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The course of study includes the obligation to acquire CFUs by carrying out Additionaltraining activities that are closely related to your university course and useful for your entry into the world of work.

These activities, which are carried out according to a typology described in detail in the Course Regulations, aim to enhance communication, linguistic and transversal skills and abilities and, for students in the Performing Arts curriculum, specifically relate to Laboratories and Internships carried out in organisations and institutions related to music, the performing arts and the media.

In your study plan you have 3 CFUs available for other activities.

Inclusion in the plan can be done either in the 1st or 2nd year. It is advisable to enter the Other activities code (teaching code 84510) in the year in which you intend to carry out the activity and request its recognition in your career.

The course is also available for other activities.

Alternatively, the 3 CFUs may be acquired by passing a B2-level foreign language test at a level chosen from English (with the possibility of a classroom lecture - teaching code 108657), French and German (with the possibility of taking a self-study online course provided by the University's Language Skills Development Sector), Spanish (without support). For French, German and Spanish the teaching code to be included in the plan is 118908. The degree recognises certificates at the same level or higher.

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N.B.The Other Activities can be carried outat 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 the activities that are useful for obtaining other credits. To submit the documentation, you will have to wait until the following academic year, when you enter the code for the educational activity in your plan.

Recognized activities

Cases recognised by the course:

  • Laboratories run by the Department or recognised by the degree programme and available on the degree programme’s website;
  • Erasmus or Cinda placement: 2 CFU for the acquisition of 12 CFU abroad, 3 CFU for the acquisition of 18 CFU, regardless of the duration of the stay abroad. Recognition as excess credits is also permitted if the student has already obtained all or part of the credits required for other activities;
  • Period of study abroad for academic reasons other than the Erasmus+ programme, for a maximum of 3 CFU, assessed on a case-by-case basis by the committee;
  • Work placements and internships approved by the degree programme and the Department, totalling 3 non-divisible credits acquired over 75 hours. This criterion also applies to activities equivalent to work placements and internships carried out as part of international mobility programmes;
  • Certification of language proficiency from level B2 upwards, issued by organisations recognised by UniGe. For a total of 3 non-divisible CFU (please note: the certificate used for the language assessment test for the three-year degree programme cannot be reused for the CFU for ‘Other activities’);
  • Participation in academic events (conferences, congresses, seminars, training courses, etc.) subject to the following conditions: 1) the activity must have been accredited in advance by the degree programme; 2) there must be an attendance register recording your participation for the entire duration of the conference or seminar; 3) a comprehensive and detailed report on the proceedings of the conference or seminar must be drawn up, supervised and checked by the supervising lecturer (where required);
  • Citizenship training courses and RAISE: a maximum of 1 credit out of the 3 credits allocated per student from those listed in Proposals for other activities;
  • Post-secondary diplomas awarded by universities or university-equivalent institutions and by public bodies, certificates for courses of the same type (3 CFU, non-divisible) with confirmation of passing the relevant assessment;
  • Civil Service certified and carried out at legally recognised institutions (lasting at least one year, worth 3 CFU), deemed by the Commission to be relevant to the degree programme;
  • Certified work experience relevant to the curriculum in the Commission’s judgement, comprising at least one year’s duration;
  • Secondary School Teaching Specialisation Programme (SSIS) and/or Training Course leading to specialisation in providing educational support to pupils with disabilities (TFA): placements undertaken during these programmes may be recognised for a total of 3 CFU;
  • Representative roles on the governing bodies and committees of the degree programme, the department, the faculty and the university: a maximum of 1 CFU for activities amounting to 25 hours of attendance at meetings and sessions.

Proposals Other activities

You can find the list of workshops offered by the degree programme on the page dedicated to Workshops

You can find the list of workshops offered by the degree programme on the page dedicated to Workshops

3 CFU

To have the 3 CFU recognised, you have the following options:

  1. Include the module ‘B2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE’ (code 108657) in your study plan, with the option to attend a 50-hour classroom-based course, and pass the final examination set by the module’s lecturer;
  2. Include the B2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE module (code 108657) in your study plan, but attend the self-study online course offered by the University’s Language Skills Development Unit (CLAT) and pass the final test. For the purposes of academic credit recognition, you must submit the documentation confirming that you have passed the final test to the lecturer in charge of course code 108657.
    Information regarding access to the online course is made available each year around mid-October on Aulaweb under ‘Notices and useful documents for students – MODERN LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS’.
    Information regarding the final test and the procedure for issuing the proficiency certificate is available here: https://clat.unige.it/TestENB2 
  3. If you hold a B2-level certificate or higher issued by bodies recognised by UniGe, confirming that you have passed the relevant assessment, you may submit it to the lecturer responsible for course code 108657 for the purposes of career recognition, provided that you have not previously used it to apply for the award of university credits.

