FOREST AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

Course details

Academic Year:

2016/2017

Type of Course:

Magistrale degree

Degree Class:

LM-73 - Environmental and forestry sciences

Duration in years:

Credits:

120

Location:

NUORO

Department:

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Entry test:

Type of access:

open access

Compulsory attendance:

Yes

Course website:

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

Course in brief

The Master Degree in Forestry and Environmental System has the objective to provide knowledge aimed at realization of complex tasks for sustainable use of natural resources, monitoring, planning, design and management of forestry and environmental systems.
In courses are planned training activities at:
- reading and interpretation of environmental complexity and biodiversity in forestry and rural areas,
- planning and coordination of projects and structures in rural and forest areas,
- participation to scientific and experimental investigations.

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

DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT OF URBAN AND PERIURBAN GREEN - 12 credits - Compulsory
ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT - 8 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
GENETICS OF FOREST SYSTEMS - 6 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR APPLIED HYDROLOGY - 3 credits - Elective Course - Optional
MICROBIOLOGICAL MONITORING AND FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECO-CERTIFICATION - 6 credits - Elective Course - Optional
OTHER ACTIVITIES - 4 credits - Compulsory
PLANNING AND DESIGN OF AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SYSTEMS - 8 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
TECHNIQUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - 6 credits - Elective Course - Optional
TECHNIQUES OF LAND EVALUATION - 7 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
WOOD TECHNOLOGY AND FOREST UTILIZATIONS - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary - Compulsory

Course year: 2

ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF TREE SYSTEMS - 7 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
FINAL TEST - 20 credits - Language/Final Examination - Compulsory
FOREST INVENTORIES - 6 credits - Characterising - Compulsory
HYDROGEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL INSTABILITY - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary - Compulsory
MONITORING AND SAFEGUARD OF FOREST SYSTEMS HEALTH STATE - 12 credits - Compulsory
ZOOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS - 6 credits - Characterising - Compulsory

Expected Skills

Knowledge and know-how:
Master’s Graduates in Forestry and Environmental Systems have knowledge of specific investigation methods and is able to deal holistically:
- analysis of forest and environmental systems and assess their biological complexity,
- protection of the forest species and the prevention of environmental degradation,
- assessment of the environmental risks in the use of agricultural land.
Graduates also acquire the knowledges of investigation and microbiological monitoring, biochemistry, entomology and plant pathology for the protection and productivity of agroforestry system.

Ability to apply knowledge and know-how:
The Master’s graduates in Forestry and Environmental Systems are able to use and propose methodologies for :
- solving the complex problems related to management of forest and mountain environments,
- identification of problems related to the relationship between the biotic and the environmental and man-made components,
- analyze the territory for land degradation processes control and planning studies for their restorations,
- checking the health of vegetation and for biological control management,
- planning of the land uses and its economic evaluation of environmental impact,

Areas for Career Opportunities

Position in a workplace:
The Master’s graduates in Forestry and Environmental Systems has the function of:
- analyze critically the conditions of forestry and environmental systems,
- prepare the studies and methodologies to improve and preserve environmental quality,
- plan the sustainable development of rural areas,
- management natural biodiversity,
- repare the studies and methodologies for rural land planning.
- management and design forestry systems
- certify the quality and correct management of forest and environmental systems.

Position-related skills:
The professional skills for Master’s graduate in Forestry and Environmental Systems are those specified for professional register:
- survey, classification, analysis, restoration and preservation of biotic and abiotic components (soil, water, etc.,) of natural ecosystems,
- planning and countryside managements
- analysis, monitoring and certification processes and environmental forestry systems for the improvement of human life,
- land ecological planning for forestry and mountain territory.

Career opportunities:
Master’s Graduates in Forestry and Environmental Systems can carry out their professional activities in both the public and private sectors. His areas of expertise are planning and management and their environmental impact assessment of:
- forest activities and reforestation,
- improvement and ecological reconstruction of degraded lands,
- the prevention and fight against fires,
- installations for the production and transformation of the wood
- survey, analysis, restoration and conservation of natural components of the rural and forest areas,
- Access to professional register.

Access requirements

To be admitted to the Master's degree course you need to have a University Degree or an equivalent foreign qualification.
Specific access requirements are given by education regulations.

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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