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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Sem 1A | Sep 23, 2019 | Oct 31, 2019 |
Sem 1B | Nov 11, 2019 | Jan 11, 2020 |
Sem 2A | Feb 17, 2020 | Mar 28, 2020 |
Sem 2B | Apr 6, 2020 | May 30, 2020 |
Session | From | To |
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Sessione d'esame invernale | Jan 13, 2020 | Feb 15, 2020 |
Sessione d'esame estiva (gli esami sono sospesi durante la sessione di laurea) | Jun 3, 2020 | Jul 25, 2020 |
Sessione d'esame autunnale | Aug 24, 2020 | Sep 19, 2020 |
Session | From | To |
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Sessione di laurea estiva | Jul 6, 2020 | Jul 11, 2020 |
Sessione di laurea autunnale 19-20 | Nov 2, 2020 | Nov 7, 2020 |
Period | From | To |
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Festa di Ognissanti | Nov 1, 2019 | Nov 1, 2019 |
Sospensione delle lezioni | Nov 2, 2019 | Nov 2, 2019 |
Festa dell'Immacolata | Dec 8, 2019 | Dec 8, 2019 |
Vacanze di Natale | Dec 23, 2019 | Jan 6, 2020 |
Vacanze di Pasqua | Apr 10, 2020 | Apr 14, 2020 |
Festa della Liberazione | Apr 25, 2020 | Apr 25, 2020 |
Festa del lavoro | May 1, 2020 | May 1, 2020 |
Sospensione delle lezioni | May 2, 2020 | May 2, 2020 |
Festa del Santo Patrono | May 21, 2020 | May 21, 2020 |
Sospensione delle lezioni | May 22, 2020 | May 23, 2020 |
Festa della Repubblica | Jun 2, 2020 | Jun 2, 2020 |
Vacanze estive | Aug 10, 2020 | Aug 15, 2020 |
Exam calendar
Exam dates and rounds are managed by the relevant Culture and Civilisation Teaching and Student Services Unit.
To view all the exam sessions available, please use the Exam dashboard on ESSE3.
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Academic staff
Migliorati Lorenzo
lorenzo.migliorati@univr.it 045802 8135Tani Stefano
stefano.tani@univr.it +39 045802 8110Study 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 enrollment year.
1° Year
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2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
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3° 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.
Type D and Type F activities
years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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1° 2° 3° | Lectures "Musiche/Culture/Civiltà" | F |
Vincenzo Borghetti
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Laboratory of Theatrical Criticism | F |
Simona Brunetti
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Worshop for cultral events | F | Not yet assigned |
years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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1° 2° 3° | 1969 – 2019; a cinquant’anni dalla strage di piazza fontana | F |
Renato Camurri
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Lectures "Musiche/Culture/Civiltà" | F |
Vincenzo Borghetti
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Laboratory of Theatrical Criticism | F |
Simona Brunetti
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Worshop for cultral events | F | Not yet assigned |
years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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1° 2° 3° | Marchants of Culture. Editorial distribution and promotion | F |
Federica Formiga
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Data elaboration laboratory | F |
Maurizio Boscaini
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Laboratory of radio languages | F |
Simona Brunetti
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Worshop for cultral events | F | Not yet assigned |
1° 2° 3° | The Role of Psychology in Human Resources: Professional interview | F |
Riccardo Sartori
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Psychology and communication: Innovation and creativity processes in the workplace | F |
Riccardo Sartori
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Sociology of Communication | F |
Lorenzo Migliorati
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Sociology of Mass Communication (p) | F |
Lorenzo Migliorati
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | History of comics | F |
Claudio Gallo
(Coordinator)
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years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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1° 2° 3° | Data elaboration laboratory | F |
Maurizio Boscaini
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Laboratory of radio languages | F |
Simona Brunetti
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Worshop for cultral events | F | Not yet assigned |
1° 2° 3° | Creative Writing Laboratory | F |
Veronica Gobbato
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Journalistic Writing Laboratory | F |
Andrea Capuzzo
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | The Role of Psychology in Human Resources: Professional interview | F |
Riccardo Sartori
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Psychology and communication: Innovation and creativity processes in the workplace | F |
Riccardo Sartori
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Sociology of Communication | F |
Lorenzo Migliorati
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Sociology of Mass Communication (p) | F |
