Sapienza University of Rome Courses

Macroeconomic Financial Accounts

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThis course is primarily aimed at undergraduates attending their final year or University students in monetary and financial economics, international macroeconomics and data mining. Professionals in Government institutions, Central Banks, business and the financial industry, along with other professionals interested in finance and macroeconomics, may also benefit from this course. The lectures, the tutorials and the activities lead the participants, step-by-step, through the system of financial accounts and provide unique hands-on guides to the macroeconomic databanks of the major national and international institutions (OECD, European Central Bank, US Federal Reserve System, Bank for International Settlements, IMF). At the end of the course students will gain a clear overview of the financial connections among the institutional sectors in market economies. Student activities include manipulations of data obtained from institutional websites with spreadsheets in order to construct tables and graphs.

Relatività e Meccanica Quantistica: concetti e idee

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeIn questo corso, imparerete i principi alla base della fisica contemporanea e come essa abbia cambiato la nostra visione del mondo e la nostra vita quotidiana. Dalla teoria della relatività e dalla meccanica quantistica, infatti, sono nate molte tecnologie che usiamo ogni giorno, dai dispositivi elettronici al GPS.Scoprirete come Einstein, Heisenberg e altri giganti della scienza hanno messo in discussione il mondo di Galileo e Newton, regalandoci un'idea della natura totalmente nuova. Per farlo, non saranno necessarie grandi conoscenze di fisica o matematica. I concetti fondamentali della fisica moderna possono essere compresi con il ragionamento e l'osservazione dei dati. Grande importanza, dunque, sarà data agli esperimenti che hanno fatto avanzare la ricerca. Video e simulazioni vi aiuteranno nella comprensione dei concetti più complessi, su cui gli stessi scienziati si interrogano tuttora. Gli studenti esperti, invece, potranno riflettere sugli aspetti che l'approccio puramente matematico alla descrizione dei fenomeni spesso nasconde. Alla fine del corso, avrete acquisito le conoscenze fondamentali della fisica moderna, le cui scoperte hanno influenzato la cultura anche al di là del pensiero scientifico. Il corso si svolge in italiano.This course will focus on the principles of contemporary physics, that is, relativity and quantum mechanics. Such theories have changed our vision of the world and our daily life. Many current technologies, ranging from electronic devices to the Global Positioning System, are based on relativity and quantum mechanics.During the course, you will learn how Einstein, Heisenberg and other giants of physics have revolutioned the world inherited from Galileo and Newton, providing us with an entirely novel conception of nature, from elementary particles to galaxies. To achieve this goal, special skills in physics or math are not required. Fundamental concepts of modern physics can be understood by simple arguments and empirical observations. During the course, the main experiments that pushed modern physics forward will be described and explained. Videos and simulations will help you in understanding most complex concepts , still debated by scientists. The experimented learner will explore those aspects that are often hidden by a purely mathematical approach. At the end of the course, you will gain a basic knowledge of modern fundamental physics, whose impact goes well beyond scientific thought. This course is taught in Italian.

L’Egitto prima e dopo i faraoni. Dalla nascita dello Stato (3000 a.C. ca.) alle prime comunità cristiane (IV secolo d.C.)

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeL’Egitto prima e dopo i faraoni. Dalla nascita dello Stato (3000 a.C. ca.) alle prime comunità cristiane (IV secolo d.C.)

Recovering the Humankind's Past and Saving the Universal Heritage

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeArchaeology is, among human sciences, the discipline with the strongest importance for the rediscovery, but also for the preservation and protection of cultural heritage, as Humankind’s universal patrimony. You will be introduced to the way we ourselves reflect on and are engaged with the study of human past: from the practical and material recovery of ancient traces in the field to the study and interpretation. On the other hand, the discovery of human past implies the correct conservation and presentation for both experts and general public: the study and protection of the past we share every day prevent from any possible destruction, misuse, abuse and thus cancellation of human memory.“Recovering the Humankind's Past and Saving the Universal Heritage” presents to a large public Archaeology as a historical discipline: through an inter-disciplinary perspective you will follow the evolution and change of archaeology to the moment when natural sciences contributed to make the historical reconstructions scientifically sound; the aid of informatics and of virtual reconstructions gives new fascination to the already strong suggestion of Archaeology, as the discipline of discovery par excellence. Within this frame, Ebla, which is the glory of the Sapienza school of Oriental archaeology, will have an exemplary meaning in the course development as a long lasting experience on the field and an excellent example of the scientific results of combined researches and disciplines.Moreover, the course will focus on actual, innovative instruments to preserve, monitor and give value to cultural heritage through a multidisciplinary approach, based on a deep archaeological and historical knowledge but also on ICT technologies. The wide adoption of ICT technologies in our daily life is also impacting in the way in which we interact with our cultural heritage in particular in terms of preservation and dissemination of cultural objects.In this course you willlearn the basic techniquesto digitize cultural objects and obtain 3D digital copies of a physical objects such as statues, vases or archaeological sites.We will also discuss how to structure the raw data in order to facilitate and make effective the access to digital contents. In particular, we will present the European Data Model, a framework for collecting, connecting and enriching data on cultural objects provided by a number of museum, archives, sites and libraries in Europe.

