Knowledge
The training pathway of the Bachelor’s Degree aims to provide students with multidisciplinary knowledge and the ability to analyse and understand problems in order to independently tackle the engineering cases that professional practice may pose to them, especially with reference to the quantitative verification of the performance of manufacts and environmental and territorial systems with respect to the requirements prescribed by international technical standards. The articulation and unity of the training path also provide the student with the ability to understand the technical problems pertaining to the civil and environmental engineer, the ability to analyse them with methodological rigour and to seek rational solutions supported by quantitative assessments.
In short, the educational pathway of the Degree Course is characterised by the methodological rigour proper to the scientific disciplines and by a strong focus on the technical aspects of the professional profile of the civil and environmental engineer, with reference also to the most recent technical/scientific developments in the disciplines.
The teaching methods mainly consist of lectures, but particular attention is paid to the performance of classwork, laboratory activities, site visits, team activities and simple projects as part of the teaching.
The acquisition of knowledge and understanding is verified through exams and mid-term tests. The methods of assessment and the criteria adopted for their evaluation are different for the various training activities, and may include seminar presentations and the development of project work.
Skills
The Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate is able to apply knowledge and understanding within the technical-scientific domain of his/her competence. In particular, he/she is able to:
– relate physical reality to conventional calculation schemes and models and developing their analysis;
– recognise and use the most appropriate mathematical tools for the problem under examination;
– solve simple design problems starting from the conception and proceeding to its dimensioning, by determining the quantities that control the problem;
– identify the variables that control the environmental processes and apply the investigation methodologies to measure and analyse these variables in order to make a judgement on the efficiency and safety of the processes.
These skills are achieved by the students through the development of guided exercises and the solution of simple design problems conducted partly under the guidance of the lecturer and partly independently, either individually or in team.