Duration
8h Th, 40h FT
Number of credits
| Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
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
Part 1 : Forest Field trip : visits, thinning, "marteloscope". Part 2 : Team project about a forest management problem proposed by the field managers.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The students will be able to elaborate and compare sylvicultural scenarios in field complex conditions.
They will gain in sylvicultural experience, be able to use their knowledge in different contexts.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Good knowledge in sylviculture
Hard skills in landscape interpretation (geomorphopedology, site analysis,...)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Field trip with practical exercises Team Work
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
Recommended readings following the proposed exercises and team works
Assessment methods and criteria
Team work Report Defense the report during the course
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
One week field trip outside Belgium (France)