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| GEOG0205-1 | Introduction to Economical Geography | ||||||||
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 15h Pr, 2,5d FW | ||||||||
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| Holder(s) : | Bernadette Merenne‑Schoumaker | ||||||||
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| Course contents : | The theoretical course is divided in four parts. The first part (3h) is related to the history of economic geography within the perspective of the evolution of the geography in general, in order to precise the originality of both, its methods and its issues. The second and the third parts are related with the study of two major resources: energy (9h) and agriculture (9h). This analysis is related with the production, but also with market mechanisms as well as with environmental issues. The fourth part is dealing with transport geography (9h): network implementation, supply and demand, key-players and impacts. | ||||||||
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| Course objective : | The objective of the course is to give an introduction to the issue of economic geography, in relation with three key-areas : energy geography, agriculture geography, transport geography. | ||||||||
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| Prerequisites : | Course of Bac 1 : "Introduction à la géographie économique et sociale" Course of Bac 2 : "Economie politique générale" (J. Defourny). | ||||||||
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| Organization : | - 10 sessions (3 hours) of theoretical lectures - 5 sessions of workshops on basic learning processes: critical reading of a text, statistical data analysis, graphic realization, realization of a powerpoint presentation. - 2,5 days of fieldwork : 1 day for the visit of 2 electric power plant, 0,5 day for the visit of 2 farms et 1 day for the visit of the Antwerp harbour. | ||||||||
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| Written notes : | 4 volumes will be available : 1. B. Mérenne-Schoumaker, Introduction à la géographie économique, 2005, 30 p., inédit. 2. B. Mérenne-Schoumaker, Géographie de l'énergie, Nathan Université, Coll. Géographie d'Aujourd'hui, Paris, 1997 (2e éd.), 192 p. + compl. stat. 50 p. 3. B. Mérenne-Schoumaker, Localisation des productions agricoles, Nathan Université, Coll. Géographie d'Aujourd'hui, Paris, 1999, 192 p. 4. E . Mérenne, Géographie des transports. Contraintes et enjeux, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Didact Géographie, 2003, 279 p. | ||||||||
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| Assessment : | Oral exam (with a 30 minutes written preparation) = 75% of the quotation Powerpoint presentation related to a question of the day in relation to one of the three parts of the theortical course = 25% of the quotation. | ||||||||
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| Contacts : | Professeur : B. Mérenne-Schoumaker tél. : 04/366 53 24 - fax : 04/366 56 30 e-mail : B.Merenne@ulg.ac.be Assistant : J.-M. Halleux tél. : 04/366 53 27 - fax : 04/366 56 30 e-mail : Jean-Marie.Halleux@ulg.ac.be Secrétaire : C. Sarto tél. : 04/366 56 23 - fax : 04/366 56 30 e-mail : C.Sarto@ulg.ac.be | ||||||||
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ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 27/02/2006
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