AGRO-ZOOTECHNICAL SCIENCES

Course details

Academic Year:

2016/2017

Type of Course:

DEGREE COURSE

Degree Class:

L-25 - Class of first degrees in Agricultural, Agrifood And Forestry Science And Technology

Duration in years:

Credits:

180

Location:

SASSARI

Department:

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Entry test:

Yes

Type of access:

locally planned access

Compulsory attendance:

Yes

Positions available (locally planned access):

Course website:

https://agrariaweb.uniss.it/it/didattica

Course in brief

The course is aimed at providing students an adequate knowledge about scientific basis and methods of Agricultural Sciences, and to give them specific professional knowledge about the following topic of Agricultural and Animal Science
-Physiology, breeding , feeding and nutrition, farming technology of livestock.
-agronomy, crop and forage science
- technology of processing of foods of animal origin
- chemical and microbiological analysis for Animal Science
- Plants and manieri for Animal Science;
- Economical and technical planning, environment safeguard of Livestock, Acquacolture, and Forestry systems

List of Courses

The detailed information about the classes to be held during the current academic year are already available of the official page; but the detailed information (professor, course syllabus, bibliography, etc.) about the courses which will be held during the academic years following the first one (2nd, 3rd year, etc.) will be made available during the year when the course will be held (1st year of the 2016-2017 academic year is already available; 2nd year courses will be uploaded during the 2017-2018 academic year; 3rd year courses will be uploaded during the 2018-2019 academic year; etc.).
For this reason, the details about the courses to be held during the years following the current academic year may be viewed by searching the name of the courses in the SEARCH TEACHING ACTIVITIES engine or by browsing through the syllabus of the first year of matriculation.
Important information for Erasmus students: if you are an Erasmus student and you wish to view all available courses, use the SEARCH TEACHING ACTIVITIES engine to search the desired courses.

Course year: 1

ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS - 7 credits - Compulsory
ENGLISH I - 5 credits - Language/Final Examination - Compulsory
FISHERIES ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA - 6 credits - Elective Course - Optional
GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - 8 credits - Basic - Compulsory
MATHEMATICS WITH ELEMENTS OF STATISTICS - 8 credits - Basic - Compulsory
OTHER TRAINING ACTIVITIES - 2 credits - Compulsory
PHYSICS - 6 credits - Basic - Compulsory
PLANT BIOLOGY - 8 credits - Basic - Compulsory

Course year: 2

AGRICULTURAL BIOCHEMISTRY - 7 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS - 6 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
AGRICULTURAL GENETICS - 6 credits - Basic - Compulsory
AGRONOMY - 7 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
ANIMAL BREEDING - 7 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
ANIMAL NUTRITION AND FEEDING - 7 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
ENGLISH II - 5 credits - Language/Final Examination - Compulsory
MICROBIOLOGY OF ZOOTECHNICAL PRODUCTS - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary - Compulsory

Course year: 3

ACQUACOLTURA, POULTRY AND RABBIT PRODUCTION - 8 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
AGRICULTURAL-ZOOTECHNICAL BUILDINGS - 7 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY I (RUMINANTS) - 7 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY II (SWINE) - 6 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
FINAL TEST - 10 credits - Language/Final Examination - Compulsory
HERBACEOUS CROPS - 7 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
MECHANIZATION OF CROP AND LIVESTOCK FARMS - 7 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
PRACTICAL TRAINING APPLICATION - 15 credits - Compulsory
RURAL APPRAISAL - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary - Compulsory

Expected Skills

Knowledge and know-how:
The training of the Agro-Zootechnical course is aimed at providing basics and specific knowledge that could be applied along the whole production chain. This goal is achieved by combining the scientific knowledge of processes and the implementation of technology for solving concrete problems. According to this aim, the corse provide elements of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology that will enable students to understand the fundamental processes of animal metabolism, feeding and nutrition, genetic selection, food production, farming system and reproduction of livestock, farm animal economics

Ability to apply knowledge and know-how:
The graduation in Agro-Zootechnical Science will develop the awareness of the tight relationships between acquired knowledge and an accurate analysis and understanding of the productive processes. Thus a graduate in Agro-Zootechnical Science is able to perform technical and economical analyses of the processes and structures nvolved in the whole livestock production chain (food production and processing, genetic improvement, farming), in order to underline weak and strong points, highlight perspectives, evaluate technical and environmental sustainability and plan their optimization

Areas for Career Opportunities

Position in a workplace:
Specific functions of graduates in Agro-Zootechnical Science are:
-Application of technology to Agro-Zootechnical productions, ether in quantitative and qualitative terms
- Certification and marketing of animal feedstuffs;
- Evaluation of farm lands, plants, equipments and animal products;
- planning and management of production activities concerning livestock, both terrestrial and aquatic, grain and forage production, farm engineering and plants, farm economics and management
- la gestione delle attività di produzione e di servizi per la zootecnia;
- extension service and dissemination to agri-food enterprises;
- control and certification of products ad production processes

Position-related skills:
The graduation in Agro-Zootechnical Science will offer the opportunity to work in the Livestock and Agriculture industry. The profiles could be professional consultant, public administration officer, research. Specific fields will be:
- Livestock farm planning and management in the fields of animal production, crop production, economics, equipments
- management of production processes and services for animal productions
- Extension service
- Food processing
- Marketing, control and certification of foods of animal origin

Career opportunities:
The profile of the graduate in Agro-Zootechnical fits with the requirements for the Agronomist and Doctor in Forestry (described by the Italian Law D.P.R. 328 05/06/2001 and following modifications) .

Access requirements

To be admitted to the graduate course you need to have a Second Grade Secondary School Diploma or an equivalent foreign qualification.
The access follows that of programmed number university courses.
You are given a multiple choice test.
The regulation of the course and/or a specific call provides the topics to be covered and, the entire procedures needed to carry out the test.

Study Programme Reference Persons

Reference Professors:

Tutors:

Fees

Fees are governed by a single set of rules applicable to all courses, as articulated in the

Regolamento Carriere of the University of Sassari (page 11) and in Annex 5.2 thereof

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