Proposals Other activities Workshops Find the list of Labs offered by the Course of Study on the page dedicated to Labs Find the list of Labs offered by the Course of Study on the page dedicated to Labs English course level B2 - cod. 108657 3 CFUs To obtain recognition of the 3 CFUs you have these possibilities: Insert the B2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE course cod. 108657 into your study plan, with the possibility of attending a 50-hour course in the classroom, and pass the final exam with the teacher who is the holder of the course; . Insert B2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE cod. 108657 into your study plan, but attend the self-study online course offered by the University's Language Skills Development Sector (CLAT) and pass the final test. For career recognition purposes, you will need to forward the certificate of proficiency issued by CLAT to the teacher in charge of course code 108657. Information about access to the online course is made available every year around mid-October in the Aulaweb "Notices and useful documents for students - MODERN LITERATURE AND SPECTRE". Information about the final test and how to issue the level certificate is available here: https://clat.unige.it/TestENB2 If you have a B2 level or higher certificate issued by a body recognised by UniGe or by a suitable public and/or private institute, in Italy or abroad, with a certificate of passing the relevant test, you can send it to the teacher in charge of teaching code 108657 for recognition in your career, provided that you have not previously used it to apply for the award of university credits. The information about the final test and the procedure for issuing the level certificate is available here: . 3 CFUs To obtain recognition of the 3 CFUs you have these possibilities: Insert the B2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE course cod. 108657 into your study plan, with the possibility of attending a 50-hour course in the classroom, and pass the final exam with the teacher who is the holder of the course; . Insert B2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE cod. 108657 into your study plan, but attend the self-study online course offered by the University's Language Skills Development Sector (CLAT) and pass the final test. For career recognition purposes, you will need to forward the certificate of proficiency issued by CLAT to the teacher in charge of course code 108657. Information about access to the online course is made available every year around mid-October in the Aulaweb "Notices and useful documents for students - MODERN LITERATURE AND SPECTRE". Information about the final test and how to issue the level certificate is available here: https://clat.unige.it/TestENB2 If you have a B2 level or higher certificate issued by a body recognised by UniGe or by a suitable public and/or private institute, in Italy or abroad, with a certificate of passing the relevant test, you can send it to the teacher in charge of teaching code 108657 for recognition in your career, provided that you have not previously used it to apply for the award of university credits. The information about the final test and the procedure for issuing the level certificate is available here: . Foreign language qualification (French, Spanish or German) - code 118908 3 CFUs To obtain recognition of the 3 CFUs you have these possibilities: Insert the FOREIGN LANGUAGE course code 118908 into your study plan, attend, in self-study, the online course of your choice between French and German offered by the University's Language Skills Development Sector (CLAT) and pass the final test. As far as Spanish is concerned, there is no B2 level online course available at the University, but it is possible to take the test at the same level, in the same way as for French and German. For career recognition purposes, you must forward the certificate of aptitude issued by the teacher responsible for the final test to the President of the Examination Board associated with teaching code 118908. Information about access to online courses is made available every year around mid-October on the Aulaweb "Notices and useful documents for students - MODERN LITERATURE AND SPECTACLE". To take the test you must contact the teacher responsible: Prof. Giaufret for the French test Prof. Sanfelici for the Spanish test Prof. Gerdes for the German test. The B2 test will be given at the same time as the B1 test, according to the timetable established by the Humanities Boards, that is: - one date at the beginning of January - one date at the beginning of May - one date in the first half of June - one date in the first half of September. The test consists of a computerised test. If you have a B2 level or higher certification issued by bodies recognised by UniGe or by a suitable public and/or private institute, in Italy or abroad, with a certificate of passing the relative test, you can send it to the President of the Examination Commission associated with code 118908 for recognition in your career, as long as you have not previously used it to request the attribution of university CFUs. The test consists of a computer-based test. 3 CFUs To obtain recognition of the 3 CFUs you have these possibilities: Insert the FOREIGN LANGUAGE course code 118908 into your study plan, attend, in self-study, the online course of your choice between French and German offered by the University's Language Skills Development Sector (CLAT) and pass the final test. As far as Spanish is concerned, there is no B2 level online course available at the University, but it is possible to take the test at the same level, in the same way as for French and German. For career recognition purposes, you must forward the certificate of aptitude issued by the teacher responsible for the final test to the President of the Examination Board associated with teaching code 118908. Information about access to online courses is made available every year around mid-October on the Aulaweb "Notices and useful documents for students - MODERN LITERATURE AND SPECTACLE". To take the test you must contact the teacher responsible: Prof. Giaufret for the French test Prof. Sanfelici for the Spanish test Prof. Gerdes for the German test. The B2 test will be given at the same time as the B1 test, according to the timetable established by the Humanities Boards, that is: - one date at the beginning of January - one date at the beginning of May - one date in the first half of June - one date in the first half of September. The test consists of a computerised test. If you have a B2 level or higher certification issued by bodies recognised by UniGe or by a suitable public and/or private institute, in Italy or abroad, with a certificate of passing the relative test, you can send it to the President of the Examination Commission associated with code 118908 for recognition in your career, as long as you have not previously used it to request the attribution of university CFUs. The test consists of a computer-based test. Citizenship training 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 courses, 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 active and responsible citizenship through the acquisition of personal and social, entrepreneurial and digital skills. The course of study recognises in the 3 CFU of the Other activities only 1 seminar module of 1 CFU to be chosen from the following: Marginals and Rights (DAFIST - ref. prof. Langella) Multiculturalism and Citizenship (DLCM - ref. prof. Pusillo) Religions in Public Space (DAFIST - ref. prof. 