Duration
24h Th, 30h Pr
Number of credits
| Advanced Master in Risk and Disaster Management (Registrations are closed) | 5 crédits | |||
| Advanced Master in Risk and Disaster Management in the Anthropocene Era | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
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
The components of an early warning system (EWS)
10 basic principles for a successful early warning system
Data and information for early warning systems
Models in EWS
Examples in crop disease monitoring, food security and flood forecasting
Presentation of an example of SAP by each student at the end of the course
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, the student will be able to make a critical analysis of an early warning system, to define its defaults, its limits and he/she will be able to propose its improvement.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
No prerequisite
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The basics of an EWS will be found from the vision of several videos. Then, this information will be structured to identify the fundamental elements of an EWS. A set of courses will then introduce students to the efficient acquisition of data and information and their association with models adapted to the specific context of SAP.
Students will be invited to present and criticize an example of SAP used in their country.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face teaching
Recommended or required readings
Course notes made up of powerpoints, articles, podcasts, videos, ... will be provided at the start of each course.
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
- Remote
oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
Closed book written exam
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Bernard Tychon (Bernard.Tychon@uliege.be)
Bakary Djaby (Bakary.Djaby@uliege.be)