Educational plan
The first year is entirely devoted to core common courses. Student will attend courses addressing cutting-edge topics in political science, political philosophy and moral phiosophy that provide insights about concepts and approaches crucial to tackle questions currently at the centre of public discussion. Students will also acquire competences in history, economics, law and sociology that will enable them to frame debated public questions in a broader and more sophisticated perspective.
During the second year, students will receive specific training in argumentative strategies and empirical methodologies and they will have the chance to study in depth a wide array of topics organized into two main areas: “Technology, science and society” and “Prosperity, peace and international affairs”. Within these two main areas, students will have the chance to autonomously define their study plan according to their interests and based on the professional profile they intend to develop.
Includes courses critically addressing the import and the ethical implications of scientific and technological development, with a special emphasis on pressing questions concerning environmental studies, bioethics, neuroethics, biopolitics, on the challenges of the information society and on the new dynamics of media systems.
Comprises courses focusing on current socio-economic and political developments and their effects on individual life chances, individual rights, social policies and schemes of distributive justice as well as courses addressing the dilemmas connected to new forms of war and conflict.
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Conflicts and Political Legitimacy | 12 | 80 | English | SPS/01 |
| Society, Politics and Institutions: Stability and Change | 12 | 80 | English | SECS-P/01 SPS/04 |
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Facts, Principles and Hard Choices | 6 | 40 | English | M-FIL/03 |
| The Western Tradition: Moral and Political Values | 12 | 80 | English | M-FIL/06 SPS/02 |
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Economy and Society: Past, Present and Perspectives | 6 | 40 | English | SECS-P/04 |
| Migrations, Diversity and Non-Discrimination | 12 | 80 | English | IUS/07 SPS/07 |
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optional | ||||
| The Information Society: the Epistemology of Big Data | 6 | 40 | English | M-FIL/02 |
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Governing the Future: Goals and Tools | 9 | 60 | English | SPS/04 |
| Optional | ||||
| Biopolitics: Bodies, Health and Food | 6 | 40 | English | M-FIL/05 |
| Communications Technology and Society | 6 | 40 | English | SPS/08 |
| Dirty-Hands Politics: War, Terrorism, Torture | 6 | 40 | English | SPS/01 |
| Human Development and Mobility in A Changing World | 6 | 40 | English | M-DEA/01 |
| Neuroethics and Human Enhancement | 6 | 40 | English | M-FIL/03 |
| Wars of Images | 6 | 40 | English | M-FIL/04 |
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optional | ||||
| Differences, Inequalities and The Politics of Law | 6 | 40 | English | IUS/20 |
| Global Political Economy and Social Policy | 6 | 40 | English | SPS/04 |
| Justice and International Affairs | 6 | 40 | English | SPS/01 |
| Media Ethics | 6 | 40 | English | M-FIL/03 |
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optional | ||||
| Bioethics | 6 | 40 | English | SPS/01 |
| Ethics and Ecosystems | 6 | 40 | English | M-FIL/03 |
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Final Exam | 21 | 0 | English | |
Please note, for facilitating students' choice, the courses/activities are organized into two thematic areas as follow:
Technology, science and society:
Bioethics
Biopolitics: bodies, health and food
Ethics and ecosystems
Neuroethics and human enhancement
Society, media and digital ethics
The information society: the epistemology of big data
Prosperity, peace and international affairs
Differences, inequalities and the politics of law
Dirty-hands politics: war, terrorism, torture
Global political economy and social policy
Human development and mobility in a changing world
Justice and international affairs
Wars of images
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bioethics | 6 | 40 | English | Third trimester | SPS/01 |
| Biopolitics: Bodies, Health and Food | 6 | 40 | English | First trimester | M-FIL/05 |
| Communications Technology and Society | 6 | 40 | English | First trimester | SPS/08 |
| Differences, Inequalities and The Politics of Law | 6 | 40 | English | Second trimester | IUS/20 |
| Dirty-Hands Politics: War, Terrorism, Torture | 6 | 40 | English | First trimester | SPS/01 |
| Ethics and Ecosystems | 6 | 40 | English | Third trimester | M-FIL/03 |
| Global Political Economy and Social Policy | 6 | 40 | English | Second trimester | SPS/04 |
| Human Development and Mobility in A Changing World | 6 | 40 | English | First trimester | M-DEA/01 |
| Justice and International Affairs | 6 | 40 | English | Second trimester | SPS/01 |
| Media Ethics | 6 | 40 | English | Second trimester | M-FIL/03 |
| Neuroethics and Human Enhancement | 6 | 40 | English | First trimester | M-FIL/03 |
| The Information Society: the Epistemology of Big Data | 6 | 40 | English | Second semester | M-FIL/02 |
| Wars of Images | 6 | 40 | English | First trimester | M-FIL/04 |
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optional | ||||
| History and Politics of European Cooperation Since 1919 | 9 | 60 | English | SPS/04 |