COMMUNICATION AESTHETICS

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2024/2025
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2025/2026
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Language: 
Italian
Credits: 
7
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
56
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (56 hours)
Requirements: 

- A general culture acquired within a five-year high school course; - a generic interest in culture in its various social events, from attending museums, exhibitions and conferences, to reading literary and witty works, as well as to the vision of cinemas with significant capacity to represent the world

Final Examination: 
Orale

Learning will be verified by an oral test. The oral exam consists of a presentation of the topics covered within the course and aims to ascertain the candidate's preparation on the texts in question and its ability to give it a critical interpretation. Will be evaluated:
1. the lexical correctness of the exhibition (5 points);
2. the correctness of the conceptual analysis of the texts (10 points);
3. the acquisition of an effective learning methodology (5 points);
4. the critical ability and autonomy of the student (10 points).

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

The course aims to develop some basic skills as well as some insights into specific aspects of aesthetics related to: aesthetics and communication , communication and media, the aesthetic role of the screen.

The course is developed according to three reference teaching and training lines which include: 1. introduction to the philosophical aesthetics; 2. aesthetics and communication: the role of the media; 3. aesthetics and communication: the role of the screen.

Convenzionale

The activities will be carried out through frontal lessons, in which the lecturer will explain the contents of the course asking for the interactive participation of the students through interventions, questions and reflections, in a tight dialectical comparison between professor and student.

Attendance at classes is highly recommended. At the end of the course the teacher will make available the power point shown during the lesson

Professors