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.

Type D and Type F activities

Type D learning activities are the student's choice, type F activities are additional knowledge useful for job placement (internships, transversal skills, project works, etc.). According to the Teaching Regulations of the Course, some activities can be chosen and entered independently in the booklet, others must be approved by a special committee to verify their consistency with the study plan. Type D or F learning activities can be covered by the following activities.

1. Modules taught at the University of Verona

Include the modules listed below and/or in the Course Catalogue (which can also be filtered by language of delivery via Advanced Search).

Booklet entry mode: if the teaching is included among those listed below, the student can enter it independently during the period in which the curriculum is open; otherwise, the student must make a request to the Secretariat, sending the form to carriere.scienze@ateneo.univr.it during the period indicated.

2. CLA certificate or language equivalency

In addition to those required by the curriculum/study plan, the following are recognized for those matriculated from A.Y. 2021/2022:

  • English language: 3 CFUs are recognized for each level of proficiency above that required by the course of study (if not already recognized in the previous course of study).
  • Other languages and Italian for foreigners: 3 CFUs are recognized for each proficiency level starting from A2 (if not already recognized in the previous study cycle).

These CFUs will be recognized, up to a maximum of 6 CFUs in total, of type F if the study plan allows it, or of type D. Additional elective credits for language knowledge may be recognized only if consistent with the student's educational project and if adequately justified.

Those enrolled until A.Y. 2020/2021 should consult the information found here.

Method of inclusion in the booklet: request the certificate or equivalency from CLA and send it to the Student Secretariat - Careers for the inclusion of the exam in the career, by email: carriere.scienze@ateneo.univr.it

Warning: to students, who have achieved the B2 level of English in their three-year careers (bachelor), we emphasize the need to replace the full B2 level of English, provided by the study plan, with the C1 level of "computerized" English (prova informatizzata) or to acquire other language proficiency in a community language at least at the full B1 level.

3. Transversal skills

Discover the training paths promoted by the University's TALC - Teaching and learning center intended for students regularly enrolled in the academic year of course delivery

Mode of inclusion in the booklet: the teaching is not expected to be included in the curriculum. Only upon obtaining the Open Badge will the booklet CFUs be automatically validated. The registration of CFUs in career is not instantaneous, but there will be some technical time to wait.  

4. CONTAMINATION LAB 

The Contamination Lab Verona (CLab Verona) is an experiential course with modules on innovation and enterprise culture that offers the opportunity to work in teams with students from all areas to solve challenges set by companies and organisations.  

Upon completion of a CLab, students will be entitled to receive 6 CFU (D- or F-type credits).  

Find out more:  https://www.univr.it/clabverona 

PLEASE NOTE: In order to be admitted to any teaching activities, including those of your choice, you must be enrolled in the academic year in which the activities in question are offered. Students who are about to graduate in the December and April sessions are therefore advised NOT to undertake extracurricular activities in the new academic year in which they are not enrolled, as these graduation sessions are valid for students enrolled in the previous academic year. Therefore, students who undertake an activity in an academic year in which they are not enrolled will not be granted CFU credits.

5. Internship/internship period

In addition to the CFUs stipulated in the curriculum/study plan (check carefully what is indicated on the Teaching Regulations): here information on how to activate the internship. 

Check in the regulations which activities can be Type D and which can be Type F.

Modules and other activities that can be entered independently in the booklet

Academic year:

Teaching code

4S009087

Coordinator

Marco Carradore

Credits

6

Language

English en

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SPS/07 - GENERAL SOCIOLOGY

Period

Semester 2 dal Mar 4, 2024 al Jun 14, 2024.

Courses Single

Authorized

Learning objectives

The course aims to offer students an overview of the main paradigms of social research, in order to identify the solutions proposed by these paradigms for ontological, epistemological and methodological questions related to social research. The course is also aimed at providing students with a general framework of the main quantitative and qualitative research techniques, linking them to the specific research questions for which their application is particularly relevant. Finally, the course aims to provide a presentation of the Social Network Analysis (SNA) techniques, in order to train students to the relational analysis of social reality. At the end of the course the student has to show to have acquired the following skills: -ability to identify the most effective social research strategy to deal with a cognitive problem -ability to use, with competence and appropriate language, the techniques of Social Network Analysis (SNA), finalizing them to the operational definition of social reality as a network of relationships and to the identification of the mechanisms that take place in it.

Prerequisites and basic notions

There are no prerequisites

Program

The course will provide students with the ability to learn and apply the qualitative research method, quantitative research techniques and SNA in the field of social research.
The program is divided into the following modules:
Qualitative social research
Quantitative social research
SNA
Each research method will be dealt with a theoretical and practical point of view. They will be applied to analyse specific empirical research questions.
To gain experience with the practical application of these techniques, students will practice using the software most commonly applied in social research.
The course will combine theoretical lectures, data analysis activities and practice in the interpretation of the outputs obtained.

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Lectures and activities of data analysis.

Learning assessment procedures

Written/Oral

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

The final assessment mark will combine the following three elements:
1) Practical activities of data analysis and interpretation of the outputs (30%)
2) An assignment dealing with data analysis (30%)
3) Oral examination (40%)
For working students, the point (2) must be replaced with a written assignment dealing with data analysis (min. 2000 words) (30%).

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Average of the evaluation score of the different activities requested.

Exam language

English