Duration
48h FW
Number of credits
Advanced Master in Environmental Sciences and Management in Developing Countries (Registrations are closed) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
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
A one-week residential seminar in a developing country for practising theoretical notions given during the lectures of the scholar year
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Practise the different notions teached during the scholar year
- Analyse and interpret environmental management in the visited developing country (Morroco)
Topics tackled:
- Desertification
- Deforestation
- Water use in agriculture (irrigated and rainfed)
- Basin integrated water management
- Urban envrionment management (extension of city, wastewater management, dump,...)
- Climate change
- Biodiversity protection
Topics tackled will concern as much as possible processes analyses as well as means to reduce or to fight the environment degradation
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Students should have attend the basic courses and specialization courses between September and April
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The whole week on the field in the selected developing country will be devoted to practical exercises.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
A whole week on the field in April
Recommended or required readings
Students will receive before departure to the residential seminar in the developing country a set of documents presenting the visited region and the envrionmental problems met.
A report of the visit will be requested. It will be evaluated according to criteria given during the residential seminar
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Bernard TYCHON
Bernard.Tychon@ulg.ac.be
Gilles COLINET
Gilles.Colinet@uliege.be