Semester courses in English

The School for International Education offers courses on Italian history and culture in English specifically designed for exchange students at Ca' Foscari University. Each course awards 6 CFU/ECTS that students can add to their learning agreement.

II semester
I semester

2nd semester 2022/2023 a.y.

For the second semester of the 2022/2023 academic year, it has been confirmed that the following courses will be activated:

SIE001 - Contemporary History of Venice

The course presents an overview of the main historical events after the fall of the Venetian Republic:

Venice during the Risorgimento, until the city was given to the new kingdom of Italy (1866)
The spread of industries and the new public transport system during the Belle Époque
Venice during the First World War
The Fascism and the nationalist vision for the Venetian future
Venice during the Second World War
Venice as a museum of the world
Venice and today’s challenges: mass tourism, depopulation, privatization and environmental problems

For further information please see the course webpage.

SIE032 - History of Italian Culture and Literature – Modern and Contemporary

This course provides an overview of Italian culture from the Renaissance to the present day through the study of authors and works of literature, opera and art, focusing on the role of Venice wherever it is relevant.

For further information please see the course webpage.

SIE036 - Introduction to Classics

The class aims at illustrating some of the main topics related to Greek and Latin culture and literature from the origins down to late antiquity, with a special focus on the archaic and classical period, on the social and historical contexts of the literary production, on the genesis and transmission of myth and literature. The main goal of the class is to promote an interest, to stimulate students to read classical texts on their own, and to enable them to situate them in the appropriate chronological and historical frame, as well as to appreciate their meaning and importance in present-day civilisation.

For further information please see the course webpage.

SIE066 - Venetian Art and Archaeology - 2: Venetian Heritage in the Adriatic and in the Mediterranean

The course aims to illustrate, through selected case studies, the Venetian Heritage still conserved in the territories that belonged to the Stato da Mar. This extensive domain included the coasts of present-day Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, parts of Greece and Turkey, the islands of Cyprus and Crete. In many of these places the traces of the Venetian presence are still visible and in some cases these are prominent, such as the walls of Nicosia in Cyprus. During the course, therefore, we will explore significant but perhaps still lesser known aspects of the history of Venice, focusing on the influence of the Venetian archaeological, artistic and architectural civilisation in the Adriatic and the Mediterranean sea.

For further information please see the course webpage.

SIE079 - Design, Conduct and Communicate Interdisciplinary Research

This course aims to explore multidisciplinary research methods including obtaining primary and secondary data and to learn how to communicate these results in the form of a scientific article. Students will develop a critical ability to select research objectives, to combine them with the correct research methods, to apply them in order to elaborate a scientific article and another popular one.

For further information please see the course webpage.

SIE080 - The Law of the New Space Economy

In recent years, the conception of outer space has progressively changed. Whilst, in the past, outer space was conceived as a domain utilized and explored just by governments and the scientific community, nowadays it is characterized by an increased involvement of private interests. Notably, both individuals and corporations have the potential to participate in the extra-atmospheric world and are impacted by operations carried out therein. This new understanding of the space sector is referred to as New Space and constitutes one of the fastest-growing sectors of the global economy.

The course specifically focuses on the law governing New Space-related activities. Lessons will provide students with a basic knowledge of key legal features regulating this sector, and will foster students’ critical analysis on emerging global challenges, such as:

space resources exploitation and environmental concerns;
satellite systems and their impact on human rights (privacy in particular);
the strategical role of New Space activities in the geo-political arena and cybersecurity-related concerns.

The course is open to all students and does not require any prior specific curriculum. Given the focus on environmental issues and on human rights, all students may attend (a specific intention to pursue a professional career in the space sector is not required).

For further information please see the course webpage.

How to register

Eligible students

Erasmus + exchange students
Overseas and other interuniversity exchange students
Double and Joint degree students
Students regularly enrolled at Ca' Foscari who are up to date with their University fees and who have had credit recognition approved by their Head of Studies ("Collegio didattico"). Students in this case need to contact us at cfsie@unive.it in order to register.

Registration

To apply for these courses, international exchange students need to fill out the online Application Form that they have received by e-mail from the office in charge (Incoming Mobility or Joint/Double Degree).

Application deadline: January 15, 2023

N.B. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.

In early February, students who have filled out the Application Form before the deadline will be informed via email by the School for International Education ( cfsie@unive.it) whether the courses they chose have been activated and their registration can be confirmed. Once they have been registered, they will automatically receive all necessary information about the course before classes start.

International exchange students are not officially enrolled in a course if it is not on their Learning Agreement! Therefore, within the first two weeks of classes, they must contact the office in charge ( incoming.mobility@unive.it or jointdegree@unive.it) in order to add the course to their Learning Agreement, if not already present.

Auditing students are not admitted.

Schedule and classrooms

The courses will be held over 8 weeks. Classes will run from February 27th until - approximately - the end of April, with exams taking place following the end of the course.

N.B. Cancelled classes and classes falling on public holidays will be moved to the following weeks, so we cannot confirm the final date of each course in advance.

Attendance

Attendance for the English-taught courses for exchange students at SIE is generally not mandatory. However, teachers may ask all students to attend a minimum number of lessons and/or assign some additional bibliography to non-attending students. It is therefore necessary to check attendance requirements for each course by contacting the teacher directly within the first week of classes.

Schedule

SCHEDULE - II SEM 2022/2023

436 K

Exams

Exams will take place approximately from May 2nd and no later than May 19th, 2023.

In order to be admitted to the final exams, students will have to meet the attendance requirements which are set by each teacher (see above).
There is only one exam session. It is not possible to repeat the exam at a later date.

EXAMS SCHEDULE - II SEM 2022/2023

615 K

1st semester 2022/2023 a.y.

For the first semester of the 2022/2023 academic year, it has been confirmed that the following courses will be activated:

SIE031 - History of Italian Culture and Literature: From the Beginnings to the Renaissance

This course provides an overview of Italian culture in the past up until the Renaissance through the study of authors and works of literature and art, focusing on the role of Venice wherever it is relevant.

TEACHER: Enrico Palandri

SCHEDULE: Thursday and Friday, 8:45-10:15 - Classroom: Aula B2, Palazzina Briati