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Curriculum(s) for 2025 - corso|33611 (33611)

Single curriculum

1st year

LessonSemesterCFUSSDLanguage
10620567 | GROUNDWATER RESOURCES1st6GEO/05ITA

Educational objectives

This course describes the criteria and methods for determining the hydraulic parameters of aquifers by means of pumping tests. Provides elements to assess the effects of groundwater pumping, in steady and transient regime. Provides methods for calculating the pumping and the right use of groundwater resources. Explains the basis to assess the flow and the transport in the subsurface. A technical definition of needs for water wells project and management is developed.

10620787 | DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHY AND GEOMATICS1st6GEO/05, GEO/04ITA

Educational objectives

The general educational goals of the course, which is divided into two closely related and consequential
modules, can be traced to specific educational objectives of each module. The Numerical Cartography
module aims to provide basic knowledge for the acquisition and management of cartographic
representations of the territory and related geodatabases with specific reference to applications in the field
of Earth Sciences. The Geomatics module aims to provide students with theoretical foundations and
practical exemplifications on methods and techniques of analysis, processing, assimilation and fusion of
geographic data of different nature, but still with particular reference to applications in the field of Earth
Sciences.

DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHY1st3GEO/05ITA

Educational objectives

The general educational goals of the course, which is divided into two closely related and consequential
modules, can be traced to specific educational objectives of each module. The Numerical Cartography
module aims to provide basic knowledge for the acquisition and management of cartographic
representations of the territory and related geodatabases with specific reference to applications in the field
of Earth Sciences. The Geomatics module aims to provide students with theoretical foundations and
practical exemplifications on methods and techniques of analysis, processing, assimilation and fusion of
geographic data of different nature, but still with particular reference to applications in the field of Earth
Sciences.

GEOMATICS1st3GEO/04ITA

Educational objectives

The general educational goals of the course, which is divided into two closely related and consequential
modules, can be traced to specific educational objectives of each module. The Numerical Cartography
module aims to provide basic knowledge for the acquisition and management of cartographic
representations of the territory and related geodatabases with specific reference to applications in the field
of Earth Sciences. The Geomatics module aims to provide students with theoretical foundations and
practical exemplifications on methods and techniques of analysis, processing, assimilation and fusion of
geographic data of different nature, but still with particular reference to applications in the field of Earth
Sciences.

1041864 | APPLIED GEOPHYSICS1st6GEO/11ITA

Educational objectives

Educational goals: General outcomes
• The main objective of this course is to provide students with the fundamental principles and methods in Applied Geophysics for Engineering Geology, Civil and Environmental Engineering applications, with particular focus on specific problems such as seismic and hydrogeological risks, pollution, landslides and soil instability, groundwater management, geothermal energy, etc.

Specific outcomes
• Fundamental knowledge of the theoretical principles and practical methods of the most widely-applied geophysical techniques in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Geology.
• The course provides the tools to enable the student to independently choose the most appropriate methodology for specific engineering problems, with particular focus on modeling the subsoil as a physical system and on the assessment of specific risks affecting the subsoil such as seismic and hydrogeological risks, pollution, landslides and soil instability, groundwater management, geothermal energy, etc.
• Specific understanding of the main possibilities and limitations of geophysical methods and their integration. Survey design, quality estimation and reliability assessment of the geophysical investigation.
• Specific skills for communicating the results of a geophysical survey with specific reference to data dissemination and interaction with other professionals.

Learning ouctomes: the students will enhance their ability on the interpretation of the different geophysical data sets to solve the problems related to the Near Surface Geophysics and Applied Geology.

Elective course2nd6ITA

Educational objectives

Each student may choose among the courses at La Sapienza University any combination of courses up to 12 credits, provided that the chosen courses are approved by the CAD

10620569 | SOIL AND ROCK MECHANICS2nd12GEO/05ITA

Educational objectives

Educational goals:
Acquisition of competence in understanding the cause-effect relationships responsible for the stress-strain relations of geomaterials (in particular soils and rocks) through the use of elementary or combined mechanical behavior laws.
Acquisition of the basic principles of soil mechanics in order to predict the behavior of this type of rock in relation to boundary variations.

