Liberal Studies in Communication (Classe L-20)-Enrolled from 2014/2015
Il corso di laurea in Scienze umanistiche per la comunicazione ha la finalità di far acquisire competenze teoriche e tecnico-pratiche volte alla formazione di figure professionali in grado di inserirsi nel mondo dell'informazione e della comunicazione, garantendo in particolare l'acquisizione di solide, anche se non specialistiche, conoscenze nei campi della comunicazione multimediale (radio, televisione, cinema, giornali, internet, ecc.), con specifico riferimento alle reti comunicative connesse alla riflessione estetico-filosofica, al linguaggio, alle tradizioni storico-sociali, allo spettacolo.
In particolare il corso prepara alle professioni di collaboratori di agenzia di stampa, collaboratori di periodici, addetti alle relazioni pubbliche, esperti di promozione turistica, media buyer, media planner, organizzatori traffico nelle agenzie di pubblicità, programmatori di pubblicità, public relations executive, tecnici di sponsorizzazioni, tecnici pubblicitari, visualizer, meeting planner, organizzatori di convegni, organizzatori di feste, organizzatori di ricevimenti, party manager, responsabili centro congressi, responsabili delle relazioni per le manifestazioni sportive, altre professioni intermedie nei servizi ricreativi e culturali.
A seguito di un periodo di praticantato della durata di due anni, da svolgere presso scuole dell'Ordine dei Giornalisti o nell'ambito di appositi percorsi formativi universitari riconosciuti, e previo superamento dell'esame di Stato, i laureati in Scienze umanistiche per la comunicazione possono svolgere la professione di giornalisti.
Employment statistics (Almalaurea)
A seguito di un periodo di praticantato della durata di due anni, da svolgere presso scuole dell'Ordine dei Giornalisti o nell'ambito di appositi percorsi formativi universitari riconosciuti, e previo superamento dell'esame di Stato, i laureati in Scienze umanistiche per la comunicazione possono svolgere la professione di giornalisti.
Employment statistics (Almalaurea)
Per poter accedere al corso di laurea, al fine di seguirne proficuamente le attività, gli studenti, in possesso di diploma di scuola secondaria di secondo grado o di altro titolo di studi conseguito all'estero riconosciuto idoneo, devono dimostrare di possedere buona conoscenza della lingua italiana, di avere un buon livello di cultura generale e capacità logiche. Tali conoscenze saranno verificate attraverso un test di ammissione.
Our program offers the opportunity to live a learning experience abroad, of a period from 5 to 10 months, in various campuses in Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, Finland and the U.K. It is addressed to students interested in activities such as attending courses, doing research or dissertation writing in academic disciplines that fall within the information and communication sciences, the publishing sciences, the fine arts and performing arts.
In particular, this university has active international cooperation agreements with the Universities of Cardiff, Stockholm, Helsinki, which offer courses entirely taught in English; cooperation agreements with the Spanish universities of Barcelona, Madrid and Zaragoza and with many French campuses in Paris as well as in Lille, in Montpellier, Le Mans, Avignon; and with Heidelberg University, Germany. The course is also active in the Erasmus Plus-Placement programme, which includes mobility also for graduate students (within 12 months since they have obtained their degrees).
Exams taken abroad, research activity and dissertations get credit recognition after a curriculum is agreed upon with the host university. Before leaving, students define a Learning agreement plan according to the exams they intend to take and the activities they are going to do at the partner university, in line with their Italian curriculum.
In particular, this university has active international cooperation agreements with the Universities of Cardiff, Stockholm, Helsinki, which offer courses entirely taught in English; cooperation agreements with the Spanish universities of Barcelona, Madrid and Zaragoza and with many French campuses in Paris as well as in Lille, in Montpellier, Le Mans, Avignon; and with Heidelberg University, Germany. The course is also active in the Erasmus Plus-Placement programme, which includes mobility also for graduate students (within 12 months since they have obtained their degrees).
Exams taken abroad, research activity and dissertations get credit recognition after a curriculum is agreed upon with the host university. Before leaving, students define a Learning agreement plan according to the exams they intend to take and the activities they are going to do at the partner university, in line with their Italian curriculum.
