Study Programmes 2015-2016
GERE0015-1  
Group project
Duration :
60h AUTR
Number of credits :
Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS)5
Lecturer :
Marc Aubinet, Collégialité
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 :
Group activity. The content may vary according to the project. It always refers to Environment Sciences and Technologies.
Learning outcomes of the course :
  • To utilize and synthesize acquired knowledge; to acquire autonomously new skills with the aim of jointly solving a specific problem in relation with Environment Sciences and Technologies.
  • Develop the inventiveness, the creativity, critical thinking and group cooperation.
At the end of the project, the student will be able to:
  • organize, schedule and realize a scientific project;
  • Carry out bibliographical researches and exploit their content;
  • be acquainted with practice the scientific techniques relative to the project theme;
  • conceive and carry out a scientific solution to a given problem;
  • work in team, participate to its organization and its efficiency;
  • write a synthetic scientific report present it orally and defend its results in front of a multidisciplinary jury.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Bachelor courses
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Seminaries with the coordinator and the Soft Skills team (assistance to group management presentation).
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Personal work framed by the scientific people in charge of promoting the project
Recommended or required readings :
Each project promoter may indicate reference books in relation with the project.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Based on a written report an on a group oral presentation followed by a question-answering session. The evaluation is organized only one time a year, in January. The note is obtained is valid for the two examination sessions.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Department President: Pr. M. Aubinet Coordinator: Pr. M. Aubinet