Study Abroad Programs Milan & Piacenza Semester & Summer
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Semester & Summer Study abroad programs Milan & Piacenza Contents 4 Cattolica facts & figures 6 Milan 6 City 8 Campus 10 Piacenza 10 City 12 Campus 14 Study abroad programs - Semester & full-year 14 Academics 17 Italian language & culture (semester & full-year) 18 Academic calendar 20 Summer programs 2015 21 Course structure 23 Course options 30 Internship program 32 Student services 34 The housing solution 35 Admission requirements & procedures 36 Tuition fees 37 Cost of living 38 Contacts Printed in Milan, Italy. September 2014 3 Founded in 1921 Cattolica 4 CAMPUSES ACROSS ITALY facts & figures Brescia Milan Piacenza Cremona Rome 6,900 internships per year 12 schools Over 200 Italian-taught programs 41,000 students 16 2,900 international students English-taught programs 4 5 ● The Province of Milan has 3,000,000 inhabitants ● The Italian Stock Exchange, la Borsa Italiana, is a 10-minute walk from campus ● Italy’s main industrial, commercial, and financial center ● Milan boasts a driving economy which makes it an MILAN important gate to the international capital markets ● World capital and headquarter to many of Italy’s multi- national corporations, fashion, and design brands ● Host of the Expo 2015 World Fair with the central theme: “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life” ● A regular host of international events which transform the city and its population ● Conveniently positioned, making Milan an ideal trans- port hub with 3 airports, high speed trains, and a 2-hour Milan is a city of secrets and drive from the Alps and the Ligurian coast surprises. The city’s elegance, beauty and style are not imme- diate but once unveiled are sure to be rewarding. Duomo di Milano (Milan Cathedral) 6 7 DID YOU KNOW? MILAN The Gemelli building at our Milan campus is made CAMPUS of two cloisters: the Doric cloister and the Ionic cloister. Both cloisters are characterized by hal- lowed lawns, and 12 columns on all 4 sides including the corner pillars. Banking, Finance and Psychology Insurance Sciences Economics Law Academic excellence across 8 Schools Humanities Foreign Languages and Political and Social Literature Education Sciences Cattolica’s largest campus is home to more than 27,500 students Originally a monastery restructured and designed by Renaissance architect Donato Bramante in the 16th century Milan campus is located in the heart of the city, where Renaissance architecture sits along significant historical monuments 8 9 ● The Province of Piacenza has 290,000 inhabitants ● A key position in the Northern Italian food valley where approximately 53,000 PIACENZA agricultural businesses are based ● 113 billion € contribution to the agri-food sector ● A medieval town characterized by the enchanting Italian countryside, old farmhouses, cultivated plain farm fields, and culinary specialties Piazza Cavalli Piacenza 10 11 DID YOU KNOW? PIACENZA The School of Economics and Law at Cattolica’s CAMPUS Piacenza campus offers a Double Degree program in International Management through the IPBS network that allows students to study 2 years in Piacenza and 2 years abroad at a partner institution, after which students are awarded 3 degrees. Agriculture Education Economics and Law Academic excellence across 3 Schools Piacenza-Cremona is home to 3,000 students Piacenza’s strategic location makes it an ideal location for Agribusiness studies Partner with leading companies: Barilla, Mutti, Parmalat, Latteria Soresina among others Practical learning with on-campus laborato- ries and plain farm fields in close proximity Sports center with an area of 8,000 m2 with two volleyball courts, a gymnasium, and an outdoor rock climbing wall 12 13 ● Italian cuisine and language course lab: a Study abroad programs Milan campus first step to becoming an Italian “Master Semester & full-year Chef” UCSC International Fashion and Design ● From the catwalk to the classroom: an Curriculum The formal definition of study abroad and environment; to make new friends and to introduction to modern Italian fashion ● What is design? The fundamentals of an exchange is one semester or one year spent benefit from different styles of teaching, The courses within the UCSC International Italian industry in another country, where participation in whilst continuing to study. Curriculum will be mainly offered on a se- ● The luxury market: structure, players and the program can contribute credits towards mester basis (both Spring and Fall); however, the home institution degree. However, Semester study abroad students may enroll as changes may occur, applicants will be success factors study abroad and exchange experiences in one or both Italian language and culture advised on the effective and definitive list offer