Study Programmes 2015-2016
GEOG2034-1  
Territorial Policies Seminar and Territorial Projects
Duration :
40h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in geography : general (120 ECTS)3
Lecturer :
Jean-Marie Halleux
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 learning unit is a practical application of the learning unit "[GEOG2033-1] Spatial development". The learning unit is divided into two main parts:
1. European regional policies   1.1. European regional policies before 2013   1.2. European regional policy 2014 - 2020
2. Unequal development of European territories   2.1. Analytical tools to analyse and understand territorial disparities   2.1.1. Actors of the European territorial governance   2.1.2. The « Chorématique » method   2.1.3. The « Electre » method   2.2. Territorial disparities and development policies in a European country
Learning outcomes of the course :
On the basis of the learning unit, the student will be able:
  • to observe, describe, understand, model and built hypothesizes on regional disparities within a country, on the basis of texts, statistics and spatial data sets he will have gathered;
  • to understand and to review territorial development strategies, to link them with the theory, to identify territorial needs, to identify territorial actors and their interactions;
  • to use appropriated tools in order to analyse, model and represent regional disparities ;
  • to position itself as an expert of territorial issues.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
General knowledge of the European territory, the European history and the European institutions Basic statistical analysis, cartography, basic design software Passive knowledge of English
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The learning unit alternates theoretical lectures, methodological seminars, individual work, group work, oral presentations and individual and collective follow-up.
Two main learning activities are planned:
  • Development and oral presentation of a synthetic presentation on the 2014 - 2020 European regional policy (group work). The presentation is the subject of a collective formative evaluation.
  • Preparation of an expert report on regional disparities and development policies in a European country. The report and its presentation will be evaluated by the supervisor (final score of the learning unit).
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
The learning unit includes mandatory sessions, non-mandatory follow-up and personal work.
Recommended or required readings :
Documents available on MyULg.
Assessment methods and criteria :
The global grade of the learning unit is based on the assessment of the expert report. The evaluation of the expert report and its oral presentation is based on a specific evaluation framework presented on the first course. Assessment criteria are the research quality, the report quality and the oral presentation quality.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Teaching in the second semester.
Contacts :
Lecturer      Prof. J.-M. Halleux Assistant     C. Breuer, assistant Contact        Département de Géographie, Clos Mercator 3 (bât. B11), bur. +1/7, 4000 Liège christophe.breuer@ulg.ac.be ; +32 (0) 4 366 5180