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Your course of study includes the obligation to acquire CFUs by carrying outOther Activities that are closely related to your university course and useful for your entry into the world of work.

In your study plan you have 6 CFUs available for other activities.

You can enter the code for Other Activities in your study plan either in the first or second year.

N.B.The Other Activities can be undertakenat any time during the two years, but you can only request recognition if you have entered the corresponding code in your study plan. If you have not entered it, you can still carry out activities that are useful for obtaining other credits.To submit documents you must wait until the following academic year, when you will enter the code for the educational activity in your plan.

Recognized activities

As a rule, the student seeking recognition of 'other' credits must produce documentation to the appropriate committee showing the activity carried out and/or competence acquired and the duration of the activity itself at least two months before the final discussion. The following cases are envisaged:

  1. period of study abroad at university sites recognised by the same course of study (3 CFU for a duration of no less than 2 months);
  2. stage or laboratory activities recognised by the CCDS;
  3. relational and didactic training activities at public or legally recognised organisations;
  4. attendance at conventions, conferences, seminars and cycles of seminars strictly pertinent to curricular training, as established by the commission (according to the general training principle according to which 1CFU is equivalent to 25 hours of attendance activities or equivalent);
  5. computer skills, subject to passing the specific test (from 1 to 3 CFU);
  6. elective teaching activities (ADE);
  7. student representation activities in the University's self-governing bodies (Course Council, Departmental Council, CDA, Academic Senate, various Commissions) (1 CFU)
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  9. knowledge of another foreign language (in addition to that required to fulfil the requirements of the regulations) subject to certification (up to a maximum of 2 CFU);
  10. other, subject to examination by the committee and specific approval by the CCdS;
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Activities already recognised during the three-year course may not be recognised again as other credits during the Master's degree course.

All updates on conferences, lectures, seminar series and other events organised by lecturers are published:

Please note that the recognition can only be made according to the general training principle according to which 1CFU is equivalent to 25 hours of activity in attendance or equivalent. For this purpose, you will necessarily have to use the Specific form downloadable below among the attachments. 

When you have collected 25 (or multiples thereof) hours of attendance, you will have to apply to the other credit committee for credit(s).

All updates on conferences, lectures, seminar series and other events organised by lecturers are published:

Please note that the recognition can only be made according to the general training principle according to which 1CFU is equivalent to 25 hours of activity in attendance or equivalent. For this purpose, you will necessarily have to use the Specific form downloadable below among the attachments. 

When you have collected 25 (or multiples thereof) hours of attendance, you will have to apply to the other credit committee for credit(s).

The computer skills test is a testto be prepared independently. Find all the information about test dates and materials to prepare on Teams.

Teams code: ec1icx9

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To book the test, simply write an email to daniele.porello@unige.it with the subject line "Computer Skills Test" and then log onto the Teams channel at the time of the test.

Normally one trial per month is organized; dates are announced on Teams at the beginning of each month. If you have special needs, please contact the instructor.

Trial Instructions

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The test is conducted indistance mode on Teams. The test has a maximum total duration of two hours (an hour and a half for the first level, half an hour for the second) in which you are required to solve some short exercises with your computer.

On the Teams channel, find a sample of the proposed exercises to prepare you for the test.

At the end of the test, you will send the result of the exercises (i.e., some files that you will have processed) in a compressed folder via email to daniele.porello@unige.it or to the same teacher via Teams chat, specifying: last name, first name, freshman number, number of credits of the test, code of "other activities" required by your curriculum for the computer skills test.
The subject of the email should be: "Computer Skills Test-Surname-Name".
It is important that you specify all the information requested, because you will need it to produce the certificate for credit.

Program
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Check out the program

The two levels are independent, and can be supported separately.

The computer skills test is a testto be prepared independently. Find all the information about test dates and materials to prepare on Teams.

Teams code: ec1icx9

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To book the test, simply write an email to daniele.porello@unige.it with the subject line "Computer Skills Test" and then log onto the Teams channel at the time of the test.

Normally one trial per month is organized; dates are announced on Teams at the beginning of each month. If you have special needs, please contact the instructor.

