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| GEOG2009-1 | Sporck Chair
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| Duration : | 15h Th |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Master in Geographical Sciences, general orientation, in-depth approach, 1st year |  | First semester |  | 1 |
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| Master in Geographical Sciences, general orientation, didactic approach, 1st year |  | First semester |  | 1 |
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| Master en sciences géographiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en développement territorial et géomatique, 1st year |  | First semester |  | 1 |
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| Master in Geographical Sciences, general orientation, specialized approach, 1st year |  | First semester |  | 1 |
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| Master en sciences géographiques, orientation géomatique et géométrologie, à finalité spécialisée, 1st year |  | First semester |  | 1 |
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| Master en sciences géographiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en géomorphologie, 1st year |  | First semester |  | 1 |
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| Master in Geographical Sciences, general orientation |  | First semester |  | 1 |
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| Holder(s) : | Bernadette Merenne‑Schoumaker, Richard Shearmur |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | For 13 years, the Sporck Chair, created through the Sporck Foundation, allows to invite a foreign renowned colleague in order to ensure students of Master in Geographical Sciences a teaching about a non-treated field at the ULg. This year, the holder of this chair is Richard Shearmur, professor and researcher at the Centre "Urbanisation Culture Société" in Montréal. The theme of the course is " The Urban and regional Economy". |
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| Course objective : | Opening students to other issues and other forms of thought. |
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| Prerequisites : | Having followed the normal curriculum in Geographic Sciences at the ULg |
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| Workshops : | None |
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| Organization : | The course will revolve around 5 seminars
1. The spatial and regional Economy of Canada
2. Innovation and Territory
3. The superior Services and Innovation
4. Intra-metropolitan urban Forms
5. Territorial Development Policy and Regional Growth |
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| Written notes : | Preliminary reading
M. Polèse et R. Shearmur, Economie urbaine et régionale. Introduction à la géographie économique, Paris : Econmica, 2005, 2e édition. |
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| Assessment : | Questions at the end of the course. A compulsory question and 3 chosen questions to be prepared in writing for an oral examination |
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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
- Secrétaire : C. Sarto tél. : 04/366 56 23 - fax : 04/366 56 30 e-mail : C.Sarto@ulg.ac.be |
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