Programmed, 300 places available. Quota reserved to non-EU students residing outside Italy: 10 seats.

Applicants to the 1st year must hold a secondary-school diploma or other equivalent and approved qualification obtained abroad. At secondary schools, applicants must have studied a foreign language for two years or more. Applicants shall undergo an admission test of their logic-linguistic skills, basic computer skills, and general knowledge of Social Sciences. If the initial requirements are not met, applicants will be assigned additional learning requirements (OFA), according to the Course Regulations that will be published on the University’s website.

Studium 2000, via di Valesio, Lecce; Palazzo Codacci Pisanelli, Viale dell'Università, 2, 73100 Lecce LE

The students that complete the degree in Communication Sciences will have the possibility to work as communication and public relation officers in public and private companies; employees and experts in the multimedia sector for publishing companies and advertising agencies; organizers of cultural and entertainment events; and actors in the tourism industry. In addition, students will acquire the following skills: information processing; production of texts and documents for external and internal communication; research, creation and editing of multimedia content; website management; organization of events. Other career opportunities are: head of communication offices; multimedia content manager for publishing companies and advertising agencies; person responsible for the organization of cultural events; head of communication activities for tourism companies.

President: Stefano CRISTANTE Vice-President: Michele ROMANO REPRESENTATIVES: Carlo Alberto AUGIERI Stefano CRISTANTE Maria Vittoria DELL'ANNA Salvatore DE MASI Antonio GIANNONE Pietro Luigi IAIA Fabio MOLITERNI Daniela PREITE Rita Maria ROCCO Michele ROMANO Michele TROISI TUTORS: Stefano CRISTANTE Maria Vittoria DELL'ANNA Salvatore DE MASI Fabio MOLITERNI Pietro Luigi IAIA

Since the academic year 2000-2001, the degree course in Communication Sciences has provided students from the University of Salento with a multidisciplinary education ranging from sociology to philosophy, history, economics, linguistics and literatures. The interdisciplinarity of the course modules allows students to gain knowledge of the fundamental, theoretical and practical notions of communication processes. Over recent years, the degree course in Communication Sciences has also supported the organization of events, seminars and workshop on communication in the local area in order to promote areas of discussion, as well as to improve the students’ practical skills.

The final exam for the degree in Communication Sciences is the production of a written or multimedia dissertation. The topic, which is chosen by candidates, has to be consistent with one of the subjects from the course modules. Candidates will discuss their theses to a degree panel, whose members can pose questions that are meant to assess the students’ preparation and knowledge. Further linguistic skills are assessed by writing an abstract in English of the dissertation. The degree panel will propose the degree mark after evaluating the discussion of the theses, the students’ linguistic skills, along with the qualitative and temporal dimensions of the candidates’ careers.

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