Environmental Science and Policy - (Classe L-32)-Enrolled from 2018-19 A.y.
Bachelor
A.Y. 2021/2022
L-32 - Scienze e tecnologie per l'ambiente e la natura (EN)
The course aims to achieve the following objectives:
- the transmission to students of a systemic culture related to the natural and human environment;
- the training of graduates able to use the good practices of scientific methods and have adequate theoretical knowledge and operational skills to analyze, interpret and explain environmental phenomena and processes, and to face and solve complex problems that arise in this area;
- the preparation of graduates able to read environmental issues on several levels, using a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach;
- the training of graduates able to operate autonomously, to work in a group and to mage operational situations into the workplace;
- the preparation of graduates able to use at least one European Union language in addition to Italian, in relation to the specific context of reference;
- the provision of cognitive tools that allow graduates to immediately understand the work and professional contexts or to continue their studies in master's programs (first level) or master's degree courses.
- the transmission to students of a systemic culture related to the natural and human environment;
- the training of graduates able to use the good practices of scientific methods and have adequate theoretical knowledge and operational skills to analyze, interpret and explain environmental phenomena and processes, and to face and solve complex problems that arise in this area;
- the preparation of graduates able to read environmental issues on several levels, using a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach;
- the training of graduates able to operate autonomously, to work in a group and to mage operational situations into the workplace;
- the preparation of graduates able to use at least one European Union language in addition to Italian, in relation to the specific context of reference;
- the provision of cognitive tools that allow graduates to immediately understand the work and professional contexts or to continue their studies in master's programs (first level) or master's degree courses.
On the basis of the knowledge, skills and abilities acquired, the graduates of the degree course in Environmental Sciences and Policies will be able to confidently aspire to qualified jobs in companies and private organizations, active - both in the regional context, as well as in the national or international context - in all branches and in all sectors of industry and services for which the relationship with environmental problems in their multiple forms is fundamental (from the energy industry to the agro-food industry, from the green economy to consultancy services companies, companies in the preparation of environmental and social budgets, from companies that provide environmental impact forecasts to those that provide landscape and territorial planning services). They will also be able to reasonably aspire to qualified jobs in the public administration bodies, whose involvement in the control and management of environmental problems and in the implementation of interventions and regulatory policies in this area, again at all levels (local, regional, national and supranational), is becoming more and more pressing and pervasive and requires more and more evident the presence of experts who combine solid knowledge and skills in the natural sciences with robust knowledge and operational skills in the economic and legal field.
Employment statistics (Almalaurea)
Employment statistics (Almalaurea)
Requirements and knowledge required for access
- high school diploma or equivalent foreign qualification pursuant to D.M. 270 of 22 October 2004.
Methods for verifying knowledge and personal preparation
- admission test
The admission provides a test for access "TOLC" (CISIA On Line Test).
In the first year are available 100 places.
The TOLC can be taken at the University of Milan or any other university belonging to the CISIA (Interuniversity Integrated Systems for Access Consortium). Registrations to the TOLC must be made on the CISIA website (https://www.cisiaonline.it).
- exam topics
The TOLC valid for the enrollment in the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences and Policies is the TOLC-S, which comprehends the following sections: basic mathematics (20 questions-50 minutes), reasoning and problems (10 questions-20 minutes), comprehension of the text (10 questions-20 minutes), basic sciences (10 questions-20 minutes).
Each question has 5 possible answers. Only one of these is correct. In the TOLC-S there is an additional section related to the evaluation of the English language, which consists of 30 questions to be completed in 15 minutes. The result of this part does not contribute to the score of the test.
The final score of the test is the result of the following rules:
+1 for each correct answer, -0.25 for each wrong answer, 0 for each answer not given.
+1 for each correct answer, 0 for each wrong or not given answer in the English section.
The winners will be able to enroll within the deadlines indicated in the announcements of admission.
- consult the admission notice and the following link: https://spa.cdl.unimi.it/it/iscriversi
Additional educational obligations and methods for recovery
Students who have not reached a score greater than or equal to 10 in the Mathematics module will be assigned Additional Educational Obligations (OFA).
For students with OFA, support activities will be organized in the period October-December, and a final test.
In the absence of this evidence, the student will not be able to take any second year exams before having passed the Mathematics exam.