3 CFU

To have the 3 CFU recognised, you have the following options:

  1. Include the module ‘B2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE’ (code 108657) in your study plan, with the option to attend a 50-hour classroom-based course, and pass the final examination set by the module’s lecturer;
  2. Include the B2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE module (code 108657) in your study plan, but attend the self-study online course offered by the University’s Language Skills Development Unit (CLAT) and pass the final test. For the purposes of academic credit recognition, you must submit the documentation confirming that you have passed the final test to the lecturer in charge of course code 108657.
    Information regarding access to the online course is made available each year around mid-October on Aulaweb under ‘Notices and useful documents for students – MODERN LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS’.
    Information regarding the final test and the procedure for issuing the proficiency certificate is available here: https://clat.unige.it/TestENB2 
  3. If you hold a B2-level certificate or higher issued by bodies recognised by UniGe, confirming that you have passed the relevant assessment, you may submit it to the lecturer responsible for course code 108657 for the purposes of career recognition, provided that you have not previously used it to apply for the award of university credits.

3 CFU

To have the 3 CFU recognised, you have the following options:

  1. Include the course ‘FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROficiency’ (code 118908) in your study plan; complete, via self-study, the online course of your choice (French or German) offered by the University’s Language Skills Development Unit (CLAT); and pass the final test. As regards Spanish, there is no B2-level online course available at the University, but you may sit the equivalent-level test, following the same procedure as for French and German.

    Information regarding access to online courses is made available each year around mid-October on Aulaweb under ‘Notices and useful documents for students – MODERN LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS’.

    The B2 test will be held at the same time as the B1 test, in accordance with the timetable set by the humanities degree programmes, namely:
    - a date in early January
    - a date between late April and early May
    - a date in early June
    - a date in the first half of September
    The exact dates are specified on the portal for booking exam sessions.
    The test consists of a computer-based examination.

    The lecturers responsible for the tests, who will also ensure the results are recorded in students’ academic records, are:
    - Prof. Giaufret for the French test
    - Prof. Sanfelici for the Spanish test
    - Mr Gerdes for the German test

  2. If you hold a B2-level certificate or higher issued by bodies recognised by UniGe, you may submit it to the lecturer responsible for the B2 French/Spanish/German test for the purposes of academic recognition, provided you have not previously used it to apply for the award of university credits.
    The language certificates accepted for all languages are listed each year at this link https://clat.unige.it/CertificazioniRiconosciute.

3 CFU

To have the 3 CFU recognised, you have the following options:

  1. Include the course ‘FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROficiency’ (code 118908) in your study plan; complete, via self-study, the online course of your choice (French or German) offered by the University’s Language Skills Development Unit (CLAT); and pass the final test. As regards Spanish, there is no B2-level online course available at the University, but you may sit the equivalent-level test, following the same procedure as for French and German.

    Information regarding access to online courses is made available each year around mid-October on Aulaweb under ‘Notices and useful documents for students – MODERN LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS’.

    The B2 test will be held at the same time as the B1 test, in accordance with the timetable set by the humanities degree programmes, namely:
    - a date in early January
    - a date between late April and early May
    - a date in early June
    - a date in the first half of September
    The exact dates are specified on the portal for booking exam sessions.
    The test consists of a computer-based examination.

    The lecturers responsible for the tests, who will also ensure the results are recorded in students’ academic records, are:
    - Prof. Giaufret for the French test
    - Prof. Sanfelici for the Spanish test
    - Mr Gerdes for the German test

  2. If you hold a B2-level certificate or higher issued by bodies recognised by UniGe, you may submit it to the lecturer responsible for the B2 French/Spanish/German test for the purposes of academic recognition, provided you have not previously used it to apply for the award of university credits.
    The language certificates accepted for all languages are listed each year at this link https://clat.unige.it/CertificazioniRiconosciute.

