Vai al contenuto principale Vai al footer
Università degli Studi di Parma Università degli Studi di Parma
Degree course in
Social work
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Law, Politics and International Studies

Course units and programme of study

The Programme of Study is the set of compulsory and elective courses that the student must take in order to graduate.
Submission of the Programme of Study for one's year of enrolment is compulsory and is necessary, above all, for registering for examinations and completing the teaching evaluation questionnaires.
All current students must submit their Programme of Study online via the Esse3 system The Programme of Study may differ depending on the academic year of enrolment ('cohort'); it may also provide for a choice between different curricula.
For a list of the courses that can be included in the Programme of Study, select the academic year of enrolment and, if available, the curriculum.
Search the curriculum

List of courses



Print

How the curriculum works

The list of course units in the Programme of Study represents the set of training activities that can be envisaged for each of the years of which the degree course consists and changes according to the year in which the student enrols. Free or restricted-choice' subjects are optional learning activities that students may include in their Programme of Study according to the choice criteria specified on this page; the remaining subjects are compulsory for all students.
The Programme of Study must be submitted online by the student for each year using the ESSE3 system (see dedicated section).
Students are allowed to submit their own Programme of Study with options other than those presented on this page (and available in ESSE3), as long as it is consistent with achieving the course's educational objectives. In that case, the plan must be submitted to the Degree Course Committee for approval.

Active propaedeuticities from the 2022/23

To take the compulsory second-year exams, the student must have passed the following first-year exams:

1) Principles and fundamentals of social service;

2) Public law for welfare;

3) Family and Juvenile Law.

To be eligible to take the mandatory third-year exams, the student must have passed the following second-year exams:

1) Administrative law and social service planning;

2) Social service methods and techniques 1;

3) Social Policy;

To enter Internship 2 (of the third year), it is necessary to have taken the examination of Methods and Techniques of Social Service 1 and passed Internship I.

Prerequisites

To take the second-year examinations, the student must have passed the following first-year examinations:

  1. Principles and fundamentals of social work
  2. Public law for welfare
  3. Family and juvenile law

 

In order to take the third-year examinations, the student must have passed the following second-year examinations:

  1. Administrative law and planning of social services
  2. Social service methods and techniques 1 
  3. Social policies 
  4. Internship 1

 

To gain access to Internship 1 (in the second year), the student must have taken the Principles and fundamentals of social work examination.

 

To gain access to Internship 2 (in the third year), the student must have taken the Social Service Methods and Techniques 1 examination.

 

A student who has not passed Internship 1 but has passed the compulsory examination of Methods and Techniques 1 may attend lectures in Methods and Techniques 2 but may not take the examination of Methods and Techniques 2 until he or she has passed Internship 1.

Obbligo della frequenza - offerta formativa a. a. 2024/2025

La frequenza alle lezioni è obbligatoria, per almeno i 2/3 dell’attività didattica, limitatamente ai seguenti insegnamenti: 

I anno:

  • Diritto di famiglia e delle persone minori;
  • Psicologia dello sviluppo;
  • Sociologia generale;
  • Principi e fondamenti del Servizio sociale.

II anno:

  • Politiche sociali;
  • Psicodinamica delle relazioni familiari;
  • Metodi e tecniche del Servizio sociale 1;
  • Sociologia della devianza;
  • Laboratorio di metodologia applicata al servizio sociale I.

 III anno:

  • Metodi e tecniche del Servizio sociale 2;
  • Laboratorio di metodologia applicata al servizio sociale II.

La frequenza è condizione necessaria per l’ammissione agli esami dei predetti insegnamenti.

 


 

Compulsory attendance - course catalogue a. y. 2022/2023

Class attendance is mandatory, for at least 2/3 of the teaching activity, limited to the following subjects:

Year I:

    Family and Juvenile Law;
    Developmental Psychology;
    General Sociology;
    Principles and fundamentals of Social Work.

Year II:

    Social Policy;
    Psychodynamics of Family Relations;
    Methods and techniques of Social Service 1;
    Social service criminal law;
    Laboratory of methodology applied to social service I.

 Year III:

    Methods and techniques of Social Service 2;
    Laboratory of Applied Methodology in Social Service II.

Attendance is a necessary condition for admission to the examinations of the aforementioned subjects.

Compulsory attendance - 2020/21 - 2021/22 course catalogue and for all previous cohorts

For A.Y. 2020/2021 - 2021/2022 and all previous cohorts Class attendance is mandatory, for 2/3 of the teaching activity, limited to the following subjects:

Year I:

    Family and Juvenile Law;
    Developmental Psychology;
    General Sociology;
    Principles and fundamentals of Social Work;

Year II:

    Social Policy;
    Psychodynamics of Family Relations;
    Methods and techniques of Social Service 1;
    Criminal Law;
    Laboratory of methodology applied to social service I.

