Duration
30h Th, 30h Pr, 2d FW
Number of credits
| Bachelor in geography : general | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
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
1) Rural Geography, agriculture, sustainable rural developement, rural utopia 2) Rural landscape analysis. From the landscape features to the rural system Rural housing and settlement, Land morphology, cultivation system, Diversity of rural landscape features in Europe and in the World 3) Belgian countryside a) Retroacts b) Town and countryside interconnections c) Rural development d) Belgian Agriculture (Regional diversity and mains challenges, CAP) 4) The forest a) Production and transformation of wood b) Multifunctional forest 5) Exotic agriculture a) French viticulture b) Agriculture in Africa or in Central America 6) Nature conservation National and regional parks, protected areas, ecological network, Natura 2000 7) Rural tourism
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
1) Familiarizing the student with the countryside and its recent evolutions 2) Connecting the biophysical features, the land property and the land use in rural analysis 3) Articulating the local and regional constrains with the international constrains 4) Using different kinds of sources and methods (cartography, statistical data, interviews, remote sensing,etc) 5) Making a Poster presentation 6) Discrible, Analyse and Explain spatial distribution
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- Notions of statistics, data bases, biology, pedology, economy and regional geography - Elementary geographical vocabulary - Map and satelite image interpretation - Good physical condition (field works)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Readings, Discussion, Role playing games, Interviews, Map analysis, Data analysis, Fieldworks and Poster presentation.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
The course will be given face-to-face during the first semester.
Hybrid mode possible if the situation requires it
Recommended or required readings
Barcus H., Jone R., Schmitz S., 2022. Rural Transformations, Globalization and Its Implications for Rural People, Land, and Economies, Routledge, 264p.
Schmitz S., 2018. Géographie rurale, Liège : Université de Liège, Facultés des sciences, 80p.
Van Hecke E., Antrop M., Schmitz S., 2010. Agriculture et Monde rural, Atlas de Belgique, tome 2, Gent : Academia Press, 82p.
Woods M., 2011. Rural, Oxford : Routledge, 340p.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
Exercises and Field works (2/5);
Oral exams (3/5).
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Serge Schmitz
Université de Liège - Institut de Géographie - Sart Tilman - Bât. B11 - Bureau 1/41
Phone: 04/366.56.29 E-mail : S.Schmitz@uliege.be
Lauriano Pepe (Assistante)
Université de Liège - Institut de Géographie - Sart Tilman - Bât. B11 - Bureau 1/44
Phone: 04/3665265