GEOG0620-1 : Economic geography of the sea

Study Programmes 2015-2016

GEOG0620-1

Economic geography of the sea

Duration :

20h Th

Number of credits :

Master in oceanography (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Bernadette Merenne-Schoumaker

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

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.

Learning outcomes of the course :

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).

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

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.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

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.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Alternatively phases of theoretical lectures, phases of data treatment and phases of student presentation.