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First cycle degree

COMPUTER SCIENCE

COD. 3027
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A.Y. 2017/2018
CLASS:
L-31 - Classe delle lauree in Scienze e tecnologie informatiche
Years of study: 3
Credits (CFU): 180
Mode of study: full-time

COURSE STRUCTURE DIAGRAM WITH CREDITS

CORSO GENERICO (curriculum)

Year of study: 1

Year of study: 2

Year of study: 3

Profile of the programme

The First Cycle Degree Course in Computer Science has been introduced in the Course Catalogue of the University since October 2002. The course produces professional profiles of experts in Computer Sciences and Technologies, possessing the adequate technical-professional competences for easily adapting to the world of work concerning ICT and the related fields of application.
The degree course in Computer Science integrates a solid basic preparation with the comprehension and use of the most advanced IT tools: such distinctive aspect of the course also represents the necessary background of competences to understand the technological evolution and to interpret its significance. Graduates in Computer Science can enter the world of work or pursue their studies in a Second Cycle Degree Course or a Master Programme of First Level.
The course programme includes at least 99 credits in computer science subjects and 24 credits for elective subjects. At the end of the course, students will experience a training internship before the final examination.

Admission requirements

Applicants to the degree course in Computer Science should already possess good capacity of logical thinking and comprehension, adequate knowledge of the fundamental notions of Mathematics, as well as essential linguistic competences and general cultural background. Such requirements are checked through a preliminary test (which is not a selection or entrance test) taking place before the beginning of first-year lessons. The written test is designed in collaboration with CINECA and the National Conference of the Presidents and Directors/Managers of Science and Technology Academic Structures. Students missing or failing the test will have to attend complementary activities based on integrative lessons concerning basic Mathematics. Such activities will take place in October and November; dates and modalities will be communicated at the beginning of the course.
Attendance to such complementary activities is compulsory for at least 75% of lessons. Students failing to reach such requirement cannot take any exam of the second and third year of course before passing at least one of the following exams: Mathematical Analysis, Algebra and Geometry.

Key learning outcomes

The main learning objectives of the First Cycle Degree Course in Computer Science is to provide future graduates with the necessary methodologies, technologies and tools for designing and developing high-quality IT systems, as well as with knowledge of the main hardware and software technologies and network systems. Graduates will also acquire specific technical-professional competences for rapidly entering the world of work, especially concerning ICT and the related fields of application.
The degree course in Computer Science integrates a solid basic preparation with the comprehension and use of the most advanced IT tools: such distinctive aspect of the course also represents the necessary background of competences to understand the technological evolution, as well as to interpret its significance, to identify its contexts of application and widen or modify the way of operating on it. Graduates in Computer Science can enter the world of work or pursue their studies in a Second Cycle Degree Course or a Master Programme of First Level.
To reach the abovementioned objectives, the course offers:
- the knowledge of basic notions of Physics and Mathematics (both discrete and continuous domains);
- insights on principles, theoretical models and architecture of elaboration systems and communication networks;
- knowledge and use of operating systems;
- mastery of tools for the analysis and design of algorithms and data structures;
- mastery of modern programming methodologies as well as knowledge of programming language concerning the main programming paradigms;
- expertise on principles for system planning, database management and the related technologies;
- mastery of techniques for designing and implementing computer systems.
The course programme also includes:
- the study of the related fields, also with an interdisciplinary approach;
- laboratory and workshop activities;
- English language improvement through specific activities
- internships and/or on-the-job training in University laboratories or other companies and structures.
Students have the possibility to experience a study programme abroad in partnered universities thanks to the implementation of international agreements.

Final examination, if any

The final examination consists in the presentation of a written thesis in front of a designated commission. The thesis must result from the candidate’s individual research activity (not necessarily an original one) carried out under the guidance of a supervisor; such activity may concern an internship experience in a laboratory of the University or in another company or structure.
Candidates are asked to consult scientific bibliography and texts in a foreign language as well, in order to prove their learning abilities and the acquisition of adequate competences. Through the final presentation of the thesis, consisting in a sort of seminar, the candidate will also prove his/her communicative skills.

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