PUBLIC POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE

Course details

Academic Year:

2016/2017

Type of Course:

Magistrale degree

Degree Class:

LM-62 - Political sciences

Duration in years:

Credits:

120

Location:

SASSARI

Department:

LAW

Entry test:

Type of access:

open access

Compulsory attendance:

Course website:

https://giuriss.uniss.it/it/didattica

List of Courses

The detailed information about the classes to be held during the current academic year are already available of the official page; but the detailed information (professor, course syllabus, bibliography, etc.) about the courses which will be held during the academic years following the first one (2nd, 3rd year, etc.) will be made available during the year when the course will be held (1st year of the 2016-2017 academic year is already available; 2nd year courses will be uploaded during the 2017-2018 academic year; 3rd year courses will be uploaded during the 2018-2019 academic year; etc.).
For this reason, the details about the courses to be held during the years following the current academic year may be viewed by searching the name of the courses in the SEARCH TEACHING ACTIVITIES engine or by browsing through the syllabus of the first year of matriculation.
Important information for Erasmus students: if you are an Erasmus student and you wish to view all available courses, use the SEARCH TEACHING ACTIVITIES engine to search the desired courses.

Course year: 1

ANALISI DELLE POLITICHE PUBBLICHE - 9 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
ANALYSIS OF URBAN POLICIES - 9 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
DIRITTO AMMINISTRATIVO (CORSO AVANZATO) - 9 credits - Elective Course - Optional
DIRITTO DELL'UNIONE EUROPEA (CORSO AVANZATO) - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary - Compulsory
GENERAL SOCIOLOGY (ADVANCED COURSE) - 9 credits - Elective Course - Optional
HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION AND MOVEMENT OF IDEAS IN THE MODERN AGE - 9 credits - Elective Course - Optional
ITALIANO - 9 credits - Elective Course - Compulsory
PUBLIC ECONOMY - 9 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICAL PHENOMENA - 9 credits - Elective Course - Optional
TEORIA GENERALE DELLO STATO E DELL'ORGANIZZAZIONE PUBBLICA - 9 credits - Elective Course - Optional

Course year: 2

ALTRE ATTIVITA' (DM 270/04, ART.10, LETTERA D) - 9 credits - Compulsory
DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE UMANITARIO E TUTELA DEI DIRITTI UMANI - 9 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
DISSERTATION - 30 credits - Language/Final Examination - Compulsory
EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary - Compulsory
HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS - 6 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
HISTORY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND MOVEMENTS - 6 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
HISTORY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - 9 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
LABOUR LAW (ADVANCED COURSE) - 9 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY - 9 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
PROCESSES AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE WORLD POLITICS - 9 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
TO THE EU ORIGIN - 9 credits - Characterising - Compulsory

Expected Skills

Knowledge and know-how:
The students of the Public policies and Governance course will improve the knowledge, assimilated during the bachelor degree, specifically about History, Politics, Law, Sociology, Economics and they will acquire mastery in the use of the typical methodological instruments of the above mentioned disciplines.

Ability to apply knowledge and know-how:
The graduate in the master course of Public Policies and governance will be able to apply, by the scientific method learned, the knowledge and the competencies acquired on the technical-professional level and in the research field, essentials to manage complex problems concerning public policies and political-institutional changes.

Areas for Career Opportunities

Position in a workplace:

Position-related skills:

Career opportunities:
The aim of the course is to graduate experts in public policies and governance, able to work in public administration, NGOs, third sector and international organizations.

Access requirements

a) Access Requirements
Besides a first level three-year university degree (not less than 90/100 mark), either Italian or officially recongnized as equivalent to an Italian degree, students enrolling for the degree in Public policies and Governance should have: a solid understanding of the basics of public law, of political science, of sociology, of economics, and of history; familiarity with the principles, methods, and tools of statistical-social research; a problem-solving outlook; the ability to look at and discuss phenomena from a multidisciplinary point of view; computer skills at or above the level of the ECDL Core; written and oral English language skills at European Reference Level B1 or higher.

b) The course of study in short
The two years course permits to obtain a second level (master) degree in Public policies and Governance.
After a common first year, students can choose between two suggested paths: 1) politological-administrative address; politological-international address. Students, respecting the number of credits that they must acquire in all the discipline areas, may also “build” their own path, choosing subjects from both addresses.

Study Programme Reference Persons

Reference Professors:

Tutors:

PODDIGHE Elena
RAGIONIERI Rodolfo

Fees

Fees are governed by a single set of rules applicable to all courses, as articulated in the

Regolamento Carriere of the University of Sassari (page 11) and in Annex 5.2 thereof

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