The course aims to train professional figures capable of carrying out social analysis of the territory and to exercise management roles in public administrations and private or third sector organizations, in Italy and abroad, operating in social services or more generally in processes of social development or human and community promotion.

The approach is interdisciplinary, with particular attention to the disciplines aimed at understanding social processes and the functioning of local authorities; a great attention is payed to main issues as construction of social policies, organizational management problems, coordination and organization of interventions in the territory, coordination and management of cooperation and third sector organizations. Students are introduced also to knowleges and skills targeted to international career in non-governmental organizations in the humanitarian field, in community development projects and in the intervention with respect to migratory flows in Italy and abroad.