Duration
24h Th, 12h Pr, 6d FW
Number of credits
| Bachelor in geography : general | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course questions man's relationship to nature, most of the time using a critical approach to the social and political construction of nature. It emphasizes a holistic view of relationships with nature that combines natural sciences, social sciences and geographic approach.
The six chapters discuss principles of adaptation and precaution, exploitation of natural resources, natural risks management, cultural construction of biodiversity, desertification, relationship to technology and nesting of spatial scales.
A week of fieldwork will allow participants to understand the complexity of human environment relations within a Mediterranean geosystem.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Identify environmental issues of a situation or a space
- Pay attention to the political nature of positions concerning environmental issues
- Develop a multiscalar approach to environmental issues
- Discuss and elaborate argument in Environmental approaches
- Write Recommendations
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
English B2
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Flipped classroom based on readings and discussion animated by the students
Fieldwork to implement analysis tools
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Individual preparation, presential classes and fieldwork
Recommended or required readings
Castree N, Demeritt D., Liverman D., Rhoads B., 2009. A Companion to Environmental Geography, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 588 p.
Castree N., Hulme M., Proctor J.D., 2018. Companion to Environmental Studies, Routlege Textbook, 848 p.
Assessment methods and criteria
The evaluation is based on the three main activities of the course:
- 30% for the preparations and the participation during the six classes;
- 30% for the participation during the fieldwork, including the writing of collective reports;
- 40% for an oral examination.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Prof. serge SCHMITZ, S.Schmitz@uliege.be
Prof. Pierre OZER, pozer@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
LiveSize meetings
Video podcast realized by students
Posponement of fieldtrip in 2021
Assessment subjects
The chapters submitted to students and their discussion during the course.
Assessment methods
Essay (2000 words/3 hours) on an issue relating to environmental geography, which properly includes concepts analysed during the course. (50%)
Assessment of the oral presentations and videos (50%)