"Interdisciplinary approaches to gender and diversity" - a course by USI Equal Opportunities Service

The second edition of a new optional inter-faculty course organised by USI Equal Opportunities Service and entitled 'Interdisciplinary approaches to gender and diversity' will be held in the spring semester of 2024.

The course, worth 3 ECTS, was developed by the USI Equal Opportunities Service and funded by the BAREVA Foundation. 

As part of the Bachelor of Communication programme, the course is aimed at students of all faculties. It draws on the multidisciplinary expertise of lecturers from USI and other national universities. 

Using an interdisciplinary approach, the course invites reflection on the concept of gender and diversity declined in all academic disciplines and is structured as follows: 

• Thinking. Introducing students to the key concepts of gender and diversity studies.
• Seeing. Enabling students to confidently apply the key concepts of gender and diversity studies through the analysis of case studies. 
• Making. Present the cross-cutting nature of gender and diversity studies and their relevance to a variety of professional and academic fields.
• Managing. Illustrating how the concepts of gender and diversity are concretely applied by researchers and practitioners in media and communication, economics and                    management, data science and informatics, architecture and design.

The course includes lectures in seminar mode with in-person attendance. Exclusively for students of the Academy of Architecture, the course can be followed via Microsoft Teams. Lessons will be held on the West Campus in Lugano.

To enrol, please follow the procedures of your Faculty.

Further details and information on scheduling are on the course page or by writing to [email protected]