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 |
|---|---|---|
| CuCi IA | Sep 21, 2020 | Oct 31, 2020 |
| CuCi IB | Nov 9, 2020 | Jan 9, 2021 |
| CuCi IIA | Feb 15, 2021 | Apr 1, 2021 |
| CuCi IIB | Apr 14, 2021 | May 29, 2021 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| sessione d'esame invernale CuCi | Jan 11, 2021 | Feb 13, 2021 |
| sessione d'esame estiva CuCi | Jun 7, 2021 | Jul 24, 2021 |
| sessione d'esame autunnale CuCi | Aug 23, 2021 | Sep 18, 2021 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| sessione di laurea invernale 19-20 | Apr 7, 2021 | Apr 13, 2021 |
| sessione di laurea estiva 20-21 | Jul 5, 2021 | Jul 10, 2021 |
| Sessione autunnale di laurea a.a. 2020/21 | Nov 8, 2021 | Nov 13, 2021 |
| Sessione straordinaria di laurea a.a. 2020/21 | Mar 28, 2022 | Apr 2, 2022 |
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Festa di Ognissanti | Nov 1, 2020 | Nov 1, 2020 |
| Chiusura Ateneo ponte Immacolata | Dec 7, 2020 | Dec 7, 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 |
| Sospensione delle lezioni | May 22, 2021 | May 22, 2021 |
| Festa della Repubblica | Jun 2, 2021 | Jun 2, 2021 |
| Vacanze estive | Aug 9, 2021 | Aug 15, 2021 |
Exam calendar
Exam dates and rounds are managed by the relevant Culture and Civilisation Teaching and Student Services Unit.
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Academic staff
+39 045802 8409
alessandro.bigardi@univr.it
giacomo.buoncompagni@univr.it
maurizio.corte@univr.it
antonella.toffali@univr.it
elena.zilotti@univr.it
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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1° Year
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2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
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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.
Advanced English for Publishing and Journalism (2020/2021)
Teaching code
4S008069
Teacher
Coordinatore
Credits
6
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH
Period
CuCi IIA, CuCi IIB
Learning outcomes
Advanced English for publishing and journalism (m)
The course aims to provide students with specialist skills and methodologies in English for Journalism, in the wide sense of the term. At the end of the course, students will be competent in the history of newsreporting in English-speaking countries, from its early stages to the present time, touching on ""mainstream"", ""unmediated"" and ""multimodal journalism"" as well. Students will also be able to produce journalistic pieces with special reference to ""news reports"", ""features"" and ""commentaries"", as well as texts aimed at radio journalism.
At the end of the course students will have acquired the necessary tools to maintain a positive attitude towards learning so as to keep themselves regularly updated in the field.
Program
- History of journalism: the basics
- From monomodal to multimodal/multisemiotic journalism
- News reporting
- Features
- Commentaries and editorials
- Subediting
- Broadcast journalism
- Interviewing
- Freelancing
- Loaded language in journalism
- Journalistic jargon
Since this course requires active participation, non-attenders are strongly advised to choose a different course.
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairclough, Norman | Media Discourse (Edizione 1) | Edward Arnold | 1995 | 9780340632222 | |
| Facchinetti Roberta, Nicholas Brownlees, Birte Bös, Udo Fries | News as Changing Texts: Corpora, Methodologies and Analysis (Edizione 2) | Cambridge Scholars Publishing | 2015 | 978-1-4438-8036-7 | |
| van Dijk, Teun | News as Discourse (Edizione 1) | Lawrence Erlbaum Associates | 1988 | 9781136471575 | |
| Bednarek, Monika and Helen Caple | News Discourse (Edizione 2) | Continuum | 2018 | 1441147998 |
Examination Methods
Oral exam.
Students will be questioned on the texts analysed during the lessons and on the journalistic pieces they have written during the course. The questions will focus on the following topics:
- History of journalism: the basics
- From monomodal to multimodal/multisemiotic journalism
- News reporting
- Features
- Commentaries and editorials
- Subediting
- Broadcast journalism
- Interviewing
- Freelancing
- Loaded language in journalism
- Journalistic jargon
Type D and Type F activities
| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1° 2° | "Common world. 2022 Arendt Seminars | F |
Olivia Guaraldo
(Coordinatore)
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| 1° 2° | Workshop on transmedia storytelling | F |
Elena Zilotti
(Coordinatore)
|
| 1° 2° | "Shake Shakespeare Up!" workshop | F |
Silvia Bigliazzi
(Coordinatore)
|
| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1° 2° | "Common world. 2022 Arendt Seminars | F |
Olivia Guaraldo
(Coordinatore)
|
| 1° 2° | PhD Conference 2021: Margins and Forgotten places | F |
Simona Brunetti
(Coordinatore)
|
| 1° 2° | Workshop on digital publishing | F |
Andrea Bongiorni
(Coordinatore)
|
| 1° 2° | Workshop on transmedia storytelling | F |
Elena Zilotti
(Coordinatore)
|
Career prospects
Module/Programme news
News for students
There you will find information, resources and services useful during your time at the University (Student’s exam record, your study plan on ESSE3, Distance Learning courses, university email account, office forms, administrative procedures, etc.). You can log into MyUnivr with your GIA login details: only in this way will you be able to receive notification of all the notices from your teachers and your secretariat via email and soon also via the Univr app.
Graduation
List of theses and work experience proposals
| theses proposals | Research area |
|---|---|
| Laureandi Editoria e Giornalismo: vademecum | Various topics |
| TESI SU COMUNICAZIONE DELL’AGROALIMENTARE | Various topics |
| Stage | Research area |
|---|---|
| Proposte stages - Centro di ricerca Skenè | Various topics |
| TIROCINIO IN GIORNALISMO E SOCIAL MEDIA | Various topics |
