Study Programmes 2016-2017
GIRI0018-1  
Modeling techniques and statistical analysis specialised in health
Duration :
18h Th, 40h Mon. WS
Number of credits :
Master de spécialisation en gestion intégrée des risques sanitaires dans les pays du sud4
Lecturer :
Johann Detilleux, Philippe Lejeune, Catherine Linard, Tanguy Marcotty, Claude Saegerman
Coordinator :
Johann Detilleux
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
Learning unit contents :
The course is divided in 4 modules
1/ general introduction
2/ Geographic ingormation systems
3/ Statistical analyses and mathematical modelling
4/ Wrapping conclusion
 
 
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
Introduction to GIS as a tool for spatial data capture, management and analysis in the context of the "one health". An important part of the course is dedicated to practical exercises, which allow students to discover a desktop GIS software (QGis) and to get familiar to statistical analyses of spatial data.
After completing the course the student is expected to be able to : - deal with the basic concepts of geographic information systems  - handle the main functions of a desktopGIS software (data visualisation, data selection, layer symbolisation, geoprocessing, layout preparation); - find and set up GIS resources (data, tools) on the web.  - carry out simple spatial analysis (descriptive statistics and regression models)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Basic knowledge of Excel
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
A (fictitious) game of spatial data will be used for the exercises and the theoretical courses. The students will also learn to download and to use free softwares for spatial data.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Lectures and online sessions and practical works.
Recommended or required readings :
- Pdf files containing the lectures support will be available through eCampus 
- Sutton T., Dassau O., Sutton M. [2009]. A Gentle Introduction to GIS - Brought to you with Quantum GIS, a Free and Open Source Software GIS Application for everyone. (http://linfiniti.com/dla/AGentleIntroductionToGIS.pdf)
Assessment methods and criteria :
Exercices and questions on theory
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
The course material and the data sets are provided to the students through eCampus
Contacts :
Lejeune Philippe -  p.lejeune@ulg.ac.be
Catherine Linard  - catherine.linard@unamur.be  
Ludovic Martinelle -  lmartinelle@ulg.ac.be
Tanguy Marcotty - tanguy.marcotty@gmail.com
Charles Michaux - charles.michaux@ulg.ac.be
Johann Detilleux - jdetilleux@ulg.ac.be