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.
Course calendar
The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..
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Sem IA | Oct 1, 2013 | Nov 17, 2013 |
Sem IB | Nov 18, 2013 | Jan 19, 2014 |
Sem IIA | Feb 24, 2014 | Apr 20, 2014 |
Sem IIB | Apr 21, 2014 | Jun 8, 2014 |
Session | From | To |
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Sessione Estiva (Esami sospesi dal 08 al 10 luglio) | Jun 9, 2014 | Jul 31, 2014 |
Sessione Autunnale | Sep 1, 2014 | Sep 30, 2014 |
Sessione Invernale | Jan 19, 2015 | Feb 22, 2015 |
Session | From | To |
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Sessione Estiva | Jul 8, 2014 | Jul 10, 2014 |
Sessione autunnale | Nov 11, 2014 | Nov 13, 2014 |
Sessione Invernale | Mar 16, 2015 | Mar 19, 2015 |
Period | From | To |
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Festa di Ognissanti | Nov 1, 2013 | Nov 1, 2013 |
Festa dell'Immacolata Concezione | Dec 8, 2013 | Dec 8, 2013 |
Vacanze Natalizie | Dec 22, 2013 | Jan 6, 2014 |
Vacanze Pasquali | Apr 17, 2014 | Apr 22, 2014 |
Festa della Liberazione | Apr 25, 2014 | Apr 25, 2014 |
Festa dei lavoratori | May 1, 2014 | May 1, 2014 |
Festa del S. Patrono S. Zeno | May 21, 2014 | May 21, 2014 |
Festa della Repubblica | Jun 2, 2014 | Jun 2, 2014 |
Vacanze Estive | Aug 11, 2014 | Aug 15, 2014 |
Exam calendar
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Academic staff

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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 enrolment year.
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TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
General sociology (m) (2014/2015)
Teaching code
4S02307
Teacher
Coordinatore
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SPS/07 - GENERAL SOCIOLOGY
Period
Sem. IIA, Sem. IIB
Learning outcomes
The module will explore a decisive issue: if "society" denotes a reality as original as man, how is it possible to think that "sociology" was born only in the 19th century with Comtian sociological positivism?
Our aim will be to focus the distinction between a certain way of posing, conceiving and knowing the social sphere - i.e. sociological modernity and its positivist and scientistic roots - and another possible itinerary - i.e. social ontology - which begins with a different kind of question: "what is society?". Only through a preliminary clarification of such premises a genuine elaboration of methodological tools for empirical research is possible.
This first step will introduce us into the distinction and the dialectic opposition between the notions of "function" and "system" on one side - that generate the whole categorial spectrum of sociological modernity - and, on the other side, the concepts of "ontological participation" and of "noetic (i.e. critical) sociology", which develop a deeply alternative tradition, much more ancient and radical than the the presently dominant one.
Prerequisite: none. For those who have not attended Sociology module at undergraduate level, the following readings are recommended: Gilli G.A., Manuale di sociologia, Bruno Mondadori, Milano 2000 and possibly Aron R., Le tappe del pensiero sociologico, Mondadori, Milano 1999 (Comte, Durkheim, Marx, Pareto, Weber).
Program
The module - while investigating the origins of sociology - aims at understanding that the presently-dominant theoretical and empirical frames in social research are indeed only "one" of the possible sociological tradition, precisely the one that emerged within modernity and self-legitimated by a strategic alliance with scientism (thus consequently transforming sociological reflection into mere social statistics).
This modern tradition has generated a specific all-pervading representation, according to which men are the product/output of social functions and structures. While analysing such premises through Hannah Arendt's (and, subsequently, Margaret Archer's) insights, we will try to rehabilitate a humanist sociology that, through a social ontological awakening, can restore the awareness that society is a man's creation, or rather the result of a peculiar action, i.e. social action. In this way, it will be possible to reintroduce a role for "social criticism" from the foundations of sociology. In order to explore these two incompatible alternatives, a part of the module will be devoted to a specific analysis of Marxian thought.
Reference texts:
Spaemann R., L’origine della sociologia dallo spirito della Restaurazione, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2002; Morandi E., La società è un “uomo in grande”, Marietti 1820, Genova-Milano 2010; one of the two following volumes: either Archer M., Esseri umani. Il problema dell’agire, Marietti 1820, Genova-Milano 2010, or Henry M., Marx. Una filosofia della realtà, Marietti 1820, Genova-Milano 2010.
Examination Methods
Written examination (open questions)
Type D and Type F activities
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Competenze linguistiche
I crediti formativi universitari relativi alle "Ulteriori competenze linguistiche" (B1 informatizzato se seconda lingua; livello B2 completo se stessa lingua della triennale) possono essere acquisiti in una delle due seguenti modalità:
- iscrizione da parte della/o studente presso il Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (CLA ➔ https://cla.univr.it/it/test-e-certificazioni) per il sostenimento e il superamento delle prove + iscrizione, sempre da parte della/o studente, in apposita lista per la registrazione crediti e registrazione CFU (senza presenza) da parte dell’Università.
Oppure
- equipollenza di certificazioni linguistiche esterne: riconoscimento equipollenza di certificazioni linguistiche esterne (➔ https://cla.univr.it/it/servizi/riconoscimento-delle-certificazioni-linguistiche-esterne).
Gestione carriere
Linguistic training CLA
Internships
Graduation
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List of theses and work experience proposals
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Linguaggio e mito in Tolkien | ENGLISH LITERATURE - Critical Theory & Poetics |
Dialettica del negativo in Meister Eckhart | HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY - MIDDLE AGES |
La felicità nel Medioevo | HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY - MIDDLE AGES |
Le figure di Eva e Maria in Ildegarda di Bingen | HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY - MIDDLE AGES |
IA. Una critica fenomenologica al concetto di Intelligenza Artificiale | The Human Mind and Its Complexity: Cognitive science, psychology, linguistics, philosophy of mind - Philosophy of science, epistemology and logic |
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