Communication Sciences

The Degree Programme provides basic general, theoretical and appliedlearning in the main formats, means and types of contemporary communication.Students learn to critically analyse media and contemporary new media, usingdifferent languages and sign systems in interpersonal, micro and macro socialareas. The curriculum includes course units divided into three main areas:

(1) general theory, offering a selection of fundamental concepts andtheories of semiotics, language sciences, sociology and psychology, allowingstudents to analytically and critically investigate the world of contemporarycommunication;

(2) methodology, offering semiotic, sociological and basic analyticaltools for interpreting visual communication and contemporary politicalcommunication, basic psychological methodologies for understanding andinterpreting various contexts of social interaction (including conflicts andbusiness interviews), basic computer skills to design and process digital textsand web contents;

(3) practical studies, offering basic competences in the main Europeanlanguages, particularly English, working with communication professionals toeffectively and efficiently design texts for advertising, traditional media(press, radio, television) and new media (websites, social media, virtualcommunities), and to work in professional and business sectors in an awaremanner.

Particularly in year 3, ample room is dedicated to the analysis of casestudies and concrete communication phenomena taken from professional andworking situations. Students are offered direct contact with the professionaland business world in the many laboratories, varying from year to year,according to professional and market needs.

During the three-year programme, to support the various course units seminarsand conferences are run by entrepreneurs, managers and professionals from thenational and international communication sector.

Finally, students have the possibility to perform curricular internshipsin businesses, organisations, public administrations, offering them directcontact and experience with the professional environment with a view to futureprofessional activity.

Admission to the first cycle degree programme in Communication Science requires possession of a secondary school diploma awarded after five years of study or a foreign qualification recognised as suitable.

Additionally, knowledge and competencies in the following areas are required:

• Strong general knowledge;
• Logical and reasoning skills;
• Ability to read, understand and interpret texts and documents (in Italian);
• Good expressive skills in Italian;
• one European language (French, English, Spanish, German) to CEFR level A2.

The methods for verifying the knowledge required for admission are defined in the degree programme teaching regulations.
If the assessment is not positive, additional learning requirements will be specified.
Completion of the learning requirements is the subject of a separate test.
The relevant testing method is also set out in the degree programme teaching regulations.

Students who do not complete the additional learning requirements by the date established by the competent bodies and, in any case, by the end of the first year of the degree programme, will be unable to sit exams in the following years.