Duration
18h Th, 30h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in environmental science and management (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits | |||
| Master in environmental science and management (60 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
EMS part : ISO 14001 standard as case study: history and epistemological, socio-political and technical stakes of environmental management; implementation: actors, methods, practices and pitfalls in and for organization
LCA part: This course aims to place life cycle analysis in the scope of environmental assessment tools for management. It includes three parts: LCA stakes and uses, introduction to methodology; elements for a critical reading of a LCA
Part : Studies on Environment Impact Assessment (EIA):
This course aims to inform about the tools of environmental impact assessment and impact studies. The course consists of three parts: historical backgrounds and legislative framework, review of the content and methodology of EIA and critical reading of published examples of EIA
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
LCA PArt
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- to order and afollow up LCA: define information needs about product life cycle; define broad methodological outlines; use LCA results for managerial decision and follow up
- to work in team at a LCA project
Part : EIA
After this course the student will be able to:
- Position as sponsor or take active part in an EIA; identify the information needed about a project; define the outline of the process and the EIA table of contents; assess the validity and relevance of an EIA carried out with regards to environmental issues; extract environmental results in a management perspective...
- Participate within a team to an EIA.
EMS Part: be able to understand implications and theorical and operational limits of environmental management and of a particular normative model; to identify and integrate various stakes in the field; to use methods in real-life EMS implementation process
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture - PW: critical review of an EIA - visit
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face - Team work
Recommended or required readings
Lecture notes
Assessment methods and criteria
LCA ans EMS part: Commun wrritten exam EIA part: Team work
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The lecture is organized at ULG Campus of Arlon - 2nd semester
Contacts
Nathalie Semal: n.semal@uliege.be
Alain Hanson: alain.hanson@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
EIA part: the course sessions are given remotely via lifesize. The subjects for group work are made available to students and any contacts with the teacher for group work are mediated by any ad hoc ICT LCA / carbon footprint part: the course sessions are given remotely via lifesize. The subjects for group work / practical work are made available to students and any contacts with the teacher for group work are mediated by any ad hoc ICT EMS part: all course sessions were given in person before confinement Given the confinement rules, the field visit is canceled
Assessment subjects
EIA part: matter seen from a distance
LCA / carbon footprint part: LCA / Carbon footprint: Presentation of a general and illustrated definition of an environmental impact taken into account by the Belgian TOTEM software. The distance presentation (Lifesize visio-conference) of the group work (a 10-slides PowerPoint) is organized at the date foreseen in CELCAT.
EMS part: the material seen during the course, the slides and readings made available in e-campus are part of the material, according to the procedures specified
Assessment methods
EIA part: written work consisting in the in-depth reading and analysis of an EIA, to be sent by email to the teacher for the date provided for in CELCAT
LCA / Carbon footprint: LCA part: LCA / Carbon footprint: no examination strictly speaking. The notation of the practical exercise wil be the notation of the LCA/Carbon footprint part of the course.
SME part: open book written exam via the e-campus platform: questions (open, reflection) will be communicated to students on the date and at the time provided for in CELCAT. From this moment, the students will have 1h30 to send their answers to the teacher in the form of a word document via the platform, and / or by email
Contacts
EIA part: Alain Hanson alain.hanson@uliege.be
LCA/carbon footprint part: Jean-Marie Hauglustaine jmhauglustaine@uliege.be
EMS part: Nathalie Semal N.Semal@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Items online
EMS slides
EMS slides