1 CFU

The Citizenship Training course is aimed at all students enrolled in the University's undergraduate, master's, single-cycle master's and PhD programmes, 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 in the 3 CFUs of the Other Activities only 1 seminar module of 1 CFU to be chosen from the following:

  • Marginal Issues and Rights (DAFIST - ref. prof.ssa Langella)
  • Multiculturalism and citizenship (DLCM - ref. prof. Pusillo)
  • Religions in Public Space (DAFIST - ref. prof.ssa Colagrossi)
  • Raise courses (one of your choice among all those offered by the University: https://unige.it/corsi-raise-cittadinanza)

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

1 CFU

The Citizenship Training course is aimed at all students enrolled in the University's undergraduate, master's, single-cycle master's and PhD programmes, 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 in the 3 CFUs of the Other Activities only 1 seminar module of 1 CFU to be chosen from the following:

  • Marginal Issues and Rights (DAFIST - ref. prof.ssa Langella)
  • Multiculturalism and citizenship (DLCM - ref. prof. Pusillo)
  • Religions in Public Space (DAFIST - ref. prof.ssa Colagrossi)
  • Raise courses (one of your choice among all those offered by the University: https://unige.it/corsi-raise-cittadinanza)

PLEASE NOTE: the offer of activated modules may vary from year to year, please wait for the annual announcement with 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 timetables and lecture theatres will be published in due course in the ‘News’ section of this website.

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 timetables and lecture theatres will be published in due course in the ‘News’ section of this website.

1 CFU

Lecturer: M. Stella Acerno

Period: starts on 3 March 2026 in Lecture Room E of the Didactic Pole in Via delle Fontane from 17.00 to 19.00;
continues every Tuesday in Lecture Room E Didactic Pole from 17.00 to 19.00 for a total of twelve meetings.

Teaching methods:the seminar takes place in presence and online for a total of 26 hours divided into 12 lessons, unless otherwise arranged by the teaching structures. With the use of
slides, videos and materials made available by the lecturer.
The classrosroom methodology is envisaged; the workshop activity on education to individual and global awareness: of oneself, of others and of the planet with interactive participation of the students is included.

For enrolment and information: info.cedu@libero.it

PRESENTATION
The seminar deals with and explores human rights issues in the various aspects and disciplinary fields that characterise them.
Beginning with the definitions of the concept of human rights, the origins, development and contemporary trends concerning civil and political, social, economic and cultural rights are analysed. In-depth studies are devoted to education and the relationship between literature, cinema and human rights.

FORMATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
The aim of the seminar is to provide students with tools of understanding for the analysis and study of human rights from a historical and social, legal and cultural perspective.
To broaden knowledge on contemporary trends and the debate on the protection of rights on a global scale, to acquire skills on human rights education. To deepen the relationship between different cultures and the universalism of human rights.

MODE OF ASSESSMENT
At the end of the seminar there will be an oral interview or the writing of a short written paper on the topics analysed.

PROGRAMME
The seminar explores aspects related to the following contents:
- Definitions and foundations of human rights.
- The vision of equality of human beings in history.
- The three revolutions and their historical and legal implications.
- Human rights in the new contemporary society.
- Subjects of law in the international community from 1600 to 1900.
- F. Delano Roosevelt's Four Freedoms Speech.
- From the League of Nations to the UN.
- The Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials.
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- International instruments for the protection of human rights.
- The main human rights NGOs. The work of Amnesty International.
- The European Union and the protection of human rights.
- Human rights education.
- Cinema, literature and human rights.
- The new paradigm in education.
- The GAIA Project for education for individual and global awareness.

To be arranged: meetings with teachers, experts and/or members of human rights NGOs.

DOCENT
M. Stella Acerno, president of the CEDU Centro per l'Educazione ai Diritti Umani (Centre for Human Rights Education), a non-profit organisation registered in the regional Third Sector Single National Register. Former teacher of literary subjects and history at State Institutes of Higher Education. Press and communication contact person for Amnesty International Italia, Circoscrizione Liguria.

Recommended readings for further study:
Norberto Bobbio: L'età dei diritti Giulio Einaudi Editore. 1990 - 2014
Giuseppe Giliberti Historical Introduction to Human Rights G. Giappichelli Editore. 2012
Stella Acerno (ed.) But what rights? What we know and what we do not want to know about human rights Fratelli Frilli Editori 2013
Stella Acerno The in-security of sustainable society - Genoa University Press 2022

1 CFU

Lecturer: M. Stella Acerno

Period: starts on 3 March 2026 in Lecture Room E of the Didactic Pole in Via delle Fontane from 17.00 to 19.00;
continues every Tuesday in Lecture Room E Didactic Pole from 17.00 to 19.00 for a total of twelve meetings.

