Duration
16h Th, 16h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in geography : general (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits | |||
| Master in geography, global change (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits | |||
| Master in urban planning and territorial development (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English 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 impact of our development model on the environment and our society are increasingly becoming evident. The transition actions to be taken are urgent and require, in a systemic approach, to combine the skills of many disciplines, including the engineer's technical skills, to train engineers aware of the problem to be addressed. In this perspective, the course aims to specify:
- what are sustainable development and the associated issues;
- the stakes of sustainable development concerning energy and climate as well as its imbrication with our economy;
- Climate Change and its consequences;
- the dependence of our economy on fossil energy;
- the possible energy savings;
- how to compare energies? Introduction to the Energy Returned On Energy Invested (ERoEI), carbon footprint;
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The main objective of this course is to develop students' critical thinking skills so that they can respond to sustainability issues in their future professional lives.
At the end of this course, students will have learned:
- to define the concept of sustainable development;
- to define the issues related to climate and energy problems
- identify the problem, by nature transverse, to be treated;
- Restate the current ecological and social context by objectifying it with factual data and relevant orders of magnitude;
- adopt a critical approach to compare energy sources via the EROI and the carbon footprint;
- take a critical look at the ICT;
- understand the issues and possible ways to save energy, materials, etc.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
This course assumes basic disciplinary knowledge in mechanics and physics.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is organized as weekly lab sessions to which attendance is mandatory, supervised by professors, teaching assistants, and teaching aids. Part of the work can also be done at home before the lab sessions.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
The teaching is based on participative courses (wooclap, etc) and exercises through case studies (study of scientific articles, online scientific content, etc).
It will be possible to carry out a workshop such as a climate or a digital collage.
Recommended or required readings
See on ecampus.
Other sources:
The Mines de Paris online course on energy and climate change given by Jean-Marc Jancovici to civil engineers allows to deepen the notions but is neither mandatory nor required.
The IPCC and IEA reports and the scientific literature in the fields of Climate Change, energy and climate issues provide additional material. However, it is neither mandatory nor required
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
The evaluation of learning is mainly continuous. It is based on the following services:
- Oral exam
- Assignments (e.g., analysis of scientific articles)
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Speakers (from the university or outside) who are experts in specific fields (the consequences of climate change, raw materials, etc.) will be invited. However, these speakers will be introduced within the course framework, and the course teachers will systematically make a synthesis. The objective is to keep a global coherence of the course.
Contacts
Teachers :
- Bertrand Cornélusse
- Xavier Fettweis