Course structure

The Master in Advanced Global Studies (MAGS) is tailored to:

• train professionals with the analytical skills to comprehend the different elements that constitute our complex world:
• develop students’ abilities
• collect and interpret information and international events
• manage technical and scientific aspects of international projects
• help students identify and interact with local and global cultures through a multidisciplinary approach and specialized competences

Master’s time schedule

Classes begin in mid-November 2020 and run until October 2021. Teaching activities will be scheduled from Monday to Friday between 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Attendance to classes and other activities within the Master's program is compulsory.
After in-class educational sessions, all students will undertake their professional training with the internship that gives students the invaluable opportunity to strengthen the competences acquired during the Master.
The Graduation Day ceremony is expected in December 2021.

Assessment and Diploma

1st level Specializing Master's Degree issued by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italian Law D.M. 509/99) will be granted at the end of the Master’s course upon achievement of 60 ECTS credits, gained through the attendance to all the Master activities and the positive results in the examinations taken. All the Master’s activities (exams, internship, project work) have to be performed.

Programme

The Master in Advanced Global Studies (MAGS) programme is spread over four integrated levels, aimed at fostering a multidimensional education which includes also research skills, analytical tools and professional development.

1st Level - Scientific Training & Management Skills 40 CFU

The course offers an important opportunity to deepen the theoretical analysis of the economic, political, historical, legal and institutional issues relevant to the global system. Thanks to the multidisciplinary character of this area, students have the opportunity to study and evaluate specific problems from different yet connected perspectives.

• The Open Economy: Theory and Policy - Emilio Colombo (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan)
• International Integration, Global Trade and Development - Sara Balestri (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan)
• The Multilateral Trading System (WTO) - Thomas A. Zimmermann (University of St. Gallen)
• The Interface between Trade and Development in the Multilateral Dimension – Manuela Tortora (former senior staff member, UN Secretariat - UNCTAD)
• Issues in International Economic Integration - Martin Klein (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg)

• Globalization and Emerging Powers – Understanding Challenges and Opportunities - Andrea Goldstein (OECD)  
• Region Building and World Order - Ludger Kühnhardt (University of Bonn)
• Select Issues in Global Governance - Jörg Friedrichs (University of Oxford)
• Contemporary issues in Security Studies -  Andrea Locatelli (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan)
• Global Politics: Power shifts in an age of Globalization - Michael Cox (London School of Economics and Political Science)
• Ethical Issues in War and Peace - Matthew Anthony Evangelista (Cornell University, Ithaca)

• Public International Law - Marco Gestri (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia School of Law/ Johns Hopkins University, SAIS Europe)
• International Human Rights Law -  Marcella Ferri (Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze)
• EU Law and Institutions - Miklós Király (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
• Global Environmental Policies - Simone Tagliapietra (The Johns Hopkins University – SAIS Europe, Bologna)
• UN Specialized Agencies: The Case of the International Labour Organization - Antonio Graziosi (former senior official of the International Labour Organization)
• The Role of Private Sector and Partnerships for Development. New trends and models for a collective prosperity - Ms. Arouna Roshanian (European Commission Delegation in Togo)

• Negotiating a complex scenario: how to prepare and manage a negotiation process on a regional crisis - Aldo Pigoli (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan)
• UN Careers -  Soraya Johaar (UN expert, Brussels)
• UCSC Library Resources, some information literacy tools -  Deborah Grbac (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan)
• The Bafa bafa exercise -  Giuseppe Scaratti (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan)
• Soft Skills: Assessment and Development Program - BeInValYou, Milan

2nd Level - Advanced Training on Regional Areas 15 CFU

The Master’s program includes an advanced training programme on the most relevant regional areas that government, international organizations, NGOs and multinational private companies are facing. Professionals and experts from specific fields are involved in planning, organizing and addressing introductory courses as well as seminars and case studies in the following areas:

• Introduction to Latin American Politics - Andrés Malamud (University of Lisbon)
• The Political Economy of Latin America - Isabella Alcañiz (University of Maryland)
• Latin America: regional integration and development. The emerging role of the region in world economy and geopolitics - Fabio Di Cera (WHO)

• Growth and development in Africa: where are we? - Raoul Ascari (Concrete Finance and ITARE)
• Religions, Conflicts and Slavery in Africa: Case Studies -  Beatrice Nicolini (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan)
• Financing the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa - Massimiliano Riva (UNDP)

• The IR of Middle East - Ibrahim Al-Marashi (California State University San Marcos, & Middlebury Institute of International Studies)
• Middle East Politics. The contentious politics of violence in the Middle East - Marina Calculli (Leiden University)
• From al-Qa‘ida to the Islamic State: patterns of evolution and differentiation of the jihadi galaxy -  Andrea Plebani (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan)

• China and the World Politics in the 21st Century - Xuewu Gu (University of Bonn)
• From civil military cooperation to the comprehensive approach: lesson learned from critical areas - Marco Lombardi (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan)
• China: global integration, investments and structural changes - Thomas Rosenthal (EU Chamber of Commerce in China)

• The European Economy beyond the EU - Orlando Arango (European Investment Bank - EIB, Brussels/Luxembourg)
• Lobbying at the EU: basic principles and practice - Matteo Carlo Borsani (Delegation of Confindustria to the European Union)
• Economic governance in the European Union - Alfredo Panarella (European Council)
• EU trade policy in an evolving global environment - an introduction to the scope, objectives, instruments, and constraints of EU's trade relations with the rest of the world - Philippe Musquar (European Parliament)
• Go East: the internationalization strategy of European companies and banks - Matteo Ferrazzi (European Investment Bank)

3rd Level - Project Work 5 CFU

Participants join in the elaboration of a project work where the multidimensional analysis of a problem leads to the identification of its fundamental nodes.

4th Level - Internship 5 CFU

The research activity is completed with an internship, that gives  students the invaluable opportunity to strengthen competencies acquired during the Master.