10620774 | GEOMORPHOLOGICAL AND GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY2nd12GEO/04, GEO/05ITA

Educational objectives

Educational goals: Knowledge of the topics of Geomorphology that have a direct relationship with the sustainable use and protection of the territory. Knowledge of the methods and tools of Geomorphology for a correct management of the main territorial problems. Knowledge of the fundamental principles of geomorphological survey and the criteria for the landforms cartographic representation. Ability to identify the geomorphological units through the analysis of field and remote observations; ability to create geomorphological maps.

Learning ouctomes: Students will have acquired the main geomorphological investigation methodologies. They will be able to interpret optical satellite and aerial images and recognize landforms in the field and using remote sensing imagery, and to provide space-time correlations finalized to reconstructed the geomorphological evolution of the physical landscape. They will also be able to read and interpret geomorphological maps at different scales and with different types of legends. They will then be able to create geomorphological maps in a GIS environment at different scales, depending on their purpose.

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL SURVEY2nd6GEO/04ITA

Educational objectives

Educational goals: Knowledge of the topics of Geomorphology that have a direct relationship with the sustainable use and protection of the territory. Knowledge of the methods and tools of Geomorphology for a correct management of the main territorial problems. Knowledge of the fundamental principles of geomorphological survey and the criteria for the landforms cartographic representation. Ability to identify the geomorphological units through the analysis of field and remote observations; ability to create geomorphological maps.

Learning ouctomes: Students will have acquired the main geomorphological investigation methodologies. They will be able to interpret optical satellite and aerial images and recognize landforms in the field and using remote sensing imagery, and to provide space-time correlations finalized to reconstructed the geomorphological evolution of the physical landscape. They will also be able to read and interpret geomorphological maps at different scales and with different types of legends. They will then be able to create geomorphological maps in a GIS environment at different scales, depending on their purpose.

GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY2nd6GEO/05ITA

Educational objectives

Educational goals: Main goal of the class is to give technical basic skills for correct and thorough planning of engineering geological survey and investigations and basic elements and criteria of engineering geological mapping, also by means of field training and software practice.

Learning ouctomes: Capability of classifying soils and rocks by means of field procedures. Capability to transfer technical data to geological models, in order to produce engineering-geological models calibrated for specific purposes

HETEROGENEOUS OPTIONAL GROUP

2nd year

LessonSemesterCFUSSDLanguage
Elective course1st6ITA

Educational objectives

Each student may choose among the courses at La Sapienza University any combination of courses up to 12 credits, provided that the chosen courses are approved by the CAD

10621367 | LAND USE SUSTAINABILITY1st6GEO/05, SPS/07ITA

Educational objectives

Analysis of geological processes inducing risks for the environment and the society, and their interaction with human activities.
Evaluation of impacts of human activities on the environment and the territory, on the natural resources and their renewable rate, on the equilibrium of geological cycles
Sustainability of adaptation measures to climate change, and possible input for its mitigation related to geological processes.

GEOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY1st3GEO/05ITA

Educational objectives

Analysis of geological processes inducing risks for the environment and the society, and their interaction with human activities.
Evaluation of impacts of human activities on the environment and the territory, on the natural resources and their renewable rate, on the equilibrium of geological cycles
Sustainability of adaptation measures to climate change, and possible input for its mitigation related to geological processes.

SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY1st3SPS/07ITA

Educational objectives

The module aims to introduce the concept of sustainability starting from the social dimension in order to define its integration with the environmental and economic dimensions. In particular, through a redefinition of traditional paradigms for interpreting society, the concepts of equality, equity and inclusion will be presented in relation to fundamental rights on and within the territory. In a second phase, the module will be dedicated to analysing strategies for promoting social inclusion, ensuring that all voices, including those of vulnerable communities, are heard in decision-making processes relating to land use. The study of participatory governance models involving local communities in territorial planning and management will provide an in-depth understanding of intergenerational equity processes (exploring how current decisions affect future generations and promoting practices that ensure the equitable use of resources) and identify the skills needed to monitor and evaluate the social impact of land management policies and practices.

