Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Cattolica International

Programme Structure

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

First year

  • Business management and finance - 12 ECTS
    • Management basics
    • Financial accounting and business evaluation
       
  • Economics for the agri-food system - 10 ECTS
    • Agri-food economics and policy
    • Microeconomics of the agri-food system
       
  • Agricultural and food marketing - 6 ECTS
     
  • Food safety management - 10 ECTS
    • Food protection management
    • Food risk: analysis and management
       
  • Industrial organisation and strategic decision-making in the food system - 10 ECTS
    • Strategic decision making
    • Industrial organisation 
       
  • Quantitative methods - 12 ECTS
    • Applied mathematics and statistics for the agri-food system
    • Applied econometrics for the agri-food system
       
  • Research methods in agricultural and food economics - 1 ECTS

Second year

  • Agricultural, food and environmental policies of the European Union - 6 ECTS
  • Economics of agricultural and food markets  - 7 ECTS
  • Optional courses* - 10 ECTS
  • Final dissertation - 20 ECTS
  • Seminars - 1 ECTS
  • Soft skills and entrepreneurship - 1 ECTS
     

A) Track in Innovation Management

  • Multi-channel retail marketing - 5 ECTS
  • Innovation management in the food industry - 5 ECTS
  • Food consumer psychology and market intelligence - 5 ECTS

B) Track in Sustainability Management

  • Sustainability budget and corporate social responsibility - 5 ECTS
  • Food footprint: the environmental impact of the agro food chain - 5 ECTS
  • Economics of sustainability and circularity in food systems - 5 ECTS

 

* Suggested optional courses:

  • Food supply chain management - 5 ECTS
  • Agricultural, food market istitutions - 5 ECTS
  • Business planning for start-up - 5 ECTS
  • Laboratory on big data and artificial intelligence for the agri-food system - 5 ECTS
  • Italian language and civilisation for international students (SELDA) (only for non-Italian students) - 5 ECTS