Duration
30h Th, 30h Pr, 2d FW
Number of credits
| Bachelor in geography : general | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
1) Rural Geography, agriculture, sustainable rural development, rural utopia
2) Rural landscape analysis. From the landscape features to the rural system
Rural housing and settlement, Land morphology, cultivation system, Diversity of rural landscape features in Europe and in the World
3) Belgian countryside
a) Retroacts
b) Town and countryside interconnections
c) Rural development
d) Belgian Agriculture (Regional diversity and main challenges, CAP)
4) The forest
a) Production and transformation of wood
b) Multifunctional forest
5) Exotic agriculture
a) French viticulture
b) Agriculture in Africa or in Central America
6) Nature conservation
National and regional parks, protected areas, ecological network, Natura 2000
7) European countryside typology
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Familiarize students with the rural world and its recent developments.
- Link the components of biophysical infrastructure, land structure, and land use.
- Connect local and regional constraints with international issues related to agriculture and integrated rural development.
- Use sources (maps, photographs, agricultural statistics) and methods of rural geography (trace studies, observations, surveys).
- Create a poster.
- Describe, analyze, and explain spatial distributions.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- Notions of statistics, data bases, biology, pedology, economy and regional geography - Elementary geographical vocabulary - Map and satelite image interpretation - Good physical condition (field works)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Readings, Discussion, Role playing games, Interviews, Map analysis, Data analysis, Fieldworks and Poster presentation.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
The course will be given face-to-face during the first semester.
Fieldworks: 19 September and 14 November
Hybrid mode is possible if the situation requires it.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Barcus H., Jone R., Schmitz S., 2022. Rural Transformations, Globalization and Its Implications for Rural People, Land, and Economies, Routledge, 264p.
Schmitz S., 2018. Géographie rurale, Liège : Université de Liège, Facultés des sciences, 80p.
Van Hecke E., Antrop M., Schmitz S., 2010. Agriculture et Monde rural, Atlas de Belgique, tome 2, Gent : Academia Press, 82p.
Woods M., 2011. Rural, Oxford : Routledge, 340p.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Further information:
Exercises and Field works (2/5);
Oral exam (3/5).
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Serge Schmitz
Université de Liège - Institut de Géographie - Sart Tilman - Bât. B11 - Bureau 1/41
Phone: 04/366.56.29 E-mail : S.Schmitz@uliege.be
Géant Chuma
Université de Liège - Institut de Géographie - Sart Tilman - Bât. B11 - Bureau 1/44
Phone: 04/3665265