Duration
18h Th, 30h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in environmental science and management (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits | |||
| Master in environmental science and management (60 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Alain Hanson, N..., Nathalie Semal
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
EMS part : ISO 14001 standard as case study: history and epistemological, socio-political and technical stakes of environmental management; implementation: actors, methods, practices and pitfalls in and for organization
LCA part: This course aims to place life cycle analysis in the scope of environmental assessment tools for management. It includes three parts: LCA stakes and uses, introduction to methodology; elements for a critical reading of a LCA
Part : Studies on Environment Impact Assessment (EIA):
This course aims to inform about the tools of environmental impact assessment and impact studies. The course consists of three parts: historical backgrounds and legislative framework, review of the content and methodology of EIA and critical reading of published examples of EIA
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
LCA PArt
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- to order and afollow up LCA: define information needs about product life cycle; define broad methodological outlines; use LCA results for managerial decision and follow up
- to work in team at a LCA project
Part : EIA
After this course the student will be able to:
- Position as sponsor or take active part in an EIA; identify the information needed about a project; define the outline of the process and the EIA table of contents; assess the validity and relevance of an EIA carried out with regards to environmental issues; extract environmental results in a management perspective...
- Participate within a team to an EIA.
EMS Part: be able to understand implications and theorical and operational limits of environmental management and of a particular normative model; to identify and integrate various stakes in the field; to use methods in real-life EMS implementation process
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture - PW: critical review of an EIA - visit
During this academic year (2021-2022), students have asked to work partly on the "EMS" part of the course using the podcasts.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face - Team work
Recommended or required readings
Lecture notes
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Written work / report
Additional information:
LCA and EMS part:Open book written exam
EIA part: Team work
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The lecture is organized at ULG Campus of Arlon - 2nd semester
Contacts
Nathalie Semal: n.semal@uliege.be (EMS, LCA)
Alain Hanson: alain.hanson@uliege.be (EIA)