KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY:
Graduates:
- will have adequate basic knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and statistics focusing on their application in the wine-growing and production chain;
- will have an understanding of the biochemical phenomena involved in the ripening and transformation of grapes;
- will have knowledge of matters and activities related to viticulture and oenology with an overall vision of production and distribution chain integration;
- will know the principles and contexts of the professional activity, the regulations and deontology;
- will know the economic, management, and corporate organisation aspects.
The knowledge and understanding abilities listed above are achieved and developed through lectures, practical activities, seminars, supervised home study and individual home study provided for by the course units of the degree programme. The logical basis of the theoretical lessons, which students must study in greater depth individually, and personal papers required by the course units offer students the opportunity to elaborate upon their knowledge and improve their understanding.
Learning is assessed mainly through oral and written exams, course unit assessments and oral presentations.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND TO UNDERSTAND:
Graduates:
- will have technical and operational competencies in the viticulture and oenology sectors;
- will have mastery of land and vineyard management, vinification, conservation and bottling processes, analysis (chemical, physical, biological, and sensory) and grape and wine quality control;
- will have knowledge and competencies to provide technical assistance;
- will have the ability to check and control the correct operation of grape-processing machinery and organise maintenance checks.
The ability to apply the knowledge and understanding listed above is achieved through critical reflection on texts proposed for home study stimulated through classroom activities, study of research and application cases indicated by the professors, numerical exercises, laboratory and/or computer work, bibliographic research, individual and/or group projects related to the core curriculum course units or elective course units included in the programme, as well as during the internship and preparation of the final paper.
Assessment is through written and oral exams, essays and practical activities which provide for specific tasks to assess the students' command of instruments and methods, and critical autonomy. Internships are assessed through the student's presentation of a report to the tutor.
JUDGEMENT SKILLS
Graduates:
- will have an overall vision of activities and problems related to the wine-growing and production sector, to guarantee quality taking into account ethics and economics;
- will be able to autonomously define grapevine production criteria, suggest wine-making products to purchase, and select vinification techniques;
- will have the ability to identify and responsibly apply the food health and safety regulations (national and community wine growing and production laws);
- will have the ability to understand experimentation results and to apply them to solve operational problems in the wine growing and production sector.
Judgement skills are developed in particular through practical activities, seminars, the preparation of papers related to the core curriculum course units and elective course units included in the degree programme and during internship activities and the activities assigned by the supervising professor in preparation of the final paper.
The acquisition of judgement skills is assessed by evaluating the course units of the study programme and the capacity to work alone and as part of a group during the activity assigned in preparation of the internship and final paper.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
Graduates:
- will have the necessary competences, computer skills and instruments to effectively cooperate in information management and communication;
- will have proficiency in at least one language of the European Union, in addition to Italian, as regards the sector concerned, and sufficient knowledge to exchange general information;
- will have the ability to work as part of a group and to readily become part of working environments;
- will have the ability to cooperate in activities related to communication and food and wine tourism.
Written and oral communication skills are developed in particular through practical activities, seminars and lectures that provide for the preparation of reports, written papers and their oral presentation. During practical activities and seminars, students are encouraged to take part and speak before an audience to improve their ability to describe in a clear and comprehensive manner any doubts and/or questions on specific matters.
The evaluation/assessment of communication skills is also provided for during the internship and through the presentation of a report at the end of the internship. Communication skills are also assessed during the preparation of the final paper and its presentation. Foreign language communication skills are acquired and assessed through specific course units and relevant proficiency test.
LEARNING SKILLS:
Graduates:
- will have the knowledge required and the ability to continuously update their professional capacity in an autonomous way;
- will have the ability to identify the training paths and instruments to develop their general and specialist knowledge and professional competencies.
The learning abilities acquired are a result of the entire period of study, in particular during home study, in the preparation of individual papers and in the preparation of the final paper.
Learning skills are assessed in different ways and the following activities are of great importance in this sense: tutoring of home study, initiatives to support students in planning and organising their study time, bibliographic research and updating activity, discussions during seminars, correction and re-writing of papers. A great part of the overall number of study hours is dedicated to home study, to offer students the possibility to continuously check and improve their learning skills. The paper for the final project contributes to develop learning skills as students are asked to understand and tackle new information not necessarily provided by the supervising professor.
