Recognized activities To earn the single compulsory credit, you can choose between:participation in one of the workshops organised by the degree programme (available on the website at the pagestudents-workshops) or by other degree programmes affiliated with the Department; participation in a workshop organised by other universities or scientific institutions, in Italy or abroad, provided it is relevant to the topics covered by the degree programme;&the period of study abroad at universities (e.g. participation in the Erasmus programme) undertaken in accordance with the University’s regulations. Extra credits may be awarded if you have already obtained the required credits for other areas of knowledge; participation in conferences and seminars, which may be cumulative, and which are strictly relevant to the curriculum, provided that they are initiatives organised by the University or initiatives previously recognised by the Degree Programme as valid for the acquisition of CFU, or initiatives of particular scientific significance in the opinion of the ‘Other Credits’ Committee. The Committee reserves the right to exercise its discretion even where the activities are duly recognised by other degree programmes;participation in Summer Schools or training courses organised by universities or other scientific institutions, in Italy or abroad, provided they are relevant to the topics covered by the degree programme;participation in study trips that have been approved in advance by the degree programme;IT courses or courses relating to an additional foreign language (other than English and corresponding to at least level B1), as evidenced by certificates issued by bodies recognised by the University, provided that these were obtained after enrolment or pre-enrolment on the degree programme;student representation activities within University bodies (Degree Programme Council, Departmental Council, various committees): 1 credit for activities amounting to 25 hours’ attendance at meetings and sessions. You may also choose to add the credit from other activities to the 3 credits from work placements, increasing the latter from 75 to 100 hours.We recommend that you submit the documentation proving completion of other activities at least three months before the scheduled date for the defence of your degree thesis. Incomplete or incorrectly completed forms (for example: missing the year of enrolment and the code to which the work placements and other activities refer in the study plan) will not be considered.N.B. Only credits earned from the date of enrolment or pre-enrolment on the degree programme will be recognised towards the total number of credits required to complete the programme; however, any credits acquired in excess of the 180 required for the degree programme may be recognised. Proposals Other activities Workshops Find a list of the Workshops offered by the Course of Study on the Laboratories page. Find a list of the Workshops offered by the Course of Study on the Laboratories page. Citizenship training 1 CFUThe course Citizenship Training is aimed at all students enrolled in the University's undergraduate, master's, single-cycle degree and PhD programmes, regardless of the Department offering the course or the course they are enrolled in. The aim of the course is to promote the development of an active and responsible citizenship through the acquisition of personal and social, entrepreneurial and digital skills.The Course of Study recognises among the other curricular activities a seminar module of your choice among those listed below:Marginal and Rights cod. 106493 (DAFIST - referee Prof. Langella) - 1 CFUReligions in Public Space cod. 111338 (DAFIST - referee prof.ssa Colagrossi) - 1 CFUMulticulturalism and citizenship cod. 106458 (DLCM - ref. prof. Pusillo) - 1 CFUCitizenship, volunteering and soft skills cod. 106502 (DIMES - didattica.dimes@unige.it) - 1 CFUCitizenship and rights in the age of globalisation cod. 103762 (DIGI - didattica.ddg@unige.it) - 1 CFUArtificial Intelligence and Administrative Activity - RAISE Liguria cod. 113505 (DISFOR - formazione.raise@unige.it) - 1 CFUNOTE PLEASE NOTE: the offer of activated modules may vary from year to year, it is necessary to wait for the annual notice with the list of the modules offered in the current academic year. 1 CFUThe course Citizenship Training is aimed at all students enrolled in the University's undergraduate, master's, single-cycle degree and PhD programmes, regardless of the Department offering the course or the course they are enrolled in. The aim of the course is to promote the development of an active and responsible citizenship through the acquisition of personal and social, entrepreneurial and digital skills.The Course of Study recognises among the other curricular activities a seminar module of your choice among those listed below:Marginal and Rights cod. 106493 (DAFIST - referee Prof. Langella) - 1 CFUReligions in Public Space cod. 111338 (DAFIST - referee prof.ssa Colagrossi) - 1 CFUMulticulturalism and citizenship cod. 106458 (DLCM - ref. prof. Pusillo) - 1 CFUCitizenship, volunteering and soft skills cod. 106502 (DIMES - didattica.dimes@unige.it) - 1 CFUCitizenship and rights in the age of globalisation cod. 103762 (DIGI - didattica.ddg@unige.it) - 1 CFUArtificial Intelligence and Administrative Activity - RAISE Liguria cod. 113505 (DISFOR - formazione.raise@unige.it) - 1 CFUNOTE PLEASE NOTE: the offer of activated modules may vary from year to year, it is necessary to wait for the annual notice with the list of the modules offered in the current academic year. Seminar human rights, origins, developments and contemporary trends 1 CFULecturer: M. Stella AcernoPeriod: 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.Learning methods: The seminar takes place in presence and on line for a total of 26 hours divided into 12 lessons, unless otherwise provided by the teaching structures. With the use ofslides, 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.itPRESENTATIONThe 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 OUTCOMESThe 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 ASSESSMENTAt the end of the seminar there will be an oral interview or the writing of a short written paper on the topics analysed.PROGRAMMEThe 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.DOCENTM. 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 historyat 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 - 2014Giuseppe Giliberti Historical introduction to human rights G. Giappichelli Editore. 2012Stella Acerno (ed.) But what rights? What we know and what we do not want to know about human rights Fratelli Frilli Editori 2013Stella Acerno The in-security of sustainable society - Genova University Press 2022 1 CFULecturer: M. Stella AcernoPeriod: 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.Learning methods: The seminar takes place in presence and on line for a total of 26 hours divided into 12 lessons, unless otherwise provided by the teaching structures. With the use ofslides, 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.itPRESENTATIONThe 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 OUTCOMESThe 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 ASSESSMENTAt the end of the seminar there will be an oral interview or the writing of a short written paper on the topics analysed.PROGRAMMEThe 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.DOCENTM. 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 historyat 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 - 2014Giuseppe Giliberti Historical introduction to human rights G. Giappichelli Editore. 2012Stella Acerno (ed.) But what rights? What we know and what we do not want to know about human rights Fratelli Frilli Editori 2013Stella Acerno The in-security of sustainable society - Genova University Press 2022 FLIGHT – Genoa International Film Festival 1 CFU will be awarded 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 MalavasiProgramme and information: https://www.mostradelcinemagenova.org/ 1 CFU will be awarded 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 MalavasiProgramme and information: https://www.mostradelcinemagenova.org/ N.B.: To find out about other opportunities subscribe to the Aulaweb "Notices and useful documents - Art History and Artistic Heritage Enhancement" and consult the announcements.
