
The Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities is a three-year program with a methodological focus. It provides students with a broad and balanced foundational education in the humanities, covering the ancient world (Greek, Roman, Italic, Egyptian, and Near Eastern), as well as the medieval, modern, and contemporary periods from multiple disciplinary perspectives.
The program encompasses a range of disciplines including linguistics, philology, literature, history, geography, archaeology, art history, theater, cinema, and new media. Graduates of the Humanities program are distinguished by their analytical and research skills, critical and original thinking, flexibility, and communicative abilities. The preparation offered by this Bachelor’s Degree sets a strong foundation for further studies in related Master’s programs and prepares students for careers in the humanities field.
Overview of the program
- COMPUTER SCIENCE LAB - COMPUTING AND HUMANITIES WORKSHOP 3 CFU - 75 hours
- ITALIAN LITERATURE 12 CFU - 72 hours 1st semester
- LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- ITALIAN LINGUISTICS -A 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- GREEK HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours 1st semester
- GLOTTOLOGY 12 CFU - 72 hours 1st semester
- GENERAL LINGUISTICS 12 CFU - 72 hours 1st semester
- GREEK LAB 3 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- ITALIAN LITERATURE LAB 3 CFU - 18 hours 1st semester
- LATIN LAB 3 CFU - 48 hours 1st semester
- LATIN LITERATURE 1 6 CFU - 36 hours
- CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- GREEK LITERATURE 1 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST 12 CFU - 72 hours
- ROMAN HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- FINAL EXAM 6 CFU - 150 hours
- CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- GREEK DIALECTOLOGY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- GREEK LITERATURE 2 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE 6 CFU - 36 hours
- GREEK PALAEOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- LATIN PALEOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 48 hours
- ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART HISTORY OF ANCIENT WESTERN ASIA 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HITTITOLOGY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST (ADVANCED) 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HEBREW LANGUAGE - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- EGYPTOLOGY- A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- EGYPTOLOGY - B 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ETRUSCAN AND ITALIAN ARCHAEOLOGY (FOR BEGINNERS) 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ECONOMY AND SOCIETY IN THE ROMAN WORLD 6 CFU - 36 hours
- SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF ANCIENT HISTORY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ANCIENT GREEK HISTORY (ADVANCED) 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ROMAN HISTORY (ADVANCED) 6 CFU - 36 hours
- CIVILIZATION OF PRE-ROMAN ITALY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ETRUSCAN AND ITALIAN ARCHAEOLOGY (FOR BEGINNERS) 6 CFU - 36 hours
- CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY AND ICONOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- APPLIED LINGUISTICS 12 CFU - 72 hours
- SOCIOLINGUISTICS 12 CFU - 72 hours
- APPLIED LINGUISTICS - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- PRAGMATICS AND TEXT LINGUISTICS 6 CFU - 36 hours
- SOCIOLINGUISTICS (MOD. A) 6 CFU - 36 hours
- SOCIOLINGUISTICS (MOD. B) 6 CFU - 36 hours
- DIGITAL HUMANITIES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ANCIENT GREEK HISTORY - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- COMPUTER SCIENCE LAB - COMPUTING AND HUMANITIES WORKSHOP 3 CFU - 75 hours
- ITALIAN LITERATURE 12 CFU - 72 hours 1st semester
- LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- ITALIAN LINGUISTICS -A 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- ITALIAN LINGUISTICS -B 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- GLOTTOLOGY 12 CFU - 72 hours 1st semester
- GENERAL LINGUISTICS 12 CFU - 72 hours 1st semester
- CONTEMPORARY HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours 2nd semester
- MEDIEVAL HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours 1st semester
- MODERN HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours 1st semester
- ITALIAN LITERATURE LAB 3 CFU - 18 hours 1st semester
- LATIN LAB 3 CFU - 48 hours 1st semester
- LATIN LITERATURE 1 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ROMANCE PHILOLOGY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- ITALIAN LINGUISTICS (DANTE) 6 CFU - 36 hours
- LATIN PALEOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 48 hours
- CONTEMPORARY HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- MEDIEVAL HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- MODERN HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART 12 CFU - 72 hours
- HISTORY OF MODERN ART 12 CFU - 72 hours
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- FINAL EXAM 6 CFU - 150 hours
- THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- CINEMA HISTORY AND LANGUAGE 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ITALIAN PHILOLOGY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ITALIAN LITERATURE (ADVANCED) 6 CFU - 36 hours
- MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE 12 CFU - 72 hours
- LITERARY PUBLISHING 6 CFU - 36 hours
