Liberal Studies in Communication (Classe L-20)-Enrolled from 2021/2022 Academic Year Until 2023/2024 Academic Year

Bachelor

A.Y. 2025/2026

L-20 - Scienze della comunicazione (EN)

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Bachelor

180

ECTS

Access

Limited enrolment with admission test

Years

Milan

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

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

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

This is a capped-enrolment programme, with a total of 250 spaces available.

In order to successfully follow its educational activities, students holding an upper secondary-school diploma must prove Italian language proficiency, good general knowledge and logical skills. These skills will be assessed through an admission test, with a minimum passing score as set out in the call for applications.

ADMISSION ASSESSMENT

Access to the programme is subject to a selection test: TOLC-SU (CISIA Online Test - Humanities), administered by CISIA (Consortium of Inter-University Integrated Access Systems). Candidates can sit for the TOLC-SU test at the University of Milan or any other member university of CISIA.

Two test sessions will be available for admission to the programme: a spring session (100 spaces), and a summer session (150 spaces). The TOLC-SU procedures will be set out in the call for applications to be published on the University website at:
https://www.unimi.it/it/studiare/frequentare-un-corso-di-laurea/iscriversi/iscriversi-una-prima-laurea

Information on the TOLC-SU test is available on the University website at:
https://www.unimi.it/it/studiare/frequentare-un-corso-di-laurea/iscriversi/iscriversi-una-prima-laurea/test-tolc-cisia

ADDITIONAL LEARNING REQUIREMENTS (OFA) AND REMEDIAL ACTIVITIES

Students who achieved an overall score lower than 30/50 in the first three sections and scored less than 18/30 in the "Written comprehension and Italian language proficiency" section will have to fulfil additional learning requirements (OFA). The OFA must be met within the first year of the programme through remedial activities specifically planned by the University. For an overview of remedial activities and any failure to meet the OFA, please visit the programme website.
Further details will be made available in the call for applications on the webpage 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, Holland, Poland and Sweden, 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 university of Stockholm, 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 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

Course attendance is recommended, though not mandatory. However, attendance is required for training activities such as laboratories and internships.

Courses list

Educational Plan

course year not available

First semester

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Aesthetics	9	60	Italian	M-FIL/04
Contemporary History	6	40	Italian	M-STO/04
Literary Communication in Twentieth-Century Italy	9	60	Italian	L-FIL-LET/11
Optional
Film History and Criticism	9	60	Italian	L-ART/06
Media Archaeology	9	60	Italian	L-ART/06

Second semester

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
English	9	60	Italian	L-LIN/12

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	English	NN

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
Media Archaeology	9	60	Italian	First 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
Contemporary Russian Literature	9	60	Italian	First semester	L-LIN/21
Contemporary Spanish Literature	9	60	Spanish	Second semester	L-LIN/05
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 Political Communication (modern and contemporary era)	9	60	Italian	First 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	9	60	Italian	Over several sessions	L-FIL-LET/10
Librarianship	9	60	Italian	First semester	M-STO/08
Musical Dramaturgy	9	60	Italian	First semester	L-ART/07

course year not available

First semester

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Public History	6	40	Italian	M-STO/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
Basic Information Technology for the Humanities	6	40	Italian	INF/01
History of Theatre and Performing Arts	9	60	Italian	L-ART/05
Optional
Administrative and Environment Law	6	40	Italian	IUS/10
Media Law	6	40	Italian	IUS/09

Optional activities and study plan rules

d - 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

e - 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

f - 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 Centro Linguistico d'Ateneo 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
Teaching Workshop: Italian Writing	3	20	Italian	NN

First semester

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Optional
Cultural Anthropology	9	60	Italian	M-DEA/01
Political Economics	9	60	Italian	SECS-P/01
Social and Environmental Psychology	9	60	Italian	M-PSI/05
Theories of Language and the Mind	9	60	Italian	M-FIL/05
Workshop: Business Templates for the Web	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Communication and Sustainability, from Theory to Practice	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Copyright and Artificial Intelligence for the Publishing and Communication Professions	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Corporate and Organizational Communication	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Curator Profession: Conceive, Organize and Communicate an Exhibition of Books and Images	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Fashion and Jewelry: Styles, Meanings and Communication	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Writing	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Groundbreaking (Magazine of Fashion Cultures by Unimi Students)	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Public Policies of Memory and Urban Space: the Case of Milan	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Sports Journalism: Traditional and Digital Media	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Talking About Politics: Editorial Practices Between Current Affairs and Popularization	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Territorial Marketing: Strategies and New Perspectives	3	20	Italian	NN

Second semester

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Italian Language and Communication	9	60	Italian	L-FIL-LET/12
Optional
History of Journalism	9	60	Italian	M-STO/04
History of Radio and Television	9	60	Italian	M-STO/04
Principles of Economics	6	40	Italian	SECS-P/01
Workshop: Advertising Strategy	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Brand Communication Strategies and Techniques: Influencer Marketing, Pr and Storytelling	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Communication and Media Manipulation in Conflicts	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Corporate Communication Models	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Digital Humanities and Web Design	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter: Creating and Filtering Information On Social Media	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: from Courts to the City: Fashion, Bodies, and Power Between the Ancien Régime and Totalitarianism (1760-1945)	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Modernity On the Catwalk: Industries, Identities, and Fashion Cultures from the Postwar Period to the 21st Cen	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Publishing and Digital Communication	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Reporter Profession: Techniques for Telling Stories with Images and Sounds	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: the Cinematographic Language	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: the Job of the Fashion Journalist	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: the Professional Figure of the Editorial Editor	3	20	Italian	NN
Workshop: Writing On the Web	3	20	Italian	NN

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	NN

Optional activities and study plan rules

g - 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	First semester	M-FIL/05

h - 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
Political Economics	9	60	Italian	First semester	SECS-P/01
Principles of Economics	6	40	Italian	Second semester	SECS-P/01
Social and Environmental Psychology	9	60	Italian	First 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 credits) 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
Contemporary Russian Literature	9	60	Italian	First semester	L-LIN/21
Contemporary Spanish Literature	9	60	Spanish	Second semester	L-LIN/05
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 Political Communication (modern and contemporary era)	9	60	Italian	First 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	9	60	Italian	Over several sessions	L-FIL-LET/10
Librarianship	9	60	Italian	First semester	M-STO/08
Musical Dramaturgy	9	60	Italian	First semester	L-ART/07

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 Centro Linguistico d'Ateneo 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
Italian Literature	9	60	Italian	L-FIL-LET/10

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
Contemporary Russian Literature	9	60	Italian	L-LIN/21
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
Librarianship	9	60	Italian	M-STO/08
Musical Dramaturgy	9	60	Italian	L-ART/07

Second semester

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Optional
Archival Studies	9	60	Italian	M-STO/08
Contemporary Spanish Literature	9	60	Spanish	L-LIN/05
English Literature	9	60	Italian	L-LIN/10
History of Contemporary Art	9	60	Italian	L-ART/03
Institutional History of Media	9	60	Italian	SPS/03
Sociology of Communications	6	40	Italian	SPS/08
Theory and Techniques in Advertising and Image	6	40	Italian	SPS/08
Web Communication Theory and Techniques	6	40	Italian	SPS/08