Study Programmes 2015-2016
ENVT0849-2  
Collection and treatment of environmental information including systems analysis
Duration :
18h Th, 18h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in environmental science and management (120 ECTS)3
Lecturer :
Philippe Andre, Anne-Claude Romain
Coordinator :
Philippe Andre
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
The lecture presents the different steps of data collection and processing for environmental studies, including the system analysis approach.
It includes 2 chapters given by different lecturers:
Chapter 1: Data collection (Anne-Claude Romain-1.5credit) -fundamental notions of measurement, scales and units, uncertainties, graphical data processing.
Chapter 2: System analysis (Philippe André-1.5 credit) -initiation to the system analysis techniques and its application to environmental problems.
Learning outcomes of the course :
Chapter 1: To provide basic features allowing data collection in the environment, coping with field requirements and measurement uncertainties.
Chapter 2 : To initiate the student to the language and the tools of system analysis. To demonstrate the application of the concepts on different examples dealing with environmental issues.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Fundamentals of mathematics
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Chapter 1 : The course tackles various practical case studies.
Chapter 2 : 6h in alternance with the theoretical course
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
The lecture is given in modules covering each a half-day of 4 hours (1 credit=3 half-days), in an independent way for each lecturer, but within a condensed time period in theory-practice alternance.
Recommended or required readings :
Chapter 1: Copy of the slides available; course notes in preparation.
Chapitre 2 : Copy of the slides available; course notes in preparation.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Closed-book written exam, only 1 exam for the 2 chapters. Questions are based upon practical examples to try students in real-life situation.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Philippe ANDRE Département des Sciences et Gestion de l'Environnement Université de Liège-Campus d'Arlon Avenue de Longwy, 185 B-6700 ARLON Belgium Tel: 32 (0) 63 23 08 5832 (0) 63 23 08 58 Fax: 32 (0)63 23 08 00 Email: p.andre@ulg.ac.be
Anne-Claude ROMAIN
Département des Sciences et Gestion de l'Environnement Université de Liège-Campus d'Arlon Avenue de Longwy, 185 B-6700 ARLON Belgium Tel: 32 (0) 63 23 08 5732 (0) 63 23 08 579 Fax: 32 (0)63 23 08 00 Email:acromain@ulg.ac.be(j.nicolas@ulg.ac.be )
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Items online :
System Analysis
Power Point presentations of oral lectures