- WRITING LABORATORY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ITALIAN LITERATURE: TEXTUAL ANALYSIS METHODOLOGIES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF LITERARY CRITICISM 6 CFU - 36 hours
- CONTEMPORARY HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- MEDIEVAL HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- MODERN HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY IN THE MODERN AGE 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ANALYSIS OF MEDIEVAL HISTORICAL SOURCES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- SOLDIERS AND SOCIETY IN MODERN HISTORY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- PRINCIPLES OF ARCHIVAL SCIENCE 6 CFU - 36 hours
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN ANCIENT STATES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF MODERN SCIENCE 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ECONOMIC HISTORY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- APPLIED LINGUISTICS 12 CFU - 72 hours
- SOCIOLINGUISTICS 12 CFU - 72 hours
- APPLIED LINGUISTICS - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- PRAGMATICS AND TEXT LINGUISTICS 6 CFU - 36 hours
- SOCIOLINGUISTICS (MOD. A) 6 CFU - 36 hours
- SOCIOLINGUISTICS (MOD. B) 6 CFU - 36 hours
- DIGITAL HUMANITIES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ANCIENT GREEK HISTORY - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- COMPUTER SCIENCE LAB - COMPUTING AND HUMANITIES WORKSHOP 3 CFU - 75 hours
- ITALIAN LITERATURE 12 CFU - 72 hours 1st semester
- LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- ITALIAN LINGUISTICS -A 6 CFU - 36 hours 1st semester
- CREATIVE WRITING 3 CFU - 18 hours 2nd semester
- ITALIAN LINGUISTICS -B 6 CFU - 36 hours 2nd semester
- GLOTTOLOGY 12 CFU - 72 hours 1st semester
- GENERAL LINGUISTICS 12 CFU - 72 hours 1st semester
- CONTEMPORARY HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours 2nd semester
- MEDIEVAL HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours 1st semester
- MODERN HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours 1st semester
- LATIN LITERATURE 1 6 CFU - 36 hours
- THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART 12 CFU - 72 hours
- HISTORY OF MODERN ART 12 CFU - 72 hours
- HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ART: LANGUAGES AND TECHNIQUES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- THEORIES AND PRACTICES OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY THEATER 12 CFU - 72 hours
- THEORIES AND TECHNIQUES OF THE CINEMATOGRAPHIC LANGUAGE 12 CFU - 72 hours
- REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- ANALYSIS OF MEDIEVAL HISTORICAL SOURCES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ITALIAN PHILOLOGY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ROMANCE PHILOLOGY - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY AND ICONOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES - B 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- LATIN PALEOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 48 hours
- ECONOMICS AND ART MANAGEMENT 6 CFU - 44 hours
- LITERARY PUBLISHING 6 CFU - 36 hours
- AESTHETICS - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- LITERATURE AND INTERMEDIALITY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- MODELS AND TECHNIQUES OF WRITING 6 CFU - 40 hours
- SEMIOTICS AND HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN SONG 6 CFU - 40 hours
- DIGITAL HUMANITIES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ANCIENT GREEK HISTORY - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- FINAL EXAM 6 CFU - 150 hours
- ARTISTIC LITERATURE 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ART 12 CFU - 72 hours
- CINEMA HISTORY AND LANGUAGE 6 CFU - 36 hours
- CONTEMPORARY HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- MEDIEVAL HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- MODERN HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- ARCHEOLOGY OF MEDIA DEVICES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ANALYSIS OF MEDIEVAL HISTORICAL SOURCES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ITALIAN PHILOLOGY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ROMANCE PHILOLOGY - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY AND ICONOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- LATIN PALEOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 48 hours
- ART AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION 6 CFU - 36 hours
- FORMS AND PROCESSES OF PARTICIPATORY THEATER 6 CFU - 36 hours
- CONTEMPORARY HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- MEDIEVAL HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- MODERN HISTORY 12 CFU - 72 hours
- ARCHEOLOGY OF MEDIA DEVICES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- CONTEMPORARY TELEVISION PRODUCTION 6 CFU - 36 hours
- LANGUAGES OF DIGITAL MEDIA 6 CFU - 36 hours
- HISTORY AND LANGUAGES OF PHOTOGRAPHY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ECONOMICS AND ART MANAGEMENT 6 CFU - 44 hours
- LITERARY PUBLISHING 6 CFU - 36 hours
- AESTHETICS - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
- LITERATURE AND INTERMEDIALITY 6 CFU - 36 hours
- MODELS AND TECHNIQUES OF WRITING 6 CFU - 40 hours
- SEMIOTICS AND HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN SONG 6 CFU - 40 hours
- DIGITAL HUMANITIES 6 CFU - 36 hours
- ANCIENT GREEK HISTORY - A 6 CFU - 36 hours
Educational goals
