Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

Academic calendar

The academic calendar shows the deadlines and scheduled events that are relevant to students, teaching and technical-administrative staff of the University. Public holidays and University closures are also indicated. The academic year normally begins on 1 October each year and ends on 30 September of the following year.

Academic calendar

Course calendar

The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..

Definition of lesson periods
Period From To
Sem. 1A Sep 21, 2020 Oct 31, 2020
Sem. 1B Nov 9, 2020 Jan 9, 2021
Sem. 2A Feb 15, 2021 Apr 1, 2021
Sem. 2B Apr 14, 2021 May 29, 2021
Exam sessions
Session From To
Sessione d'esame invernale Jan 14, 2021 Feb 13, 2021
Sessione d'esame estiva Jun 7, 2021 Jul 24, 2021
Sessione d'esame autunnale Aug 23, 2021 Sep 18, 2021
Degree sessions
Session From To
Sessione di laurea estiva Jul 5, 2021 Jul 10, 2021
Sessione di laurea autunnale Nov 8, 2021 Nov 13, 2021
Sessione di laurea invernale Mar 28, 2022 Apr 1, 2022
Holidays
Period From To
Festa di Ognissanti Nov 1, 2020 Nov 1, 2020
Festa dell'Immacolata Dec 8, 2020 Dec 8, 2020
Vacanze di Natale Dec 24, 2020 Jan 6, 2021
Vacanze di Pasqua Apr 2, 2021 Apr 6, 2021
Festa della liberazione Apr 25, 2021 Apr 25, 2021
Festa del lavoro May 1, 2021 May 1, 2021
Festa del Santo Patrono May 21, 2021 May 21, 2021
Festa della Repubblica Jun 2, 2021 Jun 2, 2021
Vacanze estive Aug 9, 2021 Aug 15, 2021

Exam calendar

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Exam calendar

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Academic staff

B C D F G L M P R S T

Badino Massimiliano

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Bonazzi Matteo

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Brondino Margherita

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Burro Roberto

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Callegaro Carlo

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Caputo Beniamino

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Ceschi Andrea

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Chiurco Carlo

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Dal Toso Paola

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Fiorini Paolo

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Guaraldo Olivia

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Lonardi Cristina

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Meneghini Anna Maria

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Messetti Giuseppina

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Milana Marcella

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Moro Valentina

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Pasini Margherita

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Perini Marco

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Possenti Ilaria

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Raccanello Daniela

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Sartori Riccardo

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Solla Gianluca

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Trifiletti Elena

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Study Plan

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
B
M-PSI/03
1 module between the following
Final exam
12
E
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activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
B
M-PSI/03
1 module between the following
Final exam
12
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°

Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)

TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.




S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Teaching code

4S007375

Credits

9

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-PSI/05 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Period

Sem. 1A, Sem. 1B

Learning outcomes

This course focuses on group processes in organizational contexts. The course will examine group processes and intergroup relations, with a special focus on group formation and cohesion, inclusion and identity, decision making, productivity in groups, intergroup relations and conflict, effects of majority and minority group belonging, and diversity management. The course aims to provide students with skills, such as critical reflection, analysis, and interpretation of group dynamics, especially those occurring within organizational contexts. Students will learn how to observe groups and to understand their dynamics; they will have a firm grasp of the main theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of groups, and will learn how to manage relationships between minority and majority group members. By the end of the course students will be able to: - develop a sound knowledge of group processes in organizational and social settings; - develop management skills for complex organizational processes with a specific focus on diversity management; - plan and evaluate interventions aimed at developing harmonious relationships within organizazions.

Program

The course will be held in Italian and will cover the following topics:
-group formation
-social categorization and social identity
-cohesion and inclusion
-social influence and conformity
-obedience and power
-leadership
-group decision making
-group productivity
-intergroup relations and conflict
-majority-minority relations within organizations
-stereotype threat in the workplace
-diversity in social and organizational contexts
-diversity management
-diversity training

The topics will be addressed both through frontal teaching and in-class assignments aimed at developing students’ skills of group observation and analysis, understanding of group processes, management of diversity-related processes.

