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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primo semestre (lauree magistrali) | Oct 5, 2020 | Dec 23, 2020 |
secondo semestre (lauree magistrali) | Mar 1, 2021 | Jun 1, 2021 |
Session | From | To |
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sessione invernale | Jan 11, 2021 | Feb 12, 2021 |
sessione estiva | Jun 7, 2021 | Jul 23, 2021 |
sessione autunnale | Aug 23, 2021 | Sep 17, 2021 |
Session | From | To |
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sessione autunnale (validità a.a. 2019/20) | Dec 9, 2020 | Dec 11, 2020 |
sessione invernale (validità a.a. 2019/20) | Apr 7, 2021 | Apr 9, 2021 |
sessione estiva (validità a.a. 2020/21) | Sep 6, 2021 | Sep 8, 2021 |
Period | From | To |
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Vacanze di Natale | Dec 24, 2020 | Jan 6, 2021 |
Vacanze di Pasqua | Apr 3, 2021 | Apr 6, 2021 |
Vacanze estive | Aug 9, 2021 | Aug 15, 2021 |
Exam calendar
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Academic staff
Vannucci Virginia
virginia.vannucci@univr.itStudy 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.
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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.
Type D and Type F activities
years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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1° | Future matters | D |
Alessandro Bucciol
(Coordinator)
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1° | Future matters | D |
Alessandro Bucciol
(Coordinator)
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1° | The fashion lab (1 ECTS) | D |
Maria Caterina Baruffi
(Coordinator)
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1° | The fashion lab (2 ECTS) | D |
Maria Caterina Baruffi
(Coordinator)
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1° | The fashion lab (3 ECTS) | D |
Maria Caterina Baruffi
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° | Introduction to the use of R - 2020/21 | D |
Francesca Rossi
(Coordinator)
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years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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1° | Design and Evaluation of Economic and Social Policies | D |
Federico Perali
(Coordinator)
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1° | Public debate and scientific writing - 2020/2021 | D |
Martina Menon
(Coordinator)
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1° | Soft skills coaching days Vicenza (terza edizione) - 2020/2021 | D |
Paola Signori
(Coordinator)
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1° | Wake up Italia - 2020/2021 | D |
Sergio Noto
(Coordinator)
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1° | Professional Communication for Economics | D |
Claudio Zoli
(Coordinator)
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1° | Transactional skills in business law - 2020/2021 | D |
Caterina Fratea
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° | Bases of data visualization. A software-free introduction - 2020/21 | D |
Angelo Zago
(Coordinator)
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International Trade and Economic Development (2021/2022)
Teaching code
4S003747
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
9
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SECS-P/02 - ECONOMIC POLICY
Period
primo semestre (lauree magistrali) dal Oct 4, 2021 al Dec 17, 2021.
Learning outcomes
Classes will cover the central topics of development economics: the determinants of economic growth, technological progress and its implications for productivity, the distributive consequences of growth and human capital accumulation, inequality, and the effect of increasing openness to trade, regional integration and global imbalances, on these dimensions. Stylized economic models will be used to understand the functioning of the relevant markets (such as the labor market and the markets of goods and commodities) and to assess the role of public intervention on them (focusing on the role of education and health policies, redistribution and trade policies). Furthermore, the course will be strongly characterized by an “evidence-based” approach: data and public reports focusing on development issues (from the World Bank, IMF, OECD, for instance) will be critically assessed upon available scientific evidence. The main goal of the classes is to develop a scientific approach to the critical analysis of data and policies for development, which can be carried forward to analyzing and critically assessing the choices of single firms operating in developed and developing countries. Students seeking positions in firms and public institutes which are active on international markets will also: i) acquire competences that are needed to value the opportunities offered by countries and markets with which Italian firms are broadly interacting; ii) master the tools needed to analyze and critically assess the financial and economic scenario characterizing countries with different degrees of development; iii) be able to evaluate risks and opportunities offered by international markets in a global context. The classes will benefit from the active participation of international lecturers and experts from international organizations.
Program
INTRODUCTION TO DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
1. An overview of economic development in different countries.
2. Understanding and measuring drivers of development: An introduction to causal inference methods.
3. Economic growth and economic development.
4. Beyond GDP: Human capital, education and public health.
5. Human capital, endogenous growth, history, expectation and istitutions.
6. Inequality (global and local), poverty and development.
7. Migration: the dual model of development and the labor market.
8. Urban agglomerations and the "New Economic Geography".
9. Credit market, inequality and development.
10. Development and public policy I.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
11. International trade and development: facts and myths.
12. International trade, globalization, labor market and inequality.
13. Development and public policy II: Trade policies.
ONE ADDITIONAL TOPIC
To be agreed upon during the semester depending on broadly shared interests of the class, and selected upon the following items:
1. Economic inequality and insecurity: measures for an inclusive economy:
- Ch2 of “Major Future Economic Challenges”, see report https://www.strategie.gouv.fr/english-articles/major-future-economic-challenges-olivier-blanchard-and-jean-tirole
- F. Bourguignon, T, Scott-Railton (2015), “The Globalization of Inequality”, Princeton University Press.
