2018-2019 / GEOG2040-1

GIScience

Duration

15h Th, 20h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in geography : geomatics and surveying (120 ECTS)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Roland Billen, Pierre Hallot

Coordinator

Roland Billen

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course deals with the discovery of the GIScience field, first through a general and transveral introduction and then focusing on severals cutting-edge researches.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, the student will be able to

  • associate the various concepts acquired during his / her studies with the domains of the science of geographic information;
  • identify and address research topics of the discipline;
  • to link a scientific article of the discipline to a particular sector;
  • summarize a domain conference abstract and communicate on.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Basic and advances knowledge in Geographic Information Systems.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

introduction courses followed by research seminars. An inverted class approach is applied.

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

Face-to-face / seminars

Recommended or required readings

Some specific lectures will be proposed to the students depending on seminars' topics.

Assessment methods and criteria

Seminars' report / evaluation oral presentation

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Prof. Roland Billen and Prof. Pierre Hallot
rbillen@uliege.be - p.hallot@uliege.be
Thank you to communicate via email or e-campus.
In case of emergency only : 0499 298768 (Hallot)