Duration
18h SEM
Number of credits
| Master in agricultural bioengineering (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The introduction presents the concepts and paradigms of development economics and rural development. Seminars are organized according to some themes related to rural economics and sociology in developed as well as in developing countries. Seminars are organized in order to encourage active participation of students. Students are invited to prepare each seminar with the appropriate litterature available to them.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The objectives of the seminars are to analyse and to go deeply into issues that are specific to rural economics and sociology and to address these issues with the available quantitative methods. Presentations from externals with professional or academic experience contribute to reach these objectives.
After completing the course the student is expected to :
- Grasp the specific problems in the economy of the development
- Argue a position during a statement or a debate
- Criticize and make a scientific summary
- Analyze the external components of an agronomic system and their interactions with a related value chain in developed and developing countries
- Design, dimension and optimize an integrated, sustainable and resilient production system adapted to the contexts
- Analyze the socio-economic and environmental aspects of a technical project and their impact on society and the environment
- Argue and discuss results and recommendations effectively and adapt to the target audience
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Additional information:
Lectures : 18h
Recommended or required readings
See documentary resources available online
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
The course is subject to continuous evaluation based on the writing of reports (50%) and a synthesis exercise (50%).
The evaluation of the reports leads to a single score for both exam sessions.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Dogot Thomas, (Coord.)
Thomas.Dogot@uliege.be
+32 81 622364
Azadi Hossein
Hossein.azadi@uliege.be
Bât. 18 GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés 2
5030 Gembloux