The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning outcomes

Module: INTRODUZIONE ALLO STUDIO DELLA STORIA (I)
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The teaching is preparatory to the investigation of history in different epochs, through an introduction to the processes of construction of the historical knowledge and its different phases: subjectivity of knowledge, research, treatment of the informations, reliability of sources, the building process of the text.


Module: INTRODUZIONE ALLO STUDIO DELLA GEOGRAFIA (I)
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Students should have already acquired from high school, familiarity with the following topics: The Earth as a planet (shape, size and movement). The representation of the surface of the earth (Maps, scale reduction, projections, cartographic products). The atmosphere (composition, division, characteristics) and climate and its elements (solar radiation and temperature, pressure and atmospheric circulation, humidity and precipitation), variations (factors) and classification of climates. The hydrosphere (seas and oceans, movement of the seas, inland waters). The lithosphere (distribution of land masses and oceans, the theory of plate tectonics, large topographic structures, volcanoes and earthquakes.) These basic skills are part of the study syllabus, addressed at achieving an adequate preparation for the education field (teaching).

Program

Module: INTRODUZIONE ALLO STUDIO DELLA STORIA (I)
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Prerequisites: a basic knowledge of history in general.

Contents: a methodological introduction to the study of history. Examination of the opportunities and of the problems given by a plurality of sources. The mith of Rome and of the Modern nations. An introduction to global history.

Texts:
1. Pietro Corrao, Paolo Viola, Introduzione agli studi di storia, Roma, Donzelli, 2005.
2. Sergio Luzzatto (a cura di), Prima lezione di metodo storico, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2010.
One more book is to be chosen between:
3a. Patrick J. Geary, Il mito delle nazioni. Le origini medievali dell’Europa, Roma, Carocci, 2009;
3b. Jared Diamond, Collasso. Come le società scelgono di morire o vivere, Torino, Einaudi, 2005;
3c. Andrea Giardina, André Vauchez, Il mito di Roma. Da Carlo Magno a Mussolini, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2000.
3d. Sergio Luzzatto, Padre Pio. Miracoli e politica nell’Italia del Novecento, Torino, Einaudi, 2009.
3e. Jacques Revel (a cura di), Giochi di scala. La microstoria alla prova dell’esperienza, Roma, Viella, 2006.

A recommended further reading, mandatory for those who will not attend to lectures is:
Marina Caffiero, Micaela Procaccia (a cura di), Vero e falso. L’uso politico della storia, Roma, Donzelli, 2008

Didactical methods: frontal lessons.


Module: INTRODUZIONE ALLO STUDIO DELLA GEOGRAFIA (I)
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Object of study and method of Geography. The partitions of Geography. The tools of the geographer. The world and its problems.
Textbooks:
-A. FREMONT, Vi piace la geografia? (D. Gavinelli), Roma, Carrocci, 2009.
-A.MACCHIA, Il mondo e i suoi paesi. La Geografia del Pianeta a inizio XXI secolo, Bologna, Pàtron 2010 (sections to be selected).

To review the "prerequisites" it is recommended, in addition to consulting an Atlas, a good manual on Earth Sciences. LUPIA PALMIERI E., Il globo terrestre e la sua evoluzione, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2000 is suggested to anyone who has not yet studied the basic elements of physical geography.

Examination Methods

Module: INTRODUZIONE ALLO STUDIO DELLA STORIA (I)
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Oral exam based on the discussion of the texts in the program (included the one chosen by students).


Module: INTRODUZIONE ALLO STUDIO DELLA GEOGRAFIA (I)
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Exam : Oral exam. For students who attend lessons there will be a written learning process check test on the basic knowledge of physical geography and cartography.