Courses and Requirements

Please note that the study program might be subject to minor changes; activation of electives depends on student's choice.

Lessons start at the beginning of September and attendance is mandatory. You cannot attend the program by distance learning.

First year - a.y.  2020-21 (36° cycle)

1 preparatory course
Attendance in 12 compulsory courses in three Core Areas:
   Research methods (MET);  Policy sciences (POL), Social sciences (SOC)
Exams for each compulsory course
Core area exams at the end of the year (June); one retake only (per each core area) is allowed (early September)

Students choose the track (Political and Social Sciences or Public Administration) at the end of 1st year for 2nd year courses.

SEM.	TITLE	HOURS	PROFESSOR	CORE AREA
1	Mathematics - preparatory course*	12	F. Tonoli
	Qualitative approaches to Policy Evaluation	36	A. Compagni	MET
	Elements of Statistics for Public Policy	24+12	M. Bonetti	MET
	Organization Theory**	24	A. Iorio	SOC
	Econometrics	24+12	V.Toffolutti, M. Le Moglie	MET
	Public Administration	24	V. Mele	POL
2	Sociology	24	Z. Parolin	SOC
	Political Sciences	24	P. Stanig	POL
	Text Analysis**	24	D. Hovy	MET
	Public Economics and Finance (Profeta) Public Economics and Finance (Solaz Santos)	36	P. Profeta, H. Solaz Santos	POL
	Econometrics for Policy Analysis	24+12	P.Pinotti	MET
	History of Institutions: civic, economic and political	24	G.Alfani	SOC
	Computational Social Science	24	N. Cavalli, D. Hovy	MET

* jointly offered with PhD ECO&FIN and Phd BA&M
** jointly offered with Phd BA&M

Second year - a.y.  2020-21 (35° cycle)

10 courses and Research Colloquium. In details:

• 1 Advanced Methods course (out of 3)
  
• 3 Advanced Topics
  
• 2 Public Policy courses (out of 3)
• 4 Electives (according to the track: Political and Social Science or Public Administration)

Exams for each course
Research paper

Note: Activation of electives depends on choices made by students

ADVANCED METHODS COURSES

SEM.	TITLE	HOURS	PROFESSOR
2	Topics in Experimental Resarch	24	M.Bonetti

ADVANCED TOPICS COURSES

SEM.	TITLE	HOURS	PROFESSOR
2	Advanced Topics in Public Management	24	A.Compagni, M.Jugl, G.Nasi
1	Advanced Topics in Economic and Political Institutions	24	V. Galasso
2	Advanced Topics in Social Dynamics	24	G.  Esping-Andersen

PUBLIC POLICY COURSES

SEM.	TITLE	HOURS	PROFESSOR
1	Topics in Public Policy	24	A. Casarico
1	European Policy	24	C. Altomonte
1	Gender and Public Policy	24	P. Profeta

ELECTIVES: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION TRACK

SEM.	TITLE	HOURS	PROFESSOR
1	Governance of Public Services	24	M. Jugl
1	Health Economics and Policy	24	A. Torbica

ELECTIVES: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE TRACK

SEM.	TITLE	HOURS	PROFESSOR
1	Population Studies and Demography	24	F. Billari
2	Advanced Political Science	24	L. Martin
2	International Immigration	24	C. Devillanova
2	Development Economics*	24	S. Fiorin
2	Global Health and Health Inequalities	24	D. Stuckler
1	Political Economics Advanced (LM/LMS)	24	G. Tabellini

*jointly offered with PhD ECO&FIN

• Research Colloquium, 24 hours, A. Kentikelenis

English language (optional)

• Communications Skills for Academics, 24 hours, M. Thompson, M.Ballerini
  
  

Third year (34° Cycle)

Study/research period at other universities
TA/RA activities (optional)
Conferences (as listener and as a speaker)
Research workshop (to facilitate the development of prospectus and dissertation)
Field-specific reading group
Seminars (15 over 3rd and 4th year)
Completion of the thesis prospectus (Nov-Dec)
Oral defence of thesis prospectus 

Fourth year (33° Cycle)

Study/research period at other universities
TA/RA activities (optional)
Conferences (as listener and as a speaker)
Seminars (15 over 3rd and 4th year)
Thesis submission to external reviewers (end of 4th year)
Thesis dissertation