Master's Degree in Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs (PPPA)
Milan, Italy
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Key Summary
The interdisciplinary programme offering high-level competencies in political science and philosophy, provides both a solid theoretical background and a practical sense of the challenges and opportunities connected to current political and social-economic phenomena and trends. Students can customize their study plans, entirely taught in English, based on individual interests and career goals.
The master's degree in Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs (PPPA) is an advanced interdisciplinary programme offering high-level competencies in political science and philosophy. The program provides both a solid theoretical background and a practical sense of the challenges and opportunities connected to current political and socioeconomic phenomena and trends.
The study plan includes a common core of courses addressing cutting-edge topics in political science, in moral and political philosophy - topics which are specifically selected for their relevance within public debates. Core courses also provide accurate historical competencies, apt to rigorously frame similar debates, as well as advanced training in empirical methodologies and argumentative strategies, which will strengthen students' analytical capacities and their ability to assess and defend normative and policy proposals.
The second year of the programme offers the opportunity to study in depth a wide array of topics organized into two main areas. The first area - "Technology, science and society" - includes courses critically addressing the import and the ethical implications of scientific and technological development, with a special emphasis on pressing questions concerning environmental studies, bioethics, neuroethics, biopolitics, on the challenges of the information society and on the new dynamics of media systems. The second area - "Prosperity, peace and international affairs" - comprises courses focusing on current socio-economic and political developments and their effects on individual life chances and rights, social policies and schemes of distributive justice as well as courses addressing the dilemmas connected to new forms of war and conflict. Within these two main areas, students will have the chance to autonomously define their study plan according to their interests and based on the professional profile they intend to develop.
Year: 1
First Trimester
Compulsory
- Conflicts, Political Arrangements and Legitimacy
- The Western Tradition: Moral and Political Values
Second Trimester
Compulsory
- Critical Thinking and Argumentation
- Differences and Non-Discrimination: Rights in Action
- Economy and Society: Past, Present and Perspectives
- Rationality, Rules and Institutions
Third Trimester
Compulsory
- Ethical Theory and Hard Choices
- Political Order, Violence and Institutions
Optional
- Contemporary Challenges: Labor Market and Inequalities
- Contemporary Challenges: Migrations and Cultural Diversity
Year: 2
First Trimester
Optional
- Journalism, Media and Politics
- Neuroethics and Human Enhancement
Second Trimester
Optional
- Dirty-Hands Politics: Theories and Practices
- Global Challenges to Democracy
- Justice and International Affairs
- Media Ethics
Open sessions
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
Optional
- Environmental Ethics
- Frontiers in Bioethics
- Liberal Rights and Social Justice
- Reasoning with Data
- The Politics of Mobility, Displacement and Asylum
- The Welfare State and Social Innovation
Conclusive Activities
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
- Compulsory
- Final Exam
Political Consultant
Function in a Work Context: The political consultant analyzes political and socio-economic phenomena, highlighting their dynamics and paying particular attention to their medium or long-term developments and regulatory implications. They examine central issues in public debate, compare various lines of intervention, and develop proposals for intervention strategies in light of current trends in the political, social, and economic spheres.
Skills Associated with the Function: To carry out their functions, political consultants require multidisciplinary skills in philosophical, social, and political sciences. They need the ability to critically examine complex political and socio-economic phenomena, interpret empirical data, and possess argumentative and transversal relational skills.
Employment Opportunities: Political consultants can work in local, national, and international institutions, public bodies, political parties, interest groups, NGOs, and the third sector.
Political Science Specialist
Function in a Work Context: The political science specialist conducts research on political and socio-economic phenomena, formulates hypotheses, collects and examines empirical data, and produces research reports and publications. They may also coordinate research projects and activities aimed at disseminating research results.
Skills Associated with the Function: Political science specialists require specialist knowledge in political science, sociology, and economics, along with the ability to interpret complex phenomena from a multidisciplinary perspective. They need analytical skills, the ability to process research designs and transversal relational skills.
Employment Opportunities: Political science specialists can work in organizations, institutions, and research centres at local, national, or international levels.
Philosophy Specialist
Function in a Work Context: The philosophy specialist conducts research in the philosophical field, formulates hypotheses regarding regulatory implications, and compares intervention strategies. They also coordinate projects and activities aimed at disseminating research results.
Skills Associated with the Function: Philosophy specialists require specialist knowledge in philosophy and multidisciplinary preparation. They need logical and argumentative skills, along with the ability to develop rigorous research designs.
Employment Opportunities: Philosophy specialists can work in organizations, institutions, and research centres at local, national, or international levels.
Specialists of Companies, Organizations, and Public and Private Entities
Function in a Work Context: The specialist in companies, organizations, and entities holds strategic, managerial, and operational positions, coordinating working groups and carrying out activities in design, planning, communication, and marketing.
Skills Associated with the Function: Specialists in this field require multidisciplinary skills for designing strategies, critical analysis of trends, forecasting, and adaptive capacity. They also need transversal relational skills.
Employment Opportunities: Specialists can work in public administration, public and private bodies, NGOs, and private companies operating nationally or internationally.
Cultural Manager
Function in a Work Context: The cultural manager develops and coordinates cultural projects, researches and manages resources, plans training courses, and collaborates on editorial projects.
Skills Associated with the Function: Cultural managers need multidisciplinary preparation, analysis, forecasting, planning skills, and transversal relational skills.
Employment Opportunities: Cultural managers can work in companies in the communication, publishing, and journalism sectors, as well as foundations, institutes, and public and private bodies involved in cultural projects and dissemination activities.