- Docente: Francesco Spinelli
- Credits: 3
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Horticultural Science (cod. 8883)
Learning outcomes
The Academic Basecamp will introduce the students the main areas related to horticulture and to their challenges. The students will be put in contact, from the very beginning, with the needs and challenges related to their future field of employment
Course contents
The Academic Base Camp deals with:
1. the most recent updated on the scientific research on the horticultural sector performed at the different partner Universities
2. practical problems of the horticultural production chain and offer an innovative point of view on these problems. The stakeholders also introduce their research needs. During this activity the student have the chance to discuss directly with them the possible organization of a master thesis or practicum aiming to respond to the presented research needs
3. acquiring the necessary soft skills to approach complex problems and to present results in an efficient way
4. acquiring the necessary soft skills for public speaking
5. acquiring the necessary soft skills for team work
Readings/Bibliography
Selected publications provided by the teaching staff
Teaching methods
Seminars organized by IMaHS professors from the Universities belonging to HortAlliance (UNIBO, UNIBZ, TUM, SZIU). The seminars will introduce example of practical case of study related with the topic taught during the 1st semester
Stakeholders' seminars give from external experts on the research interests of the private sector
Visit to horticultural companies
Cooperative Problem Solving activities on selected topics from the courses of the 1st semester
Assessment methods
The students, by working in small groups, have to organise a presentation/seminar on a selected topic. The seminar should present an orginal approach to solve the case of study/problem select for the review.
Each of the students should highlight her/his role in the team and should present a summary of the performed work
Teaching tools
Power point presentation, projector, white board
Office hours
See the website of Francesco Spinelli