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| ENVT0017-1 | Current issues of sustainable development
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 20h Pr |
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| Number of credits : |
| Advanced Master in Development, Environment and Communities | | Second semester | | 3 |
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| Master in sciences and environment management | | Second semester | | 4 |
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| Master en sciences et gestion de l'environnement, à finalité spécialisée en développement durable, 1st year | | Second semester | | 4 |
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| Master en sciences et gestion de l'environnement, à finalité spécialisée en énergies renouvelables, 1st year | | Second semester | | 4 |
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| Master en sciences et gestion de l'environnement, à finalité spécialisée en intervention technique, 1st year | | Second semester | | 4 |
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| Master en sciences et gestion de l'environnement, à finalité spécialisée en interfaces sociétés-environnements, 1st year | | Second semester | | 4 |
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| Master en sciences et gestion de l'environnement, à finalité spécialisée en surveillance de l'environnement, 1st year | | Second semester | | 4 |
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| Master en sciences et gestion de l'environnement, à finalité spécialisée en procédés biologiques de valorisation des déchets, 1st year | | Second semester | | 4 |
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| Lecturer : | Catherine Mougenot, Pierre M. Stassart |
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| Coordinator : | Catherine Mougenot |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| Discovery, in depth analysis and communication around five "special questions". Those questions are particularly significant from an environmental and sustainable development's point of view : animal wellbeing, nature's management, food sovereignty, biofuel, fair trade and equitable consumption, etc. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| A double objective is assigned with this course:
1. To increase students'awareness of "special questions", i.e. whose relevance is particularly acute in a sustainable development approach (for example: the space management according to conservation, to animal wellbeing, to food sovereignty,etc.).
2. To get students to communicate orally to a public of "non-scientists" on one of thoses issues. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| None |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The student chooses a question which will be at the heart of its oral presentation: search for informations, talk's elaboration and preparation for a communication, etc). |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 1. One week presentation of five questions (one day per issue).
2. Later on: two collective working days for the preparation of the talks.
3. Individual student's work in order to finalize his talk.
4. End of the year: a one day presentation in front of a board of a panel of laymen. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Collection of articles |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The evaluation of the board will be balanced by those of the supervisors. |
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Organizational remarks :
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| None |
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Contacts :
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| Pierre Stassart
P.Stassart@ulg.ac.be
063 230 816
Catherine Mougenot
cmougenot@ulg.ac.be
063 230 866 |
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