Career opportunities

In addition to the natural outlets in the teaching field, the degree course aims to prepare its graduates to pursue an academic career by accessing a PhD. It also provides its students with training designed to guarantee them job opportunities in the areas of business, communication and human resources management. The main occupational outlets can be outlined in more detail as follows.

Human resources specialist

This is a professional figure who can be placed in the sector of companies that produce goods and services, in both the private and public spheres. Thanks to the ability to read and interpret data and to organise and coordinate group work, he/she is able to perform management and business consultancy functions, as well as work in the field of inter-company relations, with particular regard to coordinating working groups, mediating between parties, analysing complex situations and identifying effective problem-solving strategies.

Work organisation specialist

This professional figure can be placed in public and private companies in the fields of communication, management of inter-company relations and cultural development. This professional figure has strong skills in the areas of co-planning analytical and decision-making processes, valorising skills and competences within unitary strategies, and problem-solving using theoretical and formal analysis tools. The work organisation specialist can act as a consultant or manager within the company, as well as an expert in inter-company relations, with a particular focus on coordinating work groups and mediating between parties.

Specialist in public relations, image and related professions 

This professional figure is able to play strategic roles in the field of communication and publishing, as well as in the organisation of cultural events and in the preparation of communication materials. This figure is characterised by the ability to interpret cultural requirements, analyse complex situations and articulate effective communication strategies. Graduates with these skills can perform the functions of public relations, publishing and communication consultants and cultural mediators.

Philosopher 

This professional figure is able to carry out philosophical consulting activities, coordinate working groups, analyse complex issues, and develop arguments and ways of research and thinking. The philosopher is able to develop the contents of his/her discipline through the use of theoretical and formal critical tools, to construct effective syntheses, to elaborate cultural perspectives and contents useful for the dissemination of philosophical knowledge.  The philosopher can worker as a teacher, specialist in theoretical research and philosophical counselling, author of texts and as a manager of cultural content and scientific dissemination in the field of publishing.

Researcher and graduate technician in historical, philosophical, pedagogical and psychological sciences

This professional figure is able to take on the direction of publishing series, organise cultural events, prepare content for dissemination and the third mission, and develop autonomous research in the field of philosophical studies. This professional figure is qualified by an in-depth knowledge of the discipline and by the exercise of a marked critical capacity in making judgements, constructing theoretical syntheses, elaborating new cultural perspectives, constructing content that can be used by the general public, accessing the documentary heritage, and drafting functional reports for decision-makers in both the public and private sectors. Graduates with these skills can embark on various careers: academic lecturer and specialist in theoretical research, relations manager with entities operating in the field of third mission, communication manager and organiser of cultural events.

Teacher

This figure is capable of teaching the fundamentals of the philosophical, historical, pedagogical and demo-anthropological disciplines in secondary schools and of undertaking management and coordination responsibilities. The teacher is qualified by expertise in the philosophical disciplines and the ability to communicate the taught content clearly and thoroughly. This figure can act as a teacher (for graduates who have sufficient credits in the appropriate subject groups), an intercultural mediator and a theoretical researcher.

Guidance counsellor

This professional figure is capable of coordinating work groups, providing support for the definition of individual training and/or professionalisation projects, supporting processes of professional reintegration and entry into the world of work. This figure is characterised by in-depth disciplinary and critical knowledge, by the ability to assist and advise the person in making choices more consistent with their aspirations and skills. This professional figure may operate as a school and career guidance counsellor, as an informant for young people and those seeking employment or retraining.
 

The course prepares for the following professions (ISTAT CODES):

Human Resources Specialists (2.5.1.3.1)
Career Guidance Advisors (2.6.5.4.0)
Public Relations, Image Specialists and Related Professions (2.5.1.6.0)
Work Organization Specialists (2.5.1.3.2)
Philosophers (2.5.3.4.4)
Researchers and Graduate Technicians in Historical and Philosophical Sciences (2.6.2.5.1)

Objective of the Master's Degree Course in Philosophical Knowledge: Foundations, Methods, Applications

The Master's degree programme in Philosophical Knowledge: Foundations, Methods, Applications, aims to respond to the current cultural paradigm by equipping students with theoretical knowledge, conceptual methods, and argumentative tools necessary to operate in various contexts and at different levels of analysis. The course pursues this objective as a specific specialisation of the broader objectives of the LM-78 Master's degree. These objectives must be translated into a context in which the epistemological and gnoseological issues central to this programme of study are of primary importance.

In this sense, the LM-78 programme's philosophical training and the critical and analytical skills it requires are intended to provide a more advanced ability to grasp fundamental intellectual tools of philosophical knowledge. This approach facilitates a deeper understanding of reality by constructing conceptual models that consider recent scientific research developments and the mounting pressures on our collective perception of the world, our economic practices and our social norms.

In line with the official description of the LM-78 degree class, graduates will acquire:

- a solid understanding of the various philosophical traditions in chronological and diachronic terms;

- the ability to establish a fruitful dialogue between these traditions and contemporary issues;

- an interpretative ability regarding past and present philosophical debates and the capacity to evaluate them in relation to significant epistemological, gnoseological, methodological, ontological and ethical issues;

- a strong ability to integrate theoretical elaboration with the practical dimensions of scientific and technical disciplines.

- an historical and critical competence to engage with the evolution of philosophical thought through centuries;

- specific analytical and argumentative skills applied to philosophical knowledge, scientific and technical-scientific fields, and ethical issues;

- an in-depth knowledge of methodological and theoretical issues in philosophy and in human, social, natural, physical and mathematical sciences (including technical disciplines such as computer science);

- an appropriate proficiency in the use of the Italian language within the relevant disciplinary field;

- an advanced knowledge of English within the field of philosophical sciences.

The degree programme aims to achieve these goals with a clear focus on Europe. To support this educational goal, the intention is to establish a university path at the regional level that addresses the global demand for knowledge. This requires effective conceptual tools and methods for providing solid interpretative and practical responses to problems with direct ethical, political, economic and social impacts. To this end:

(a) the core courses focus on the theoretical dimension in areas such as epistemology, philosophy of mind and cognitive sciences, ontology, metaphysics, philosophy of logic and mathematics, philosophy of language and practical philosophy (ethics and politics);

(b) the theoretical pathway is complemented and enriched by courses in the history of philosophy, enabling students to trace significant lines of conceptual development that engage directly with the programme's general orientation. This theoretical approach, which considers historical developments, will guide a complex philosophical analysis of the conceptual challenges facing human society today.