Landscapes and territories

lgeo1252  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Landscapes and territories
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
0 h + 64.0 h
Q1 and Q2
Teacher(s)
De Keersmaecker Marie-Laurence; Vanacker Veerle; Vanwambeke Sophie;
Language
French
Main themes
This course is an initiation to observing and analysing geographic and geologic phenomena on the field.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 Initiation into the methods of observation, analysis and interpretation of geological phenomena in the field, viewed in their regional context.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The course consists in six days in the field that aim at exploring the geography of Belgium by a panorama of landscapes. Two days are allocated to urban and periurban geography. They illustrate concepts that the students will have studied in class LGEO1221. Two days are allocated to Belgian geology, with the concrete and tri-dimensional study of geological objects. Finally, two days are allocated to geology and physical geography, and rural geography. The four days covering geology develop further the bases described in courses LBIR1130 and LGEO1251.
Evaluation methods
The human geography part is evaluated with an oral exam (50% of the total marks) during which the students present a digital collection of maps that allow to detail and comment the landscape and themes during the four days out on the filed (urban and rural geography).
The geology and physical geography are evaluated based on geometric representations and drawings prepared for the outings, and an oral exam covering knwoledge of rocks and minerals sampled during the field trips.
Teaching materials
  • matériel sur moodle
Faculty or entity
GEOG


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in Geography : General