Duration
54h AUTR
Number of credits
| Master in forests and natural areas engineering, professional focus | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
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
The "Nature and Forest Management" project (NFM project) is conducted by a working team of 3 to 4 students assisted by a project superviser. 2 types of projects are proposed:
- "applied" project similar to the job of a technical consultant;
- "scientific" project conducting a scientific research supposed to lead to the drafting of a scientific paper.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The aim of the project is to train the student on how to carry out a team project form the conception to the presentation of the results:
- to organize the work in groupe (soft skills for common decisions, working packages distribution, meetings, etc.)
- to use the necessary skills acquired during the bioengineer course of study (data collection in the field, interviews of key actors, data analysing and modeling);
- to present and defend its report face to an examining board.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The project uses the hard skills acquired during the bioengineer courss. The necessary knowledge depends on the project requirements.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Students develop their project and carry it out collaboratively with the support of a project advisor, following a work plan defined by the group and its advisor (internal meetings, technical and methodological support, field trips, meetings with institutions and key stakeholders, etc.).
Midway through the project, students submit an interim report detailing the progress of their project (context, methodology, available data, etc.), expected results, and the work plan. A debriefing on the group's operations is also organized at this stage with ULiège's Soft Skills Unit.
A session on scientific writing and "engineering firm"-style report writing is scheduled during the four-month term.
At the end of the project, students produce a final report, which is presented in English and defended in French before a panel of faculty members.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Teaching by project
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Depending on the projects
Written work / report
Out-of-session test(s)
Further information:
The evaluation of the group project is collective and based on:
- the evaluation of the project supervisor and the course coordinators, based on the quality of the final report and the team organizing and functioning;
- the evaluation of the presentation of the final report and the discussion with the examining board composed of teachers supervising group projects.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
simon.lhoest@uliege.be