the call for applications.
The application for academic records assessment must be submitted within the deadline stated in the call for applications.
The assessment outcome will be notified by email by the date stated in the call.
Students admitted to years subsequent to the first must enrol in compliance with the deadlines and procedures specified in the call for applications.
Students admitted to the first year will be required to take the test and register for the call.
Places available: 150 + 5 reserved for non-EU citizens
Call for applications
Please refer to the call for admission test dates and contents, and how to register.
Session: 1
Application for admission: from 14/03/2024 to 30/05/2024
Application for matriculation: from 06/06/2024 to 20/06/2024
Session: 2
Application for admission: from 24/06/2024 to 15/07/2024
Application for matriculation: from 18/07/2024 to 01/08/2024
Session: 3
Application for admission: from 05/08/2024 to 12/09/2024
Application for matriculation: from 18/09/2024 to 25/09/2024
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Programme description and courses list
First semester
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Computer Programming | 12 | 120 | Italian | INF/01 |
| Continuum Mathematics | 12 | 112 | Italian | MAT/01 MAT/02 MAT/03 MAT/04 MAT/05 MAT/06 MAT/07 MAT/08 MAT/09 |
| Human-Computer Interaction | 6 | 48 | Italian | INF/01 |
Second semester
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Computer Architecture | 6 | 48 | Italian | INF/01 |
| Digital Marketing | 9 | 72 | Italian | SECS-P/08 |
| Information Technology Law | 6 | 48 | Italian | IUS/20 |
| Mathematical Methods for Digital Communication | 6 | 48 | Italian | MAT/01 MAT/02 MAT/03 MAT/04 MAT/05 MAT/06 MAT/07 MAT/08 MAT/09 |
Open sessions
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| English Assessment B1 (3 ECTS) | 3 | 0 | English | |
First semester
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Algorithms and Data Structures | 6 | 48 | Italian | INF/01 |
| Computer Networks | 6 | 48 | Italian | INF/01 |
| Computer Programming Ii | 6 | 64 | Italian | INF/01 |
| Operating Systems | 6 | 48 | Italian | INF/01 |
| Web and Cloud Applications | 6 | 64 | Italian | INF/01 |
Second semester
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Databases and Web | 12 | 120 | Italian | INF/01 |
| Signal Processing | 6 | 60 | Italian | INF/01 |
| Statistics and Data Analysis | 6 | 60 | Italian | INF/01 |
| Optional | ||||
| Computer Graphics | 6 | 48 | Italian | INF/01 |
| Fundamentals of Digital Social Media | 6 | 48 | Italian | INF/01 |
Optional activities and study plan rules
1 - Students must acquire 6 credits by choosing the teaching related to one of the following two courses:
- Digital social media foundations for the "Social and Mobile Computing" path;
- Computer Graphics for the "Multimedia" path.
- Digital social media foundations for the "Social and Mobile Computing" path;
- Computer Graphics for the "Multimedia" path.
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Graphics | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | INF/01 |
| Fundamentals of Digital Social Media | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | INF/01 |
First semester
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Principles and Models of Perception | 6 | 48 | Italian | M-PSI/01 |
| Optional | ||||
| Mobile Computing | 9 | 96 | Italian | INF/01 |
| Multimedia Information | 12 | 96 | Italian | INF/01 |
Second semester
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optional | ||||
| Multimedia Project | 9 | 72 | Italian | INF/01 |
| Social Media Mining | 12 | 120 | Italian | INF/01 |
Conclusive activities
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Professional Stages | 18 | 0 | Italian | |
| Final Exam | 3 | 0 | Italian | |
Optional activities and study plan rules
2 - Students will have to acquire 21 credits, following the teachings of the chosen course:
- "Social and Mobile Computing" path (Table A);
- "Multimedia" path (Table B).
- "Social and Mobile Computing" path (Table A);
- "Multimedia" path (Table B).
3 - TABLE A.
Optional activities (Social and Mobile Computing path)
Optional activities (Social and Mobile Computing path)
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile Computing | 9 | 96 | Italian | First semester | INF/01 |
| Social Media Mining | 12 | 120 | Italian | Second semester | INF/01 |
4 - TABLE B.
Optional activities (Multimedia path)
Optional activities (Multimedia path)
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multimedia Information | 12 | 96 | Italian | First semester | INF/01 |
| Multimedia Project | 9 | 72 | Italian | Second semester | INF/01 |
The compulsory prerequisites between the courses are as follows:
Prescribed foundation courses
| Learning activity | Prescribed foundation courses |
|---|---|
| Algorithms and Data Structures | Computer Programming (compulsory) |
| Computer Programming Ii | Computer Programming (compulsory) |
| Databases and Web | Computer Programming (compulsory) |
| Signal Processing | Continuum Mathematics (compulsory), Mathematical Methods for Digital Communication (compulsory) |
| Statistics and Data Analysis | Continuum Mathematics (compulsory) |
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Location
Milan
Course locations
IT course venues: via Celoria 18 - Milan.
Other course venues: Teaching sector, via Celoria 20; Teaching sector, via Golgi 19; Teaching sector, via
Venezian 15.
Other course venues: Teaching sector, via Celoria 20; Teaching sector, via Golgi 19; Teaching sector, via
Venezian 15.
Laboratory locations
Computer laboratory (Silab) at the Department of Computer Science, via Celoria 18, Milan.
Head of study programme
Academic guidance tutor
Quality Assurance Delegate
Reference structures
Contacts
- Course management
via Celoria 18, Milano
http://www.di.unimi.it/ecm/home/organizzazione/strutture-e-servizi/segreteria-didattica
https://informastudenti.unimi.it/saw/ess?AUTH=SAML
+390250316250/252
Physical help desk: Wednesday 2 pm to 4 pm / Phone help desk: Thursday 9.30 am to 12.30 pm - Study Plan Board
via Celoria 18, Milano
http://www.di.unimi.it/ecm/home/organizzazione/organi-di-governo/altre-commissioni - [email protected]
via Celoria 18, Milano
https://www.unimi.it/en/node/359/
+390250325032
https://www.unimi.it/en/node/360/ - Career Guidance Board
via Celoria 18, Milano
http://www.di.unimi.it/ecm/home/organizzazione/organi-di-governo/altre-commissioni
[email protected] - Student Orientation Board
via Celoria 18, Milano
http://www.di.unimi.it/ecm/home/organizzazione/organi-di-governo/altre-commissioni
[email protected] - Internship and Bachelor's Degree Thesis Board
via Celoria 18, Milano
http://www.di.unimi.it/ecm/home/organizzazione/organi-di-governo/altre-commissioni
[email protected] - Erasmus and International Student Board
via Celoria 18, Milano
http://www.di.unimi.it/ecm/home/organizzazione/organi-di-governo/altre-commissioni
[email protected] - Programme Transfer Board
via Celoria 18, Milano
http://www.di.unimi.it/ecm/home/organizzazione/organi-di-governo/altre-commissioni
[email protected] - Student representatives
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The tuition fees for students enrolled in Bachelor's, Master's and single-cycle degree programmes are divided into two instalments with different calculation methods and payment schedules:
- The amount of the first instalment is the same for all students
- The amount of the second instalment varies according to the ISEE University value, the degree programme and the student status (on track / off track for one year or off track for more than a year)
- An additional fee is due for online programmes
The University also offers:
- Concessions for students meeting high merit requirements
- Diversified tuition fees according to the student's home country for international students with assets/income abroad
- Concessions for international students with refugee status
Scholarships and benefits
The University provides a range of financial benefits to students meeting special requirements (merit, financial or personal conditions, international students).
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