Trial Instructions

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The test is conducted indistance mode on Teams. The test has a maximum total duration of two hours (an hour and a half for the first level, half an hour for the second) in which you are required to solve some short exercises with your computer.

On the Teams channel, find a sample of the proposed exercises to prepare you for the test.

At the end of the test, you will send the result of the exercises (i.e., some files that you will have processed) in a compressed folder via email to daniele.porello@unige.it or to the same teacher via Teams chat, specifying: last name, first name, freshman number, number of credits of the test, code of "other activities" required by your curriculum for the computer skills test.
The subject of the email should be: "Computer Skills Test-Surname-Name".
It is important that you specify all the information requested, because you will need it to produce the certificate for credit.

Program
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Check out the program

The two levels are independent, and can be supported separately.

The course Citizenship Training is aimed at all students enrolled in the University's undergraduate, master's, single-cycle master's and PhD courses, regardless of the proposing department or the course they are enrolled in. The aim of the course is to promote the development of active and responsible citizenship through the acquisition of personal and social, entrepreneurial and digital skills.

The Course of Study recognises the seminar modules indicated below as other curricular activities, however the maximum number of credits that can be recognised out of the total number of credits reserved for "other activities" envisaged by the curriculum is 3 CFU:

  • Marginals and Rights cod. 106493 (DAFIST - referee Prof. Langella) - 1 CFU
  • Religions in Public Space cod. 111338 (DAFIST - referee Prof. Colagrossi) - 1 CFU
  • Multiculturalism and citizenship cod. 106458 (DLCM - ref. prof. Pusillo) - 1 CFU
  • Sustainability cod. 98152 (DICCA - didatticadicca@unige.it) - 1 CFU
  • Citizenship, volunteering and soft skills cod. 106502 (DIMES - didattica.dimes@unige.it) - 1 CFU
  • Voluntary work cod. 111296 (DIMES - didattica.dimes@unige.it) - 3 CFU
  • Citizenship and rights in the age of globalisation cod. 103762 (DIGI - didattica.ddg@unige.it) - 1 CFU
  • Training in European Citizenship. The role of the European Parliament: history, functions and actors cod. 117335 (DISPI - didattica.dispo@unige.it) - 1 CFU
  • Integration Beyond Prejudices: active citizenship paths as a tool for the deconstruction of prejudices on migration and intercultural encounter cod. 113802 ( DISPI - didattica.dispo@unige.it) - 1 CFU
  • AI in pills cod. 111818 (DISFOR - formazione.raise@unige.it) - 1 CFU
  • Data Science in pills cod. 111819 (DISFOR - formazione.raise@unige.it) - 1 CFU

NOTE PLEASE NOTE: the offer of activated modules may vary from year to year, it is necessary to wait for the annual announcement with the list of modules offered in the current academic year.

The course Citizenship Training is aimed at all students enrolled in the University's undergraduate, master's, single-cycle master's and PhD courses, regardless of the proposing department or the course they are enrolled in. The aim of the course is to promote the development of active and responsible citizenship through the acquisition of personal and social, entrepreneurial and digital skills.

The Course of Study recognises the seminar modules indicated below as other curricular activities, however the maximum number of credits that can be recognised out of the total number of credits reserved for "other activities" envisaged by the curriculum is 3 CFU:

  • Marginals and Rights cod. 106493 (DAFIST - referee Prof. Langella) - 1 CFU
  • Religions in Public Space cod. 111338 (DAFIST - referee Prof. Colagrossi) - 1 CFU
  • Multiculturalism and citizenship cod. 106458 (DLCM - ref. prof. Pusillo) - 1 CFU
  • Sustainability cod. 98152 (DICCA - didatticadicca@unige.it) - 1 CFU
  • Citizenship, volunteering and soft skills cod. 106502 (DIMES - didattica.dimes@unige.it) - 1 CFU
  • Voluntary work cod. 111296 (DIMES - didattica.dimes@unige.it) - 3 CFU
  • Citizenship and rights in the age of globalisation cod. 103762 (DIGI - didattica.ddg@unige.it) - 1 CFU
  • Training in European Citizenship. The role of the European Parliament: history, functions and actors cod. 117335 (DISPI - didattica.dispo@unige.it) - 1 CFU
  • Integration Beyond Prejudices: active citizenship paths as a tool for the deconstruction of prejudices on migration and intercultural encounter cod. 113802 ( DISPI - didattica.dispo@unige.it) - 1 CFU
  • AI in pills cod. 111818 (DISFOR - formazione.raise@unige.it) - 1 CFU
  • Data Science in pills cod. 111819 (DISFOR - formazione.raise@unige.it) - 1 CFU

