Study Programmes 2015-2016
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Information representation
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Duration :
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| Part 1 : Indicators : 8h Th, 4h Pr Part 2 : Analysis of systems as a method of data management : 8h Th, 4h Pr Part 3 : Spatial information : 12h Th, 12h Pr |
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Part 1 : Indicators : Anne-Claude Romain
Part 2 : Analysis of systems as a method of data management : Philippe Andre Part 3 : Spatial information : Bernard Tychon |
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Coordinator :
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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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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||||||||
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Course contents :
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Part 1 : Indicators
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| Construction of global environmental indicators:
- usefulness of global indicators
- choice and aggregation of variables
- normalization
- quality of a good indicator
- International systems of environmental indicators and sustainable development
- different approaches to the construction of indicators (models: PSR, DSR, DPSIR)
- presentation of indicators in environmental reports
- examples of indicators
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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Part 1 : Indicators
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| The student will be able to interpret and manipulate environmental indicators. He can use them in reports. | |||||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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Part 1 : Indicators
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Part 1 : Indicators
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| ex-cathedra lectures and group brainstorming on the construction of indicators. | |||||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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Part 1 : Indicators
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| face-to-face | |||||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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Part 1 : Indicators
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| Power Point presentations. | |||||||||||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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Part 1 : Indicators
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| homework report on a selected indicator | |||||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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Part 1 : Indicators
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| 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 5932 (0) 63 23 08 59(0) 63 23 08 59(0) 63 23 08 5932 (0) 63 23 08 59
Fax: 32 (0)63 23 08 00
acromain@ulg.ac.be
Call Send SMS Add to Skype You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype |
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Items online :
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Part 2 : Analysis of systems as a method of data management
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 | Information representation - System Analsis, 2nd part Power Point presentations of oral lessons. Data file for identification exercise |
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