The Geology and Land Managementsecond cycle degree programme aims to provide in-depth cultural,technical and professional training in the field of Earth Science. The aim isto provide students with the cultural instruments and critical analysis skillsrequired to enter the world of work and research, also through experimentalpractice in the field and in the laboratory.
The aim of the degree programme is totrain, by providing robust basic knowledge, Geologists with specificcompetencies in the following fields:
- assessment, forecasting and mitigation ofgeological risks, with special reference to landslide phenomena andhydrogeological and hydraulic risk
- geological and technical design andgeology applied to engineering
- characterisation, exploitation andprotection of groundwater resources and remediation of contaminated sites
- detailed stratigraphic reconstruction ofthe architecture of geological bodies, with applications for the identificationof aquifers, hydrocarbon fields, quarries and mines
- characterisation of themorpho-bathymetric and seismostratigraphic structure of submerged areas
- identification, exploitation andmanagement of mineral raw materials
The professional competencies acquired canbe applied in public bodies, institutions, companies, industries andprofessional firms.
The curriculum is divided into threecurricula corresponding to three thematic areas that cover respectively appliedgeology, paleontology and stratigraphyand minero-petrographic characterization of raw materials. Part of the firsttwo thematic areas focuses on teaching the main techniques for geophysical subsurfaceexploration, GIS mapping and geological survey. These competencies are basic bothas for applied geology as for stratigraphicdescription.
In the first curriculum8(A) topics relatedto geological risk assessment, engineering applications of geology, and theidentification and protection of groundwater resources are discussed in greaterdetail. In the second curriculum (B), topics concerning the geometric andtexturalcharacterisation of sedimentary bodies, the detailed reconstruction ofreservoirs and their associated resources, and the characterisation of marine areasare discussed. The minero-petrographic area, focused in the third curriculum(C), delves into topics related to the physical and chemical characterisationof mineral raw materials, with a view to the exploration, sustainableexploitation and recycling of mineral raw materials within the circulareconomy.
