Erasmus incoming students

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Programme: degree offered. They can be BA (1st level - UG) and MA (2nd level - PG).

Check DSPS Programmes: BAs and MAs

Course: teaching units.

DSPS Teaching units are listed within each BA/MA website (Piani di studio/Study Plan)

 

EDUCATIONAL OFFER AY 2021-2022: useful links

- UNICT educational offer (IT version and EN version)

- DSPS educational offer (IT version)

-  COURSE CATALOGUE FOR INCOMING STUDENTS (UNICT)

Procedures: please check the administrative area for procedures and forms
AY 2021-2022 ***ONGOING UPDATES***
Erasmus incoming students at DSPS can choose any course within any BA (st level - UG) and/or MA (2 level - PG).programme offered within the department. Be aware that you cannot select modules worth 3 ects/CFU nor can you select part of a course (6 ECTS/CFU out of 9 for a full course): you can only select a FULL course (6 or 9 or 12 ects/CFU)
Remember the main rules to be followed: "The maximum ECTS credits for the entire academic year is 60, for one semester is 30 and for a term is 15. The minimum ECTS credits to be accepted in Catania is 9. A learning agreement must include at least 70% of courses given within the destination Department and maximum 30% of courses given in other Departments, if previously agreed among Departments." A minimum 60% rate of classes attendance is required, in order to be admitted to exams. Be aware that if you select course offered within MA GLOPEM, the attendance rate is 70%. It is necessary to register students attendance to all classes indicated in their Learning Agreement. Professors will regularly register the date and classes hours attended on the Class attendance registration . At exam sessions, professors will check if the minimum 60% of classes attendance has been provided (70% for GLOPEM courses) and, if so, will allow the student to take the exam. If not, the student will not be allowed to take the exam.

Before selecting courses they should carefully check:
- content of the course (available in each BA (st level - UG) and MA (2 level -  PG) programme under the label PIANI DI STUDIO/STUDY PLAN;
- that lecture schedules are not overlapping;
- language of teaching.

REMEMBER the following information:

• Courses in english at the Department of Political and Social Sciences
• Courses in english at the Department of Economics
• Courses taugh in foreign languages at the Department of Humanities
• Courses in english at the Department of Law

When filling the Learning Agreement, Erasmus incoming students must specify the code of the programme where the selected course is offered.

eg:

Component code (if any)	Component title at the Receiving Institution (as indicated in the course catalogue)	Semester [e.g. autumn/spring; term]	Number of ECTS credits (or equivalent to be awarded by the Receiving Institution upon successful completion
Lm-62	Global civil society	first	6