Knowledge and Understanding
The course aims to provide students with the theoretical knowledge, analytical tools and organizational instructions to be able to elaborate, from a systemic perspective and on a business basis, projects that solve engineering problems in the field of rural construction.
Students must acquire the necessary elements for the design of buildings for livestock farms and greenhouses for plant production.
In this area, students will have to know the basic principles of facility design, the criteria for defining functional spaces for animals and for carrying out related operations, the principles of climate control and automation.

Applied Knowledge and Understanding
The course intends to help students acquire the knowledge and skills such as to:
- Be able to perform the professional roles of planner, works director and building tester;
- Design simple structural elements within the limits of the agronomist's professional competence;
- Define the planimetric distribution and the dimensions of the various parts of a livestock building and greenhouse for protected crops also in function of partial or total automation;
- Drawing up the energy balance of a livestock building and a greenhouse with the calculation of energy inputs and outputs.

Autonomy in Judgment
The course aims to develop students' autonomy of judgement, such as:
- Knowing how to choose between different layout solutions of the various departments in animal husbandry buildings;
- Knowing how to choose materials to define the degree of thermal insulation of a building;
- Conducting bibliographic research on scientific, regulatory, and technical sources, and delving into social, professional, and ethical considerations.

Communication Skills
The course also aims to enable students to develop specific skills through educational activities to ensure an adequate level of communication regarding ideas, problems, and solutions related to the technical and scientific training pertinent to rural construction.

Learning Skills
The course is designed to foster the development of the necessary skills in the use of technology, such as to ensure the student's constant updating of knowledge useful for the performance of his or her professional or scientific activity, with particular regard to the consultation of regulatory, legislative, technological, digital, methodological and experimental innovation sources in relation to rural construction.