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The Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Political Science for Security and International Relations aims at providing appropriate intellectual tools designed to critically and autonomously evaluate complex scenarios, as well as to plan and implement specific actions, both in relation to the Country System and to the wide public and private working environments. The process of growing “functional interconnection” among the various “regions” of the Planet is characterized by increasingly rapid changes, affecting politics and international relations in a difficult and hard to interpret global framework, both for the players and the governing dynamics involved. Such processes require the special attention of the university system, in order to give the students, the new ruling class of the country, knowledge and information that will help them critically and proactively analysing the most relevant geopolitical, social and economic factors, contributing to the harmonious growth of the civil society. The Degree Programme aims at the development of cultural and professional competences, that can be used against the hindering factors both in the honourable and organized accomplishment of the public duties (article 54 of the Italian Constitution), and in the economic initiative, protecting the values of “security”, “freedom” and “human dignity” (article 41 of Italian Constitution).
Fields of study and Curricula
During the first three semesters, students will acquire notions and tools that can be useful to comprehend the different issues related to security and international relations:
After these first three semesters, students will have to choose between two different Curricula: (a) International Security and Crime; (b) International Relations.
Curriculum in International Security and Crime
The Curriculum in International Security and Crime has been designed being aware of the changes in the concept of “security”, whose traditional defensive connotation can be considered nowadays simplistic when thinking about the new threats to the interests of the nation and to the constitutional order. Today’s security policies must deal with prevention and scenario analysis, considering both the process of de-territorialisation and “virtualisation” affecting today’s threats, and new marginalities and social conflicts, related to the geopolitical and geo-economic changes mentioned before.
The Curriculum will also offer the students the opportunity to acquire competences in the following fields:
Curriculum in International relations
The Curriculum in International Relations will give students the chance to comprehend and analyse opportunities and risks connected to the geopolitical and geo-economic changes, with particular reference to the need of efficiently contrasting aggressivity and competitivity of the countries characterised by weak o non-existent welfare politics considerably affecting labour costs, on the one hand, and the need of overcoming structural weaknesses of the Country System, for example in the context of productivity and innovation, on the other hand.
The Curriculum will also offer the students the opportunity to acquire competences in the following fields:
Both Curricula offer further 16 credits (ECTS) in the field of languages, of which 8 ECTS concerning the study of a European language (French, English, Spanish, German) and 8 ECTS concerning the study of any of the 8 foreign languages offered at UNINT (Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, German). Students will be given the opportunity to choose one of the two 6 ECTS laboratories: the “Computer Security, Social Networks and Privacy Lab” and the “E-democracy and E-participation Lab”. Moreover, students will also have the opportunity to apply for internships and traineeships in companies, public bodies, professional bodies, workers’ organisations, associations and NGOs (4 ECTS).
In response to the urgent needs of the job market, the course aims at training the following type of professionals:
The normal requirement for admission to the Bachelor's Degree in Political Science for Security and International Relations (L-36) is the award of a five-year Secondary School diploma, an equivalent qualification, or any international certificate or diploma which provides access to university programmes in accordance with the regulations of the country in question. All the candidates who meet the abovementioned requirements must undergo a non-selective test in order to verify: (a) adequate proficiency in Italian language; (b) basic knowledge of the first foreign language which will be studied; (c) an adequate general knowledge of the historical, political and legal fields.
The Steering Committee has the role of steering all the degree-programme activities towards relations with local territory, institutions, mass media, the world of work, production systems and civil society, pursuant to article 11 of the Ministerial Decree No. 270 of 22 October 2004 and to MIUR Circular No. 416 of 01/12/2005. External members (approved by the Council of Faculty on 8 Mrach 2022, minutes no. 172):
Academic Year 2021/2022
Curriculum in International Security and Crime
| COMPULSORY COURSES | ECTS |
| YEAR I | |
| Public Law and Space | 8 |
| International Law | 8 |
| Political Economy | 8 |
| Fundamentals of Political Science | 8 |
| The Contemporary World in a Historical Prospective | 8 |
| European Language I (English, French, German or Spanish) | 8 |
| General Sociology | 8 |
| YEAR II | |
| Economic Criminality (transnational) | 6 |
| International Economics | 6 |
| Policies and Good Practices for Social Integration | 6 |
| Sociology of Crime | 6 |
| Security Strategies and Cyberspace | 8 |
| YEAR III | |
| Criminal Law and Modern Investigation Technologies | 8 |
| Private Law and Privacy Protection | 8 |
| Constitutionalism in the World | 8 |
| Criminal Psychology | 8 |
| Sociology of Political Communication and Social Media | 6 |
| 1 COURSE TO BE CHOSEN | |
| Contemporary Historical Phenomena and Political Institutional Dynamics | 10 |
| International Relations, New Frontiers and New Players | 10 |
| 1 COURSE TO BE CHOSEN | |
Fundamentals and Potential Lines of Development of Arabic Society | 8 |
| Social Psychology and Inclusive Processes | 8 |
| ELECTIVES | |
| Courses form any discipline may be chosen | 12 |
| OTHER ACTIVITIES | |
Computer Security, Social Network and Privacy Lab or | 6 |
| Foreign Language II (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish) | 8 |
| Internship | 4 |
| Final Examination | 6 |
Curriculum in International Relations
| COMPULSORY COURSES | ECTS |
| YEAR I | |
| Public Law and Space | 8 |
| International Law | 8 |
| Political Economy | 8 |
| Fundamentals of Political Science | 8 |
| The Contemporary World in a Historical Prospective | 8 |
| European Language I (English, French, German or Spanish) | 8 |
| General Sociology | 8 |
| YEAR II | |
| Development and Climate Change Economics | 6 |
| International Economics | 6 |
| Social Media Management and Web Reputation | 6 |
| Economic Processes and Labour Sociology | 6 |
| International Politics Strategies | 8 |
| YEAR III | |
| Communication Law | 8 |
| Commercial Cross-Borders Transaction Law | 8 |
| Social Concerns, International Relations and New Diasporas | 6 |
| Non-profit Organisation Management | 8 |
| Marketing Psychology | 8 |
| Social Psychology and Inclusive Processes | 8 |
1 COURSE TO BE CHOSEN | |
| Contemporary Historical Phenomena and Political Institutional Dynamics | 10 |
| International Relations, New Frontiers and New Players | 10 |
ELECTIVES | |
| Courses form any discipline may be chosen | 12 |
| OTHER ACTIVITIES | |
Computer Security, Social Network and Privacy Lab or E-Democracy and E-Participation Lab | 6 |
Foreign Language II (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish) | 8 |
| Internship | 4 |
| Final Examination | 6 |
The academic and teaching staff of the Faculty consists of high-profile academics, high-qualified experts with experience in fields such as sociology, psychology, social inclusion, political science, communication and social media, as well as in prevention, investigation and fight against crime activities; but also of magistrates, members of governmental organisations against Jihadist radicalisation and extremism, well-known criminologists, senior members of armed forces and Intelligence analysts and operators with relevant experience in activities aimed at defending the State security and economy.
For the entire list of the academic and teaching staff clic here.
