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

Curriculum Sociologia e ricerca sociale: Course structure diagrams for students enrolled a.y. 2025-26

First Year

1) Compulsory coruses:

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Period ? The period in which lectures are held 1: 14/09/2026 - 18/12/2026 2: 15/02/2027 - 28/05/2027 C: 31/08/2026 - 11/09/2026 E: 14/09/2026 - 28/05/2027 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 F L-LIN/12 6
90530 Organizational and Institutional Processes 1 B SPS/09 8
90493 Political Philosophy LM 1 B SPS/01 6
90490 Employment Law and Social Security Law (I.C.) 2
90491  Employment Law 2 B IUS/07 6
90492  Social Security Law 1 B IUS/07 6
90531 Environmental Sociology 2 B SPS/10 8
B5775 Social Science Methodology and Social Statistics (I.C.) 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: 14/09/2026 - 18/12/2026 2: 15/02/2027 - 28/05/2027 C: 31/08/2026 - 11/09/2026 E: 14/09/2026 - 28/05/2027 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
73397 Internship Soc 1 F 10

2) One course to choose from: (6 CFU)

Period ? The period in which lectures are held 1: 14/09/2026 - 18/12/2026 2: 15/02/2027 - 28/05/2027 C: 31/08/2026 - 11/09/2026 E: 14/09/2026 - 28/05/2027 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
02052 Social History 1 B M-STO/04 6
03079 Psychology of Development 2 B M-PSI/04 6

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

Period ? The period in which lectures are held 1: 14/09/2026 - 18/12/2026 2: 15/02/2027 - 28/05/2027 C: 31/08/2026 - 11/09/2026 E: 14/09/2026 - 28/05/2027 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
B9702 CRITICAL THEORY OF ANTHROPOCENE 1 C SPS/09 8
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
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

4) Recommended free-choice learning activities: (11 - 20 CFU)

Choose at least 11 credits from all the University's educational activities. The Degree Program considers educational activities not previously chosen, those included in the master's degree programs International Relations - Journalistic, Public, and Corporate Communication - Local and Global Development - Politics, Administration, and Organization, and the following as consistent with the curriculum:
Recommended choice activities: (max limit 20 CFU)
Period ? The period in which lectures are held 1: 14/09/2026 - 18/12/2026 2: 15/02/2027 - 28/05/2027 C: 31/08/2026 - 11/09/2026 E: 14/09/2026 - 28/05/2027 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
B0037 Climate Change Communication, Media and Sustainability - Not available for the year  2026/2027 1 D SPS/08 4
B0098 Data Mining and Qualitative Research Software 1 D 3
75086 Education Systems and Policies - Not available for the year  2026/2027 1 D SPS/07 8
B3846 Lab. Advanced Quantitative Methods and Techniques for Social Research 1 D 4
76811 Lab: Organization and Design of Services 1 D 4
C9126 MEDIA CULTURE, HUMANITARIANISM AND CLIMATE MOBILITY JUSTICE 1 D SPS/08 8
C9187 POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF HUMAN RIGHTS 1 D SPS/11 8
88911 Visualizing The Italian Society - Not available for the year  2026/2027 1 D SPS/08 4
99994 Applied Gender Studies - Not available for the year  2026/2027 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
B6549 LABORATORIO DI RICERCA PER L'ANALISI DEI FENOMENI SOCIO-ECONOMICI E TERRITORIALI - Not available for the year  2026/2027 2 D 5
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
98414 Neoliberalism and Social Transformations 2 D SPS/09 4
95335 Participation, Civic Engagement and Urban Democracy - Not available for the year  2026/2027 2 D SPS/08 4
78774 Sociology of Migrations LM P D SPS/10 6

5) 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: 14/09/2026 - 18/12/2026 2: 15/02/2027 - 28/05/2027 C: 31/08/2026 - 11/09/2026 E: 14/09/2026 - 28/05/2027 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