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Academic year 2021/2022
Master's Degree (MSc) on COOPERATION, DEVELOPMENT AND MIGRATIONS

Coordinator Prof. Serena Marceno'
Class of Master's Degree (MSc) on Development co-operation (LM-81)
2 years
PALERMO
Free access
Department of Cultures and Societies
Course Code
2232

Course info
The educational objective of the two-year degree course is to transmit knowledge and skills in the fields of social, economic, demo-ethno-anthropological, political, historical and juridical sciences and of particular practical skills related to the resolution of problems related to setting, planning and execution of cooperation and economic development interventions in areas, in various capacities, defined depressed or lagging behind, on a global scale. The training aims at transmitting the attitudes needed to operate within organized contexts such as the public administration, both at local and national level, governmental and non-governmental international and third sector organizations, as well, in all the private, national and international, companies with a specific interest in undertaking investments in less developed economic areas. The course aims at training professionals active in the field of cooperation and development, providing them with the tools for understanding the realities of underdevelopment, the problems inherent in economic growth and sustainable development, the policies to combat poverty and the modelling, democratization, globalization and international regulation processes. The course also intends to prepare students for research and field analysis, both public and private, capable of providing, within university and extra-university work contexts, indications and scientific interpretation on the effectiveness of existing interventions and of the their economic value. The educational path includes mandatory and optional teachings, and is designed according to some specific criteria: allowing students to formulate their own choices based on their own professional perspectives and their previous university course; guaranteeing the mobility of students in the existing double degree programs; guaranteeing a wide range of practical activities and field experiences alongside basic educational activities. The teachings, of which more than 50% are provided in English, include among the first year mandatory activities: teachings related to Statistical Indicators and Measures of Poverty, Human Rights, Anthropology of Development, Contemporary History in the post-colonial perspective, and studies on globalization and international politics; in the second year: international economics, statistical analysis for public policies, international law and comparative law studies, geopolitical and environmental studies and migration studies. The training course includes a significant number of educational internationalization programs, with two double degree programs and two integrated study programs, providing a further contribution to the training course in the field of international relations in the MENA area (Middle East and North Africa) in partnership with the University of Tunis El Manar in Tunisia and in the field of Anthropological and Development Studies in the Central American area with the Universidad Tecnologica de Bolivar in Colombia. The training course also includes seminar-type activities, laboratories and practical and theoretical in-depth studies carried out also in collaboration with sector experts and foreign professors, the acquisition of further linguistic knowledge in Italy and during periods of mobility abroad, internships in Italy and abroad within cooperation and development aid projects, in agreement with associations and NGOs, and the acquisition of knowledge useful to enter the labour market, with planning seminars, educational visits and other activities always in agreement with NGOs. Development planning specifically analyses the reference contexts on which to operate, ensuring the best functionality and impact of available financial resources.
Profile: Expert in the design and coordination of development programs on a local and international scale Functions: The course trains analysts of development cooperation able to perform the functions of conception, planning, coordination and management of local and international development programs and projects. Skills: The skills acquired in this Degree course are related to the analysis of the specific social, economic and institutional forms characterizing the economies of developing countries, with attention also to the relationship between gender and development and between peace and development; the knowledge and ability to apply the methodologies used by the multi and bilateral cooperation bodies for the programs and projects for development aid and peace missions; the competence for the conception, drafting and implementation of integrated development aid programs and projects, with particular emphasis on the economic (urban and rural) and social (health, education) development, the support to vulnerable groups, the elimination of poverty, the institutional strengthening (human rights, democracy, local governments, bureaucracies) and the improvement of settlement and environmental conditions; the knowledge of the methods for monitoring and evaluating development aid programs and projects, used by multi and bilateral cooperation bodies; the coordination of programs and projects (project coordination and management); the competence of management systems useful to operate with a high degree of autonomy and to direct group work in difficult contexts for safety, health or environmental reasons; the written and oral fluency in at least one language of the European Union, in addition to Italian, with reference also to disciplinary vocabulary; advanced skills and tools for information communication and management. Professional opportunities: The professionals trained by the course are able to fit into a wide range of professional positions in international bodies and agencies, EU offices, bilateral and multilateral development cooperation bodies, territorial bodies operating in the field of decentralized cooperation, non-governmental organizations, associations, third sector foundations, national and international research centres, consulting, communication and information companies.
It consists of a dissertation on course-related topics, written by the student under the guidance of one or more Professors of the Faculty. The theoretical study might consist of a concrete project work analysing and proposing the real course of an international cooperation action.

course outline
Teachings first year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
09367 - ANTHROPOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT Details MANCUSO (PA) 6.0 1 V B M-DEA/01
18117 - HISTORY OF THE POST-COLONIAL WORLD Details BARIS (PA) 9.0 1 V B M-STO/04
22054 - HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS Details SCICHILONE (PO) 6.0 1 V B SPS/03
18034 - HUMAN RIGHTS: THEORY AND POLICIES Details MARCENO' (PO) (*) in english 9.0 2 V C SPS/01
18142 - HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS: THEORY AND POLICIES Details ASSO (PO) (*) in english 6.0 2 V C SECS-P/04
19768 - GEOPOLITICS OF MIGRATIONS Details DE SPUCHES (PO) (*) in english 6.0 2 V B M-GGR/01
19769 - PLANNING FOR COOPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT - SEMINARS Details FRAZZICA (PA) 6.0 2 G F
Optional subjects 6.0 B
Optional subjects II 6.0 B
Teachings second year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
13121 - PRACTICE 6.0 1 G F
14314 - OTHER LANGUAGE SKILLS 6.0 1 G F
21417 - DEMOGRAPHY OF MIGRATIONS Details BUSETTA (PA) (*) in english 6.0 1 V C SECS-S/04
21436 - GLOBAL POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS Details FIAMMENGHI (RD) 12.0 1 V
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS ASMUNDO (PC) 6.0 B SECS-P/06
GLOBAL POLITICS FIAMMENGHI (RD) 6.0 B SPS/04
05917 - FINAL EXAMINATION 15.0 2 G E
Optional subjects III 6.0 B
Free subjects 9.0 D
Elective activities
Optional subjects II credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
17469 - SOCIAL POLICIES AND GLOBALISATION Details GERBINO (PA) 6.0 2 V B SPS/07
21416 - MIGRATION, POVERTY AND BORDERS Details DI ROSA (PO) (*) in english 6.0 2 V B SPS/07
Optional subjects III credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
18484 - LEGAL TRADITIONS OF THE WORLD Details PERA (PO) (*) in english 6.0 2 V B IUS/21
19277 - INTERNATIONAL LAW: FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW Details TERRASI (RU) 6.0 2 V B IUS/13
Optional subjects credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
21435 - QUANTITATIVE METHODS AND GIS FOR THE STUDY OF MIGRATION PHENOMENA Details FERRANTE (PA) 6.0 1 V B SECS-S/05
22030 - DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS Details OLIVERI (PA) 6.0 1 V B SECS-S/05
Explaination
Term Term/Semester
Val. Valutation: V = mark in 30/30, G = note
(*) Teaching attended in english
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