Olive growing module:
1. Statistical introduction: surfaces and productions for olive around the world, in Italy and Sardinia
2. The origin of the species and its systematic position
3. Morphology and physiology of the olive tree. The flower biology
4. The planting of the olive grove
5. Soil management
6. Nutritional needs: fertilization
7. Water needs: arid resistance and response to irrigation supplies
8. Main pruning operations
9. Traditional, intensive and super-intensive olive groves
10. The main cultivars at the international, national and regional level
11. The olive harvest
12. Influence of cultivation techniques on the quality of the oil
13. Influence of cultivation techniques on crop defense

Elaiotecnica module
Table olives: definition, chemical-physical characteristics and their changes, harvest and post-harvest unit operations, main processing technologies