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Faculty of: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Political sciences and international relations

Milan

Domestic applicants
International applicants
Duration
3 Years
Language
Italian
Degree Classes
L-36 R (Political science and international relations)

Curriculum: Cooperation Institutions and Organisations - A.Y. 2025/2026

1° year

Course credits Programme
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (M-DEA/01) 9
GENERAL SOCIOLOGY (SPS/07) 9
POLITICAL SCIENCE (SPS/01,SPS/04) 9
PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY (SECS-P/01) 12
PUBLIC LAW INSTITUTIONS (IUS/09) 9
STATISTICS (SECS-S/01) 9
All degree-seeking students are required to attend theology teachings aimed at offering a reasoned and critical knowledge of the Christian message.

THEOLOGY I
Course CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (M-DEA/01)
credits 9
Programme
Course GENERAL SOCIOLOGY (SPS/07)
credits 9
Programme
Course POLITICAL SCIENCE (SPS/01,SPS/04)
credits 9
Programme
Course PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY (SECS-P/01)
credits 12
Programme
Course PUBLIC LAW INSTITUTIONS (IUS/09)
credits 9
Programme
Course STATISTICS (SECS-S/01)
credits 9
Programme
All degree-seeking students are required to attend theology teachings aimed at offering a reasoned and critical knowledge of the Christian message.

THEOLOGY I

2° year

Course credits Programme
CONTEMPORARY HISTORY (M-STO/04) 9
ENGLISH LANGUAGE (L-LIN/12) 9
INTERNATIONAL LAW (IUS/13) 9
PHILOSOPHY OF INTRA-CULTURAL DIALOGUE (M-FIL/03) 6
SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT (SPS/07) 9
Course CONTEMPORARY HISTORY (M-STO/04)
credits 9
Programme
Course ENGLISH LANGUAGE (L-LIN/12)
credits 9
Programme
Course INTERNATIONAL LAW (IUS/13)
credits 9
Programme
Course PHILOSOPHY OF INTRA-CULTURAL DIALOGUE (M-FIL/03)
credits 6
Programme
Course SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT (SPS/07)
credits 9
Programme

One course to be chosen from the following two:

(credits 9)

Course credits Programme
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS: ANALYTICAL OUTLINES (SECS-P/01) 9
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS (SECS-P/02) 9
Course DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS: ANALYTICAL OUTLINES (SECS-P/01)
credits 9
Programme
Course INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS (SECS-P/02)
credits 9
Programme

One course to be chosen from the following two:

(credits 9)

Course credits Programme
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS (SPS/04) 9
GEOPOLITICS (SPS/04) 9
Course COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS (SPS/04)
credits 9
Programme
Course GEOPOLITICS (SPS/04)
credits 9
Programme

One foreign language course to be chosen from the following five:

(credits 6)

Course credits Programme
ARABIC LANGUAGE AND CULTURE 6
CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE 6
FRENCH LANGUAGE 6
GERMAN LANGUAGE 6
SPANISH LANGUAGE 6
All degree-seeking students are required to attend theology teachings aimed at offering a reasoned and critical knowledge of the Christian message.

THEOLOGY II
Course ARABIC LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
credits 6
Programme
Course CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
credits 6
Programme
Course FRENCH LANGUAGE
credits 6
Programme
Course GERMAN LANGUAGE
credits 6
Programme
Course SPANISH LANGUAGE
credits 6
Programme
All degree-seeking students are required to attend theology teachings aimed at offering a reasoned and critical knowledge of the Christian message.

THEOLOGY II

3° year

Course credits Programme
CO-OPERATION IN DEVELOPMENT: OFFICIAL GUIDELINES (SPS/03) 6
CONTEMPORARY HISTORY: GEOGRAPHIES AND SOCIETY (M-STO/04) 6
Course CO-OPERATION IN DEVELOPMENT: OFFICIAL GUIDELINES (SPS/03)
credits 6
Programme
Course CONTEMPORARY HISTORY: GEOGRAPHIES AND SOCIETY (M-STO/04)
credits 6
Programme

One course to be chosen from the following two:

(credits 6)

Course credits Programme
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY (SECS-P/02) 6
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS POLICIES (SECS-P/02) 6
Course ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY (SECS-P/02)
credits 6
Programme
Course INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS POLICIES (SECS-P/02)
credits 6
Programme

One course to be chosen from the following two:

(credits 9)

Course credits Programme
COMPARATIVE PUBLIC LAW (IUS/21) 9
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (IUS/13,IUS/14) 9
Course COMPARATIVE PUBLIC LAW (IUS/21)
credits 9
Programme
Course INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (IUS/13,IUS/14)
credits 9
Programme

One course to be chosen from the following two:

(credits 9)

Course credits Programme
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS: HISTORICAL-INSTITUTIONAL OUTLINES (SECS-P/04) 9
ECONOMIC POLICIES FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT (SECS-P/02) 9
Course DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS: HISTORICAL-INSTITUTIONAL OUTLINES (SECS-P/04)
credits 9
Programme
Course ECONOMIC POLICIES FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT (SECS-P/02)
credits 9
Programme
Course credits Programme
ELECTIVES 12
FINAL EXAMINATION/DISSERTATION 6
All degree-seeking students are required to attend theology teachings aimed at offering a reasoned and critical knowledge of the Christian message.

THEOLOGY III
Course ELECTIVES
credits 12
Programme
Course FINAL EXAMINATION/DISSERTATION
credits 6
Programme
All degree-seeking students are required to attend theology teachings aimed at offering a reasoned and critical knowledge of the Christian message.

THEOLOGY III