Liberal Studies in Communication (Classe L-20)-Enrolled from 2019/2020 Until 2020/2021

Bachelor

A.Y. 2021/2022

L-20 - Scienze della comunicazione (EN)

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Bachelor

180

ECTS

Access

Limited enrolment with admission test

Years

Milano

Italian

Course objectives

The degree programme in Communication Studies aims to develop theoretical as well as technico-practical skills and to train professionals able to access the world of information and communication. Students will acquire a sound general knowledge in the field of multimedia communication (radio, television, cinema, newspapers, internet, etc.) with specific reference to those communication networks joining aesthetic and philosophical thinking, the sociological and historical tradition and entertainment.

Career and employment

Career:

the competence gained during the course will allow graduate students in Communication Studies to work in various professional fields and perform activities related to the world of communication and public relations;

in particular, the course trains for the positions of magazine and news service collaborator, public relations supervisor, tourism promoter, media buyer, media planner, advertising programmer, public relations executive, sponsorship expert, advertising expert, visualizer, meeting planner, conference planner, party planner, reception planner, professional in charge of conference centre activities or of public relations in sports events, and for other positions in the recreational and cultural services;

after a two-year training period to be spent either attending one of the Order of Journalists Schools or attending acknowledged specialised academic learning courses, and upon passing the National final exam, graduates in Communication Studies can work as professional journalists.

Employment statistics (Almalaurea)

Entry requirements

REQUISITI E CONOSCENZE RICHIESTE PER L'ACCESSO

Il corso di laurea è ad accesso programmato (250 posti assegnati totali).

Al fine di seguirne proficuamente le attività, gli studenti, in possesso di diploma di scuola secondaria superiore, 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 e si intenderanno acquisite con il raggiungimento nella prova stessa della votazione minima indicata nel bando di concorso.

MODALITA' DI VERIFICA DELLE CONOSCENZE E DELLA PREPARAZIONE PERSONALE

Si accede al corso di studio attraverso una prova di selezione. Come prova di selezione è previsto il TOLC-SU (Test OnLine CISIA - Studi Umanistici) del CISIA (Consorzio Interuniversitario Sistemi Integrati per l'Accesso). Il TOLC-SU può essere sostenuto presso Università degli Studi di Milano o in una qualsiasi altra università aderente al CISIA.

Saranno attivate due selezioni per l'ammissione al corso: una prima selezione (primaverile) metterà a disposizione 100 posti, mentre una seconda (estiva) assegnerà i 150 posti restanti. Le modalità di svolgimento del TOLC-SU saranno indicate nel bando di selezione che sarà pubblicato sul sito web d'Ateneo al seguente link:
https://www.unimi.it/it/studiare/frequentare-un-corso-di-laurea/iscriversi/iscriversi-una-prima-laurea

Tutte le informazioni riguardanti il TOLC-SU sono pubblicate sul sito web d'Ateneo al seguente link:
https://www.unimi.it/it/studiare/frequentare-un-corso-di-laurea/iscriversi/iscriversi-una-prima-laurea/test-tolc-cisia

OBBLIGHI FORMATIVI AGGIUNTIVI E MODALITA' PER IL RECUPERO OFA

Agli studenti che abbiano conseguito un punteggio complessivo inferiore a 25/50 nelle prime tre sezioni e che abbiano conseguito un punteggio inferiore a 15/30 nella sezione "Comprensione del testo e conoscenza della lingua italiana" saranno assegnati obblighi formativi aggiuntivi (OFA), volti a colmare le lacune. Gli OFA dovranno essere colmati entro il primo anno di corso mediante attività di recupero appositamente previste dall'Ateneo. Le modalità e gli esiti del mancato assolvimento degli OFA saranno indicate sul sito del corso di laurea.
Maggiori dettagli saranno inoltre resi disponibili sul bando di ammissione pubblicato alla pagina https://www.unimi.it/it/studiare/frequentare-un-corso-di-laurea/iscriversi/iscriversi-una-prima-laurea

