FORE0028-1 : Group project

Study Programmes 2016-2017

FORE0028-1

Group project

Duration :

72h AUTR

Number of credits :

Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS)		6

Lecturer :

Hugues Claessens

Coordinator :

Hugues Claessens

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

Learning unit contents :

The "Narture and Forest Management" project (NFM project) is conducted by a working team of 3 to 5 students assisted by a project superviser. 2 types of projects are proposed:

"applied" project similar to the job of a technical consultant;
"scientific" project conducting a scientific research supposed to lead to the drafting of a scientific paper.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

The aim of the project is to train the student on how to carry out a team project form the conception to the presentation of the results:

to arganize the work in groupe (soft skills for common decisions, working packages distribution, meetings, etc.)
to use the necessary skills acquired during the bioengineer course of study;
to present and defend its report face to an examining board.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

The project uses the hard skills acquired during the bioengineer courss. The necessary knowledge depends on the project requirements.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

The students conceive their project and realize it together with the support of their project supervisor.
Midway, they present a progress report containing the project context, the methodology, data, working organizing, expected results, etc. At the end, they produce a final report that is presented and defended face to an examining board.

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

Teaching by project