Information on the page https://spa.cdl.unimi.it/it/studiare/le-matricole
Access for transfer or for students who have already graduated
Students already enrolled in a degree course of the University of Milan, in another university or already graduates, can be exempted from the test only if they meet the necessary requirements to be admitted to second year, at least 30 credits, of which 9 can be validated for the Mathematics exam.
For more details on the procedure, please refer to the announcement.
Students admitted to the first year must take the test and register for the call
- high school diploma or equivalent foreign qualification pursuant to D.M. 270 of 22 October 2004.
Methods for verifying knowledge and personal preparation
- admission test
The admission provides a test for access "TOLC" (CISIA On Line Test).
In the first year are available 100 places.
The TOLC can be taken at the University of Milan or any other university belonging to the CISIA (Interuniversity Integrated Systems for Access Consortium). Registrations to the TOLC must be made on the CISIA website (https://www.cisiaonline.it).
- exam topics
The TOLC valid for the enrollment in the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences and Policies is the TOLC-S, which comprehends the following sections: basic mathematics (20 questions-50 minutes), reasoning and problems (10 questions-20 minutes), comprehension of the text (10 questions-20 minutes), basic sciences (10 questions-20 minutes).
Each question has 5 possible answers. Only one of these is correct. In the TOLC-S there is an additional section related to the evaluation of the English language, which consists of 30 questions to be completed in 15 minutes. The result of this part does not contribute to the score of the test.
The final score of the test is the result of the following rules:
+1 for each correct answer, -0.25 for each wrong answer, 0 for each answer not given.
+1 for each correct answer, 0 for each wrong or not given answer in the English section.
The winners will be able to enroll within the deadlines indicated in the announcements of admission.
- consult the admission notice and the following link: https://spa.cdl.unimi.it/it/iscriversi
Additional educational obligations and methods for recovery
Students who have not reached a score greater than or equal to 10 in the Mathematics module will be assigned Additional Educational Obligations (OFA).
For students with OFA, support activities will be organized in the period October-December, and a final test.
In the absence of this evidence, the student will not be able to take any second year exams before having passed the Mathematics exam.
Information on the page https://spa.cdl.unimi.it/it/studiare/le-matricole
Access for transfer or for students who have already graduated
Students already enrolled in a degree course of the University of Milan, in another university or already graduates, can be exempted from the test only if they meet the necessary requirements to be admitted to second year, at least 30 credits, of which 9 can be validated for the Mathematics exam.
For more details on the procedure, please refer to the announcement.
Students admitted to the first year must take the test and register for the call
About ERASMUS + program, for students enrolled in the degree course in Environmental Sciences and Policies, agreements with international universities specializing in teaching and research on environmental issues have been signed The study period abroad can be used to take courses and take the related exams, as well as to carry out research activities for the thesis.
For further information write to [email protected].
For further information write to [email protected].
Attendance is not compulsory, however attendance at didactic activities with laboratories, field activities, internships, etc. is strongly recommended.
Courses list
First semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Foundations of Biology | 9 | 88 | Italian | BIO/06 |
| Foundations of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry | 9 | 88 | Italian | CHIM/03 CHIM/06 |
| - Foundations of inorganic chemistry | 5 | |||
| - Foundations of organic chemistry | 4 | |||
| Mathematics | 9 | 88 | Italian | MAT/01 MAT/02 MAT/03 MAT/04 MAT/05 MAT/06 MAT/07 MAT/08 MAT/09 |
Second semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Administrative and Environmental Law | 6 | 48 | Italian | IUS/10 |
| Fundamentals of Earth Sciences | 9 | 80 | Italian | GEO/02 |
