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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First half of Semester 1 | Sep 25, 2017 | Nov 11, 2017 |
Second half of Semester 1 | Nov 13, 2017 | Jan 20, 2018 |
First half of Semester 2 | Feb 26, 2018 | Apr 21, 2018 |
Second half of Semester 2 | Apr 23, 2018 | Jun 9, 2018 |
Session | From | To |
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Sessione d'esame invernale | Jan 22, 2018 | Feb 24, 2018 |
Sessione d'esame estiva | Jun 11, 2018 | Jul 28, 2018 |
Sessione d'esame autunnale | Aug 27, 2018 | Sep 22, 2018 |
Session | From | To |
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Sessione estiva | Jul 16, 2018 | Jul 21, 2018 |
Sessione autunnale | Nov 12, 2018 | Nov 17, 2018 |
Sessione invernale | Apr 1, 2019 | Apr 6, 2019 |
Period | From | To |
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All Saints Day | Nov 1, 2017 | Nov 1, 2017 |
Immaculate Conception | Dec 8, 2017 | Dec 8, 2017 |
Christmas break | Dec 22, 2017 | Jan 7, 2018 |
Easter break | Mar 30, 2018 | Apr 3, 2018 |
Liberation Day | Apr 25, 2018 | Apr 25, 2018 |
Labour Day | May 1, 2018 | May 1, 2018 |
Patron Saint Day | May 21, 2018 | May 21, 2018 |
Republic Day | Jun 2, 2018 | Jun 2, 2018 |
Summer break | Aug 13, 2018 | Aug 18, 2018 |
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.
If you forgot your login details or have problems logging in, please contact the relevant IT HelpDesk, or check the login details recovery web page.
Academic staff

Mastrocinque Attilio

Migliorati Lorenzo
Tani Stefano
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 enrollment year.
1° Year
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2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019
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3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
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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° | Laboratory of History of Theatre | F |
Simona Brunetti
(Coordinator)
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years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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1° 2° 3° | Laboratory of theatrical and musical criticism | F |
Simona Brunetti
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Laboratory of History of Theatre | F |
Simona Brunetti
(Coordinator)
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years | Modules | TAF | Teacher | |
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1° | Recording the theatrical ephemeral | F |
Simona Brunetti
(Coordinator)
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1° | History of comics | F |
Claudio Gallo
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Laboratory of theatrical and musical criticism | F |
Simona Brunetti
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Data elaboration laboratory | F |
Maurizio Boscaini
(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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years | Modules | TAF | Teacher | |
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1° | Creative Writing Laboratory | F |
Mariangela Lando
(Coordinator)
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1° | Journalistic Writing Laboratory | F |
Silvano Tommasoli
(Coordinator)
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1° | Recording the theatrical ephemeral | F |
Simona Brunetti
(Coordinator)
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1° | History of comics | F |
Claudio Gallo
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Laboratory of radio languages | F |
Tiziana Cavallo
(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
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English SC (i) (2018/2019)
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.
Program
The first Module will deal with the following topics:
1. History of the English language
- Origin
- 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
- The phonological system of General British: vowel sounds; consonant sounds; the notion of “minimal pair”;
- The pronunciation of the morphemes –s e –ed;
- Word accent;
- Phonological transcription;
- Main difference between General British and General American;
- Main accents in the British and in the American varieties;
-The Lingua Franca Core.
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, R. | English Phonetics and Morphology. A reader for first year university students (Edizione 3) | QuiEdit | 2016 | ||
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 |
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.
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.
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)
Graduation
Documents
Title | Info File |
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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 |