Early Renaissance Architecture in Italy: from Alberti to Bramante

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeEarly Renaissance Architecture in Italy: from Albertito BramanteWhenLeon Battista Alberti completed histreatise about architecture around 1452, his initial study of texts andmonuments of Antiquity was based on mathematics and geometry as a reflection ofnature, with a belief that architecture was a part of a man's civil duty.This attitude wouldcondition the architectural principles of the early Renaissance and architectsdid not apply themselves to textual imitations of individual antique monuments.In Florence, they preferred to accept and articulate the rational “system” ofBrunelleschi, either transforming it, like Alberti, or breaking with it in a return to tradition, likeMichelozzo. In north and south Italy, the battle between innovation and resistancewas increasing in strength and substance because it not only encompassedimmediate questions of decorative language (antique forms and architectural orders) but also the problems ofconceiving and constructing an architecture that could replace the gothicstructural membering with the continuous masonry of the Antiquity. At first,the new decoration was frequently adapted to the existing architectural system,and only later did it find a partner in the different spatial and structuralconceptions that descended from Florentine exempla. The tendency to see normsand models in antique architecture, which must be rigidly replicated, firstaffirmed itself at the beginning of the XVI century in Rome.Through some of the most celebrated examples of the early Renaissancearchitecture and the most important statements of the early Renaissancetheories, the course will examine problems of the architectural spaces,technology and forms in the XV century in Italy, from Leon Battista Alberti’sto Francesco di Giorgio’s and Bramante’s proposals.

At the Origins of the Mediterranean Civilization: Archaeology of the City from the Levant to the West - 3rd-1st millennium BC

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeWhich are the deepest roots of that mix of cultures that we use to call ‘Mediterranean Civilization’? Which are comminglings and exchanges which produced its most complete fruit, i.e. the city, a place for landscape-modelling communities? And which elements did contribute to build up that baulk of customs, ideas, and innovations which compelled to confrontation and hybridizations different peoples for millennia? What did it made, from pottery to metallurgy, from gastronomy to architecture, from art to religion, of a sea a cradle of civilization? Archaeology may help in disentangling such questions, seeking unexpected answers , by tinkering what ancient Mediterranean peoples left buried in the ground. A privileged point of view of our course is the ancient Phoenician city of Motya, located exactly at the centre of the “sea in the middle”. Throughout the live experience of excavation, with images taken on the field, this course will let you touch the many tesserae of the great mosaic of the Mediterranean Civilization. The field diary of the archaeologist, and the handpick will be the two tools, which will lead us across the sea to discover what such early cities actually were, and how their contribute is still a major part of our shared memory.

Paesaggi di Roma Antica. Archeologia e storia del Palatino.

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThe course presents the topographical lay-out of the most relevant part of the city. Research developed on the Palatine since the end of last century by the team of Sapienza Classical Archaeologists opened a new phase in the urban archaeological investigation and in the scientific debate about the relation between archaeological features and literary tradition as well as the “correct use“ of both kind of evidence, key issues of wide archaeological and historical significance.Students will be introduced to methods and procedures developed and successfully applied by Sapienza School of Classical Archaeology in collection, analyses, integration and interpretation of complex and multi-stratified contexts, including actual methods and innovative instruments based on a deep archaeological and historical knowledge but also on ICT technologies.The course will introduce students to the way we have been reflecting on over the last twenty years and still are engaged with the study of the past of our cities, beginning from the most complex case in the ancient Mediterranean World: the core of Italy and of Roman Empire. On the other hand, knowledge means also preservation and defense of material remains and cultural memory.

