Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Cattolica International

Programme Structure

*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

  • Business management and finance - 10 ECTS
    • Management basics
    • Financial accounting and business evaluation
       
  • Economics of the agri-food system - 11 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 and management
    • Food risk analysis and management
       
  • Industrial organisation and strategic decision-making in food systems - 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
     
  • Theology* (in Y1 or Y2)

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
  • Dissertation - 20 ECTS
  • Seminars - 1 ECTS
  • Soft skills and entrepreneurship - 1 ECTS
     

A) "Business and Innovation Policies" profile

  • Multi-channel retail marketing - 5 ECTS
  • Strategic management in the food industry - 5 ECTS
  • Food Supply Chain Management - 5 ECTS

B) "Sustainability Policies" profile

  • Sustainability strategy and reporting - 5 ECTS
  • Food footprint: the environmental impact of the agro food chain - 5 ECTS
  • Economics of sustainability and circularity in food systems - 5 ECTS

 

**Optional courses

  • Climate change economics and policy (5 ECTS)
  • Entrepreneurship and innovation (5 ECTS)
  • Artificial intelligence for the agri-food system (5 ECTS)
  • Food Consumer Psychology and Market Intelligence (5 ECTS)
  • Italian civilisation and language for international students[1] (5 ECTS)  [1]Only for non-Italian students