much more. They represent a once-in- courses (intensive and/or semester) and of courses available two months before the Media, Communication and Sociology a-lifetime opportunity to immerse oneself add up to four English or Italian-taught semester starts. ● Federico Fellini and contemporary Italian in another culture, society, language, and courses. cinema Business and Economics ● Publishing, publicity and cultural journal- ism ● Strategic management & entrepreneur- ship: the Italian perspective ● New frontiers in brand communication Academics and consumer engagement ● Entrepreneurship lab: creating a new business ● “Green is the new black:” asset and ap- Study in English and Italian peal of the value “environment” in global ● Business, government and the global economy business communication To all international students, Cattolica offers two different curricula of study with a wide ● The political economy of the European ● Reading Milan and Italian cities: place- variety of courses. Students can choose to create their own semester of study by selecting integration making and cultural resources courses from either of the two curricula. For detailed information please visit ● The globalization of finance: managing ● Digital journalism and digital media in Italy > www.ucscinternational.it/study-programs-ucsc/academics returns and risks International Relations UCSC University UCSC International Curriculum UCSC University Academic Curriculum ● The European Union in the world: a Academic Curriculum Language of superpower in the making? English English/Italian instruction ● International relations and the Middle Coursework in English East: a comparative European perspective September/December – September/February – Calendar The courses within the UCSC University January/May February/July * Italian Culture: Literature, Theatre, Cinema, Academic Curriculum will be offered either Class Profile Mostly international students Mostly Italian students Music and Philosophy in the Spring or Fall and applicants will be ● Creative Italian storytelling: from literature required to verify on the website the effecti- > Required attendance > Attendance not formally to cinema to other forms of fiction ve and definitive list of courses available. Course > Expected participation required ● Methods of illusion: la mise-en-scéne from drama to fiction and visual arts Specifics > One midterm and final > Three possible final examina- Economics ● “A Descent into Hell,” virtues and vices in examination tion dates for each course ● Advanced business English Renaissance Italian literature from Dante ● Advanced English TOEFL to Machiavelli Course selection after beginning of ● Business communication Required before beginning of Registration classes; individual registration for ● Verdi and the anthology of Italian opera ● Business English classes; on site examination required ● Music, technology, show business. One ● Business strategy century of records and audiovisuals ● Change management ● Desire, freedom and justice in Christian ● Comparative company law * Non-European students can request an early exam session in December/May thought 14 15 ● Computational laboratory for economics ● Monetary economics ● Corporate finance (advanced) ● Principles of financial regulation Piacenza campus ● Corporate governance and social respon- ● Real estate finance sibility ● Risk management ● Cross cultural management Coursework in Coursework in ● Customer-based marketing strategy Political and social sciences - Law ● Economic history ● Applied criminology Italian ● Empirical economics English ● Criminal law in the E.U. framework ● Game theory and strategy ● Criminal procedure in the E.U. framework Italian-taught courses available from ● Industrial organization Business and Economics ● Globalization and socio-economic coop- the following Schools: ● International business management ● Business finance eration Economics and Law ● International corporate finance ● Corporate strategy & organization ● ● History and geoeconomy - China’s eco- Education ● International economics ● Cross cultural management ● nomic development Agriculture, Food and Environmental ● IT for economics and management ● Doing business in emerging markets ● ● Law of international arbitration Sciences ● Labour economics ● English for international management ● Methodologies of criminal research ● Macroeconomics ● Information systems ● Victimology For detailed information and updates please ● Management accounting ● International competitiveness visit www.ucscinternational.it ● Marketing management ● International finance ● Mathematics Foreign languages - Psychology ● International strategies ● Mathematics for economic analysis ● English specialized texts ● Research methods ● Microeconomics ● Workshop: stress, coping and resilience: ● Strategic control & business