The course in Literature (divided into three curricula: Ancient, Modern, Media and Entertainment Arts) is a three-year degree course of a methodological nature. It aims to provide enrolled students with a broad and balanced basic scientific preparation in humanistic studies, relating to the ancient (Greco-Roman and Near Eastern), medieval, modern and contemporary world, according to multiple disciplinary points of view: linguistic, philological- literary, historical, geographical, archaeological, historical-artistic, theatrical forms and modern entertainment and media disciplines. This multidisciplinary preparation, including basic knowledge adequately re-oriented and in-depth thanks to the acquisition of the most up-to-date methodologies, will allow you to optimally continue your humanistic studies, in ancient, modern and contemporary fields, offering access to degrees in the future related master's degrees and preparing, with the completions indicated by the legislation in force, for the professions relating to the various scientific-disciplinary sectors, with due attention to the paths foreseen for teacher training. The degree course includes a substantial common training area, which develops in the first two years and which allows you to acquire an adequate historical and methodological mastery of fundamental humanistic knowledge with the relative possibility of acquiring the credits necessary for access to teaching classes in schools. Already in the second and, to a further accentuated extent, in the third year of the course of study, the teachings relating to the common training area are reduced to leave room for a wide diversification of the teachings themselves in line with the different training vocations of the three curricula in which the degree course is divided into (Ancient Literature, Modern Literature, Media and Entertainment Arts). In the third year, the Ancient Literature curriculum directs students who have already acquired fundamental knowledge in classical philology, Greek and Latin literature, Greco-Roman-Oriental history towards in-depth studies of a classical philological-literary, linguistic, Greco-Roman historical nature, orientalistic and archaeological; the curriculum of Modern Literature, however, directs students already trained in Romance philology, Italian literature and linguistics, history (medieval, modern, contemporary) and art history (medieval and modern) towards in-depth studies of a philological nature -modern literary, historical and linguistic; the most recently activated curriculum (Art Media Entertainment) will finally enrich the traditional training of the degree course in Literature on the contemporary side, dedicating attention to the philological and historiographical study of the artistic, theatrical and cinematographic heritage and to the study of the languages of the visual and performative with a specific opening to the dimension of digital humanities. Over the three-year period, students of the degree course in Literature will therefore have the opportunity to consolidate and deepen the training path they have chosen, progressively moving towards the study of antiquity or modernity or contemporaneity. In the first year, the degree course includes specific tutorial activities aimed at verifying, strengthening or recovering the deficit regarding previous disciplinary skills; the course of study also provides basic IT skills and reserves a specific space for teaching the English language (or, if already known at an adequate level, a second community language), in order to achieve satisfactory spoken and written competence.
Career opportunities
Continuation of studies of courses for a master's degree. Looking ahead, master's graduates who have acquired a sufficient number of credits in appropriate groups of sectors will be able, as required by current legislation, to participate in the admission tests for training courses for teaching in secondary schools. Library technicians Employment in public and private libraries, cultural institutions and foundations, historical archives. Museum technicians employment in museums, archaeological parks, superintendencies, local authorities, foundations; possibility of self-employment in collaboration with public or private bodies. Technicians for the organization of radio, television, cinema and theater production. Employment in organizations and companies operating in the field of radio, television, cinema and theater production. Organizers of cultural events Employment as an organizer of cultural events at local authorities, trade fairs and tourism promotion bodies as well as at museums, art galleries, schools and universities.
Admission requirements
To be admitted to the degree course in Literature, the student must have a high school diploma, required by current legislation, or another qualification obtained abroad and recognized as equivalent by the competent bodies of the University. For direct admission not subject to particular recovery activities, general basic knowledge of Italian, Latin and, where applicable, Greek languages and literature is required; Basic general knowledge of the historical field (medieval, modern and contemporary history) is also required. The verification of the adequacy of the initial preparation and the recovery and integration of any gaps and educational deficits of students enrolled in the first year (to be filled or reduced within the first year itself) is the subject of specific and accurate initial, indicative and non-selective assessments. For this purpose, detailed tutorial activities are planned with extensive initial assessments; work to be carried out in groups as small as possible; ongoing written and oral tests. The methods are established by the Teaching Regulations of the degree course.