Study abroad

Our undergraduate course offers the opportunity to live a learning experience abroad, through the Erasmus Plus Program, for a period of 5-6 months, in various campuses in Spain, France, Germany, Holland, Poland, Sweden, Finland and the UK, with the possibility to either extend or repeat the experience up to 12 months in total. It is addressed to students interested in activities such as attending courses, doing research and writing theses, in academic disciplines that fall within the information and communication sciences, the publishing sciences, the fine arts and performing arts.
In particular, our university has active international cooperation agreements with the universities of Cardiff, Stockholm, Helsinki, all of which offer courses entirely taught in English; with the Spanish universities of Barcelona, Madrid and Zaragoza; with French campuses in Paris, Lille, Montpellier, Le Mans, Avignon; with Wroclaw in Poland; with Heidelberg in Germany and with Rotterdam in Holland.
Exams taken abroad, research activity and dissertations will get credit recognition after agreeing upon a learning plan with the host university. Before leaving, students define a learning agreement according to the exams they intend to take and the activities they will engage in at the partner university, in line with their Italian curriculum.
The undergraduate course also promotes the Erasmus Plus Traineeship Program, which also includes mobility for graduate students (within 12 months of obtaining their degrees) enabling them to visit foreign institutions (to be determined on a case by case basis), for a traineeship period that, upon mutual agreement, will be recognized through university credits and recorded in the 'Europass' document.

Course attendance

La frequenza agli insegnamenti del corso di laurea in Scienze umanistiche per la comunicazione è consigliata, ma non è obbligatoria. Attività formative come laboratori e tirocini prevedono invece una frequenza obbligatoria.

Courses list

Educational Plan

course year not available

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	9	60	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

Open sessions

There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
English Assessment B1 (3 ECTS)	3	0	Italian

Optional activities and study plan rules

a - 9 credits to be acquired in one of the following subjects

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 credits to be acquired in one of the following subjects

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 credits to be acquired in one of the following subjects

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	Second 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 Communication (modern and contemporary era)	9	60	Italian	First semester	SPS/02
History of Political Doctrines	9	60	Italian	Second semester	SPS/02
History of Printing and Publishing	9	60	Italian	First 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	9	60	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
Media Law	6	40	Italian	IUS/09

Optional activities and study plan rules

e - 6 credits to be acquired in one of the following subjects

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 credits to be acquired in one of the following subjects

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 credits to be acquired in free choice courses
3 credits to be acquired in a laboratory or in the verification of knowledge of a second language of the European Union, for which reference is made to Servizio Linguistico dell'Ateneo di Milano (SLAM)

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
Semiotics	9	60	Italian	M-FIL/05
Theories of Language and the Mind	9	60	Italian	M-FIL/05

First 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
Political Economics	6	40	Italian	SECS-P/01

Second semester

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Optional
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
Social and Environmental Psychology	9	60	Italian	M-PSI/05

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 credits to be acquired in one of the following subjects

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	Lesson period	SSD
Semiotics	9	60	Italian	Over several sessions	M-FIL/05
Theories of Language and the Mind	9	60	Italian	Over several sessions	M-FIL/05

h1 - 6 credits to be acquired in one of the following subjects

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	Lesson period	SSD
Cultural Anthropology	9	60	Italian	First 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	Second semester	M-PSI/05

i - 9 credits to be acquired in one of the following subjects

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 credits (9+9) to be acquired from the following subjects, if not already taken.
(Attention: Archivistica, Bibliografia e Biblioteconomia are alternatives to each other; Economia e storia della globalizzazione e Storia economica are alternatives to each other)

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	Second 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 Communication (modern and contemporary era)	9	60	Italian	First semester	SPS/02
History of Political Doctrines	9	60	Italian	Second semester	SPS/02
History of Printing and Publishing	9	60	Italian	First 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 credits to be acquired with an internship
3 credits to be acquired in a laboratory or, if not already taken, in the verification of knowledge of a second language of the European Union, for which reference is made to Servizio Linguistico dell'Ateneo di Milano (SLAM)

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
French Literature	9	60	Italian	L-LIN/03
German Literature	9	60	Italian	L-LIN/13
History of Political Communication (modern and contemporary era)	9	60	Italian	SPS/02
History of Printing and Publishing	9	60	Italian	M-STO/08
Italian Literature	12	80	Italian	L-FIL-LET/10
Librarianship	9	60	Italian	M-STO/08
Teaching Workshop	3	20	Italian
Workshop: News On Social Media: Making and Reading Information Through Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter and Facebook	3	20	Italian
Workshop: Theories and Techniques of Contemporary Storytelling	3	20	Italian

Second semester

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Optional
Administrative and Environment Law	6	40	Italian	IUS/10
Archival Studies	9	60	Italian	M-STO/08
English Literature	9	60	Italian	L-LIN/10
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
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
Theory and Techniques in Advertising and Image	6	40	Italian	SPS/08
Web Communication Theory and Techniques	6	40	Italian	SPS/08
Workshop: Advertising Strategy	3	20	Italian
Workshop: Business Templates for the Web	3	20	Italian
Workshop: the Cinematographic Language	3	20	Italian
Workshop: Web Tv and Web Radio	3	20	Italian