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Master in Geography : General
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Credits

One-year master program (60 ECTS)

Access conditions to the Master 60 (http://www.ulg.ac.be/cms/c_46108/master-en-sciences-geographiques-orientation-generale)

Compulsory courses

GEOG0238-1

Geographical Information Systems - Jean‑Paul Donnay
30
30
-
6

GEOG0603-2

Analysis and management of landscapes - Serge Schmitz - [2d FW]
15
30
[+]
4

GEOG2008-3

Territorial development and spatial planning - Jean‑Marie Halleux - [1d FW]
30
30
[+]
5

GEOG2009-1

Sporck Chair - Marie‑Françoise Durand, Bernadette Merenne‑Schoumaker
15
-
-
1

GEOG0222-3

Rural Geography - Serge Schmitz - [3d FW]
30
16
[+]
5

GEOG0605-1

Regional geography and geomorphology - François Petit - [4d FW]
20
-
[+]
3

GEOG0630-3

Climatic geomorphology - Aurelia Hubert - [4d FW]
30
15
[+]
4

GEOG0633-1

Rivers dynamics - François Petit - [2d FW]
15
15
[+]
3

GEOG0036-1

Morphotectonics and volcanism - Alain Demoulin - [2d FW]
25
15
[+]
4

ENVT0030-2

Managing the environment (transitional issues, instruments, case studies) - Jean‑Marie Hauglustaine, François Melard, Marc Mormont, Catherine Mougenot, Pierre M. Stassart
24
12
-
3

ENVT0848-3

Impacts of human activities on ecosystems and including land use - Célia Joaquim‑Justo, Angélique Léonard, Roberto Renzoni, Emmanuël Sérusiaux
20
10
-
2

SMEM0031-1

Final thesis - Collégialité
-
-
-
15

Optional courses

With the approval of the Board of Studies, choose one or two courses totaling 5 ECTS, depending on the final thesis :

Geographical sciences

GEOG0242-2

Applied geomorphology and methods to study continental deposits - Geoffrey Houbrechts - [2d FW]
20
15
[+]
5

GEOG0261-1

Surveys and field protocols - Serge Schmitz - [1d FW]
15
15
[+]
3

GEOG0618-2

Real estate markets - Jean‑Marie Halleux
15
10
-
2



Students who have already taken the cours Real estate markets must choose, with the approval of the Board of Studies, one course totaling 2 ECTS not already taken in the 3rd year of Bachelor or in one of the programmes of Master in Geography.

Environmental management

ENVT0031-2

Society / Environment (epistemology, law, economics and social sciences towards the environment) - François Melard, Marc Mormont
24
12
-
3

ENVT0013-3

Assessment tools (impact assessment, LCA) - Alain Hanson, Jacques Nicolas, Nathalie Semal
12
12
-
2



Notice Students who choose the two courses from the "Environmental Science and Management" module will have direct access to the 2nd year of the Masters in Environmental Science and Management, organised on the Arlon campus. Other students will also have access to the 2nd year of the Masters in Environmental Science and Management, on the condition that they take these two courses in addition to the 60 credits for this study year.

Two-Year Master Program (120 ECTS)

Access conditions to the Master 120 (http://www.ulg.ac.be/cms/c_46108/master-en-sciences-geographiques-orientation-generale)

First Year

Core courses common to the study paths

Compulsory courses

GEOG0238-1

Geographical Information Systems - Jean‑Paul Donnay
30
30
-
6

GEOG0622-1

Project management - Jean‑Paul Donnay
10
10
-
2

GEOG0605-1

Regional geography and geomorphology - François Petit - [4d FW]
20
-
[+]
3

GEOG0631-2

Seminars - Collégialité - [20h SEM]
-
-
[+]
2

Notice Collegiality = Geography team

Courses specific to the Study Path

Compulsory courses

PHYS0209-2

Numerical methods in physics - Thierry Bastin
15
20
-
3

GEOG0216-3

Cartographic projections - Jean‑Paul Donnay
15
20
-
3

GEOG0262-2

Methods of spatial data acquisition - Roland Billen, René Warnant - [3d FW]
15
15
[+]
4

GEOG2008-3

Territorial development and spatial planning - Jean‑Marie Halleux - [1d FW]
30
30
[+]
5

GEOG0222-3

Rural Geography - Serge Schmitz - [3d FW]
30
16
[+]
5

GEOG0630-3

Climatic geomorphology - Aurelia Hubert - [4d FW]
30
15
[+]
4

GEOG0036-1

Morphotectonics and volcanism - Alain Demoulin - [2d FW]
25
15
[+]
4

GEOL0006-1

Rocks and sedimentary processes - Frédéric Boulvain - [1d FW]
30
-
[+]
4



Students who have already taken the cours Numerical methods in physics and Cartographic projectionsmust choose, with the approval of the Board of Studies, courses totaling 6 ECTS not already taken in the 3rd year of Bachelor.

