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Sciences de la terre et du bioingénieur, environnement et société
Course teacher(s)
Pierre REGNIER (Coordinator), Charles DE CANNIERE, Jean-Michel DECROLY, Christian HERMANS, Frank PATTYN and Alizée RoobaertECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
french
Course content
PART 1
PART 2: the disciplines of agricultural sciences; soils and fertility; a short history of agriculture and agricultural systems; agricultural development and food security; current issues and options for changes
PART 3: Seminars on bioengineering professions: illustration of the versatility of the profession
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
PART 1
PART 2 (agronomy): presentation of agricultural sciences as a discipline that studies agricultural production sensu lato, and the issues at stake.
Prerequisites and Corequisites
Courses requiring this course
Teaching methods and learning activities
PART 1
PART 2: ex-cathedra lectures with Powerpoint support; invited seminars; exercises bearing on current issues
PART 3: 5 seminars of 2 hours each in the first quadrimester, led by professionals from different fields of bioengineering.
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
PART 1
PART 2: Marcel Mazoyer et Laurence Roudart. 2002. Histoire des agricultures du monde. Du néolithique à la crise contemporaine. Le Seuil, Points Histoire. 705 pp.
Other information
Campus
Solbosch
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Other
Other
PART 1: Written exam
PART 2: written exam (open questions, a list of which will be provided during the quadrimester
PART 3: Written exam (MCQ inserted in the exam of PART 1, concerning the 5 seminars)
Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)
PART 1: 50%
PART 2: 50%
PART 3: a bonus point system (0, +1 or +2 out of 20) for the final EU mark
Language(s) of evaluation
- french