Courses list
First semester
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Compulsory | ||||
Contemporary History | 12 | 80 | Italian | M-STO/04 |
Optional | ||||
Film History and Criticism | 9 | 60 | Italian | L-ART/06 |
Second semester
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Compulsory | ||||
Basic Information Technology for the Humanities | 6 | 40 | Italian | INF/01 |
English | 6 | 40 | Italian | L-LIN/12 |
History of Theatre and Performing Arts | 9 | 60 | Italian | L-ART/05 |
Optional | ||||
Theory and Analysis of Cinematographic Language | 9 | 60 | Italian | L-ART/06 |
Optional activities and study plan rules
a - 9 CFU da acquisire in una delle seguenti materie
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Film History and Criticism | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | L-ART/06 |
Theory and Analysis of Cinematographic Language | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | L-ART/06 |
b - 6 CFU da acquisire in una delle seguenti materie
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Communications Theory and Techniques in Journalism | 6 | 40 | Italian | First semester | SPS/08 |
Sociology of Communications | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | SPS/08 |
Theory and Techniques in Advertising and Image | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | SPS/08 |
Web Communication Theory and Techniques | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | SPS/08 |
c - 6 CFU da acquisire in una delle seguenti materie
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archival Studies | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | M-STO/08 |
Bibliography | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | M-STO/08 |
Economic History | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | SECS-P/12 |
Economics and History of Globalization | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | SECS-P/12 |
English Literature | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | L-LIN/10 |
French Literature | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | L-LIN/03 |
German Literature | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | L-LIN/13 |
History of Contemporary Art | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | L-ART/03 |
History of Modern and Contemporary Music | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | L-ART/07 |
History of Political Doctrines | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | SPS/02 |
History of Printing and Publishing | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | M-STO/08 |
Institutional History of Media | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | SPS/03 |
Italian Literature | 12 | 80 | Italian | First semester | L-FIL-LET/10 |
Librarianship | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | M-STO/08 |
Poetics and Rhetoric | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | M-FIL/04 |
First semester
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Compulsory | ||||
Aesthetics | 9 | 60 | Italian | M-FIL/04 |
Theoretical Linguistics | 12 | 80 | Italian | L-LIN/01 |
Optional | ||||
Constitutional Law | 6 | 40 | Italian | IUS/09 |
Second semester
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Compulsory | ||||
Literary Communication in Twentieth-Century Italy | 9 | 60 | Italian | L-FIL-LET/11 |
Optional | ||||
Administrative and Environment Law | 6 | 40 | Italian | IUS/10 |
Media Law | 6 | 40 | Italian | IUS/09 |
Optional activities and study plan rules
e - 6 CFU da acquisire in una delle seguenti materie
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Administrative and Environment Law | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | IUS/10 |
Constitutional Law | 6 | 40 | Italian | First semester | IUS/09 |
Media Law | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | IUS/09 |
f - 6 CFU da acquisire in una delle seguenti materie
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Communications Theory and Techniques in Journalism | 6 | 40 | Italian | First semester | SPS/08 |
Sociology of Communications | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | SPS/08 |
Theory and Techniques in Advertising and Image | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | SPS/08 |
Web Communication Theory and Techniques | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | SPS/08 |
g - 12 CFU da acquisire in insegnamenti a scelta libera
Over several sessions
These activities are scheduled over several sessions. Please refer to course overviews for details.
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Optional | ||||
Theories of Language and the Mind | 9 | 60 | Italian | M-FIL/05 |
First semester
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Optional | ||||
Political Economics | 6 | 40 | Italian | SECS-P/01 |
Semiotics | 9 | 60 | Italian | M-FIL/05 |
Social and Environmental Psychology | 9 | 60 | Italian | M-PSI/05 |
Second semester
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Compulsory | ||||
Italian Language and Communication | 9 | 60 | Italian | L-FIL-LET/12 |
Optional | ||||
Cultural Anthropology | 9 | 60 | Italian | M-DEA/01 |
Economic Institutions | 6 | 40 | Italian | SECS-P/01 |
History of Journalism | 9 | 60 | Italian | M-STO/04 |
History of Radio and Television | 9 | 60 | Italian | M-STO/04 |
Conclusive activities
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Compulsory | ||||
Final Exam | 9 | 0 | Italian |
Optional activities and study plan rules
h - 9 CFU da acquisire in una delle seguenti materie:
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Semiotics | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | M-FIL/05 |
Theories of Language and the Mind | 9 | 60 | Italian | Over several sessions | M-FIL/05 |
h1 - 6 CFU da acquisire in una delle seguenti materie
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cultural Anthropology | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | M-DEA/01 |
Economic Institutions | 6 | 40 | Italian | Second semester | SECS-P/01 |
Political Economics | 6 | 40 | Italian | First semester | SECS-P/01 |
Social and Environmental Psychology | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | M-PSI/05 |
i - 9 CFU da acquisire in una delle seguenti materie
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
History of Journalism | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | M-STO/04 |
History of Radio and Television | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | M-STO/04 |
l - 18 CFU (9+9) da acquisire tra le seguenti materie, ove non già sostenute.
