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| GEOL0268-2 | Introduction to Research
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| Duration : | 20h Th, 20h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Annick Anceau |
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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 first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| This course involves the preparation of the Master's Thesis. The topics hereafter will be dealt with :
- how to write and to organize the text
- how to prepare the oral presentation
- how to organize references for citing in papers (desktop writing tools, e.g. EndNote Web, Mendeley)
- how to do bibliographic research and to set up search alert related to the Master's Thesis. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Helping students to prepare their thesis. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Previous selection of the subject of the Master's Thesis. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The first part of the course is held within a computer classroom. During the second part of the course, students are required to work autonomously. They are invited to use all available documentation resources. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| A tutorial is at student's disposal. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The evaluation of the course is based on the following :
- the work carried out during the year,
- a written report (document research) summarizing the present state of knowledge about some topics related to the objectives of the Master's Thesis and the bibliography researched for this work,
- the oral presentation of the advancement of the Master's Thesis. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Dr Annick ANCEAU
Dép. ARGENCO/GEMME-GEO3
Chemin des chevreuils 1, Bât. B52
Premises 0/543
4000 Liège 1
Tel. 04/366 53 56
e-mail : a.anceau@ulg.ac.be |
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