Second Cycle Degree/Two Year Master in Sociology and social work

Curriculum SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE: Course structure diagrams for students enrolled a.y. 2024-25

First Year

1) Compulsory coruses:

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Period ? The period in which lectures are held 1: 15/09/2025 - 19/12/2025 2: 16/02/2026 - 05/06/2026 E: 15/09/2025 - 05/06/2026 Type ? A: Basic learning activities
B: Core learning activity
C: Related or supplementary learning activity
D: Elective learning activity
E: Final examination and foreign language test
S: Stage
F: Other 		ssd ? Disciplinary-scientific area to which the learning activity belongs cfu ? Credits
26337 English Language Test B - 2 1 B 6
90530 Organizational and Institutional Processes - Not available for the year  2025/2026 1 B SPS/09 8
90493 Political Philosophy LM - Not available for the year  2025/2026 1 B SPS/01 6
90490 Employment Law and Social Security Law (I.C.) - Not available for the year  2025/2026 2
90491  Employment Law 2 B IUS/07 6
90492  Social Security Law 1 B IUS/07 6
90531 Environmental Sociology - Not available for the year  2025/2026 2 B SPS/10 8
B5775 Social Science Methodology and Social Statistics (I.C.) - Not available for the year  2025/2026 2
B5777  Social Science Methodology 2 B SPS/04 6
B5776  Social Statistics 1 B SECS-S/05 6
75067 Sociology of Communities and Urban Neighbourhoods 2 B SPS/10 8

Second Year

1) Compulsory coruses:

Period ? The period in which lectures are held 1: 15/09/2025 - 19/12/2025 2: 16/02/2026 - 05/06/2026 E: 15/09/2025 - 05/06/2026 Type ? A: Basic learning activities
B: Core learning activity
C: Related or supplementary learning activity
D: Elective learning activity
E: Final examination and foreign language test
S: Stage
F: Other 		ssd ? Disciplinary-scientific area to which the learning activity belongs cfu ? Credits
73397 Internship Soc 1 F 10
03079 Psychology of Development 2 B M-PSI/04 6

2) Two courses to be chosen from: (16 CFU)

Period ? The period in which lectures are held 1: 15/09/2025 - 19/12/2025 2: 16/02/2026 - 05/06/2026 E: 15/09/2025 - 05/06/2026 Type ? A: Basic learning activities
B: Core learning activity
C: Related or supplementary learning activity
D: Elective learning activity
E: Final examination and foreign language test
S: Stage
F: Other 		ssd ? Disciplinary-scientific area to which the learning activity belongs cfu ? Credits
90450 China In Africa 1 C SPS/10 8
75073 Humanitarian Communication 1 C SPS/08 8
B5802 Platforms and Daily Practices: Identity, Relationships, Resistance 1 C SPS/08 8
B6215 Political Ecology of Work 1 C SPS/09 8
97284 Sociology of Economic and Labor Transformations 1 C SPS/09 8
90543 Sociology of Migrations 1 C SPS/10 8
87649 Urban Studies And Climate Change 1 C SPS/10 8
75074 Web Society and Globalization 1 C SPS/08 8
87648 Welfare and Social Innovation 1 C SPS/08 8
97285 Work and Care Regimes 1 C SPS/09 8
B5783 Consumption, sustainability and Social Innovation 2 C SPS/08 8

3) Activities chosen by the student (in addition to the courses not chosen in the previous group) (11 - 20 CFU)

In addition to the recommended courses, the student can indicate a course among those activated by the Master's Degree Course in Sociology and Social Service and by the Master's Degree Courses of the Department of Political and Social Sciences. The educational requirement is satisfied with a choice for 11 ECTS.
Recommended choice activities: (max limit 20 CFU)
Period ? The period in which lectures are held 1: 15/09/2025 - 19/12/2025 2: 16/02/2026 - 05/06/2026 E: 15/09/2025 - 05/06/2026 Type ? A: Basic learning activities
B: Core learning activity
C: Related or supplementary learning activity
D: Elective learning activity
E: Final examination and foreign language test
S: Stage
F: Other 		ssd ? Disciplinary-scientific area to which the learning activity belongs cfu ? Credits
B0098 Data Mining and Qualitative Research Software 1 D 3
75086 Education Systems and Policies 1 D SPS/07 8
B3846 Lab. Advanced Quantitative Methods and Techniques for Social Research 1 D 4
96862 Lab: Applied Social Work with Migrant Populations. Case-Based Practices in Welfare Services 1 D 3
76811 Lab: Organization and Design of Services 1 D 4
02052 Social History 1 D M-STO/04 6
B6469 Victimology and Restorative Justice 1 D SPS/12 4
88911 Visualizing The Italian Society 1 D SPS/08 4
99994 Applied Gender Studies 2 D SPS/07 6
76222 Compounds of Socio-Sanitary Systems 2 D SECS-P/03 4
B5798 Ethnographic Reasearch Lab on Everyday Practices 2 D 5
B7485 Gender and Multilevel Governance 2 D IUS/09 8
C7827 LABORATORIO SU DISASTRI E DISUGUAGLIANZE: TERRITORI, PRATICHE E STRATEGIE 2 D 5
B0909 Lab. Housing Deprivation and Socio-spatial Analysis 2 D SPS/10 4
B6470 Lab: Creative Methods for Inclusive Social Inquiry 2 D 4
98414 Neoliberalism and Social Transformations 2 D SPS/09 4
78774 Sociology of Migrations LM P D SPS/10 6

4) Final exam - 17 CFU among: (17 CFU)

As part of the final exam, you can choose to carry out the preparatory research activity for the thesis abroad. In this case you will have to select the final exam (5 ECTS) and the preparation of the final exam abroad (12 ECTS). If you choose this activity, you must participate in a call for applications for international university mobility (e.g. Call for a foreign thesis, Erasmus +, etc.) The identification of the host institution and the definition of the activities are to be agreed with the thesis supervisor.
Period ? The period in which lectures are held 1: 15/09/2025 - 19/12/2025 2: 16/02/2026 - 05/06/2026 E: 15/09/2025 - 05/06/2026 Type ? A: Basic learning activities
B: Core learning activity
C: Related or supplementary learning activity
D: Elective learning activity
E: Final examination and foreign language test
S: Stage
F: Other 		cfu ? Credits
17268 Final Examination 1 E 17
81689 Final Test (5 Cfu) 1 E 5
82327 Preparation to Final Test Processing Outside Lm (12 Cfu) 1 E 12