Duration
18h Th, 18h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
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 objective is to give students an applied perspective of soil quality assesment. Introduction based on the European and Walloon legal texts. - Definition of soil quality. Identification of causes and consequences of pressures and threats on soil. - Soil sampling, practical caracterisation of main soil properties in the laboratory. - Collective work on the study of soil threats applied to a given territory.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
After completing the course the student is expected to - have a good idea about threats on soils, - have a basic knowledge about soil analysis and teir limitations, - develop strategies of identification and monitoring, - suggest means of prevention and correction/interpretation.
The course contributes to following skills:
* Design a experimental protocol or a sampling protocol adapted to one given question and interpret results ;
* Assess the sustainability of practices of environmental management based upon existing data.
The course certifies:
* Adaptation of experimental or sampling protocols to a specific issue and interpret results ;
* Quantification of environmental threats in water-soil-plant-atmosphere systems
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Pédologie générale Pédogenèse, référentiels internationaux de classification et hydrodynamique des sols
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- Face to face lectures and seminars,- Practical exercises on the field, - Group work under coaching
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Lectures and workshop : 6h Field trip : 6h Lab work : 18h Personal work : 6h
Recommended or required readings
Girard M.C. et al. (2005) Sols et Environnement, Dunod, 832 p. Defining Soil Quality for a Sustainable Environment (1994), Doran and al. ed., SSSA Spec. Public., 35, 244 p. + documents on e-campus
Assessment methods and criteria
Group report (100%)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Students need to succeed to a preliminary test prior to be authorized to get into the laboratory. The practical modalities of the test will be given in the introduction of the lecture.
Contacts
Colinet, Gilles Science du Sol 081 62 25 39 Gilles.Colinet@ulg.ac.be