Duration
30h SEM
Number of credits
Lecturer
Coordinator
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
The seminar will be organised during the second period of the year . Laurence Bouquiaux, Marc Jacquemain and Frederic Claisse are in charge of this seminar.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This seminar aims to interest students to issues related to science and society relations (from a philosophical, sociological or political point of view).
Problems of nature of scientific work, of influence of science on society, of scientific knowledge of lay people will be studied. Each year a different theme will be chosen.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Students will be in charge of organizing seminars on basis of lectures or readings.
Specific topic for 2017-2018 will draw on the notion of "rational beliefs" and there will be - among others - a focus on creationism.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
All the students have to attent the first course in order to organise the seminar.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
documents will be available
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.
Any session :
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
written work
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
The evaluation will be based on the quality of the work done during workshops or seminars : quality of presentation, participation to to the discussion. Each student will have to produce a short synthesis document.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
See French Version for adresses of teachers.