NOTE PLEASE NOTE: the offer of activated modules may vary from year to year, it is necessary to wait for the annual announcement with the list of modules offered in the current academic year.

Introduced in the wake of the recognition of the Italian Sign Language (LIS) by the Italian state, these workshops aim to bring those who participate closer to the world of LIS; a world in which communication passes through a different channel from the one we usually associate with (spoken) languages: the visual-gestural channel.

Lecturer responsible: Danilo Monteverde

The course of study recognises 2 CFUs for the basic level course and 2 CFUs for the intermediate level course.

More information on class schedules and classrooms will be published in due course on the "News" section of this website.

Introduced in the wake of the recognition of the Italian Sign Language (LIS) by the Italian state, these workshops aim to bring those who participate closer to the world of LIS; a world in which communication passes through a different channel from the one we usually associate with (spoken) languages: the visual-gestural channel.

Lecturer responsible: Danilo Monteverde

The course of study recognises 2 CFUs for the basic level course and 2 CFUs for the intermediate level course.

More information on class schedules and classrooms will be published in due course on the "News" section of this website.

1 CFU

Laboratory on philosophical methodologies for character education and complex thinking

  • To deepen theoretical-practical knowledge related to the philosophy for children/community proposal and the practices of philosophy;
  • To acquire skills in facilitating philosophical dialogue in research communities;
  • Exercise and enhance critical, creative and caring thinking skills;
  • To deepen the relationship between philosophy for children/community and philosophy;

The workshop intends to involve students (three-year and masters) of the philosophy department of the University of Genoa. The activities will be organised in two meetings per month for a total of 25 hours of which 16 hours face-to-face and 9 hours of individual exercise (1CFU).

The philosophy for children was born in the early 1970s thanks to the work of Matthew Lipman and Anna  Margareth Sharp, professor of logic and professor of pedagogy at Columbia University. It is a proposal for the practice of philosophy capable of suggesting some significant changes in the school environment: from the classroom to the research community, from the role of the teacher to that of facilitator, from the idea of knowledge as the acquisition of knowledge to that of a dialogic, questioning and reflexive process.

The philosophy for community is one of the possible developments of philosophy for children. It is addressed in particular to the adult world and to certain contexts: work organisations, social and health workers; prisons; residential communities for substance abusers; neighbourhood workshops; informal groups; libraries. The research laboratory in philosophy for children/community promoted by Prof. Maria Silvia Vaccarezza in collaboration with Silvia Bevilacqua (Propositi di filosofia snc) intends to experiment and encourage research on philosophy for children-community and the practices of philosophy through an in-depth study of the philosophical, pedagogical and political horizon from both a theoretical and practical point of view; with particular attention to the possible declinations in contexts: scholastic, extracurricular, educational and social. The activities envisage direct involvement of students/teachers.

1 CFU

Laboratory on philosophical methodologies for character education and complex thinking

  • To deepen theoretical-practical knowledge related to the philosophy for children/community proposal and the practices of philosophy;
  • To acquire skills in facilitating philosophical dialogue in research communities;
  • Exercise and enhance critical, creative and caring thinking skills;
  • To deepen the relationship between philosophy for children/community and philosophy;

The workshop intends to involve students (three-year and masters) of the philosophy department of the University of Genoa. The activities will be organised in two meetings per month for a total of 25 hours of which 16 hours face-to-face and 9 hours of individual exercise (1CFU).

The philosophy for children was born in the early 1970s thanks to the work of Matthew Lipman and Anna  Margareth Sharp, professor of logic and professor of pedagogy at Columbia University. It is a proposal for the practice of philosophy capable of suggesting some significant changes in the school environment: from the classroom to the research community, from the role of the teacher to that of facilitator, from the idea of knowledge as the acquisition of knowledge to that of a dialogic, questioning and reflexive process.

