Educational plan



These educational plans and programme descriptions refer to the A.Y. 2024/2025
Environmental change and global sustainability (Classe LM-75)
Enrolled from 2022/23 academic year (F6B)
First semester
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Approaches to the Study of Ecological Systems 8 64 English BIO/07
Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation 8 64 English BIO/05
Environmental Economics and Policy 8 64 English SECS-P/01
Quantitative Methods 6 64 English MAT/06 MAT/08
Second semester
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics and Policy 8 64 English AGR/01
Chemistry of Natural Processes and Technologies for the Environment 8 64 English CHIM/06 CHIM/07
Statistical Methods in Environmental Studies 6 64 English SECS-P/05 SECS-S/01
Optional
Geodiversity: Theory and Applications 8 80 English GEO/04
Sedimentary Successions and Their Natural Resources for the Energy Transition 8 64 English GEO/02
Study plan rules
- Choose one course between:
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Geodiversity: Theory and Applications 8 80 English Second semester GEO/04
Sedimentary Successions and Their Natural Resources for the Energy Transition 8 64 English Second semester GEO/02
First semester
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Optional
Applied Environmental and Resource Economics 6 48 English AGR/01
Climate Change: Impact and Adaptation 6 64 English AGR/02 FIS/06
Ecosystem Functioning and Services 6 48 English BIO/07
Georesources and Sustainability 6 48 English GEO/09
Plant and Animal Diversity: Values and Risks 6 48 English BIO/04 BIO/05
Recycle and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Products and Processes 6 48 English CHIM/04
Second semester
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Optional
Environmental Law 6 48 English IUS/10
Green Procurement 6 48 English IUS/10
Laboratory of Environmental Change and Global Sustainability 9 144 English
Sustainability Accounting and Management 6 48 English SECS-P/08
Sustainable Development 6 48 English SECS-P/01
Undefined
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Final Dissertation 21 0 English
Study plan rules
- The student:
- must attend the "Safety for field activities" course. Further information will be avaible by e-mail or on the course website.

- must acquire 9 ECTS credits for Internship and Placement.
Internship and Placement credits can be spent:
Within an external internship;
Within an internal internship;
Within the Multidisciplinary Laboratory of Environmental Change and Global Sustainability organised by ECGS Master..
- Open choice courses: 12 CFU
- Choose three courses (18 CFU), according to the following rules:
- 1 - the student can choose the following course:
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Plant and Animal Diversity: Values and Risks 6 48 English First semester BIO/04 BIO/05
- 2 - the student can choose the following course:
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Ecosystem Functioning and Services 6 48 English First semester BIO/07
- 3 - the student can choose the following course:
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Recycle and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Products and Processes 6 48 English First semester CHIM/04
- 4 - the student can choose one the following course:
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Georesources and Sustainability 6 48 English First semester GEO/09
- 5 - the student can choose one of the following courses:
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Applied Environmental and Resource Economics 6 48 English First semester AGR/01
Climate Change: Impact and Adaptation 6 64 English First semester AGR/02 FIS/06
- 6 - the student can choose the following course:
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Environmental Law 6 48 English Second semester IUS/10
Green Procurement 6 48 English Second semester IUS/10
Sustainable Development 6 48 English Second semester SECS-P/01
- 7 - the student can choose the following course:
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Sustainability Accounting and Management 6 48 English Second semester SECS-P/08
First semester
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Approaches to the Study of Ecological Systems 8 64 English BIO/07
Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation 8 64 English BIO/05
Environmental Economics and Policy 8 64 English SECS-P/01
Quantitative Methods 6 64 English MAT/06 MAT/08
Second semester
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics and Policy 8 64 English AGR/01
Chemistry of Natural Processes and Technologies for the Environment 8 64 English CHIM/06 CHIM/07
Statistical Methods in Environmental Studies 6 64 English SECS-P/05 SECS-S/01
Optional
Geodiversity: Theory and Applications 8 80 English GEO/04
Sedimentary Successions and Their Natural Resources for the Energy Transition 8 64 English GEO/02
Study plan rules
- Choose one course between:
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Geodiversity: Theory and Applications 8 80 English Second semester GEO/04
Sedimentary Successions and Their Natural Resources for the Energy Transition 8 64 English Second semester GEO/02
First semester
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Optional
Bioresource and Pollution Control Technology 6 48 English AGR/09
Ecosustainable Materials and Processes 6 48 English CHIM/07
Ecosystem Functioning and Services 6 48 English BIO/07
Environmental Change and Public Health 6 64 English MED/04 MED/50
Environmental Geochemistry 6 48 English GEO/08
Methods in Ecotoxicology 6 64 English BIO/07 VET/07
Multilevel Effects of Environmental Contamination 6 48 English BIO/05 BIO/06 BIO/14
Remote Sensing of Agro-Environmental Change 6 48 English AGR/02
Waste Management and Sustainability 6 56 English AGR/10 AGR/13 AGR/18
Second semester
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Optional
Food Industry Design, Technology and Innovation 6 48 English AGR/15
Laboratory of Environmental Change and Global Sustainability 9 144 English
Undefined
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Final Dissertation 21 0 English
Study plan rules
- The student:
- must attend the "Safety for field activities" course. Further information will be avaible by e-mail or on the course website.

- must acquire 9 ECTS credits for Internship and Placement.
Internship and Placement credits can be spent:
Within an external internship;
Within an internal internship;
Within the Multidisciplinary Laboratory of Environmental Change and Global Sustainability organised by ECGS Master..
- Open choice courses: 12 CFU
- Choose three courses (18 CFU), according to the following rules:
- 1 - the student can choose the following course:
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Multilevel Effects of Environmental Contamination 6 48 English First semester BIO/05 BIO/06 BIO/14
- 2 - the student can choose the following course:
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Ecosystem Functioning and Services 6 48 English First semester BIO/07
- 3 - the student can choose the following course:
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Environmental Geochemistry 6 48 English First semester GEO/08
- 4 - the student can choose one or two of the following courses:
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Remote Sensing of Agro-Environmental Change 6 48 English First semester AGR/02
Waste Management and Sustainability 6 56 English First semester AGR/10 AGR/13 AGR/18
- 5 - the student can choose one or two of the following courses:
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Ecosustainable Materials and Processes 6 48 English First semester CHIM/07
- 6 - the student can choose one or two of the following courses:
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language Lesson period SSD
Bioresource and Pollution Control Technology 6 48 English First semester AGR/09
Environmental Change and Public Health 6 64 English First semester MED/04 MED/50
Methods in Ecotoxicology 6 64 English First semester BIO/07 VET/07
Food Industry Design, Technology and Innovation 6 48 English Second semester AGR/15