AAF1025 | Final exam2nd27ITA

Educational objectives

To acquire a robust methodology to dealt with engineering-geological case histories

AAF1044 | Training2nd6ITA

Educational objectives

The student will attend about one month of external traineeship in professional offices related to applied geology, public and private agencies having geological application activities, consultant companies dealing with environmental-geological studies, as in research bodies and specialized laboratories related to topics of the MSc

OPTIONAL HOMOGENEOUS GROUP GEO/05
HETEROGENEOUS OPTIONAL GROUP

Optional groups

The student must acquire 18 CFU from the following exams
LessonYearSemesterCFUSSDLanguage
1020328 | Dynamics of Contaminants and Remediation of Contaminated Sites1st1st6ING-IND/25ITA

Educational objectives

The course contributes to the achievement of the training objectives referred to in the Manifesto of Studies of the master’s degree in applied Geology.
In particular, the course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge related to the phenomena of contamination of soils and groundwater in order to:

a) Understand the mechanisms that govern the dispersion of contaminants in soil and groundwater based on the knowledge of the characteristics of the contaminants and of the environmental matrices of interest;
b) Select the intervention strategies for the recovery and redevelopment of contaminated sites;
c) Evaluate the adequacy of the potentially applicable solutions in the frame of the national regulatory framework

1025192 | Geology of volcanic terrains, field volcanology1st1st6GEO/08ITA

Educational objectives

Educational goals: the course aims at providing interpretive criteria and methods for the geological survey of volcanic terrains and the reconstruction of related genetic processes.
Learning ouctomes: Acquiring knowledge and ability on: distribution and style of volcanism as related to the different geological-structural settings; description and interpretation of volcanic successions in terms of eruption and emplacement processes; working criteria for stratigraphy and field mapping of volcanic terrains; field and laboratory analyses for the characterization of volcanic units and the reconstruction of related eruptive parameters.

1016549 | APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY1st1st6GEO/08ITA

Educational objectives

Educational goals: This course describes the criteria and methods for determining the distribution of
chemical elements in the environment. Provides elements to assess the effects of rock alteration and
element mobility during water-rock interaction. Explains the basis to assess element transport in the
subsurface.
Learning outcomes: successful students will be able to examine and process anomalous elemental
distribution, solubility and complexing of elements in solution, and chemical processes in the framework of
global change. They will also have basic knowledge about solutes transport in groundwater and immiscible
liquids, with reference to the main processes that control the underground movement. Moreover, students
will understanf the basic principles and application of stable isotope geochemistry, with particular emphasis
on O, H, N, C traceability in the hydrological cycle.

10620571 | MACHINE LEARNING AND DATA ANALYSIS IN GEOSCIENCES1st1st6GEO/10ITA

Educational objectives

At the end of the course, students should be able to apply machine learning
methodologies and advanced data analysis techniques for the quantitative interpretation
of complex geological processes. In particular, they will be able to:

- Apply mathematical analysis tools, including differential calculus (derivatives), error
analysis and the solution of overdetermined linear systems, in a geoscientific data
processing context;
- Formulate and solve optimization problems related to the modeling of natural
phenomena and the calibration of geophysical models;
- Use analytical models for the solution of flow and transport equations in porous media,
also integrating experimental data and field observations;
- Implement supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms (e.g. regression,
clustering, PCA) to extract informative patterns from complex geoscientific datasets;
- Critically evaluate the results obtained through statistical and validation metrics, with
attention to uncertainty and data quality;

The course aims to provide a solid theoretical and practical basis for the conscious use
of artificial intelligence and numerical analysis in the field of applied geosciences, with
particular attention to the problems of prediction, classification and interpretation of
geological data.

1038159 | HYDROGEOLOGICAL MODELING1st2nd6GEO/05ITA

Educational objectives

Educational goals: 1. Ability of handling hydrogeological problems from a quantitative point of view at different spatial scales (from the sit to the basin scale) 2. Ability of handling the differential equations used to describe the groundwater flow and the transport of contaminants in the aquifers

Learning outcomes: Development, calibration and validation of flow and transport models

10620573 | REMOTE SENSING AND LAND MONITORING1st2nd6GEO/05ITA

Educational objectives

Educational goals:
The aim of the course is also to provide the basic elements of knowledge for the acquisition, management and processing of data with the most modern techniques of remote sensing both for digital modeling of landforms and for the monitoring of deformation processes related to geomorphological instabilities.
The course aims to provide students with the knowledge about the basic principles of the terrain analysis and the latest, more advanced techniques for the quantitative analysis – at different spatio-tempral scales -of Earth Surface processes stating from DEMs at different resolution.

