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*Theology Seminar

Theology courses are seminars in religious studies that explore religious and ethical topics from an academic and cultural viewpoint, promoting thoughtful discussion across diverse traditions.

Each course syllabus is available here.
Select the academic year, campus and Faculty to view and download the file. 

First year

  • Fundamentals of computational linguistics (8 ECTS)
  • Fundamentals of computer science for linguistics (8 CFU)
  • Project and change management (8 ECTS)
  • English language for linguistic computing (12 ECTS)
  • Advanced computational linguistics and large language models (8 ECTS)
  • Formal methods and models for computational linguistics (8 ECTS)
  • One elective course among: (8 ECTS)
    • Semantic fundamentals for natural language processing
    • Terminological resources
  • Theology* (in Y1 or Y2)

Second year

  • Language I - Language and Phonology / Communicative Strategies (12 ECTS)*
  • Curriculum in Humanities:
    • Natural Language Processing for Social Media (8 ECTS)
    • Digital Tools for the Humanities (8 ECTS)
  • Curriculum in Business:
    • Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing for Decision Making (8 ECTS)
    • Customer Behavior and Semantic Web (8 ECTS)
  • One elective course among the following: (8 ECTS)
    • Linguistic Linked Open Data and Semantic Web
    • Theory and Method of Linguistic Annotation
    • Computational Philology and Digital Editing
  • Internship, or one elective course among the following: (6 ECTS)
    • Issues of Theoretical Linguistics in Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics
    • Advanced Python for Linguistics
    • Data Structures and Database Systems Concepts
  • Master Final dissertation (18 ECTS)

* Courses of ‘Language I - Language and Phonology’ are for beginners and concern the following languages: French, Spanish, German. Courses of ‘Communicative Strategies’ are for students with an advanced knowledge of language. Courses concern the following languages: French, Spanish, German, Arabic, Russian, Chinese. All courses are given in the language taught.
Graduates of this Linguistic Computing degree programme will learn skills and knowledge to work in areas like:
 
  • Using computers to understand and process language (Natural Language Processing);
  • Analysing big sets of digital data (Big Data);
  • Helping businesses adapt to digital tools and technology (Digital Transformation);
  • Managing projects and working with customers using language-processing tools;
  • Finding, creating, and organising information on the web.

 

This degree helps prepare graduates for jobs such as:

Language Data Processing Expert
This job involves setting up and managing systems that use computers to work with spoken and written language data on digital platforms. People in this role plan and manage projects that use computers to analyse language. They may be called computational linguists, digital knowledge managers, digital publishing experts, or digital library experts.

Content Creation and Analysis Expert for the Web
Professionals in this role plan and analyse online content, especially related to Humanities. They create and study text and multimedia data on the web, connecting it through special online tools to help information make more sense (like the Semantic Web).

Customer Interaction and Experience Expert
This role helps businesses improve how they interact with customers, from first contact to after-sales services. People in this role organise and understand data about customer needs, behaviour, and the sales process, helping businesses provide a better experience for their customers.
 

Classes for the academic year 2025/26 start on September 29, 2025.


The calendar of the Faculty of Linguistic and Foreign Literatures for the academic year 2025/26 will be published here in July.

International students can join Italian language courses offered by SELDA (Servizio Linguistico d’Ateneo). These courses require a fee. 

 

To contact SELDA: 

  • Use the “Request for Information” form on the iCatt homepage 

Students are required to attend theology teachings aimed at offering a reasoned and critical knowledge of the Christian message.