Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
1° Year
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One course to be chosen among the following
One course to be chosen among the following
One course to be chosen among the following
One course to be chosen among the following
Foreign language B1 (CB Test)
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2016/2017
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One course to be chosen among the following
3 course to be chosen among the following
4 course to be chosen among the following
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
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3 course to be chosen among the following
One course to be chosen among the following
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One course to be chosen among the following
One course to be chosen among the following
One course to be chosen among the following
One course to be chosen among the following
Foreign language B1 (CB Test)
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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One course to be chosen among the following
3 course to be chosen among the following
4 course to be chosen among the following
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3 course to be chosen among the following
One course to be chosen among the following
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Surveying and cartography (i) (2017/2018)
Teaching code
4S000927
Academic staff
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
ICAR/06 - SURVEYING AND MAPPING
Period
Second half of Semester 1 dal Nov 13, 2017 al Jan 20, 2018.
Learning outcomes
This course aims at making students acquainted with the knowledge of cartography understood as the language of geography and as an expressive way of space organization. Beginning from the first graphic expressions of space, working on theoretical and practical processes, the student will arrive to the practical use of GIS and GPS and their application in geographic, archaeological, historical and cultural fields.
Analyzing the history of cartographic techniques, the course will highlight mental processes, interdisciplinary relationships and objectives, through which mankind has organized and design the future of territories in different scales. Its knowledge, as a form of language and means of communication, aims at providing interpretative keys for decoding the concerned visual messages.
Program
Topics
The course is structured in a theoretical and a practical part.
- Space and its representation over time
- Objectives and purposes of spatial representation
- Methods, techniques and tools for spatial representation
- Knowledge, professionalism, institutional roles of the cartographer
Teaching methods
Teaching methods are distinct from attending and non-attending students.
With regard to attending students, teaching methods consist in frontal lessons in Italian language devoted to the transmission of basic notions, key categories and key application tools. Additionally, exercises in the History and Cartography Didactics Lab provide useful support in understanding case studies related to the present day with maps and documentary material.
Throughout the academic year the teacher is available for an individual meetings, agreed via web or telephone. Attending students will receive the complete calendar of teaching activities with the dates, classrooms and topics covered in the lessons, and how to prepare and take the exam.
With regard to non-attending students, the teaching methods consist of a teacher support to facilitate the textbook study. Any further information will be provided to the student when the ad hoc program is agreed upon.
The content of the textbooks, as well as the lessons and exercises held in the classroom, is adhering to the program.
Examination Methods
Suggested material
Attending students:
- Lodovisi A. e Torresani S., Cartografia e informazione geografica: storia e tecniche, Patron Editore, 2005
Non-attendanting students:
Program to be agreed with the teacher