Teaching methods:the seminar takes place in presence and online for a total of 26 hours divided into 12 lessons, unless otherwise arranged by the teaching structures. With the use of
slides, videos and materials made available by the lecturer.
The classrosroom methodology is envisaged; the workshop activity on education to individual and global awareness: of oneself, of others and of the planet with interactive participation of the students is included.

For enrolment and information: info.cedu@libero.it

PRESENTATION
The seminar deals with and explores human rights issues in the various aspects and disciplinary fields that characterise them.
Beginning with the definitions of the concept of human rights, the origins, development and contemporary trends concerning civil and political, social, economic and cultural rights are analysed. In-depth studies are devoted to education and the relationship between literature, cinema and human rights.

FORMATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
The aim of the seminar is to provide students with tools of understanding for the analysis and study of human rights from a historical and social, legal and cultural perspective.
To broaden knowledge on contemporary trends and the debate on the protection of rights on a global scale, to acquire skills on human rights education. To deepen the relationship between different cultures and the universalism of human rights.

MODE OF ASSESSMENT
At the end of the seminar there will be an oral interview or the writing of a short written paper on the topics analysed.

PROGRAMME
The seminar explores aspects related to the following contents:
- Definitions and foundations of human rights.
- The vision of equality of human beings in history.
- The three revolutions and their historical and legal implications.
- Human rights in the new contemporary society.
- Subjects of law in the international community from 1600 to 1900.
- F. Delano Roosevelt's Four Freedoms Speech.
- From the League of Nations to the UN.
- The Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials.
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- International instruments for the protection of human rights.
- The main human rights NGOs. The work of Amnesty International.
- The European Union and the protection of human rights.
- Human rights education.
- Cinema, literature and human rights.
- The new paradigm in education.
- The GAIA Project for education for individual and global awareness.

To be arranged: meetings with teachers, experts and/or members of human rights NGOs.

DOCENT
M. Stella Acerno, president of the CEDU Centro per l'Educazione ai Diritti Umani (Centre for Human Rights Education), a non-profit organisation registered in the regional Third Sector Single National Register. Former teacher of literary subjects and history at State Institutes of Higher Education. Press and communication contact person for Amnesty International Italia, Circoscrizione Liguria.

Recommended readings for further study:
Norberto Bobbio: L'età dei diritti Giulio Einaudi Editore. 1990 - 2014
Giuseppe Giliberti Historical Introduction to Human Rights G. Giappichelli Editore. 2012
Stella Acerno (ed.) But what rights? What we know and what we do not want to know about human rights Fratelli Frilli Editori 2013
Stella Acerno The in-security of sustainable society - Genoa University Press 2022

Participation in the iF-Lab Permanent Theatre Workshop, organised at the Il Falcone Interdepartmental Centre, entitles participants to 2 CFU.

Info: ilfalcone@unige.it - Contact: Dr Angela Zinno (angela.zinno@unige.it)

 

Participation in the iF-Lab Permanent Theatre Workshop, organised at the Il Falcone Interdepartmental Centre, entitles participants to 2 CFU.

Info: ilfalcone@unige.it - Contact: Dr Angela Zinno (angela.zinno@unige.it)

 

Credits 1 CFU for viewing the seven films in the Feature Film Competition section or the eleven works in the Video Art Competition, accompanied by a final report of at least two pages.
Contact: Prof. Luca Malavasi
Programme and information: https://www.mostradelcinemagenova.org/

Credits 1 CFU for viewing the seven films in the Feature Film Competition section or the eleven works in the Video Art Competition, accompanied by a final report of at least two pages.
Contact: Prof. Luca Malavasi
Programme and information: https://www.mostradelcinemagenova.org/

CFU Recognition

To apply for the recognition of other credits, you must submit the Committee for Other Credits, at least three months before the final discussion, in a single payment and at least three months before the final discussion, the specific form with all the required paperwork certifying:

  • the activity performed and/or competence acquired
  • the duration of the activity

You may also submit a self-certification regarding the duration of the training activities. In this case, the Credit Commission others, proceeding with spot checks, may ask you for formal documentation at a later date.