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..
| Period | From | To |
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| 1° semestre (1A) - 2° anno | Sep 27, 2018 | Nov 10, 2018 |
| Periodo riservato ad eventuali recuperi di lezioni (1A) | Sep 27, 2018 | Nov 10, 2018 |
| 1° semestre (1B) - 1° anno | Nov 15, 2018 | Dec 22, 2018 |
| Periodo riservato ad eventuali recuperi di lezioni (1B) | Nov 15, 2018 | Dec 22, 2018 |
| Periodo riservato ad eventuali recuperi di lezioni (2A) | Feb 7, 2019 | Mar 16, 2019 |
| 2° semestre (2A) - 2° anno | Feb 7, 2019 | Mar 16, 2019 |
| 2° semestre (2B) - 1° anno | Mar 21, 2019 | May 11, 2019 |
| Periodo riservato ad eventuali recuperi di lezioni (2B) | Mar 21, 2019 | May 11, 2019 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sessione invernale – 2 appelli | Jan 8, 2019 | Feb 6, 2019 |
| Sessione estiva – 2 appelli | May 22, 2019 | Jul 13, 2019 |
| Sessione autunnale – 2 appelli | Aug 27, 2019 | Sep 25, 2019 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sessione autunnale – 29 ottobre 2018 | Oct 29, 2018 | Oct 29, 2018 |
| Sessione straordinaria – 18 aprile 2019 | Apr 18, 2019 | Apr 18, 2019 |
| Sessione estiva – 3 luglio 2019 | Jul 3, 2019 | Jul 3, 2019 |
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Festa di Ognissanti | Nov 1, 2018 | Nov 1, 2018 |
| Festa dell’Immacolata | Dec 8, 2018 | Dec 8, 2018 |
| Vacanze di Natale | Dec 24, 2018 | Jan 6, 2019 |
| VACANZE DI PASQUA | Apr 19, 2019 | Apr 23, 2019 |
| FESTA DELLA LIBERAZIONE | Apr 25, 2019 | Apr 25, 2019 |
| Festa del Santo Patrono | May 21, 2019 | May 21, 2019 |
| Festa della Repubblica | Jun 2, 2019 | Jun 2, 2019 |
| VACANZE ESTIVE | Aug 13, 2019 | Aug 18, 2019 |
Exam calendar
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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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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.
Applied Anthropology (2019/2020)
Teaching code
4S007603
Teacher
Coordinatore
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-DEA/01 - DEMOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
Period
2° semestre (A), 2° semestre (B) - aprile/maggio 2020, 2° semestre (B) - marzo/aprile 2020
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes:
Knowledge and capacity to understand
At the end of the course, the student should:
- have a basic knowledge of the fundamentals of socio-cultural anthropology;
- have a basic knowledge of the themes and main methods;
- have a basic knowledge of the main anthropological thoughts about the globalization phenomenon;
- have a basic knowledge of the fundamental principles that anthropological knowledge can bring to the study of emergency governance and especially of contemporary migrations.
Knowledge and capacity to apply understanding
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
- propose anthropological reflections in terms of globalization phenomena;
- interpret a state of crisis, particularly in relation to migrations and/or Roma and Sinti presences,
with an anthropological-cultural angle;
- apply the method of cultural relativism.
Independent judgment
At the end of the course, the students will have acquired:
- the capacity to critically analyze situations in which there is a considerable presence of culturally di-verse people;
- the capacity to critically interpret behaviours based on diverse or opposing cosmologies.
Communication skills
At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
- consciously use specific terms relating to anthropological-cultural themes;
- speak precisely about the theme of cultural alterity;
- consciously use specific anthropological-cultural terms relating to migratory themes.
Capacity to learn
At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
- identify and analyze the way in which the theme of cultural diversity is dealt with in the principal phenomena linked to globalization;
- find the necessary sources to develop an interdisciplinary cultural anthropology and political-juridical study analysis modality on crisis states.
Program
Requirements
No particular requirements needed.
Content
The course content regards:
- introduction to the conceptual methods and tools of basic socio-cultural anthropology (especially the concepts of culture and society);
- the fundamentals of socio-cultural anthropology in the various fields of relational anthropology, visions of the world, political anthropology, economics, social inequalities and the modern globalized world;
- the fundamentals of socio-cultural anthropology in the study of the various forms of present-day racism.