The philosophy for community is one of the possible developments of philosophy for children. It is addressed in particular to the adult world and to certain contexts: work organisations, social and health workers; prisons; residential communities for substance abusers; neighbourhood workshops; informal groups; libraries. The research laboratory in philosophy for children/community promoted by Prof. Maria Silvia Vaccarezza in collaboration with Silvia Bevilacqua (Propositi di filosofia snc) intends to experiment and encourage research on philosophy for children-community and the practices of philosophy through an in-depth study of the philosophical, pedagogical and political horizon from both a theoretical and practical point of view; with particular attention to the possible declinations in contexts: scholastic, extracurricular, educational and social. The activities envisage direct involvement of students/teachers.

Study courses in Philosophy and Philosophical Methodologies recognise, for other credits, any elective teaching activities (i.e. self-organised by students). This requires an agreement with the lecturer, as governed by the specific regulations, available in the attachment:

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Study courses in Philosophy and Philosophical Methodologies recognise, for other credits, any elective teaching activities (i.e. self-organised by students). This requires an agreement with the lecturer, as governed by the specific regulations, available in the attachment:

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Criteria for accepting and evaluating proposals for initiatives to be counted as other credits 

It is possible to propose the recognition of activities other than those envisaged in the regulations by applying to the Commission for other credits. Upon receipt of a proposal for an initiative or activity, the Credit Others Commission:

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  1. assesses the congruence (C) of the proposal with the themes of the course disciplines (with a variable percentage weighting):
    - for philosophy, psychology, pedagogy, etc. the weight will be 1
    - for related subjects (literary, etc.) it may range from 0.5 to 0.8
  2. .
  3. estimate the number of hours (O) for which you will be engaged and whether any further work by the participants is planned for the proposed activity (e.g. report, dissertation, individual work, etc.) and, if so, for how many further hours (Ou)
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  5. communicate to the CCdS
  6. the data necessary for the evaluation: title, date(s), time(s) and place(s) of the project, congruence (C), number of hours (O), any further hours (Ou), documentation produced by the applicant

The valuation to be associated with the initiative is calculated by the CCdS according to this formula:

valuation = C × (O + Ou) / 25 (rounded to the nearest tenth)

After approval by the CCdS, the initiative will be published on the CoS website. You will then be able to participate in the activity and at the end you will be able to sign a certificate. No initiatives will be credited unless they have been approved by the CCdS.

Criteria for accepting and evaluating proposals for initiatives to be counted as other credits 

It is possible to propose the recognition of activities other than those envisaged in the regulations by applying to the Commission for other credits. Upon receipt of a proposal for an initiative or activity, the Credit Others Commission:

    .
  1. assesses the congruence (C) of the proposal with the themes of the course disciplines (with a variable percentage weighting):
    - for philosophy, psychology, pedagogy, etc. the weight will be 1
    - for related subjects (literary, etc.) it may range from 0.5 to 0.8
  2. .
  3. estimate the number of hours (O) for which you will be engaged and whether any further work by the participants is planned for the proposed activity (e.g. report, dissertation, individual work, etc.) and, if so, for how many further hours (Ou)
  4. .
  5. communicate to the CCdS
  6. the data necessary for the evaluation: title, date(s), time(s) and place(s) of the project, congruence (C), number of hours (O), any further hours (Ou), documentation produced by the applicant

The valuation to be associated with the initiative is calculated by the CCdS according to this formula:

valuation = C × (O + Ou) / 25 (rounded to the nearest tenth)

After approval by the CCdS, the initiative will be published on the CoS website. You will then be able to participate in the activity and at the end you will be able to sign a certificate. No initiatives will be credited unless they have been approved by the CCdS.

CFU Recognition

To apply for the recognition of other credits, you must submit to the Committee on Other Credits, at least two months before the final discussion:

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  • the application form (available below, as an attachment)
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  • paper documentation attesting the activity carried out, the competence acquired and the duration of the activity
  • or, in the case of conventions, conferences, seminars, etc., the specific form (available below, in annex)
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