Lorenzo Migliorati
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | History of comics | F |
Claudio Gallo
(Coordinator)
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years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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1° 2° 3° | "Common world. 2022 Arendt Seminars | F |
Olivia Guaraldo
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Theatre with wheels | F |
Simona Brunetti
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Theatre with wheels - conferences | F |
Simona Brunetti
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Univero’ 2019 | F |
Tiziana Franco
(Coordinator)
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English SC (i) [II anno] (2019/2020)
The teaching is organized as follows:
Learning outcomes
The two-module course is aimed at increasing students’ metalinguistic awareness, which will allow them not only to analyse some of the distinctive features of the English language through the study of its origin and evolution, but also and foremost to acquire knowledge of, recognise and exploit the potential of language as a major means of communication. By the end of the course, students will have improved their ability to analyse language and the way in which it is and can be used in specific communicative contexts. I MODULE The module is aimed at providing an introduction to English linguistics, both in diachronic and in synchronic terms, in order to consolidate the students’ linguistic skills that are mostly relevant to the professional prospects related to a degree in Communication Studies. Diachronically, the module will outline the key stages of the history of the English language, with a focus on the evolution of the role of English as the language of global communication. From a synchronic perspective, the module will focus on aspects of the language at the phonological/phonetic and morphological levels. The peculiarities of the phonological/phonetic and morphological features related to the use of English as a lingua franca will be highlighted through a comparative analysis with major native varieties of English. II MODULE The aim of the module is to develop students’ ability to critically observe the use of language in specific communicative settings through an introduction to the discipline of discourse analysis. Adopting a critical discourse analysis approach, the main features and communication strategies of argumentative/persuasive texts will be investigated, with a special focus on linguistic choices. Specifically, the main rhetorical-discursive features of the language of politics, advertising, and journalism will be analysed. At the end of the module, students will be able to apply methods and contents typical of critical discourse analysis to examine and interpret with a higher degree of critical awareness linguistic and communication strategies adopted in the production of different texts belonging to different genres.
Program
The first Module will deal with the following topics:
1. History of the English language
- Origins
- Old English
- Middle English
- Modern English
- Present-Day English: English as the language of global communication (ENL, ESL, EFL, ELF).
2. Phonetics/Phonology
- The relationship between spelling and pronunciation in English
- The International Phonetic Alphabet and phonological transcription
- The phonological system of General British: vowel sounds; consonant sounds; the notion of “minimal pair”
- Main differences between General british and General American
- The pronunciation of the morphemes –s e –ed;
- Syllables and word accent
3. Morphology
- The morpheme: bound and free morphemes
- Monomorphemic words and complex words
- Function and content words
- Word classes
- Inflectional morphology and word formation processes:
- derivation with affixation
- conversion
- compounding
- blending
- truncation
- abbreviation (acronyms and initialisms)
Texts:
Facchinetti, Roberta (2016). English Phonetics and Morphology. A reader for first year university students. 3rd edition. Verona: Quiedit.
Svartvik, Jan and Leech, Geoffrey (2006). English. One tongue, many voices. Basingstoke/New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Chapters: 1-5, 7 (pp.124-132), 8, 10-12.
Galloway, Nicola and Heath Rose (2015). Introducing Global Englishes. New York: Routledge. Chapters: 1, 3, 7, 10.
The second Module will deal with the following topics:
1. The notion of “discourse”:
- formalist approach
- functionalist approach
2. The notion of “genre”
3. Multimodal discourse
4. Peruasive discourse
5. Critical discourse analysis as a methodological approach to analyse communication strategies in persuasive discourse
6. The use of rhetoric and representational strategies in persuasive discourse
7. Distinctive features of political discourse, with a focus on political speeches
8. Distinctive features of advertising discourse, with a focus on advertisements
9. Distinctive features of journalistic discourse, with a focus on news reports and editorials
Texts:
Machin, David and Mayr, Andrea (2012). How to do critical discourse analysis. LA/London/New Delhi/Singapore/Washington DC: SAGE. Introduction and Chapters 2, 4, 6, 7, 8.
