Duration
Number of credits
| Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS) | 24 crédits |
Lecturer
Jacques Hebert, Arnaud Monty, N...
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
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The second quadrimester of Master 2 is devoted to preparing the end-of-study work. It consists in personal scientific work on a topic defined jointly with the promoter. The work can be a planning or managing assignment as well as research work. It can be carried out in a laboratory, a private or public research center, or a company, and take place in Belgium, Europe, or overseas. After completing the course the student is expected to:
- demonstrate that he can work independently;
- identify and solve a problem, whose complexity matches educational objectives and the amount of time available.
- handle the engineer sciences and use them. He can analyse mathematically and in a computer way a problem and he modelize it;
- can use innovative methods to solve problems
- detect and use the different methods of problems resolution
- Innovate, conduct research and conceive scientific and technical solutions allowing him to define products, systems and services
- use conception and modelling methodology and can see their limit;
- can choose, apply and adapt them;
- collect and interpret data and scientific relevant information, including in unfamiliar environment;
- can do scientific reseraches and appropriate experimentations lonely or in group;
- conceptualize models, systems and process in a real way;
- Can identify, classify and describe the products performance, systems and services by analyse or modelling methods;
- can conceive projects corresponding to exigeances or specifications totally define or not, eventually complex, unfamiliar, in uncertain environment or with uncomplete information;
- cooperate with the world of researcher and engineer of the speciality or not;
- show critical mind and creativity to developp original and new ideas (technic, methodological or comercial innovation) and new technology;
- Find scientific and technologic solutions;
- can use the theory and practice to solve engineering problems and offer trustworthy solutions;
- differentiate lots of equipment: their characteristics, use and limits;
- differentiate methods and process;
- assure a conform achievement;
- Confirm his works by a well-focused choose of tests;
- Estimate the cost
- Organize his work and can work with autonomy
- integrate an organization, understand the different roles and have a team spirit;
- communicate effectively, correctly and diversified with the engineering community and a large public (information, works, results).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Recommended or required readings
Assessment methods and criteria
Personal report (100%)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
The realization of the master thesis is likely to need adaptations because of the lockdown.
For the students who can keep on working from home without major changes, the promotor will help and potentially adapt the expectations.
The students who could not complete the data acquisition, but who already have a significant dataset, finalize the master thesis using the available data.
For the students who could not start the data acquisition, it is recommended that the work is reoriented with the promotor.
Assessment subjects
The learning outcomes are unchanged.
Assessment methods
The evaluation methods will a priori remain unchanged, though the juries will take into account the constraints induced by the lockdown.
Contacts
Arnaud.monty@uliege.be
The promotor remains the main contact person.