2020-2021 / GIRI0019-1

Fieldwork and master thesis

Duration

600h Internship

Number of credits

 Specialised master in the integrated management of health risks in the Global South20 crédits 

Lecturer

Collégialité

Coordinator

Nicolas Antoine-Moussiaux

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

All year long

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This unit consists of an application on the field of the principles, approaches and tools tought during the master.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

A 2-month field training will be carried out and validated through the public fefense of a dissertation.
The working topic may be a scientific research or field professional experience.

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

Each candidate will be mentored for his field training and dissertation by a thesis director, attributed at the beginning of the year according the topic under consideration.
The recourse to the director's advice and help is fully under the responsibility of the candidate.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

According to the sanitary context, the fieldwork could be entirely organized on distance, based on contacts with field partners. 

Recommended or required readings

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 dissertation will be publicly presented by the candidate under the scrutiny of a duly nominated jury, who will appreciate the content of the written document, the quality of the oral presnetation and the answers to the jury's questions. One note will be attributed for the whole unit: field training, dissertation and oral defense.
Field training and dissertations can be done in association between two students. In this case, only one dissertation has to be submitted. Final cotation is attributed individually, differentiating between the associtade students based on the oral defense.

Work placement(s)

two month field training
destinations out of the candidate's country of origin are preferred 

Organizational remarks

The topic for field work and dissertation will be determined in the beginning of the master with the candidate and the master's partners.

Contacts

Nicolas Antoine-Moussiaux
nantoine@uliege.be