Degree course in Italian, classical studies and european history

Course Name

ITALIAN, CLASSICAL STUDIES AND EUROPEAN HISTORY

Course Code

LM70

Class (Ministerial code)

LM-14

Website

https://www.unipg.it/didattica/offerta-formativa/offerta-formativa-2021-22?idcorso=969&annoregolamento=2021

Field(s) of study

ISCED Area 02 - Arts and humanities

Qualification award

Master Degree.

Level of qualification according to the NQF and the EQF

EHEA Second cycle; EQF Level 7.

Length of programme / number of credits

2 years / 120 ECTS

Language of Teaching

Italian.

Mode of study

In-class.

Didactic centre

c/o Dipartimento di Lettere, Lingue, Letterature e Civiltà Antiche e Moderne Palazzo Manzoni Piazza Morlacchi, 11 06123 Perugia

Programme director

Prof. Stefano Giovannuzzi

Access to the course

Open access with assessment of personal competencies.

Specific admission requirements

Formal Requirements Italian First cycle qualification (Laurea) or foreign equivalent degree in the same or related subject area, with possible extra work if required competences are lacking.

Evaluation of specific subject knowledge on entry

Verification of the possession of the curricular requirements with the methods indicated in the academic regulation of the course of study. Foreign students are required to take an Italian language proficiency test, with the exception of Erasmus Incoming students, Exchange Students and Cooperation Agreement students.

Profile of the programme

The Master's Degree in Italian, Classical Studies and European History (LM-14 Class of Master's Degrees in Modern Philology) is aimed at providing advanced critical knowledge of disciplinary content and methodological skills related to the historical-literary and linguistic development of Italian literature. This study is integrated with an in-depth study of classical culture and/or of the history of European civilization from the Greco-Roman world to the contemporary age, favouring a comparative and interdisciplinary approach and a flexible cultural profile. The course of studies is structured in three curricula: 1. Italian Literature and Philology 2. Ancient Civilization and Culture 3. European History. Each curriculum offers subjects that characterize the students' educational path in the philological, classical and historical fields. The curricular path includes the subjects indicated by the ministerial regulations in force for access to the teaching classes for Junior and Senior High Schools. The student has 18 free-choice credits (12 for the History curriculum) that he/she can use to outline a personal study path, more oriented towards the teaching classes and/or towards areas of specialized research. In the perspective of a better internationalization of the professional profile, the students of the Course have the possibility to obtain the double legal title Italy-France.

Programme learning outcomes

The graduate in the Italian Literature and Philology curriculum will have a specialized level knowledge - of the main phases of the history of Italian literature (from the origins to the present day), in the context of European historical and cultural development: this knowledge is integrated with an in-depth study of comparative links with other European literatures and/or of the Greek-Latin literary roots; - of fundamental authors and texts and of the different literary genres, Italian and/or Latin and Greek; - of the relationships between literature and cinema; between literature and new media (also in terms of transmediality); - the main phases of literary criticism, also from a comparative perspective. The graduate in the Italian Literature and Philology curriculum also has the ability to - contextualize authors, texts and historical phenomena in diachronic and synchronic perspectives; - read and interpret literary phenomena in relation to other arts and also to the development of new media; - read and interpret historical dynamics and their narration in the light of sources, documents and testimonies; - Recognize and critically employ the relationship between literature, history and society; - analyze authors and texts in a comparative perspective and/or with reference to their literary and cultural roots in the ancient world and keeping in mind the development of the history of literary criticism. - confront the main historiographical currents concerning the evolution of Western civilization. The graduate in the curriculum of Civilization and Culture of Antiquity will have a knowledge of a specialized level: - of the historical development of the Italian language, starting from its Latin origins. - of the main problems related to the manuscript traditions and to the edition of classical (Greek and Latin), Middle Latin, Romance and Italian texts, to the philology of printed texts and to the author's philology, also paying attention to the tools offered by the web and to digital resources; - of the main issues of theory of literature and literary genres; - of the processes of genesis of texts in relation to the transformations of contemporary publishing and to the web. The graduate in the Civilization and Culture of Antiquity curriculum will also have the ability to: - analyze with philological and stylistic skills literary texts; - use the tools of linguistic and literary research to study literary texts and sources. The graduate in the European History curriculum will have a specialized level knowledge - of the main sources, their typology and the places of production and preservation of documentation related to ancient history or European history; - of the historical methodology, analysis and exegesis of the different classes of historical sources, thanks also to the study of epigraphy and/or paleography; - of historiographic currents; - skills in the research of documentary and bibliographic sources and their archiving and preservation. The graduate in the European History curriculum will also have the ability to - frame and understand the main historical problems and trace their lines of development in antiquity, and/or from the Middle Ages to the contemporary age; - use the sources, also in original language, with historical-critical skills; - use historical-critical methodology.