(Attenzione: Archivistica, Bibliografia e Biblioteconomia sono tra loro in alternativa; Economia e storia della globalizzazione e Storia economica sono tra loro in alternativa)
(Attenzione: Archivistica, Bibliografia e Biblioteconomia sono tra loro in alternativa; Economia e storia della globalizzazione e Storia economica sono tra loro in alternativa)
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archival Studies | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | M-STO/08 |
Bibliography | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | M-STO/08 |
Economic History | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | SECS-P/12 |
Economics and History of Globalization | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | SECS-P/12 |
English Literature | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | L-LIN/10 |
French Literature | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | L-LIN/03 |
German Literature | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | L-LIN/13 |
History of Contemporary Art | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | L-ART/03 |
History of Modern and Contemporary Music | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | L-ART/07 |
History of Political Doctrines | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | SPS/02 |
History of Printing and Publishing | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | M-STO/08 |
Institutional History of Media | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | SPS/03 |
Italian Literature | 12 | 80 | Italian | First semester | L-FIL-LET/10 |
Librarianship | 9 | 60 | Italian | First semester | M-STO/08 |
Poetics and Rhetoric | 9 | 60 | Italian | Second semester | M-FIL/04 |
m - 3 CFU da acquisire con uno stage
First semester
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Optional | ||||
Bibliography | 9 | 60 | Italian | M-STO/08 |
Communications Theory and Techniques in Journalism | 6 | 40 | Italian | SPS/08 |
Economic History | 9 | 60 | Italian | SECS-P/12 |
Economics and History of Globalization | 9 | 60 | Italian | SECS-P/12 |
English Literature | 9 | 60 | Italian | L-LIN/10 |
French Literature | 9 | 60 | Italian | L-LIN/03 |
German Literature | 9 | 60 | Italian | L-LIN/13 |
Italian Literature | 12 | 80 | Italian | L-FIL-LET/10 |
Laboratory | 3 | 20 | Italian | |
Librarianship | 9 | 60 | Italian | M-STO/08 |
Second semester
Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Optional | ||||
Archival Studies | 9 | 60 | Italian | M-STO/08 |
History of Contemporary Art | 9 | 60 | Italian | L-ART/03 |
History of Modern and Contemporary Music | 9 | 60 | Italian | L-ART/07 |
History of Political Doctrines | 9 | 60 | Italian | SPS/02 |
History of Printing and Publishing | 9 | 60 | Italian | M-STO/08 |
Institutional History of Media | 9 | 60 | Italian | SPS/03 |
Poetics and Rhetoric | 9 | 60 | Italian | M-FIL/04 |
Sociology of Communications | 6 | 40 | Italian | SPS/08 |
Teaching Workshop | 3 | 20 | Italian | |
Teaching Workshop | 3 | 20 | Italian | |
Teaching Workshop | 3 | 20 | Italian | |
Teaching Workshop | 3 | 20 | Italian | |
Teaching Workshop | 3 | 20 | Italian | |
Theory and Techniques in Advertising and Image | 6 | 40 | Italian | SPS/08 |
Web Communication Theory and Techniques | 6 | 40 | Italian | SPS/08 |
Laboratory | 3 | 20 | Italian |
Optional activities and study plan rules
d - Lo studente è tenuto ad acquisire:
- 3 CFU con un laboratorio
- 3 CFU con l'accertamento di lingua italiana (Laboratorio di scrittura italiana)
- 3 CFU con l'accertamento della conoscenza di una seconda lingua dell'Unione Europea (oltre all'inglese, la cui conoscenza è accertata tramite esame, per il quale si rinvia al Servizio Linguistico dell'Ateneo di Milano (SLAM).
- 3 CFU con un laboratorio
- 3 CFU con l'accertamento di lingua italiana (Laboratorio di scrittura italiana)
- 3 CFU con l'accertamento della conoscenza di una seconda lingua dell'Unione Europea (oltre all'inglese, la cui conoscenza è accertata tramite esame, per il quale si rinvia al Servizio Linguistico dell'Ateneo di Milano (SLAM).
Course location
Milano
Presidente del Collegio Didattico
Prof.ssa Lodovica Braida
Docenti tutor
Proff. Irene Piazzoni, Mario Piotti, Silvia Salvatici
Reference structures
Contacts
- Referenti del corso
Proff. Lodovica Braida, Luca Clerici, Marco Cuzzi - Sedi didattiche
Via Festa del Perdono, 7; Via Noto, 8 - Sito del corso di laurea
http://scienzeumanistichecomunicazione.ariel.ctu.unimi.it/v3/home/PreviewArea.aspx - Sito del Dipartimento di Studi Storici
http://www.studistorici.unimi.it/ecm/home/ - IMMATRICOLAZIONI E AMMISSIONI
https://www.unimi.it/it/studiare/frequentare-un-corso-di-laurea/iscriversi/iscriversi-una-prima-laurea
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