1st YEAR - 39th CYCLE
60 CFU are envisaged for the first year of the PhD course in Art History.
42 CFU correspond to research activity on the part of the doctoral student, who for the first year will have to concentrate mainly on the definition of the "status quaestionis" of the thesis topic, as well as on the subsequent critical processing of the data collected and on direct reconnaissance of works and monuments or at archives, museums, libraries, institutions and specialised centres relating to the research topic.
18 CFU are reserved for training activities and are divided as follows:
- 12 CFU are acquired through participation in a course consisting of a series of lectures, which for the first year is characterised by a mainly methodological character, aimed at making the new graduate students reflect on the main tools of art-historical research. The lectures, which take place over the course of the entire academic year, naturally embrace all four of the Doctorate's characterising disciplinary sectors. In addition to attending each lecture, the doctoral students participate in a previous preparation on the topic, an extensive discussion with the lecturer-teacher and a subsequent critical exercise on the subject. The lectures are complemented by lectures/seminars, proposed by the PhD programme, chosen by the PhD student on the basis of their relevance to his or her research, some visits to specific monuments and to the main temporary exhibitions, as well as participation in seminars and presentations of books related to the themes of the individual research projects.
- 6 CFU are assigned by the Collegio for the doctoral students' meetings with their tutor and lecturers and for the presentation and discussion of the research project and its verification during the year.
2st YEAR - 38th CYCLE
The acquisition of 60 cfu is envisaged for the second year of the PhD course in Art History.
42 CFU correspond to the PhD student's pursuit of research and reconnaissance activities on the subject of study and an initial reading and critical interpretation of the data acquired.
18 CFU are reserved for training activities and are divided as follows:
- 12 CFU are partly acquired through participation in a course consisting of a series of lectures given by scholars and specialists in the field, which, for the second year, will be devoted to the relationship between scientific research and the professions in the field of art history. In addition to participating in the individual lectures, the doctoral students are required to prepare themselves in advance for the topic in question, to engage in an extensive discussion with the lecturer-principal and to carry out a subsequent critical exercise on the subject. The acquisition of 2 of these cfu will pass specifically through the organisation and participation of the second-year doctoral students in the "In corso d'opera" conference, dedicated precisely to the presentation of their research with the aim of stimulating the ability to present their work and to compare it with a wider audience.
6 CFU are awarded by the College for the doctoral students' meetings with the tutor and lecturers.
3st YEAR - 37th CYCLE
For the third year of the PhD course in Art History, 60 CFU are to be acquired.
42 CFU are allocated for the completion of research and, mainly, for the final drafting of the thesis by the PhD student.
18 CFU are reserved for training activities and are divided as follows:
- 8 CFU are partly acquired through participation in a course consisting of in-depth lectures, which for third-year doctoral students are held by Italian and international scholars and consist of the presentation of "case studies" that are particularly significant on a critical level.
- 4 CFU correspond to participation in a study trip, financed by the Doctorate and carried out, together with some of the members of the Collegio, in a location or area of particular historical-artistic interest; doctoral students are required to prepare scientific presentations on the monuments and works that are the subject of the visit.
- 6 CFU are assigned by the Collegio for the doctoral students' meetings with the tutor and the lecturers and for the mid-term test, which takes place mainly in April-May and consists of the drafting of a written text relating to several aspects of their research to be handed in to the tutor and the Collegio dei Docenti.