Study location	Italy, Florence
Type	Graduate, full-time
Nominal duration	2 years (120 ECTS)
Study language	Italian

Application fee	€20 one-time Application fee is non-refundable

Entry qualification	Undergraduate diploma (or higher) The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / French / Italian / Spanish. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original.

Language requirements

Italian Non-EU applicants living abroad are required to have a valid certificat of Italian language proficiency at level B2 awarded as determined by the CLIQ (Italian Quality Language Certification) quality system, which unites in one association the current certification bodies (University for Foreigners of Perugia, University for Foreigners of Siena, Rome Tre University and the Dante Alighieri Society) and University for Foreigners “Dante Alighieri” of Reggio Calabria, as well as in convention with Italian Institutes of Culture abroad or other institutions. These certifications may be gained in the country of origin, in the approved exam centres found all over the world. Applicants which do not hold any certificate of Italian language can participate in the test that is annually organized by the University. More information are available here Applicants participating in the “Marco Polo project* are required a certificate of Italian language proficiency at level B1. EU applicants are not required to have a certificate of Italian proficiency and do not have to pass any Italian language test. However, they a good proficiency in Italian is highly recommended.

Other requirements

At least 1 reference(s) should be provided. In order to be eligible for the program it is necessary to have either a Bachelor’s Degree or an equivalent valid educational qualification accomplished abroad. A certificate of proficiency in English or in one of the EU languages at level B2 is also required. Students who register for the Master’s Degree in Pratiche, linguaggi e culture della comunicazione must have a strong aptitude for: • working on interconnections between communication models, communication technologies, social theories, and cultural practices; • understanding the aspects of complementarity between information theory and communication social theories; • actively participating in educational and communicational processes; • putting in context theoretical and application levels; • combining digital skills and methods with socio-cultural practices.

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Overview

The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge and skills able to endow them with a theoretical and professional know-how specialized in all of the issues and dynamics of Communication that – especially today – make it a strategically crucial ground for our economic, social and political life.

The solidity of the curriculum and its openly multidisciplinary profile (ranging from the sociology of cultural processes to linguistics, from philosophical knowledge to pedagogical training) aim to train experts in communication processes able to look beyond the most ephemeral fashions and to be ready for changes in market strategy. Also for this reason, the Degree Course is particularly attentive to the virtuous interweaving of educational communication and communication training. Thus, the skills to be acquired in the conception, design and implementation of models of integration between training knowledge and communication are considered essential tools for anyone who aspires to be professionally involved in the field of communication.
Through an appropriate interaction between the framework of the Disciplinary Courses and the Laboratories devoted to technological-multimedia research, the Degree Course seeks more specifically to enable students to acquire competences related to: knowledge of the broad spectrum of social theories of communication; mastery of texts and of technological-multimedia and linguistic-communicational grammars; knowledge of infrastructural and operational components of information and communication technologies; knowledge of methodologies suitable for the design and management of communication systems; conception, design, development and management of editorial projects and products with particular attention to the social dynamics of fruition; the design of studies and research activities on network architectures and their social, cultural and technological development; the design of educational paths, with particular attention to distance learning; the scientific planning of communication models useful for the realization of communicative prototypes at different levels and for different fields; the conception, design and management of educational processes, particularly within the field of communication.

Programme structure

The Master Degree takes 2 years and requires the acquisition of 120 credits, 18 of which are part of the final examination. The education of full-time students normally requires the acquisition of 60 credits per year. The student who obtains 102 credits as required by the didactic structure is allowed to take the final examination. For each subject an achievement test is expected.
The program consists of a multidisciplinary course that provides the theoretical and practical basis of communication science over the first year, and a detailed study of the main theoretical models of communication over the second year. This is achieved through an integrated approach that aims to ensure the acquisition of accurate skills in those scientific sectors that are necessary to analyze and create communication processes, and to promote conception and creation activities and the realization of communication objects through the application of the main design techniques of those communication objects, paying specific attention to the grammars of communicative technologies.

Career opportunities

Students that graduate in Pratiche, linguaggi e culture della comunicazione will be able to elaborate on and coordinate editorial projects (for experts in newspapers and information agencies; and professionals in traditional and multimedia publishing fields); they will have solid skills in defining and managing educational processes in all those sectors that involve Education; in particular Communication Education (for professionals in the fields of services, personnel management, and human resources). This degree enables students to use their knowledge in Research (in the public, private, and non-profit sectors), in Information and Communication Economy (from publishing to telecommunications), in the Communication departments of private and public institutions (from press to communication offices) and, in general, in all those activities that require advanced skills in analyzing, creating, organizing, managing, and realizing innovative products and formats for Information and Communication.