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 courses, 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 active and responsible citizenship through the acquisition of personal and social, entrepreneurial and digital skills. The course of study recognises in the 3 CFU of the Other activities only 1 seminar module of 1 CFU to be chosen from the following: Marginals and Rights (DAFIST - ref. prof. Langella) Multiculturalism and Citizenship (DLCM - ref. prof. Pusillo) Religions in Public Space (DAFIST - ref. prof. 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. Laboratorio di avvicinamento alla Lingua dei Segni Italiana (LIS) 2 CFUs Introduced on the wave 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 or intermediate level course, i.e. it is possible to apply for recognition in the other activities of one module (basic or intermediate depending on your starting level). More information on class schedules and classrooms will be published in due course on the "News" section of this website. 2 CFUs Introduced on the wave 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 or intermediate level course, i.e. it is possible to apply for recognition in the other activities of one module (basic or intermediate depending on your starting level). More information on class schedules and classrooms will be published in due course on the "News" section of this website. Seminar Human Rights: origins, developments and contemporary trends 1 CFU Lecturer: M. Stella Acerno Period of performance: second semester starting in February 2026 and finishing by May 2026. Educational methods:The seminar will be held in presence and online for a total of 26 hours divided into 12 lectures, 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; including workshop activities on education for individual and global awareness: of oneself, of others and of the planet with interactive participation of students. For registration and information: info.cedu@libero.it PRESENTATION The seminar deals with and explores human rights issues in their various aspects and disciplinary areas. Starting with 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, film and human rights. FORMATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The objective 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 point of view. Broaden knowledge about contemporary trends and the debate on the protection of rights on a global scale, acquire skills on human rights education. 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 content: - Definitions and foundations of human rights. - The view of the 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. - The Four Freedoms Speech of F. Delano Roosevelt. - From the League of Nations to the UN. - The Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials. - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. - International human rights instruments. - 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 individual and global awareness education. To be arranged: meetings with teachers, experts and/or members of human rights NGOs. DOCENT M. Stella Acerno, president of CEDU Centro per l'Educazione ai Diritti Umani (Centre for Human Rights Education), a non-profit organisation registered in the regional Single National Register of the Third Sector. Former teacher of literary subjects and history at State Institutes of Higher Education. Press and communications contact person for Amnesty International Italy, Liguria Constituency.. Recommended readings for further study: Norberto Bobbio: The Age of Rights 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 don't want to know about human rights Fratelli Frilli Editori 2013 Stella Acerno The in-security of the sustainable society - Genoa University Press 2022 1 CFU Lecturer: M. Stella Acerno Period of performance: second semester starting in February 2026 and finishing by May 2026. Educational methods:The seminar will be held in presence and online for a total of 26 hours divided into 12 lectures, 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; including workshop activities on education for individual and global awareness: of oneself, of others and of the planet with interactive participation of students. For registration and information: info.cedu@libero.it PRESENTATION The seminar deals with and explores human rights issues in their various aspects and disciplinary areas. Starting with 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, film and human rights. FORMATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The objective 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 point of view. Broaden knowledge about contemporary trends and the debate on the protection of rights on a global scale, acquire skills on human rights education. 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 content: - Definitions and foundations of human rights. - The view of the 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. - The Four Freedoms Speech of F. Delano Roosevelt. - From the League of Nations to the UN. - The Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials. - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. - International human rights instruments. - 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 individual and global awareness education. To be arranged: meetings with teachers, experts and/or members of human rights NGOs. DOCENT M. Stella Acerno, president of CEDU Centro per l'Educazione ai Diritti Umani (Centre for Human Rights Education), a non-profit organisation registered in the regional Single National Register of the Third Sector. Former teacher of literary subjects and history at State Institutes of Higher Education. Press and communications contact person for Amnesty International Italy, Liguria Constituency.. Recommended readings for further study: Norberto Bobbio: The Age of Rights 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 don't want to know about human rights Fratelli Frilli Editori 2013 Stella Acerno The in-security of the sustainable society - Genoa University Press 2022 Permanent Theatre Workshop - The Falcon Participation in the Permanent Theatrical Workshop organised at the Falcone Interdepartmental Centre entitles you to the recognition of 2 CFU, for a total of 96 hours of teaching. Participation in the Permanent Theatrical Workshop organised at the Falcone Interdepartmental Centre entitles you to the recognition of 2 CFU, for a total of 96 hours of teaching. N.B. For more opportunities subscribe to the Aulaweb "Notices and useful documents for students - MODERN LITERATURE AND ENTERTAINMENT" and consult the announcements.