La visione del mondo della Relatività e della Meccanica Quantistica

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeLa fisica del XX secolo, con le teorie della Relatività e della Meccanica Quantistica, ha cambiato radicalmente la visione del mondo che ci circonda. Dallo spazio e tempo assoluti e indipendenti si è passati ad una descrizione di un mondo in cui distanzeed intervalli di tempo dipendono da chi le osserva, in cui l’ordine di accadimento di due eventi non è sempre univoco, in cui la velocità del tempo segnato da un orologio dipende da quali corpi si trovino vicino. Nel microscopico si è invece abbandonata la descrizionedella fisica classica, magari caotica, ma sempre deterministica, per arrivare ad una descrizione probabilistica, in cui gli stati e le proprietà del mondo microscopico non sono determinati, a priori, intrinsecamente, ma acquisiscono realtà solo se venganomisurati o se entrino in contatto con altri “oggetti”. L’abbandono della realtà locale, del fatto cioè che le azioni esercitate in un luogo, per particolari sistemi, possono avere effetti istantanei su oggetti a distanze virtualmente infinite, stravolgela descrizione di un mondo che fino al secolo scorso sembrava sensato e ragionevole. Nel corso verranno descritte le principali caratteristiche di queste due teorie, come abbiano cambiato il concetto del nostro universo e delle possibilità di conoscerlo,e come abbiano influito nella vita quotidiana.

Alle origini della civiltà mediterranea: archeologia della città dal Levante all’Occidente - III-I millennio a.C.

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeQuali sono le radici più profonde di quel mix di culture che chiamiamo ‘civiltà mediterranea’? Quali commistioni e quali scambi hanno prodotto il suo frutto più completo, ossia la città, come luogo delle comunità che plasmano il loro territorio e i loro spazi? Quali elementi formarono il sostrato condiviso di usanze, tradizioni, idee, scoperte ed innovazioni che hanno messo a confronto e mischiato popoli diversi per millenni. Cosa ha fatto, dalla ceramica alla metallurgia, dalla gastronomia all’architettura, dall’arte alla religione di un mare una culla di civiltà? L’archeologia può servire a sviluppare queste domande e cercare delle risposte non scontate, toccando con mano quello che gli antichi popoli del Mediterraneo ci hanno lasciato. Punto di osservazione privilegiato del corso è l’antica città fenicia di Mozia, posta al centro del “mare di mezzo”. Attraverso l’esperienza diretta dello scavo, con immagini prese dal vivo, il corso vuole far toccare a chi vorrà parteciparvi le tessere del grande mosaico della civiltà mediterranea. Il diario dello scavo - il libro dell’archeologo - e la piccozzina usata per scavare saranno i due strumenti che ci condurranno attraverso il mare a scoprire cosa furono realmente queste antiche città, e come il loro contributo è ancora parte della nostra memoria condivisa.

Egypt before and after pharaohs.

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeHistory of Ancient Egypt. Before and after the Pharaohs: From the birth of the State (c. 3000 BCE) to the early Christian communities (4th century CE).

The Changing Landscape of Ancient Rome. Archaeology and History of the Palatine Hill

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeStudying ancient - as well as medieval or modern - cities basically means telling local urban stories based on the reconstruction of changing landscapes through the centuries. Given the fragmentary nature of archaeological evidence, it is necessary to create new images that would give back the physical aspect of the urban landscape and that would bring it to life again. We are not just content with analyzing the many elements still visible of the ancient city. The connections between objects and architectures, visible and non visible buildings, which have been broken through time have to be rejoined, to acknowledge the elements that compose the urban landscape. Landscape and its content are a very relevant and still vital part of any national cultural heritage. The course will introduce students to the way we have been reflecting on over the last twenty years and still are engaged with the study of the past of our cities, beginning from the most complex case in the ancient Mediterranean World: the core of Italy and of Roman Empire. On the other hand, knowledge means also preservation and defense of material remains and cultural memory.“The Changing Landscape of Ancient Rome. Archeology and History of the Palatine Hill” presents to a large public the topographical lay-out of the most relevant part of the city (according the Greek and Roman Historians Rome was founded on the Palatine). Research developed on the Palatine since the end of last century by the team of Sapienza Classical Archaeologists opened a new phase in the urban archaeological investigation and in the scientific debate about the relation between archaeological features and literary tradition as well as the “correct use“ of both kind of evidence, key issues of wide archaeological and historical significance.