Qualification requirements and regulations

The final test for the achievement of the title (9 credits), consists of two steps: 1) a written paper on a topic agreed between the thesi director and the student in the context of one of the courses of the study course in which the student took the exam; 2) discussion of the work before a specific commission which includes a co-rapporteur and a possible co-supervisor. The Evaluation Commission for the final exam, made up of at least 7 members, is chaired, as a rule, by a full professor of the Department. The discussion lasts about twenty minutes. After a short presentation of the thesis topic by the supervisor, the graduating student deepens the presentation also on the basis of the questions posed by the supervisor, the co-supervisor and possibly the other members of the commission. At the end of the discussion, the commission decides the final grade behind closed doors, taking into account the weighted average resulting from the exams taken and the regularity of the studies and assessing the cultural maturity and intellectual processing capacity of the student, as well as the quality and presentation of the 'final draft during discussion.

Examination regulations and grading scale

For the assessment of the students' profit, teachers can use written tests with development of topics and / or tests, oral exams, discussion of papers, critical examination of texts. The assessment of the disciplinary exams is expressed in thirtieths (scale 0-30), the minimum grade is 18/30 and the maximum 30/30. Honors (30 cum laude) can be added to the maximum grade, if the quality of the exam is considered excellent. The possibility of integrated examination tests for multiple courses or coordinated modules is provided. The assessment is however concluded by an individual oral and / or written exam with the attribution of a single final mark on all credits for each course or more courses and integrated modules followed, with the exception of the registration of the Erasmus exams for which is adopted a different procedure. The teacher can arrange for forms of exemption in itinere for attending students, relating to the modules in which the course is divided, which however acquire value only by passing the official test (oral and / or individual written exam), in the absence of which they have no legal validity. The main exam sessions are held in January/February, March/April, June/July, September/October, November/December. Students may retake exams, if not passed. The final degree evaluation is expressed in one hundred and tenths (0-110 scale), the minimum grade is 66/110 and the maximum grade is 110/110. The calculation of the final grade of each candidate takes into account the average of the grades obtained in the subject exams, as well as the quality of the work performed in research or in the final thesis which is discussed in public before an exam commission. “Cum laude” (110 cum laude) may be added to the maximum grade if the exam commission decides unanimously.

Obligatory or optional mobility windows

Erasmus exchanges concern first and second year students. The deadlines are in September (with departures from October) or in January (with departures from March). The periods of stay are flexible, and adaptable to the needs of the students: from a minimum of 3 months to a maximum of 12.

Work-based learning

The course of study makes use of a Department service for the performance of internships and internships. To carry out this service, the Internship and Internship Office uses the following tools: - Individual interviews (motivation, evaluation, choice); - Match / demand online match database (internship offers and online application possibilities); - Publication of list of active agreements with the Department (list that is updated frequently). To maintain relations with the host entities, the Office uses the following tools: Relationship through telephone contacts, meetings, e-mails with the structures of interest and host students on internships. The Internship is important because it allows students to have contact with the world of work, even before having graduated. In addition to mobility for study purposes, the University also promotes, within the Erasmus + program, an action aimed at student traineeships. Thanks to the European Erasmus + Traineeship program, it is possible to carry out an internship period with a foreign company or institution. Every year the University issues a call for the selection of students admitted to European funding. The call generally comes out in June. The internship can be done within the course of study, and in this case it allows you to acquire formative credits (CFU) necessary for the achievement of the Degree, after the achievement of the title, for a recent graduate experience. In this second case, the application must be submitted before graduation, that is, when you are still a student of the University.

Occupational profiles of graduates

Alongside the teaching activity, the master's degree program provides skills that can be put to good use in several areas: from editorial and editorial work (in the whole breadth of production processes), critical and philological, in public bodies such as companies and private and freelance bodies, working in archives and libraries, and more generally in cultural and artistic services, superintendencies, foundations, cultural institutes; in companies specializing in cultural tourism.

Free-choice training activities