Readings:
1. Forsyth, D. R. (2019). Group dynamics (7th Ed.). Cengage Learning. Capitoli: 1,2,3,6,7,8,9,10,12,13.
2. Ellemers, N. & Haslam, S. A. (2019). La teoria dell’identità sociale, in Van Lange, P. A. M., Kruglanski, A. W., & Higgins, E. T., Psicologia sociale: Teorie sui processi psicologici, intraindividuali, interpersonali e intergruppi (pp.187-202). Traduzione italiana a cura di Pagliaro, S., Sacchi, S., & Vezzali, L. Milano: Edra.
3. Turner, J. C. & Reynolds, K. J. (2019). La teoria della categorizzazione di sé, in Van Lange, P. A. M., Kruglanski, A. W., & Higgins, E. T., Psicologia sociale: Teorie sui processi psicologici, intraindividuali, interpersonali e intergruppi (pp. 203-216). Traduzione italiana a cura di Pagliaro, S., Sacchi, S., & Vezzali, L. Milano: Edra.
4. Sidanius, J. & Pratto, F. (2019). La teoria della dominanza sociale, in Van Lange, P. A. M., Kruglanski, A. W., & Higgins, E. T., Psicologia sociale: Teorie sui processi psicologici, intraindividuali, interpersonali e intergruppi (pp. 203-216). Traduzione italiana a cura di Pagliaro, S., Sacchi, S., & Vezzali, L. Milano: Edra.
5. John F. Dovidio , Samuel L. Gaertner & Tamar Saguy (2007) Another view of “we”: Majority and minority group perspectives on a common ingroup identity, European Review of Social Psychology, 18:1, 296-330.
6. Roberson L. & Kulik C. T. (2007). Stereotype Threat at Work. Academy of Management Perspectives, 21, 24-40.
7. Casad, B,J. & Bryant, W.J. (2016). Addressing Stereotype Threat is Critical to Diversity and Inclusion in Organizational Psychology. Front. Psychol.7:8. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00008
8. Anand, R., & Winters, M. F. (2008). A Retrospective View of Corporate Diversity Training from 1964 to the Present. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 7, 356-372
9. O’Donovan, D. (2017). Inclusion: Diversity Management 2.0. In C. Machado, & J. P. Davim, Managing Organizational Diversity: Trends and Challenges in Management and Engineering. Springer.

Chapters and journal articles will be available on the moodle platform. Non attending students who might find it difficult to study in English are invited use power points on moodle as supplementary materials (not substitutes).

ATTENTION!
The lessons will be held in presence (upon reservation of the student). Lessons will be recorded and available on moodle by two to three days.

Bibliography

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Examination Methods

For attending students, the exam will consist of a work-project (optional) and an oral examination; for non attending students, the exam will consist of an oral examination. The content and modes of completion of the work-project will be agreed upon by the lecturer and (attending) students. In the oral examination, (attending/non attending) students will be asked questions about 3-4 topics included in the syllabus, that will be selected by the lecturer. Students are required to know the relevant theoretical constructs, as well as how to interpret social and organizational behaviour according to the theories and concepts included in the syllabus. The oral examination will test students' capacities of understanding, analysis and communication.

Indications about the exam being in presence or via zoom will be provided in due course.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Type D and Type F activities

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Graduation

Documents

List of theses and work experience proposals

theses proposals Research area
Elaborazione di uno strumento per l’analisi dello stress lavoro correlato nella grande distribuzione e nel settore delle pulizie in provincia di Belluno Various topics
Mindfulness e rigeneratività ambientale al lavoro Various topics
Restoring the self-environment relationship: mechanisms and applications of green space to reduce stress in information technology settings [RestStress] Various topics
Valorizzazione delle risorse del Demanio sul territorio. A partire da una sperimentazione sull’isola di Poveglia Various topics

Student mentoring


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Practical information for students

Documents

Title Info File
File pdf 1 - Guida per lo studente - AGGIORNAMENTO 2022 pdf, it, 325 KB, 02/05/23
File pdf 2 - Guida per lo studente - AGGIORNAMENTO 2020 pdf, it, 212 KB, 02/05/23
File pdf 3 - Guida per lo studente - AGGIORNAMENTO 2013 pdf, it, 131 KB, 02/05/23

Stage e Tirocini

Lo/a studente/essa tirocinante curricolare sarà chiamato/a svolgere, presso gli Enti che lo ospitano, attività che prevedono competenze associate alla figura professionale dello Psicologo, in particolare lo Psicologo per la formazione, e nello specifico:  

  • attività di progettazione, realizzazione e valutazione dell’efficacia di interventi di percorsi formativi, nonché attività volte alla facilitazione dell'apprendimento nel ciclo di vita, in particolare in contesti organizzativi;
  • attività che prevedano l’analisi delle relazioni interpersonali, dei contesti organizzativi e delle pratiche lavorative;
  • attività che prevedano la gestione di processi organizzativi complessi, per lo sviluppo e la valorizzazione delle persone all'interno delle organizzazioni;
  • attività di progettazione, realizzazione e valutazione di interventi psicologici volti all’orientamento scolastico e professionale;
  • attività che prevedono l’uso di tecniche e strumenti di analisi delle situazioni e dei contesti, di raccolta di informazioni, e di interpretazione dei risultati, principalmente in relazione ai contesti organizzativi.

 
Tali attività si svolgono in Aziende ed Enti accreditati presso l’Ateneo. Lo/la studente/essa sarà seguito da un tutor accademico e da un tutor aziendale. Alle attività di tirocinio sono attribuiti n. 9 CFU (pari a 225 ore).

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