Module Details

PUBLIC ETHICS

GS1151

Course
PUBLIC ETHICS
Code
GS1151
Academic Year
2025/2026
Curriculum Year
2024/2025
Degree Programme
LAW
Curriculum
A001 - GENERICO
Course coordinator
Credits
6
Lecture Hours
44
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
IUS/10 - Administrative Law
Course Type
Single-subject learning activity
Course Delivery
OPZ - Opzionale
Year
2
Teaching period
Secondo Semestre
Campus
ALESSANDRIA
Teaching language
Italian
Course Contents
The main areas are: culture and media, technology, psychology, economics, society and relationships, education and schools, religions, information and mainstream media, surveillance, and the illusion of freedom.
Reference Texts
They will be uploaded on DIR platform with instructions on their use and purpose
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to critically orient themselves in legal regulations and solve elementary practical cases concerning the topics discussed in class.
Prerequisites
no requirements
Teaching Methods
The program includes lectures, visiting professors to explore internationally relevant topics, and the testing of immersive teaching tools related to the Gianni project, the legal clinic, and the Vigo-digspes community of practice.
Additional Information
Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/servicesstudents-physical-or-learning-disabilities Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.
Assessment Methods
The course includes the examination of a practical case (legal clinic). See also the “progetto Gianni” website.
Detailed Syllabus
the topics covered are chosen so as to confront the student with the main novelties/changes in our legal system. The tool of immersive didactics will allow students to imagine and experience the concrete context created by proposing a solution.
Expected Learning Outcomes
The ability to express oneself in correct legal terms and to reason about practical cases pertaining to Public Ethics. Knowledge - Knowledge of the topics and development of independent critical ability in each of the indicated fields. Skills - Development of critical skills related to public ethics. Skills - Development of basic legal competence in the analysis of ethical problems concertenti the relationship between ethics and administrative and public law. Knowledge and comprehension skills. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to understand the relevance of ethical profiles in the application of legal norms. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding At the end of the course, students will be enabled to master the tools of visual and narrative communication in the field of litigation and media Autonomy of judgment Students will be led to develop critical competence concerning public ethics and deontology. Female students and students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) or Special Educational Needs (BES) can request specific services and tools dedicated to them by contacting the Career Development and Coordination Staff and Student Services and consulting the dedicated page of the University website: https://uniupo. en/en/servizi/servizi-studentisidisabili-e-dsa Students with disabilities, DSA, BES, once they have made contact with the University Staff, can contact the teacher in charge of the teaching in relation to the declination of the examination modalities, regarding the didactic aspects
Last update:09-09-2026 00:14:31