Goddard, Angela (2002). The Language of Advertising. London: Routledge. Units 1, 2, 3, 5, 7.
Charteris-Black, Jonathan (2014). Analysing Political Speeches. Rhetoric, Discourse and Metaphor. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Chapters: 1 (pp. 3-15), 2 (pp. 39-53), 4, 5.
Richardson, John E. (2007). Analysing Newspapers. An Approach from Critical Discourse Analysis. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Chapters: 1 (pp. 1-2 e pp. 6-14), 2 (pp. 21-27 e pp. 37-39), 3, 6 (pp. 149-165).
Further bibliographical references for both modules will be provided during the course. Students must also use the teacher’s slides as learning material. The slides will be uploaded on Moodle at the end of every week.
For both Modules, the programmes are the same for attendees and non-attendees.
Bibliography
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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Richardson, J.E. | Analysing Newspapers. An Approach from Critical Discourse Analysis | Palgrave Macmillan | 2007 | ||
Charteris-Black, J. | Analysing Political Speeches. Rhetoric, Discourse and Metaphor | Palgrave Macmillan | 2014 | ||
Svartvik, J. and Leech, G. | English. One tongue, many voices | Palgrave Macmillan | 2006 | ||
Facchinetti, Roberta | English Phonetics and Morphology. A Reader for First Year University Students (Edizione 3) | QuiEdit | 2016 | 9788864642314 | |
Machin, D. and Mayr, A. | How to do Critical Discourse Analysis | SAGE | 2012 | ||
Galloway, N. and Rose, H. | Introducing Global English | Routledge | 2015 | 978-0-415-83531-2 | |
Goddard, A. | The language of advertising | Routledge | 2002 | ||
Facchinetti, R. | English Phonetics and Morphology. A reader for first year university students (Edizione 3) | QuiEdit | 2016 |
Examination Methods
PREREQUISITE: Students must have obtained a B2-level certificate of proficiency in English to be allowed to sit the exam.
The exam will be in English, it will be written, and will refer to BOTH modules. The exam paper will include open-ended and multiple choice questions, as well as practical exercises. It will be divided into two parts, one for the first module, and the other for the second. Before the end of the course, a mock exam will be uploaded on Moodle. The mock exam will also be carried out and corrected during the last class. The exam is designed to assess both the knowledge and understanding of the theoretical contents of both modules, and the ability to apply the theoretical knowledge acquired to concrete situations of language in use.
The final exam is the same for both attendees and non-attendees.
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 also via the Univr app.
Graduation
Documents
Title | Info File |
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Tesi di laurea: vademecum per docenti e studenti | pdf, it, 263 KB, 09/02/22 |
List of thesis proposals
theses proposals | Research area |
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Laureandi Scienze della Comunicazione: vademecum | Various topics |
Gestione carriere
Linguistic training CLA
Student mentoring
Student login and resources
Modalità e sedi di frequenza
La frequenza non è obbligatoria.
Maggiori dettagli in merito all'obbligo di frequenza vengono riportati nel Regolamento del corso di studio disponibile alla voce Regolamenti nel menu Il Corso. Anche se il regolamento non prevede un obbligo specifico, verifica le indicazioni previste dal singolo docente per ciascun insegnamento o per eventuali laboratori e/o tirocinio.
È consentita l'iscrizione a tempo parziale. Per saperne di più consulta la pagina Possibilità di iscrizione Part time.
Le sedi di svolgimento delle lezioni e degli esami sono le seguenti:
- Polo Zanotto (vicino si trova il Palazzo di Lettere)
- Palazzo ex Economia
- Polo Santa Marta
- Istituto ex Orsoline
- Palazzo Zorzi (Lungadige Porta Vittoria, 17 - 37129 Verona)