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Type D and Type F activities
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Laurea in Lingue e culture per il turismo e il commercio internazionale - Enrollment from 2025/2026Type D and Type F Credits (CFUs D and F)
As part of the academic plans for each degree program, students must earn a specified number of credits from the Type D and F (CFUs D and F) categories.
CFUs D (student's choice activities)
CFUs D can be earned through various activities, including:
- Elective courses: non-mandatory courses within your plan of study, subject to the approval of the Chair of the Teaching Committee the course cannot be selected independently.
- Accredited activities: activities accredited by the Teaching Committee
- Language Proficiency: acquiring proficiency in languages different from or additional to the required ones.
- Internships or apprenticeships: practical work experience in relevant fields
- TALCs (Transversal Skills): skills gained through specific university programs.
The total number of CFUs D is calculated over the entire degree period (two or three years) and is not tied to a single academic year.
Transversal skills
Explore the learning pathways promoted by the University's Teaching and Learning Center for currently enrolled students that aim to develop transversal skills
Please note: TALC courses are only recognized as CFUs D.
Contamination Lab
The Contamination Lab Verona (CLab Verona) is an experiential learning program focused on innovation and business culture. It offers students the opportunity to collaborate in teams across different programmes and disciplines to solve challenges posed private companies and institutions. Completing this pathway earns students 6 CFUs D. Learn more about the CLab challenges here.
Important Notes:
- To be eligible for any credit-bearing learning activities, including electives, students must be enrolled in the academic year during which the activities are offered.
- GRADUATING SENIORS: Students who plan to graduate in the November or March/April sessions are advised NOT to undertake extracurricular activities in a new academic year (in which they are not enrolled), as these graduation sessions correspond to the previous academic year. Activities completed during an academic year in which students is not enrolled will not be credited with CFUs.
CFUs F (other training activities)
CFUs F typically relate to skills in computing and languages, internships and apprenticeships, and other educational activities accredited by the Teaching Committee.
The degree program in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce recognizes the following:
- 3 CFUs for a third language (B1 level)
- 3 CFUs for computer skills
- 6 CFUs for a mandatory internship.
Computer skills can be acquired by:
- Passing the test in the University's computer labs.
- Attending and passing the final exams for courses offered by schools and centres accredited by AICA (Italian Association for Computer Science and Automatic Computing) or courses recognized by the Province and Region. Applications for the recognition of previously acquired computer skills are reviewed by the Commission for the Recognition of Computer Skills.
Internship are designed to provide students with direct, practical knowledge and experience relevant to their field of study, helping them acquire specific professional skills.
To discover all the teaching activities accredited by the foreign teaching college click here
Chinese literature and culture 1 (2024/2025)
Teaching code
4S003698
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-OR/21 - CHINESE AND SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
Period
I semestre (Area Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 23, 2024 al Dec 21, 2024.
Courses Single
Authorized
Learning objectives
At the end of the course students should possess a thorough knowledge of the most influential authors and of the main works, genres, and trends, as well as of the historical and cultural context of China’s literary history between the mid-Eighteenth Century and the contemporary era. At the end of the course the students will be able to describe autonomously and with enough critical competence the cultural and literary history of modern China.
Prerequisites and basic notions
None
Program
This course provides a survey of Chinese literature from the second half of the XIX century to the contemporary period from the point of view of historical context, themes, genres and texts. The literary-historical outline will pay particular attention to the analysis of some key issues for the understanding of modern and contemporary China, such as the origins of modernity, the relationship between modernity and tradition, the role of the intellectual and the relationship between art, politics and society. The presentation of the historical outline will be accompanied by the reading and analysis of literary and critical sources in translation.
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Lectures with the support of Power Point presentations. Lessons slides are part of the study materials and will be available for download on the Moodle platform.
Class contents and study materials are the same for students who do not attend classes. Those students are invited to contact the instructor during office hours.
Other teaching materials will be uploaded in the Moodle platform of the course.
Learning assessment procedures
The examination will consist of a written test with multiple-choice questions and open questions.
Questions focus on the content presented during the course, the online materials available on the Moodle platform and the texts listed in the bibliography.
Duration: 120 minutes
Evaluation criteria
The examination aims at determining the acquisition of the historical-literary knowledge required, the analysis of the readings in the syllabus and the ability to argue and analyse critically on the basis of the skills acquired during the course.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
Grades are measured in thirtieths. The exam is passed with a score of 18/30 or higher.
Exam language
Italiano
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