Optional courses

With the approval of the Board of Studies, choose one option from the following :

Basis of geomorphology

GEOG0242-2

Applied geomorphology and methods to study continental deposits - Geoffrey Houbrechts - [2d FW]
20
15
[+]
5

GEOG2012-1

Coastal geomorphology - Aurelia Hubert - [2d FW]
20
10
[+]
3

GEOL1025-1

Elements of determinative mineralogy - André‑Mathieu Fransolet
15
15
-
3

GEOG0633-1

Rivers dynamics - François Petit - [2d FW]
15
15
[+]
4

Basis of territorial development and geomatics

GEOG0643-1

Governance methods and tools - Christine Partoune
10
10
-
3

GEOG0261-1

Surveys and field protocols - Serge Schmitz - [1d FW]
15
15
[+]
3

GEOG2009-1

Sporck Chair - Marie‑Françoise Durand, Bernadette Merenne‑Schoumaker
15
-
-
1

With the approval of the Board of Studies : choose 8 ECTS from the following courses :

ARCH2004-2

Concrete case study : urban projects (partim) - Jacques Teller
30
-
-
3

ESHY0016-1

Ecology Applied to Urban Planning and Land Management (part 1) - Emmanuël Sérusiaux
15
15
-
3

ECON0007-2

Public Management and Transport Economics - Henry‑Jean Gathon
30
15
-
5

GEOG0234-1

Photogrammetry - Yves Cornet
30
15
-
5
[...]With the agreement of the council of studies students can also choose any other course in the program at the University of Liege.-

Second year (new programme for 2011-2012)

Core courses common to the study paths

Compulsory courses

GEOG0025-1

Research Design in Spatial Sciences - Jean‑Paul Donnay
10
10
-
2

SPOL2209-3

Environmental and land policies - Quentin Michel
30
-
-
3

GEOG0007-1

Thesis supervision and seminars - Collégialité
-
-
-
2

SMEM0033-1

Final thesis - Collégialité
-
-
-
20

Courses specific to the Study Path

Compulsory course

GEOG0650-2

Impact studies - Guénaël Devillet
10
20
-
3

Choose one of the following focus :

Teaching focus

Compulsory courses

AESS0246-1

Analysis of scolastic institutions and key-players, educational policies - Jacqueline Beckers
15
-
-
1

AESS0247-1

Views on cultural diversity - Jérôme Jamin
10
-
-
1

AESS0248-1

Elements of sociology of education - Jean‑François Guillaume
10
-
-
1

AESS0140-1

Professional ethics and training to neutrality and citizenship - Anne Herla
25
-
-
2

AESS0202-1

General didactics: course and exercises ; observation placements ; reflexive practices - Annick Fagnant - [10h Internship]
30
10
[+]
4

AESS0004-1

Media education - Geneviève Van Cauwenberge
15
-
-
1

AESS0249-1

Interdisciplinary seminar - Annick Fagnant
15
-
-
1

AESS0143-1

Educational Psychology of adolescents and young adults - Annick Fagnant
15
-
-
2

AESS0142-1

Seminar on prevention and management of difficult school situations - Jocelyne Robert
15
-
-
2

AESS0218-1

Special didactics in geography (part I)



6

- Course and exercises - Christine Partoune
40
-
-

- Training course : teaching observation - Christine Partoune - [10h Internship]
-
-
[+]

- Training course : teaching - Christine Partoune - [20h Internship]
-
-
[+]

- Reflexive practical work - Christine Partoune
-
5
-

AESS0236-1

Special didactics in geography (part II)



9

- Course and exercises - Christine Partoune
35
-
-

- Teaching placements - Christine Partoune - [20h Internship]
-
-
[+]

- Reflexive practical work - Christine Partoune
-
5
-

- School practical outside lectures - Christine Partoune
-
10
-

Professional focus in geomorphology

Compulsory courses

GEOG0642-1

Dynamic geomorphology - Collégialité, François Petit - [1d FW]
15
15
[+]
3

Notice Collegiality = Physical Geography team

GEOG0033-2

Applied Hydrology - François Petit - [1d FW]
15
15
[+]
3

GEOG0263-1

Geomatics applied to geomorphology - Yves Cornet
10
10
-
2

GEOG0635-2

Introduction to modeling in geomorphology - Aurelia Hubert
20
20
-
4

GEOG0008-1

Geophysics - René Warnant - [1d FW]
25
-
[+]
3

GEOG0632-1

Hillslope processes - Aurelia Hubert - [1d FW]
10
-
[+]
2

GEOL0282-1

Sedimentary and environmental geochemistry - Nathalie Fagel
20
20
-
4

GEOL0013-3

Hydrogeology - Alain Dassargues
20
20
-
3

GEOG0264-1

Geomorphological survey - Collégialité - [4d FW]
-
15
[+]
6

Notice Collegiality = Physical Geography team

Professional focus in Territorial development and geomatics

Compulsory courses

SSTG0014-1

Internship in a company or in an administration - Collégialité
-
-
-
12

GEOG0265-1

Geomatics applied to the analysis of the territories - Jean‑Paul Donnay
10
10
-
2

GEOG0603-2

Analysis and management of landscapes - Serge Schmitz - [2d FW]
15
30
[+]
4

GEOG0659-2

Geomarketing - Guénaël Devillet
15
30
-
4

GEOG0618-3

Real estate markets - Jean‑Marie Halleux
15
25
-
4

GEOG0644-1

Regional Survey, Workshops and Fieldworks - Serge Schmitz - [5d FW]
15
15
[+]
4



Students who have already taken the cours Numerical methods in physics must choose, with the approval of the Board of Studies, one course totaling 4 ECTS not already taken in the 3rd year of Bachelor or in one of the programmes of Master in Geography.



Students can also choose an optional module offered by the partner universities of Montpellier (France) and Sherbrooke (Canada).

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