Learning ouctomes:
Students will also gain experience and skills related to the management, processing and interpretation of remote sensing data through exercises with specific software packages.
At the end of the course students will therefore be able, through the use of specific tools in GIS environment, to conduct the most advanced quantitative analyses of the Earth Surface processes.

10620574 | IDROGEOCHEMICAL MONITORING AND ISOTOPIC APPLICATIONS1st2nd6GEO/08ITA

Educational objectives

Provide an in-depth understanding of water/rock interaction processes and the main isotopic techniques used in the study of element mobility, with applications in forensic science and in the qualitative and quantitative assessment of water resources.
Acquire technical and practical skills for the design and execution of tracer tests and for water monitoring, with particular reference to groundwater bodies, contaminated sites, and environmental engineering works, in compliance with current regulations.

10592951 | Local seismic response 2nd1st6GEO/05ITA

Educational objectives

Educational goals: The main goal of the course consists on providing fundamental elements for the local seismic response analysis applied to seismic Microzonation Studies and/or to the design of structures or infrastructures interacting with rocks or soils. These applications are part of risk mitigation management particularly focused on the seismic risk.

Learning ouctomes: Critical interpretation of results and outputs from available studies of local seismic response. Engineering-geological modelling applied to local seismic response through instrumental and numerical analyses.

10620458 | GEOLOGICAL STORAGE AND GEOTHERMICS2nd1st6GEO/03ENG

Educational objectives

Training objectives: the course intends to offer students a synthetic and integrated framework of geological
storage techniques, and, in particular, the aspects of competence of geologists: characterization of the site
and monitoring.
Loading results: knowledge acquired: the student will know what are the study procedures used in storage.

10620445 | PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY AND VOLCANIC HAZARD2nd1st6GEO/08ENG

Educational objectives

Knowledge of the different types of volcanic activity and volcanic hazard assessment, ability to critically review the scientific volcanological literature, with particular reference to petrological, geochronological and thephrostratigraphical data, applied to volcanic hazard assessment. Ability to interpret geophysical and geochemical data from volcano monitoring networks. Acquisition of the skills needed to develop and plan actions aimed at mitigating volcanic disasters

10620572 | GEOLOGICAL PROJECTS OF INFRASTRUCTURES2nd1st6GEO/05ITA

Educational objectives

Educational goals: acquisition of the criteria and methods of: i) reconstruction of the geological structure of the subsurface in relation to the type of interventions and/or works to be carried out; ii) planning of the relevant geognostic campaigns.

The student must acquire 9 CFU from the following exams
LessonYearSemesterCFUSSDLanguage
10620570 | SLOPE INSTABILITY ANALYSIS2nd1st9GEO/05ITA

Educational objectives

Educational goals: The main goal of the course consists on preparing to a modelling of slopes for evaluating their stability conditions, by a correct definition of a geological model of the slope and a rupture mechanism of existing/possible landslides. During the course will be showed and discussed many case histories related to different types of landslides; the selected case histories exemplify natural phenomena which strongly involved man-made structures or activities and that can be regarded as examples for natural risk management.

Learning ouctomes: the students should become able to classify and distinguish landslide mechanisms, to perform slope stability analyses via analytical and/or numerical modeling approaches, to plan slope stability studies.

1022154 | APPLIED HYDROGEOLOGY2nd1st9GEO/05ITA

Educational objectives

Learning objectives This course aims to provide the students with knowledge on groundwater
legislation, and monitoring, management and protection of regional aquifers. The students will also
receive information on the methodologies for planning, and manage wells and analyze data from
boreholes.
Outputs of the learning process: The students after a successful exam will be able to analyze
hydro-geophysical logs from the phreatic zone of the aquifer and manage the equation to
designate capture zones around abstraction wells. The students will be also familiar with the
fundamentals of contaminant transport in the vadose and phreatic zone, as well as the principal
methodologies to characterize the groundwater flow and manage the contaminated sites.