Educational guide 2024_25 Facultade de Ciencias

Training and Learning Results

Choose A	Code	Training and Learning Results
	A1	Students will have shown they have sufficient knowledge and understanding of an area of study, starting after completion of general secondary education, and normally reaching a level of proficiency that, being mostly based on advanced textbooks, will also include familiarity with some cutting-edge developments within the relevant field of study.
	A2	Students will be able to apply their knowledge and skills in their professional practice or vocation and they will show they have the required expertise through the construction and discussion of arguments and the resolution of problems within the relevant area of study.
	A3	Students will be able to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their field of study) that will allow them to have a reflection-based considered opinion on important issues of social, scientific and ethical nature.
	A4	Students will be able to present information, ideas, problems and solutions both to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
	A5	Students will acquire the learning skills that are required to pursue further studies with a high degree of independence.

Choose B	Code	Knowledge
	B1	Students will acquire analysis, synthesis and information-management skills to be applied in the food and agriculture and environmental sectors
	B2	Students will acquire and apply teamwork abilities and skills.
	B3	Students will develop personal skills for critical, constructive thinking.
	B4	Students will be able to adapt to new situations, become highly creative and have ideas to take up leadership positions.
	B5	Students will be able to take the initiative and acquire entrepreneurship skills, with a special focus on improving the quality of life.
	B6	Students will be able to understand the social significance of science.

Choose C	Code	Skill
	C1	To know the physical, chemical and biological foundations linked with the environment and its technological processes
	C2	To be familiar with the fundamentals of mathematics and statistics that will allow students to acquire the specific knowledge about the environment and its technological processes.
	C3	To be familiar with the temporal and spatial dimensions of environmental processes.
	C4	Ability to integrate the experimental data found in field and/or lab work with theoretical knowledge.
	C5	Ability to interpret data from quantitative and qualitative perspectives.
	C6	To be familiar with the different aspects involved in planning, management, assessment and preservation of natural resources.
	C7	To be familiar with the different aspects involved in the analysis of exploitation of environmental resources in the context of sustainable development.
	C8	To be familiar with the different systems of environmental and quality management.
	C9	To be familiar with computing tools for application to environmental issues.
	C10	To be familiar with concepts linked with climate and global change.
	C11	To be familiar with the essential concepts for carrying out environmental impact studies.
	C12	To be familiar with the fundamentals of management and restauration of the environment.
	C13	To be familiar with the essential concepts for the drawing up, implementation, coordination and evaluation of waste management plans.
	C14	To be familiar with the essential concepts of Waste Management Systems.
	C15	To be familiar with hydrological processes.
	C16	To be familiar with the concepts involved in the treatment of contaminated soils.
	C17	To be familiar with the parameters defining air quality, control and purification of air pollution.
	C18	To be familiar with all the concepts linked to clean technologies and renewable energy.
	C19	To be familiar with the fundamentals of renewable and non-renewable energies.
	C20	To be familiar with the fundamentals required to identify and assess environmental costs.
	C21	To be familiar with the fundamentals involved in the design and implementation of rural development plans.
	C22	To be familiar with the fundamentals of weather forecasting and the analysis of climate phenomena.
	C23	To be familiar with the fundamentals for the design and application of sustainability indicators.

Choose D	Code	Competences
	D1	Capacity of analysis, organization and planning.
	D2	Leadership, initiative and entrepreneurial spirit.
	D3	COral and written communication in the native language and foreign
	D4	Ability of autonomous learning and information management.
	D5	Ability of problem solving and decision making
	D6	Interpersonal communication skills
	D7	Adaptation to new situations with creativity and innovation
	D8	Critical and self-critical reasoning capacity.
	D9	Team of interdisciplinary nature
	D10	Treatment of conflict and negotiation
	D11	Motivation for the quality with sensitivity toward environmental issues.