Course units and programme of study | POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

The programme of study is the set of compulsory and elective course units that the student must take in order to graduate.

Submission of the programme of study for your year of enrolment is compulsory and is required, in particular, for registration for examinations and for completion of the teaching evaluation questionnaires.
All current students must submit their programme of study online via the Esse3 system.

The programme of study may differ according to the academic year of enrolment ('cohort'); it may also provide for a choice between different study paths ('curricula').

To see the list of course units that you can include in your programme of study, select the academic year of enrolment and, if available, the curriculum.
Search the course units of the programme of study

List of courses

How the programme of study works

The list of course units in the programme of study represents all the training activities available for each of the years of the degree course and changes according to the year in which the student enrols. ‘Free-choice or restricted-choice' course units are optional learning activities that students may include in their programme of study according to the choice criteria specified on this page; the remaining course units are compulsory for all students.

The programme of study must be submitted online by the student for each year using the ESSE3 system (see dedicated section).

Students are allowed to submit their own programme of study with options other than those presented on this page (and available in ESSE3), as long as it is consistent with achieving the course's learning objectives. In that case, the programme must be submitted to the Course Council for approval.

Course catalogue a.y. 2024/2025

The attached document shows all the courses activated in A.Y. 2024/2025 (including elective courses offered by the Degree Course)

Course catalogue A.Y. 2024/2025

Course catalog's plan - Program of study a. y. 2024/2025

The atteched document shows the program of study must be followed to students who want to enrole to the a. y. 2024-2025 (first year).

Course catalog's plan a.y. 2024/2025

Programmes of study a.y. 2022/2023

>> Programme of study to be followed by students enrolling in (first-year enrolment) the academic year 2022/2023.

Enrolling as a 'PART-TIME student’

Students who, for work, health or personal reasons, is unable to devote themselves to full-time studies may enrol on regular years of degree courses as a PART-TIME STUDENT.

Part-time student's program of study a.y. 2024/2025

Propaedeuticity

In order to be able to take the examinations of certain course units ('restricted choice' course units) following the first year, you must first have passed the examinations of certain core course units ('propaedeutic' subjects).
Propaedeuticities related to the programme of study for a. y. 2024/2025:

Political Economy (SECS-P/01) propaedeutic to Economic Policy (SECS-P/02)
Language proficiency- English B1 propaedeutic to English Language for Political Science (L-LIN/12)
Public Law Institutions (IUS/09) propaedeutic to Administrative Law of Economics (IUS/10) and to Italian and Comparative Constitutional Law (IUS/21)

Double degree programme of study

Students taking part in the double degree project with Universität Passau (Germany), starting in their second year, follow the programme of study indicated in the Double Degree Protocol

Course catalogue a.y. 2024/2025 - 'Free-choice' activities

With regard to the optional activities (TAF D) in the second and third years of the programme of study, students may choose:

1) Courses offered by the DEGREE COURSE;

3) TRANSVERSAL ACTIVITIES

4) FREE PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES

It is possible to include in one's programme of study ‘free participation activities’: sporting, cultural, artistic or social activities, provided that they are certified in accordance with the provisions of the ‘Rules for Free Participation Activities’, for at least and no more than 6 ECTS credits. If the certification of these activities, considered as a whole, does not reach 6 ECTS credits, the credits certified will remain in the student's career as a supernumerary, without covering an activity under TAF D.

5) NATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE
Students who have carried out National Civil Service may, if they expressly request it, have it recognised with 6 ECTS credits as an activity chosen by the student. For recognition, an application must be made by filling in the FORM and attaching appropriate certification. The Course Council will authorise the recognition.

6) INTERNSHIP

(N.B. No authorisation is required for the inclusion in the programme of study of the courses/activities listed in the previous points)

7) Course units offered by other DEPARTMENTS (not expressly recommended by the Degree Course)

Students may also propose the inclusion of courses other than those proposed by the Degree Course, provided that they are activated for at least 6 ECTS credits, on other university degree courses. In this case, the FORM must be completed at least five days before the meeting of the Course Council prior to the end of the period available for the online upload of programmes of study. Students must indicate the reasons for their choice and the Course Council will assess, on a case-by-case basis, the consistency of the proposed choice with the programme of study and, if consistent, will authorise the Student Registry Office to include the chosen course in the programme of study, in time for it to be uploaded online.

Online completion of the Programme of study - ESSE3

Every year, within a set period, regularly enrolled students (i.e. completing their course within the prescribed time) must fill in their programme of study on Esse3 for their course year.
The online submission of the programme of study is compulsory and necessary, above all, for registering for examinations and for completing the course evaluation questionnaires.

