2019-2020 / FORE0032-1

Forestry itineraries

Duration

6h Th, 30h FT

Number of credits

 Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS)4 crédits 

Lecturer

Hugues Claessens

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

Part 1 : Forest Field trip : visits, thinning, "marteloscope".

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

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

One week field trip outside Belgium (France)

Contacts

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

Assessment subjects

Assessment methods

Contacts

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

Assessment methods

Contacts