- the fundamentals of anthropology of migration
Teaching methods
Lectures in which numerous ethnographic examples (also taken from the professional educational contexts) will be presented to support the teaching/learning of the discipline's basic concepts
Texts:
1. E. A. Schultz e R. H. Lavenda, 2015, Antropologia culturale, Zanichelli, Bologna (only the third Italian edition).
- only study chapters 1-2-3-7-8-9-10 -12-14
- in chap.10, study from page 254 to page 266
- in chap. 11, study from page 287 to page 295
- in chapter 14, do not study from page 413 to page 424
2. Articles on anthropology of migration available on the moodle learnig platform.
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. A. Schultz e R. H. Lavenda | Antropologia culturale (Edizione 3) | Zanichelli | 2015 | 978-88-08-15131-5 | |
| B. Riccio (a cura di) | Antropologia e migrazioni | CISU | 2014 | 978-88-7975-590-0 |
Examination Methods
Learning assessment method
The assessment method will be NO different for attending and non-attending students, even if attending students could have the opportunity to be partially evaluated through seminars during the course.
Learning levels will be assessed by an oral examination.
The student must be able to demonstrate:
- to have understood the important elements of the discipline's main theoretical arguments;
- to be able to express their own reasoning in a precise manner and in a limited amount of time, identifying and selecting the essential elements;
- to be able to critically analyze and connect the ethnographic examples studied to the theory.
Results
The results of the examination will be given on a scale of thirty.
Bibliography
Type D and Type F activities
Le attività che consentono l’acquisizione dei crediti riservati alle attività formative a libera scelta dello studente (TAF D) sono le seguenti:
• Un insegnamento attivato nei Corsi di studi afferenti al Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche;
• Un laboratorio didattico attivato nei Corsi di studi afferenti al Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche;
• Un insegnamento previsto dall’Offerta Formativa di Ateneo, non impartito nell’ambito dei corsi di studi afferenti al Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche: il riconoscimento dei crediti acquisiti sarà subordinato alla preventiva presentazione di coerenti programmi formativi valutati e approvati dal Collegio didattico.
• Attività formative organizzate dai singoli docenti del Collegio didattico o del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche: previa approvazione del Collegio;
• Attività formative che implicano la partecipazione a convegni o seminari organizzati sotto il “logo” del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche o dell’Ateneo: devono essere preventivamente approvate dal Collegio didattico indicando un docente di riferimento del Collegio didattico ovvero del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche.
• Attività formative che implicano la partecipazione a convegni o seminari organizzati prive del “logo” del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche o dell’Ateneo: devono essere approvate dal Collegio didattico indicando un docente di riferimento del Collegio didattico ovvero del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche.
Le attività che consentono l’acquisizione dei crediti riservati alle ulteriori attività formative (TAF F) sono le seguenti:
• Ulteriori competenze linguistiche (6 cfu)
• Stage o Project Work (6 cfu)
Al link https://www.univr.it/it/i-nostri-servizi/segreterie-studenti/giurisprudenza#categdoc_7103 la modulistica per l'inserimento di attività non selezionabili in autonomia dallo studente in sede di compilazione del piano degli studi
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Internships
Internships are aimed at enabling students to gain direct knowledge of the world of work and to acquire specific professional skills.
Internships are carried out under the responsibility of an individual lecturer, and can be carried out in professional firms, public administration bodies and companies recognised by the University of Verona.
Any CFU credits gained by doing internships will be recognised and recorded by the University in accordance with the relevant University regulations in force (Regolamento d’Ateneo per il riconoscimento dei crediti maturati negli stage universitari).
For further information on internships, please go to: https://www.univr.it/it/i-nostri-servizi/stage-e-tirocini.
Language skills
Graduation
List of theses and work experience proposals
| theses proposals | Research area |
|---|---|
| Analisi e riorganizzazione delle strutture comunitarie | Various topics |
| La social network analysis applicata allo studio dei contesti colpiti da eventi catastrofici | Various topics |
| L'intervento sociale in situazioni d'emergenza | Various topics |
| Politiche d'intervento in condizioni d'emergenza | Various topics |
| Terzo settore e gestione delle situazioni d'emergenza | Various topics |
