Group project

Duration

54h AUTR

Number of credits

Lecturer

Adeline Fayolle

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

The "Nature and Forest Management" project (NFM project) is conducted by a working team of 3 to 5 students assisted by a project superviser. 2 types of projects are proposed:

• "applied" project similar to the job of a technical consultant;
• "scientific" project conducting a scientific research supposed to lead to the drafting of a scientific paper.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The aim of the project is to train the student on how to carry out a team project form the conception to the presentation of the results:

• to organize the work in groupe (soft skills for common decisions, working packages distribution, meetings, etc.)
• to use the necessary skills acquired during the bioengineer course of study;
• to present and defend its report face to an examining board.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

The project uses the hard skills acquired during the bioengineer courss. The necessary knowledge depends on the project requirements.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The students conceive their project and realize it together with the support of their project supervisor.
Midway, the students have to present an intermediate document containing the work in progress (project context, the methodology, the available data, the organization of the work,...) and the expected results at the end of the project. A debrieffing on the group functioning is also organized at this stage with the softskills group of ULiège.
At the end, the students produce a final report that is presented (in English) and defended in front of an examining board.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Teaching by project

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

Depending on the projects

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

The evaluation of the group project is collective and based on:

• the evaluation of the project superviser, based on the quality of the final report and the team organizing and functioning;
• the evaluation of the presentation of the final report and the discussion with the examining board composed of project supervisers.

• the student will present in 5 minutes (5 slides) key aspects of the project and/or aspects the student would personnaly like to highlight;
• the student inteact during 5 minuts with the English teacher(s) and the project coordinator.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

adeline.fayolle@uliege.be