2. Climate change: sustainability and development:
- “World Bank. 2010. World Development Report 2010 : Development and Climate Change. Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/4387 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), reports https://www.ipcc.ch/2021/08/09/ar6-wg1-20210809-pr/
- Ch1 of “Major Future Economic Challenges”, see report https://www.strategie.gouv.fr/english-articles/major-future-economic-challenges-olivier-blanchard-and-jean-tirole
3. Demographic changes: migration, health and ageing:
- Ch. 2 of “Major Future Economic Challenges”, see report https://www.strategie.gouv.fr/english-articles/major-future-economic-challenges-olivier-blanchard-and-jean-tirole
4. Globalization:
- R. Fiorentini e G. Montani (2012), “The New Global Political Economy”, Edward Elgar, ISBN 978-0-85793-404-8, capitoli 2,3,4-
5. China and India:
- P. Bardhan (2010), “Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay: Assessing the Economic Rise of China and India”, Princeton University Press.
FURTHER READINGS, including scientific and policy reports and published research, will be provided during the classes. Some of the material covered in class includes evidence taken from these additional readings. Students are referred to this material as complementary readings, and for understanding and critically analyzing the extent of development of institutions governing countries and characterizing the business environment. Material will be made available on Moodle.
Bibliography
Examination Methods
The exam will be a 90 minutes written examination based on essay questions of varying difficulty and graded on a scale 31/30. Students will have the possibility to complete an assignment, also graded on a 31/30 scale based on an individual and group score, which will be taken into consideration when determining the final grade of the exam. The assignment will consists in two activities:
i) producing an essay (in groups of min 2, max 3 students) based on reading, summarizing and commenting chapters of the 2021 World Development Report and the World Economic Outlook (group score);
ii) Actively participating to the ITED blog, where threads on topics related to development are drawn from research papers, from OECD/IMF/WB publications or from specialized press (individual score).
The final grade will be determined according to the following rule: max{exam grade; 0.5*exam grade + 0.5*assignments grade}. Simulations of the final exam will be carried over during the semester. More details about grading and assignments will be provided on the first meeting.
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Double degree
To contribute to the internationalization of the experience of students enrolled in the MSc in IEB, Double Degree agreements have been activated with the University of Bordeaux (FR) and with the University of Bamberg (D). Each agreement provides for the participation of a maximum of five students, therefore a total of (maximum) ten students can benefit from the experience.
Bordeaux
Students selected for the Double Degree program with Bordeaux will spend the first semester of the second year at the partner university, during which they will participate in the Master Mention “Economie Internationale” - Parcours “Economie, banque et finance internationales”. Students will attend the following courses in France (on the right the equivalent courses of the MSc in IEB):
Import/Export Techniques 8ECTS <---> International business law 9CFU
Growth and Development 7ECTS <---> International trade and economic development 9CFU
International Trade and FDI 8ECTS <---> Export decisions, FDI, and global value chains 9CFU
Strategic Analysis and Applications 7ECTS <---> Stage 3CFU
Bamberg
Students selected for the Double Degree program with Bamberg, on the other hand, will participate in the Master of Science in European Economic Studies program, where they will attend the following courses:
- One course to be chosen in the MAEES1 Methods and Fundamentals module group:
Modul MAEES1.1 Advanced Microeconomics 6 ECTS
Modul MAEES1.2 Advanced Macroeconomics 6 ECTS
- Three courses (18 ECTS) with modules of the module groups MAEES Specialisation (of 6 ECTS each):
MAEES3 Internationale Wirtschaft (International Economics)
MAEES4 Empirische Mikroökonomik (Empirical Microeconomics)
MAEES5 Finanzwissenschaft (Public Economics)
MAEES7 Wirtschaftstheorie (Economic Theory)
MAEES8 Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (Applied Economic Research)
- 12 ECTS among the following Foreign Business Languages at master level:
German (for not German native speakers)
Business English
Business French
Business Italian (for not Italian native speakers)
Business Spanish
Business Russian
- 24 ECTS for thesis completion.
Requirements and selection procedure
Students regularly enrolled in the first year of the MSc in IEB can be admitted to the Double Degree programs. The call for applications will be published around September 2021 or later in the University web page on double degrees. The choice of students to be admitted is made during the first semester of the first year, through a multi-stage process:
- a selection of students based on the results achieved in their bachelor degree, on their CV and on a motivational interview. Following this selection, the ranking of students "admitted under condition" will be published;
- an ongoing confirmation of the above ranking, based on the academic achievement of the students in the first part of their studies at the University of Verona. Specifically, are confirmed the students "admitted under condition" which - at the end of the first semester of the first year - have achieved a weighted average score greater than or equal to 24 and a number of credits not lower than the average of the cohort of students enrolled in the first year are taken into consideration).
The ranking of selected and confirmed students will be unique and the choice of destination - Bamberg or Bordeaux - will be made starting with the first classified student, then the second and so on.
Finally, the students selected and confirmed will participate in the call to obtain the Erasmus scholarships reserved for the assigned location.
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Prova finale
La prova finale consiste in un elaborato in forma scritta di almeno 60 cartelle, che approfondisce un tema a scelta relativo a uno degli insegnamenti previsti dal piano didattico dello studente. Il tema e il titolo dell’elaborato dovranno essere selezionati in accordo con un docente dell’Ateneo di un SSD fra quelli presenti nel piano didattico dello studente. Il lavoro deve essere sviluppato sotto la guida del docente. La tesi è oggetto di esposizione e discussione orale, in una delle date appositamente stabilite dal calendario delle attività didattiche, dinanzi a una Commissione di Laurea nominata ai sensi del RDA. In accordo con il Relatore, la tesi potrà essere redatta e la discussione potrà svolgersi in lingua inglese.
Per maggiori informazioni e la consultazione delle scadenze e delle commissioni di laurea si rimanda all'apposita sezione dei Servizi di Segreteria studenti.