Year III:

    Social Psychology;
    Sociology of Deviance;
    Methods and techniques of social service 2;
    Laboratory of Applied Methodology in Social Service II.

Attendance certificate is a necessary condition for admission to the examinations of the aforementioned subjects.

Course Catalogue a.y. 2022/2023 - 'Free' choice training activities

These are courses that students can freely choose to take the 6 ECTS credits in TAF D (free ECTS credits). The choice can be made between several types:

  1. educational activities offered by the degree course: students identify a Course unit and may include it in their programme of study without requesting any authorisation. The list of Course units is published each year in the Course Catalogue;
  2. cross-curricular activities: students may freely choose one or more of these courses, either as curricular credits (TAF D elective courses) or as supernumerary ECTS credits;
  3. educational activities offered by other degree courses of the University: Students may freely choose activities or Course units offered by other Departments of the University, not less than 6 ECTS credits, and may include them in their programme of study without requesting any authorisation;
  4. Free participation activities: these are sports, cultural and social credits. No approval is required for these activities, but students are invited to read the Regulation for "free participation activities" before making their choice;
  5. National Civil Service: Students who have performed National Civil Service and expressly request it at commissionedidatticaserviziosociale@unipr.it may have recognised 6 ECTS credits as an activity chosen by the student as an alternative to the recognition of any free participation activities (cultural, artistic, sporting or social).

 

Students may also obtain recognition of other previous training activities, previously authorised by the Teaching Committee, that they consider suitable for completing their training by submitting a request for assessment to the Teaching Commission using the e-mail address commissionedidatticaserviziosociale@unipr.it

 

If a student wishes to change his or her choice and cannot wait for the re-opening of the Programme of study, he or she must submit a request for approval to the Teaching Committee (commissionedidatticaserviziosociale@unipr.it) and obtain authorisation.

 

Online completion of the Programme of study - ESSE3

Every year, within a set period, regularly enrolled students (not outside prescribed time for course completion) must fill in their programme of study for their year in Esse3.

The online submission of the programme of study is compulsory and is necessary, above all, for registering for examinations and for completing the teaching evaluation questionnaires.

 

For the a.y. 2024/2025 the Programme of Study was completed online in the period:

  • from 07/10/2024 to 06/12/2024
  • from 10/03/2025 to 22/05/2025 (for those who failed to submit their Programme of Study in the first period or for those who want to make changes)

Procedure and compilation guide

The procedure for compiling the programme of study is as follows:

  • Link to the page https://unipr.esse3.cineca.it;
  • From the menu at the top right (3 white lines) click on LOGIN and enter your username (nome.cognome@studenti.unipr.it) and the password;
  • Again from the menu, click on the item PROGRAMME OF STUDY (Career Plan)
  • First-year students: click on NEW PLAN
  • Second- and third-year students: click on the PLAN CHANGE button (at the bottom of the page, below the previous years' courses)
  • Click CONTINUE COMPILE CAREER PLAN
  • Read and follow the instructions by moving from one rule to the next with the Next Rule button until you reach the last rule.
  • Click on CONFIRM PLAN and finally CONFIRM DEFINITELY
  • Finally, fill in the satisfaction questionnaire.

>> Detailed guide for compiling the Programme of study on Esse3

Indications for students outside prescribed time for course completion

Year 3 students must pay close attention to their choice in the final year.

Students OUTSIDE PRESCRIBED TIME FOR COURSE COMPLETION, if they wish to change to an activity of their choice, must enrol in the 3rd year as REPEATING students.

This means that:

  •  the repeating student will have to wait until the first useful session of the academic year (July) in order to graduate;
  •  as in other years, before taking the examination of new courses, the student must acquire attendance (i.e. wait until the end of the semester of the course in order to take the examination);
  •  the student will be enrolled in the current system for third-year students. Thus, the student will have to follow a new order, with the obligation to take core examinations not provided for in their original order.

In order to facilitate third-year students, an additional period in which it is possible to change choices and/or the internship (in May) has been introduced.

 

 STUDENTS OUTSIDE PRESCRIBED TIME FOR COURSE COMPLETION

Students outside prescribed time for course completion may NOT complete the programme of study online.

See rule described in the notice above.

 

STUDENTS UNDER CONDITION

Students enrolled under condition may NOT submit their programme of study either online or on paper.

 

STUDENTS ENROLLED IN STUDY COURSES CLOSED TO NEW CANDIDATES

Students enrolled in a study course closed to new candidates DO NOT have to submit a programme of study.

Who to contact

For any problems with programme of study (e.g. registration with exams taken elsewhere, inability to complete the programme) and student careers (e.g. curricular activities that do not appear) please contact the Student Registry Office (Strada del Prato 4/1A). E-mail: segreteria.giurisprudenza@unipr.it  .

For advice on filling in online, please contact the Quality Assurance Office (Via Università, 7). E-mail: giurisp.didattica@unipr.it