Other activities

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

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• on the Aulaweb "Notices and documents useful for students" of the CoS
• on the Facebook page "Philosophy at the University of Genoa"
• on the Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/filosofia.genova/

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).

1–3 CFU

The IT skills test is an exam for which you must prepare independently. All information regarding the exam schedule and study materials can be found on Teams.

Teams code: qinypdm

To book your test, simply send an email to corrado.fumagalli@unige.it and then join the Teams channel at the time of the test.

The subject line of the email must be “IT skills test” and the email must include your first name, surname, student number, and degree programme.

The course Citizenship Education is aimed at all students enrolled on the University’s bachelor’s, master’s, single-cycle master’s and PhD programmes, regardless of the department offering the programme or the degree programme in which they are enrolled. The aim of the course is to promote the development of active and responsible citizenship through the acquisition of personal, social, entrepreneurial and digital skills.

The degree programme recognises, amongst other curricular activities, the seminar modules listed below; however the maximum number of credits that can be recognised out of the total credits allocated to ‘other activities’ as provided for in the study programme regulations is 3 CFU:

• Marginalised Groups and Rights code no.106493 (DAFIST – contact: Prof. Langella) - 1 CFU
• Religions in the public sphere code 111338 (DAFIST – contact: Prof. Colagrossi) - 1 CFU
• Multiculturalism and citizenship code 106458 (DLCM – contact: Prof. Pusillo) - 1 CFU
• Sustainability code 98152 (DICCA – didatticadicca@unige.it) - 1 CFU
• Citizenship, volunteering and soft skills code 106502 (DIMES – didattica.dimes@unige.it) - 1 CFU
• Volunteering code 111296 (DIMES – didattica.dimes@unige.it) - 3 CFU
• Citizenship and rights in the age of globalisation code 103762 (DIGI – didattica.ddg@unige.it) - 1 credit
• Education for European citizenship. The role of the European Parliament: history, functions and key players code 117335 (DISPI - didattica.dispo@unige.it) - 1 CFU
• Integration beyond Prejudice: pathways to active citizenship as a tool for deconstructing prejudices about migration and intercultural encounter code 113802 ( DISPI - didattica.dispo@unige.it) - 1 CFU
• AI in a nutshell code 111818 (DISFOR - formazione.raise@unige.it) - 1 CFU
• Data Science in a Nutshell code 111819 (DISFOR - formazione.raise@unige.it) - 1 CFU

PLEASE NOTE: the range of modules on offer may vary from year to year; please wait for the annual notice containing the list of modules offered in the current academic year.

max 2 CFU
(1 CFU for the basic course, 1 CFU for the intermediate course, 2 CFU for both)

Introduced in the wake of the Italian State’s recognition of Italian Sign Language (LIS) and Tactile Italian Sign Language (LISt), this course aims to introduce participants to the world of LIS and LISt; a world in which communication takes place through a channel different from the one we usually associate with (spoken) languages: the visual/tactile-gestural channel. 

Course coordinator: Danilo Monteverde

Further information on lesson timetables and classrooms will be published in due course in the ‘News’ section of this website.

1 CFU

Course co-ordinator: Prof. Maria Silvia Vaccarezza

Workshop on philosophical methodologies for character education and complex thinking

• To deepen theoretical and practical knowledge relating to the philosophy for children/community approach and to philosophical practices;
• To acquire skills in facilitating philosophical dialogue within research communities;
• To practise and develop the critical, creative and caring aspects of the thinking process;
• To explore in greater depth the relationship between ‘philosophy for children/community’ and philosophy.

The workshop aims to involve students (undergraduate and postgraduate) from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Genoa. The activities will be organised into two sessions per month, totalling 25 hours, comprising 16 hours of face-to-face teaching and 9 hours of individual study (1 CFU).

Philosophy for Children originated in the early 1970s thanks to the work of Matthew Lipman and Anna  Margareth Sharp, a professor of logic and a professor of pedagogy, respectively, at Columbia University. It is a proposed approach to the practice of philosophy capable of suggesting some significant changes within the school setting: from the classroom to a research community; from the role of the teacher to that of a facilitator; and from the idea of knowledge as the acquisition of information to that of a dialogical, questioning and reflective process.

Philosophy for Community is one of the possible developments of Philosophy for Children. It is aimed in particular at the adult world and at certain contexts: workplaces, social and healthcare workers; prisons; support communities for substance users; neighbourhood workshops; informal groups; libraries. The research workshop on philosophy for children/community, promoted by Professor Maria Silvia Vaccarezza in collaboration with Silvia Bevilacqua (Propositi di filosofia snc) aims to experiment with and promote research into philosophy for children-community and philosophical practices by exploring the philosophical, pedagogical and political dimensions from both theoretical and practical perspectives; with a particular focus on possible applications in school, out-of-school, educational and social contexts. The activities involve the direct participation of students/members.

The degree programmes in Philosophy and Philosophical Methodologies recognise any elective teaching activities (i.e. those organised independently by students) for the purposes of other credits. To do so, an agreement with the lecturer is required, as set out in the specific regulations, available in the attachment:

• ADE Philosophy Regulations
• ADE Regulations: Philosophical Methodologies

Criteria for the acceptance and assessment of proposals for initiatives to be recognised as ‘other credits’ 

You may apply to the ‘Other Credits’ Committee for the recognition of activities other than those provided for in the regulations. Upon receipt of a proposal for an initiative or activity, the Other Credits Committee:

1. assesses the relevance (C) of the proposal to the subject areas of the course (with a variable percentage weighting):
   - for philosophy, psychology, pedagogy, etc., the weighting will be 1
   - for related subjects (humanities, etc.), it may range from 0.5 to 0.8
2. assess the number of hours (O) you will be required to commit, and whether the proposed activity involves additional work by participants (e.g. report, dissertation, individual assignment, etc.) and, if so, for how many additional hours (Ou)
3. provide the CCdS with the information required for assessment: title, date(s), times and venue, relevance (C), number of hours (O), any additional hours (Ou), documentation provided by the proposer

The credit to be awarded for the initiative is calculated by the CCdS using this formula:

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

Following approval by the CCdS, the initiative will be published on the CdS website. You may then take part in the activity and, upon completion, have the relevant certificate signed. Initiatives that have not been approved by the CCdS will not be credited.