Suggested readings for improving personal preparation

Admission is contingent upon verification by the competent Academic Offices of validity of academic qualifications for registration and acceptance of the candidate onto the course. Should this be the case we will provide students information about additional readings after the formal admission: students must pass interview(s) with the referee(s) by the 30th of November 2023. Any requests for extension must be made to the Committee by the 30th of November and will be considered at the next meeting.

NOTICE: Students must contact the related referee for the interview.

SUGGESTED READINGS FOR THE ADMISSION TO THE MASTER'S DEGREE “IR”
HISTORICAL/POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL Prof. Ronald Car ronald.car@unimc.it	W.M. SPELLMAN, A Short History of Western Political Thought, Palgrave MacMillan, 2011
ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS Prof. Fabio Clementi fabio.clementi@unimc.it	N.G.MANKIW, Principles of economics, South-Western Cengage Learning, Mason, OH, 2012 / Chapters: 1,2, 4, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31 (pages from 671 to 685 only) M. LEWIS, Applied Statistics for Economists, Routledge, Abingdon (Oxon) and New York, 2012 / Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. STUDENTS MUST GET IN CONTACT WITH PROF. CLEMENTI TO BE ADVISED ABOUT WHERE THE READING ARE AVAILABLE.
POLITICAL SCIENCE (Prof. Andrea Prontera) AND SOCIOLOGY (Prof.ssa Alessia Bertolazzi)	A. GIDDENS & P.W. SUTTON (2014), Essential Concepts in Sociology. Politily Press, Chapters: 1. Thinking sociologically; 4. Structure of society; 5. Unequal life chances; 10. Political sociology. Contact Prof.ssa Alessia Bertolazzi for this reading: alessia.bertolazzi@unimc.it J. PINDER E S. USHERWOOD, The European Union: A Very Short Introduction, Third Edition, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2018 Contact Prof. Andrea Prontera for this reading: andrea.prontera@unimc.it
LANGUAGE* FRENCH Prof.ssa Mathilde Anquetil mathilde.anquetil@unimc.it	L. PARODI, M. VALLACCO, GRAMMATHEQUE, grammatica contrastiva per italiani-nuova edizione 2010, ed. CIDEB For absolute beginners in French: S. POISSON-QUINTON – R. JUANES, French Grammar in 44 lessons and over 230 activities: coursebook + CD level A1, Grammaire du français, version anglophone, 2014 , Editions Maison des langues. ISBN: 9788416057689 https://www.emdl.fr/fle/materiels-complementaires/grammaires/la-grammaire-du-francais/la-grammaire-du-francais-a1-cd-audio-anglophone
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LANGUAGE* SPANISH Prof. Armando Francesconi armando.francesconi@unimc.it	M. CARRERA DÍAZ, E P. SILVESTRI, Entre palabras. Grammatica contrastiva della lingua spagnola Loescher, 2010. A. FRANCESCONI, «La “Violencia” en el origen del lenguaje fascista español e italiano», Spagna contemporanea, n. 55, pagg. 175-220, giu. 2019. https://www.spagnacontemporanea.it/index.php/spacon/article/view/109
LAW Prof.ssa Ilaria Trapè annailaria.trape@unimc.it	R. WACKS, Law: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2015

*LANGUAGE INTERVIEW: Students must held an orientation interview about the choice of the second foreign language according to their previous competencies and their study plan.

If they are to choose to study Advanced French or Advanced Spanish: see the suggested readings.

They also can choose to study German, Cinese or Arabic, or Italian language for international students, but not their own native language.

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Suggested readings for improving personal preparation