The Licentiate is a two-year program of four semesters. This second-cycle degree is offered in three areas of study, including Sociology, Social Communication, and Catholic Social Teaching and Public Ethics. This program offers the opportunity to acquire more knowledge as well as to improve research skills. By combining theoretical aspects of social sciences and fieldwork practices, the student learns to collect, process, analyze, and interpret research data. In order to be awarded the degree, students need to meet all the programme requirements, including final oral exams. Each student benefits from the supervision of a thesis moderator with regard to the writing of the thesis.
SOCIOLOGY
Training in Sociology provides students with the skills necessary for studying social phenomena (their causes, effects, and interconnections) via both classroom activities and fieldwork, during which standard social sciences research methods are applied. These phases enable students to design their own research project for the baccalaureate, licentiate, or doctorate under the supervision of a faculty member.
In the course of their studies, students acquire analytical and interpretative skills as well as the quantitative and qualitative methods typical of social research. The School of Social Sciences offers a multidisciplinary teaching approach including disciplines such as demography, ethnography, economics, political economics and political science, as well as an international and multicultural environment where faculty members and students from different countries interact authentically.
This discipline provides students with the skills to carry out the following activities:
creation, coordination and development of research projects;
analysis and problem-solving skills in different social contexts (both public and private institutions);
teaching of sociology and its theoretical and empirical methods.
ADMISSION
Candidates to this program are requierd to have a certain level of kowledge of the Italian language and the Baccalaureato (Bachelors degree) in Social Sciences or an equivalent degree with at least a cum laude. The School of Social Sciences reserves the right to validate degrees awarded by other institutions.
PROGRAM
The Licentiate degree is a two-year program of four semesters that amounts to 120 ECTS credits subdivided as follows: 46 ECTS of required courses; 50 ECTS of specialization courses; 12 ECTS of various sorts of training including one annual conference, guided reading, and two intensive courses; 12 ECTS of Licentiate examination, including a thesis presentation (8ECTS) and comprehensive oral exams (4ECTS). Final exams are taken only after having passed all the scheduled exams.
Afer completing all the tests, the student is awarded a Licentiate in Social Sciences with the mention of the student’s area of specialization.
