Study Abroad Milan, Piacenza & Rome 1 Contents 4 Open your heart 6 Study abroad programs - Semester & full-year 6 Academics 8 Our national campus network 9 Milan campus - UCSC International Curriculum 10 Milan campus - University Academic Curriculum 11 Piacenza campus - Coursework in English 12 Piacenza campus - Coursework in Italian 12 Rome campus - Coursework in English 12 Rome campus - Coursework in Italian 14 Italian language courses (intensive and semester) 16 Academic calendar 18 Summer programs 2016 19 Course structure 20 Internship/Service learning opportunities 22 Student services 26 The housing solution 27 Admission requirements & procedures 28 Tuition fees 29 Cost of living Printed in Milan, Italy. May 2016 3 Open your heart Our Milan campus is located on hallowed turf. Developed around the original site of a monastery, our Milan campus is in the very heart of the city. Home to over 27,000 students, our Doric and Ionic cloisters provide a haven of peace and grace within a city which offers an abundance of food, history, heritage and choice. Milan is Italy’s commercial heart. Yet the city itself is a place of Cathedrals and Basilicas, galleries and museums, fortresses and canals, shops and restaurants, parklands and streetscapes. Then we have our beautiful campus in Piacenza, in which we also include a small facility in nearby Cremona. Piacenza is located in the culinary heartland of Italy, a medieval town which is surrounded by the enchanting Italian countryside. Piacenza is quintessential Italy. Charming. Beautiful. Historic. And unrivalled. Our Rome campus is home to our School of Medicine and Surgery, plus the campus is proud to host our School of Economics. The School of Medicine and Surgery is affi- liated with the Policlinico Gemelli University Hospital meaning that all health students, across all fields, have access to a world-class hospital just a walk from our doorstep. Located just a few minutes from the center of Rome, our 6,500 students benefit from access to internationally acclaimed experts in their field, including a truly impressive 43 Faculty members listed among the top Italian Scientists. In choosing Cattolica, you will become part of a community of 40,000 students, students and scholars who attend one of our twelve schools and who access a library which contains over two million volumes. Our alumni and academic community is without peer, with numerous world-leading researchers, scholars and academics. Our industry and employer networks are truly remarkable, meaning that we can offer 6,900 internships per year. We can boast an international community of more than 3,000 students from over one hundred countries. 4 5 Study abroad programs Semester & full-year The formal definition of study abroad and environment; to make new friends and to exchange is one semester or one year spent benefit from different styles of teaching, in another country, where participation in whilst continuing to study. the program can contribute credits towards the home institution degree. However, Semester study abroad students may enroll study abroad and exchange experiences in one or both Italian language courses offer much more. They represent a once-in- (intensive and/or semester) and add up to a-lifetime opportunity to immerse oneself four English or Italian-taught courses. in another culture, society, language, and Academics Study in English and Italian To all international students, Cattolica offers two different curricula of study with a wide variety of courses. Students can choose to create their own semester of study by selecting courses from either of the two curricula. For detailed information please visit > www.ucscinternational.it UCSC International Curriculum UCSC University Academic Curriculum Language of English English/Italian instruction September/December - September/February - Calendar February/May February/July Class Profile Mostly international students Mostly Italian students > Required attendance > Highly recommended attendance Course > Expected participation > Two or more possible final exami- Specifics > One midterm and final nation dates for each course* examination Course selection after beginning of Required before beginning of Registration classes; individual registration for classes examination required * Non-EU students can request an early exam session in December/May 6 7 Our national campus network Milan campus 4 campuses across Italy UCSC International Curriculum The courses within the UCSC International ● A Mafia story: its representation in litera- Curriculum will be offered on a semester ture, cinema, and television basis (both Spring and Fall); however, as ● The discovery of Italy through its culinary changes may occur, applicants will be traditions advised on the effective and definitive list ● To be a European Citizen: Religion Migra- of courses available two months before the tions and Conflicts semester starts. Fashion and Design UCSC International Curriculum courses ● From the catwalk to the classroom: an Brescia in English introduction to modern Italian fashion ● What is design? The fundamentals of an Italian industry Business and Economics The fashion market: structure, players and ● Strategic management & entrepreneur- ● success factors Milan ship: the Italian perspective Luxury business insight ● Entrepreneurship lab: creating a new ● Piacenza A fashion brand: from line creation to business ● market placement. A case study Cremona ● Green management & sustainability Entrepreneurial finance ● Media, Communications and Sociology ● Business, government and the global Federico Fellini and contemporary Italian economy ● cinema ● The economics of the European integration Digital journalism and digital media in Italy ● The globalization of finance: managing ● Publishing, publicity and cultural journalism Rome returns and risks ● New frontiers in brand communication ● Business ethics ● and consumer engagement “Green is the new black”: asset and ap- International Relations ● peal of the value “environment” in global ● The European Union in the world: a business communication superpower in the making? Reading Milan and Italian cities: ● International relations and the Middle ● place-making and cultural resources East: a comparative European perspective ● Television, advertising, music: the Italian approach to the media Italian Culture: Literature, Theater, Cinema, From strategy to effective presentations: Music and Philosophy ● methodologies to write and present con- ● Methods of illusion: la mise-en-scène from vincing and engaging communications drama to fiction and visual arts “Nutrition, tradition, environment”: ● “A descent into hell,” virtues and vices in ● sustainable growth and appeal of the Renaissance Italian literature from Dante Italian culture of food in a global business to Machiavelli communication perspective ● Creative Italian storytelling: from literature Are individuals the same in the East and to cinema to other forms of fiction ● West? Cultural differences in social psy- ● Dramaturgy: written to be spoken chological processes ● Italian cuisine and language course lab: a first step to becoming an Italian “Master Chef” 8 9 ● Applied criminology mod 1 ● History and geoeconomy - China’s eco- University Academic Curriculum ● Applied criminology mod 2 nomic development ● Victimology ● Law of international arbitration University Academic Curriculum ● Management information systems ● International media systems ● Training through drama and coaching for courses in English ● Marketing management ● Transnational commercial law (I) work ● Mathematics ● Transnational commercial law (II) ● Mathematics for economic analysis The courses within the UCSC University ● Microeconomics Academic Curriculum will be offered either ● Monetary economics and asset pricing International Relations and Global Affairs in the Spring or Fall and applicants will be ● Organization theory and design Public law and systems of governance History of political thought* required to verify on the website the effecti- ● ● ● Performance measurement ● Principle of econmics ● International organizations* ve and definitive list of courses available. ● Political and public economics ● Political sciences ● International relations* ● Political economy of the European Union ● Sociology ● Economic geography* Economics ● Principles of law ● Quantitative methods for social sciences ● History of international relations* Advanced business English ● ● Principles of management ● History of political institutions ● International macroeconomics* Advanced English TOEFL ● ● Project management ● Advanced English for international ● Social psychology* Applied statistics ● ● Public finance relations ● Geo-politics and geo-history* Business communication ● ● Public management ● International and European law* ● Politics in media* Business English ● ● Quantitative methods for finance ● Global ethics* Business strategy ● ● Statistical modelling ● International history: the wider Mediterra- Courses with an asterisk (*) will be available Change management ● ● Statistics nean area* from A.Y. 2017/2018 and A.Y. 2018/2019. ● Comparative company law ● Supply chain management ● Corporate finance (advanced) ● Topics in economic theory University Academic Curriculum ● Corporate governance and social respon- ● Work and organizational psychology sibility courses in Italian ● Corporate strategy Banking and Finance Students with adequate Italian language Italian-taught courses are available within ● Cross cultural management Financial accounting