| Physics | 6 | 64 | Italian | FIS/01 FIS/02 FIS/03 FIS/04 FIS/05 FIS/06 FIS/07 FIS/08 |
| Probability, Statistics and Computer Science | 9 | 88 | Italian | INF/01 MAT/06 |
| - Computer science | 4 | |||
| - Probability, statistics | 5 | |||
Open sessions
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| English Assessment B1 (3 ECTS) | 3 | 0 | Italian | |
First semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Ecology | 9 | 80 | Italian | BIO/07 |
| Microeconomics | 9 | 80 | Italian | SECS-P/01 |
| Zoology | 9 | 80 | Italian | BIO/05 |
Second semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Botany | 9 | 80 | Italian | BIO/01 BIO/02 |
| Environmental and Landscape Geology | 9 | 80 | Italian | GEO/05 |
| Environmental Biochemistry and Microbiology | 6 | 48 | Italian | BIO/10 BIO/19 |
| - Environmental biochemistry | 3 | |||
| - Environmental microbioloy | 3 | |||
| Environmental Economics | 6 | 48 | Italian | SECS-P/01 |
First semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Environmental Management | 6 | 48 | Italian | SECS-P/08 |
| Natural Resources and Public Goods Economics and Policy | 6 | 48 | Italian | AGR/01 |
| Optional | ||||
| Administrative Law of Sustainable Development | 6 | 48 | Italian | IUS/10 |
| Agri-Food Policy and Environmental Sustainability | 6 | 48 | Italian | AGR/01 |
| Globalization and Environmental Policy | 6 | 48 | Italian | AGR/01 |
| Sustainability of Food Production | 6 | 48 | Italian | AGR/15 |
| Sustainable Innovation of Animal Nutrition | 6 | 48 | Italian | AGR/18 |
Second semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optional | ||||
| Climate Change Economics and Policy | 6 | 48 | Italian | SECS-P/01 |
| Environmental Accounting and Management | 6 | 48 | Italian | SECS-P/07 SECS-P/08 |
| - Environmental accounting | 3 | |||
| - Environmental management | 3 | |||
| Environmental Planning and Land Policy | 6 | 48 | Italian | ICAR/20 |
| Environmental Science and Policy Laboratory | 9 | 128 | Italian | |
| Environmental Sustainability of Intensive Breeding | 6 | 48 | Italian | AGR/10 |
Conclusive activities
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Final Exam | 6 | 0 | Italian | |
Study plan rules
- Choose 3 of the following courses:
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative Law of Sustainable Development | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | IUS/10 |
| Agri-Food Policy and Environmental Sustainability | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | AGR/01 |
| Globalization and Environmental Policy | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | AGR/01 |
| Sustainability of Food Production | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | AGR/15 |
| Sustainable Innovation of Animal Nutrition | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | AGR/18 |
| Climate Change Economics and Policy | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | SECS-P/01 |
| Environmental Accounting and Management | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | SECS-P/07 SECS-P/08 |
| Environmental Planning and Land Policy | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | ICAR/20 |
| Environmental Sustainability of Intensive Breeding | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | AGR/10 |
- The student will have to acquire 18 credits among all the offered training activities and all the courses activated by the University, after evaluation by the tutor. The courses not already chosen among the curricula can be selected.
- During the second or preferably the third year of the course, students will have to acquire 9 CFU through Laboratories and / or Internships and / or field activities.
The laboratory activated for the academic year 2021/2022 is the interdisciplinary "Laboratory of Environmental Science and Policy" (9 cfu).
Internships and / or field activities eventually activated will be published on the website of the degree course https://spa.cdl.unimi.it/it.
The laboratory activated for the academic year 2021/2022 is the interdisciplinary "Laboratory of Environmental Science and Policy" (9 cfu).
Internships and / or field activities eventually activated will be published on the website of the degree course https://spa.cdl.unimi.it/it.
- The student must choose one of the two curricula: Curriculum A - Environmental Management and Sustainability; or Curriculum B - Environmental Sciences and Technologies. Then the student will have to choose 3 courses among those provided for the chosen Curriculum.
First semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Foundations of Biology | 9 | 88 | Italian | BIO/06 |
| Foundations of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry | 9 | 88 | Italian | CHIM/03 CHIM/06 |
| - Foundations of inorganic chemistry | 5 | |||
| - Foundations of organic chemistry | 4 | |||
| Mathematics | 9 | 88 | Italian | MAT/01 MAT/02 MAT/03 MAT/04 MAT/05 MAT/06 MAT/07 MAT/08 MAT/09 |
Second semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Administrative and Environmental Law | 6 | 48 | Italian | IUS/10 |
| Fundamentals of Earth Sciences | 9 | 80 | Italian | GEO/02 |
| Physics | 6 | 64 | Italian | FIS/01 FIS/02 FIS/03 FIS/04 FIS/05 FIS/06 FIS/07 FIS/08 |
| Probability, Statistics and Computer Science | 9 | 88 | Italian | INF/01 MAT/06 |
| - Computer science | 4 | |||
| - Probability, statistics | 5 | |||
Open sessions
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| English Assessment B1 (3 ECTS) | 3 | 0 | Italian | |
First semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Ecology | 9 | 80 | Italian | BIO/07 |
| Microeconomics | 9 | 80 | Italian | SECS-P/01 |
| Zoology | 9 | 80 | Italian | BIO/05 |
Second semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Botany | 9 | 80 | Italian | BIO/01 BIO/02 |
| Environmental and Landscape Geology | 9 | 80 | Italian | GEO/05 |
| Environmental Biochemistry and Microbiology | 6 | 48 | Italian | BIO/10 BIO/19 |
| - Environmental biochemistry | 3 | |||
| - Environmental microbioloy | 3 | |||
| Environmental Economics | 6 | 48 | Italian | SECS-P/01 |
First semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Environmental Management | 6 | 48 | Italian | SECS-P/08 |
| Natural Resources and Public Goods Economics and Policy | 6 | 48 | Italian | AGR/01 |
| Optional | ||||
| Biodiversity Management and Conservation | 6 | 48 | Italian | BIO/05 |
| Environmental Toxicology | 6 | 48 | Italian | BIO/14 |
| Evolutionary Biology and Phylogeny | 6 | 48 | Italian | BIO/05 |
| Foundations of Ecotoxicology | 6 | 48 | Italian | BIO/07 |
Second semester
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optional | ||||
| Applied Ecology | 6 | 48 | Italian | BIO/07 |
| Climatology | 6 | 48 | Italian | GEO/04 |
| Environmental Chemistry | 6 | 48 | Italian | CHIM/12 |
| Environmental Genetics | 6 | 48 | Italian | BIO/18 |
| Environmental Science and Policy Laboratory | 9 | 128 | Italian | |
| Foundations of Physics for Environmental Sciences | 6 | 48 | Italian | FIS/06 FIS/07 |
| Human Health and Environmental Risk | 6 | 64 | English | MED/04 |
Conclusive activities
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Final Exam | 6 | 0 | Italian | |
Study plan rules
- The student will have to acquire 18 credits among all the offered training activities and all the courses activated by the University, after evaluation by the tutor. The courses not already chosen among the curricula can be selected.
- During the second or preferably the third year of the course, students will have to acquire 9 CFU through Laboratories and / or Internships and / or field activities.
The laboratory activated for the academic year 2021/2022 is the interdisciplinary "Laboratory of Environmental Science and Policy" (9 cfu).
Internships and / or field activities eventually activated will be published on the website of the degree course https://spa.cdl.unimi.it/it.
The laboratory activated for the academic year 2021/2022 is the interdisciplinary "Laboratory of Environmental Science and Policy" (9 cfu).
Internships and / or field activities eventually activated will be published on the website of the degree course https://spa.cdl.unimi.it/it.
- The student must choose one of the two curricula: Curriculum A - Environmental Management and Sustainability; or Curriculum B - Environmental Sciences and Technologies. Then the student will have to choose 3 courses among those provided for the chosen Curriculum.
- Choose 3 of the following courses:
| Courses or activities | Max ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biodiversity Management and Conservation | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | BIO/05 |
| Environmental Toxicology | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | BIO/14 |
| Evolutionary Biology and Phylogeny | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | BIO/05 |
| Foundations of Ecotoxicology | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | BIO/07 |
| Applied Ecology | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | BIO/07 |
| Climatology | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | GEO/04 |
| Environmental Chemistry | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | CHIM/12 |
| Environmental Genetics | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | BIO/18 |
| Foundations of Physics for Environmental Sciences | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | FIS/06 FIS/07 |
| Human Health and Environmental Risk | 6 | 64 | English | Second semester | MED/04 |
Course location
Milan
Presidente del Collegio Didattico
Prof.ssa Stefanella Stranieri
Reference structures
Contacts
- Segreteria didattica
via Celoria 2 - II piano
[email protected]
+3902503 16475/16501
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https://www.unimi.it/it/node/359
+3902503 25032
https://www.unimi.it/it/node/360
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