Bachelor of International Development and Cooperation

The 1st cycle degree programme in International Development and Cooperation is a basic programme covering the topics of economic, political, institutional and social development. The specific objectives of the programme are to acquire essential competences for understanding the dominant features of local and global development, long-term growth in different local, national and international systems, in order to assess the relationship between areas with different levels of well-being and adopt policy measures to foster development.

The programme approach is based on an interdisciplinary curriculum inspired by sustainable development, i.e. the idea that the production of goods and services must meet certain human, social and political requirements. The programme covers economic, historical, legal, politological, statistical and sociological fields, aiming to promote comparative qualitative and quantitative analysis of the structural and sectorial problems affecting local systems in the Mediterranean basin, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and the European Union.

The programme therefore focuses on the importance of local cultures, dynamics and processes and autonomous development, studying original and innovative contributions to the debate on development cooperation policies in different areas. On this basis, the interdisciplinary nature of the programme is a fundamental pillar in the identification of a wide range of elective and integrative learning activities. Elective course units are available in the most important fields of study for this degree profile, in economics, statistics, law, politology, sociology, history and linguistics. Students can therefore adapt the curriculum to suit their chosen profile through targeted groups of course units. The programme also covers research methodologies, investigating the new and complex interactions between international and domestic dynamics in each context. Meeting the training needs highlighted by international, national and regional agencies, non-governmental organisations, public and private enterprises operating in agricultural, industrial and services fields nationally and transnationally, students may also attend educational workshops analysing, discussing and negotiating intervention methods and knowledge.

The course is held in Italian.