Compilation periods

For the a.y. 2024/2025 the Programme of Study must be completed online in the period:

from 07/10/2024 to 06/12/2024
from 10/03/2025 to 22/05/2025 (for those who were unable to submit their Programme of Study in the first period or for those who wish to make changes)

Procedure and compilation guide

Instructions for filling in the programme of study are as follows:

Go to the page: https://unipr.esse3.cineca.it;
From the menu in the top right (3 white lines) click on LOGIN and enter your username (name.surname@studenti.unipr.it) and password;
Also from the menu, click on the item PROGRAMME OF STUDY (career programme)
First year students: click on NEW PROGRAMME
Second and third year students: click on the MODIFY PROGRAMME button (at the bottom of the page, under the previous years' course units)
Click on CONTINUE FILLING IN CAREER PROGRAMME
Read and follow the instructions by moving from one rule to the next with the ‘Next rule’ button until you reach the last rule.
Click on CONFIRM PROGRAMME and finally on CONFIRM DEFINITIVELY
Finally, fill in the satisfaction questionnaire. >> Detailed instructions for filling in the programme of study on Esse3.

Instructions for students not completing the course within the prescribed time

Year-3 students must pay close attention to their choice in the final year.
Students NOT COMPLETING THE COURSE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME, if they wish to change a free-choice activity, must enrol in the 3rd year as a REPEATING STUDENT.

This means that:

the repeating student must wait until the first useful session of the academic year (July) in order to graduate;
as in other years, before taking examinations for new course units, students must acquire attendance (i.e. wait until the end of the semester of the course to be able to take the examination);
students will be enrolled in the current system for year-3 students. Therefore, the student will have to follow a new system, with the obligation to take core examinations not provided for in their original system.

In order to facilitate third-year students, an additional period in which it is possible to modify choices and/or the internship (in May) has been introduced.

STUDENTS NOT COMPLETING THE COURSE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME may NOT fill in the programme of study online.
See rule described in the notice above.

STUDENTS WITH CONDITIONAL ENROLMENT
Students with conditional enrolment may NOT fill in their programme of study either online or on paper.

STUDENTS ENROLLED ON A DEGREE COURSE CLOSED TO NEW CANDIDATES
Students enrolled on a degree course closed to new candidates (Degree Course in Political Science and European Institutions - SPIE, Degree Course in Political Science (Businesses, Markets, Institutions) - SPAMI) are NOT required to submit a programme of study.

Guidelines for the recognition of extracurricular ECTS credits

EXTRACURRICULAR activities are activities (course units, participation in seminars, competitions, etc.) which are not recognised for the qualification of Degree. These kinds of activities cannot replace "elective" teaching of the program of study and the possible evaluation does not average with the marks of the other examinations.

Extracurricular credits may be:

1. EXTRACURRICULAR LESSONS, in addition to the other program of study’s course units.

Students may include in their study plan, in addition to the planned courses, up to a maximum of 2 extra-curricular courses per year. The student must send a reasoned request to the Degree Council, filling in the form for Application for inclusion of extracurricular teaching in the program of study of Political Science Course.

2. RECOGNITION OF EXTRACURRICULAR ECTS CREDITS, for extracurricular activities authorized by the Degree Council.

During the academic year, the Degree Council decides on the recognition of extra-curricular credits for students who attend certain specific seminars.

Students do not have to apply for this recognition. The seminar organizer provides the list of participants to the Course President, the Degree Council will authorize the Student Registry Office to include the extra-curricular credits in the students' careers.

3. RECOGNITION OF EXTRACURRICULAR ECTS CREDITS for extracurricular activities (such as seminars, diplomatic simulations, etc.) NOT authorized beforehand by the Degree Council.

Students must request authorization before performing the activity, filling out the following form.

N.B. The Degree Council may, on request, appoint a supervisor to evaluate the student’s work.

⇒ Guidelines for degree courses pertaining to the Department of Law, Politics and International Studies concerning the recognition of extracurricular ECTS credits

Who to contact

For any problems with programmes of study (e.g. registration with exams taken elsewhere, inability to fill in the programme) and student careers (e.g. curricular activities that do not appear) please contact the Student Registry Office (Strada del Prato 4/1A). E-mail: segreteria.giurisprudenza@unipr.it

For advice on filling in online, please contact the Quality Assurance Office (Via Università, 7). E-mail: giurisp.didattica@unipr.it
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Useful University LINKS:
Programme of study
Esse3 - Guide to compiling the online programme of study

Archive of programmes of study from previous years

>> Archive of programmes of study from previous years

Quick Search Guide for individual lessons (also from previous years)

It is possible to search for teachings and their programmes:
1) on the lecturer's page: https://personale.unipr.it/ (enter the name of the lecturer and start the search);

2) at link: Corsi di studio e offerta formativa | Università di Parma (unipr.it)

3) in the student guide for your year of enrolment