Educational plan
These educational plans and programme descriptions refer to the A.Y. 2025/2026
Computational social and political science (Classe LM-62 R/LM-88 R )
Enrolled in a.y. 2025/2026 (BBN)
Compulsory
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Multivariate Analysis | 6 | 40 | English | Third trimester | SECS-S/05 |
| Data Governance: Ethical and Legal Issues | 6 | 40 | English | First four month period | IUS/20 |
| Foundations of Statistical Modelling for Social and Political Sciences | 9 | 60 | English | Second trimester | SECS-S/05 |
| Policy Design | 6 | 40 | English | First trimester | SPS/04 |
| Programming for Social Data Science | 6 | 40 | English | First trimester | INF/01 SPS/04 |
| Research Design & Experimental Methods in the Social Sciences | 12 | 80 | English | Second trimester | SPS/07 |
| Survey Methods for Public Opinion Research | 9 | 60 | English | Third trimester | SPS/11 |
Optional activities and study plan rules
1 - Students must earn 6 credits/ects for Elective substantial course
be activated by the A.Y. 2026/2027
Compulsory
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agent-Based Modelling | 6 | 40 | English | Undefined | SPS/07 |
| Causal Inference in Social and Political Science | 6 | 40 | English | Undefined | SPS/04 |
| Social Network Analysis | 6 | 40 | English | Undefined | SPS/07 |
| Text Analytics and Machine Learning and Large Language Models | 12 | 80 | English | Undefined | INF/01 SPS/04 |
| Final Exam | 15 | 0 | English | Undefined | NN |
Optional activities and study plan rules
2 - Students must earn 6 credits/ects for Elective substantial course
3 - Italian students or students with a certificate in Italian at level A2 or above must acquire 9 ECTS from an internship in the private sector, in government or public administration organisations or in academic institutions (including departmental laboratories and centres). Students who do not have a certificate in Italian at level A2 or above must acquire 3 ECTS of Italian language provided by the University Language Centre (SLAM), which reduces the ECTS for an internship to 6 ECTS.
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Language Skills: Italian (3 ECTS) | 3 | 0 | Italian | Undefined | NN |