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| GEOG0620-1 | Economic geography of the sea
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| Duration : | 20h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Bernadette Merenne-Schoumaker |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| The course is made of five main parts:
1. The maritime space: configuration, general management and issues;
2. The exploitation and the management of halieutic resources (fisheries and aquaculture fisheries; products markets);
3. The exploitation and the management of other natural resources (energy, water, mineral products ...);
4. Other economic valorisation (maritime transport and harbours, littoral industries, tourism);
5. The littorals: territories threaded under pressure that have to be better managed. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The general objective of the course is to heighten students' awareness of the two problems of sea exploitation and littoral management.
The operational objective is to be able to assess a country or a region situation concerning the fishing activity and/or the aquaculture activity and/or other kind of economic valorisation (a SWOT analysis). |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Capacity to analyse and treat data. Capacity to realize a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats).
An open attitude towards social and economic problems is also expected as well as a good basic economic and social culture. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Two workshops of analysis and data processing will be proposed : one on the status of fisheries and aquaculture in a country and the other on the market of a product. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Alternatively phases of theoretical lectures, phases of data treatment and phases of student presentation. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Written notes with ± 130 pages. Statistical and documentary annexes with ± 100 pages. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Students have to complete a twenty pages work and shall present it orally by using a presentation software.
This work is evaluated by both the student and the teacher, based on an evaluation grid distributed to students. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| - 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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