Valorization and Sustainable Development of Mountain Areas — Università degli Studi di Milano, Edolo

Il piano degli esami

1° anno

• Applied statistics for mountain agri-environmental analyses — 6 CFU
• Bioresources for innovation in mountain products — 12 CFU
• Environmental geology for mountain areas — 6 CFU
• European union law — 6 CFU
• Geographic and historical development of the mountain in the long run — 6 CFU
• Mountain ecosystems and biodiversity valorization — 12 CFU
• Sustainable management and bioeconomy of mountain forests — 8 CFU

2° anno

• Economics, management and valorization of mountain goods and services — 8 CFU
• Renewable energy and mountain sustainable environment management — 6 CFU
• Infrastructures and landscape planning for sustainable tourism in mountain areas — 6 CFU
• Web communication theories and techniques — 6 CFU
• Internship — 6 CFU
• Final exam — 20 CFU

In qualsiasi anno

• - The teaching plan includes 8 self-chosen ECTS credits, to be acquired with modules offered by the University of Milan. Some of the activities of your choice may include the attendance of seminars, conferences, refresher courses, or other activities organized by the university or another body, always following a favourable assessment from the Academic Board, and can usually allow students to acquire up to a maximum of 4 ECTS credits. These activities must appear in the study plan and are freely chosen by the student with the help of the tutor but must be approved by the Academic Board which judges their consistency with the master's course. The courses specifically activated by the Master's degree in Valorization and Sustainable Development of Mountain Areas are listed in the table below. See also the paragraph "Program structure - Study plan definition and submission for approval. (scegli 4 CFU): Co-creation for policy: challenge-based learning and outdoor education as tools to connect people and places 3 CFU; Current issues in mountain tourism management 2 CFU; Mountain biodiversity conservation and protected areas 4 CFU
• - STUDENTS MUST EARN 4 ADDITIONAL CREDITS by choosing from the following activities. Those who do not hold an Italian high school diploma or degree can obtain 3 credits in Additional language skills: Italian by demonstrating A2 level in Italian per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). This level can be assessed in one of the following ways: - by submitting a certificate of A2 or higher level issued no more than three years prior to the date of submission. You will find the list of language certificates recognized by the University at: https://www.unimi.it/en/node/349/). The language certificate must be uploaded https://studente.unimi.it/uploadCertificazioniLingue; - by an entry-level test administrated by SLAM that can be taken only once and is compulsory for all students who do not have a valid language certificate. Those who fail to reach A2 level will have to attend one or more than one 60-hour Italian course(s) geared to their level. Those who do not take the entry-level test or fail to pass the end-of-course test after six attempts will have to obtain language certification privately in order to earn the 3 credits of Additional language skills: Italian. As an alternative, they can modify their course programme by choosing a different elective. (scegli 3 CFU): Additional language skills: italian (3 ECTS) 3 CFU; Other training activities (1 ECTS) 1 CFU; Other training activities (4 ECTS) 4 CFU