Applying Knowledge and Understanding
Learning Area: Theoretical-Methodological
By the end of the course, graduates will be able to:
- Use essential tools for informed historical, anthropological, and philosophical analysis;
- Conduct field research by applying data collection and analysis techniques, and communicate the results obtained;
- Identify connections, developments, continuities, and transformations in long-term historical and philosophical processes;
- Recognize the major themes and issues that have guided European historiographical research;
- Critically discuss the main currents of anthropological and philosophical thought.
Learning Area: Non-European Historical-Cultural
By the end of the course, graduates will be able to:
- Apply acquired skills to conduct comparative analysis between cultures;
- Examine issues related to social change, cultural mediation, and socio-religious plurality;
- Critically assess textual, artistic, and archaeological documentation from the regions studied.
Learning Area: Historical-Religious
By the end of the course, graduates will be able to:
- Place religious phenomena within their specific historical and cultural contexts;
- Investigate critically the relationships between these systems and the political-identity phenomena in contemporary societies;
- Analyze religious phenomena and their history with analytical and critical tools, rather than just descriptive ones.
Learning Area: Linguistic and Cultural
By the end of the course, graduates will be able to:
- Use at least one European language or, where applicable, a non-European language in written and spoken form;
- Read historiographical, religious, and anthropological texts in a language other than Italian.
Judgment Skills
Graduates will be able to:
- Critically evaluate different types of sources and organize printed or digital materials, including those in their original languages, related to their area of study;
- Independently conduct bibliographic and documentary research;
- Collect and analyze ethnographic, historical, and religious data, with particular focus on historical dynamics and social transformations;
- Critically interpret material and immaterial heritage of historical-artistic and demoethnoanthropological significance.
Assessment Methods
Judgment skills will be assessed through exercises, seminars, internship experiences, preparation of papers, and exams. The preparation of the final thesis will be the main assessment moment for evaluating the graduate’s judgment skills.
Communication Skills
Graduates will be able to:
- Engage in communication across various registers, depending on the religious, cultural, and social contexts they interact with;
- Collaborate effectively within diverse teams and working groups;
- Communicate both orally and in writing, adapting their communication style to different audiences;
- Apply editorial and publishing skills effectively;
- Express themselves in at least one European language and, where applicable, have passive competence in a non-European language.
The acquisition of the four language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) and mandatory class attendance may be required, with specific criteria determined throughout the Programme, in line with academic guidelines, particularly for French, English, Spanish, and German, at least at the B1 level.
Assessment Methods
Written and oral communication skills will be assessed through seminars, workshops, exercises, exams, and particularly during the final thesis discussion.
Learning Skills
Graduates will be able to:
- Research and critically examine bibliographic materials and sources, both in print and digital formats, in order to conduct anthropological, historical-cultural, and religious studies.
Assessment Methods
Learning skills will be assessed through exercises, seminars, internship experiences, exams, and paper preparation. The preparation of the final thesis will be the main assessment moment for evaluating the graduate’s learning abilities.
