Duration
10d FW
Number of credits
Lecturer
Flavien Collart, Bruno Frederich, Véronique Goosse, Loïc Michel, Stéphane Roberty, Laurane Winandy
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This field trip objectives are to illustrate various notions seen during previous lessons on taxonomy, phylogeny, functional morphology, and ecology of organisms. The trip is thus not related to another course, but constitutes an integrated overview.
The student will choose between two field work placements taking place in two different locations: either in coastal marine areas (Roscoff, Brittany, France) or in terrestrial environments (Mont Rigi, Hautes Fagnes, Belgium). As the number of places is limited in the different stations, access to one or the other internship may be fixed in consultation with all the teachers. A cover letter in which the student will argue his/her choice may be requested.
During the stay, students have the opportunity to observe and collect in situ organisms from different biotopes, organisms that they can keep living and study in the lab. Beside morphological and systematic aspects, various ecological approaches are made, or on the field or as experiments in laboratory. Different techniques and methods will be présented and applied in the field, to allow students to characterise environment, to quantify biodiversity and to measure various populations and communities characteristics. Lessons are also given to complete the knowledge about some biological groups of importance.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The goal of this field trip is to integrate different notions approached in several theoretical lessons (morphology, phylogeny, ecology) to a peculiar biotope: either the intertidal zone of the Brittany coast or terrestrial and aquatic environments of the High Fens.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
either: To have obtained a Bachelor in Biological Sciences (180 ECTS) from an university of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.
or: To have passed all extra credits imposed by the jury in a "Bloc 0" (passerelle).
To have followed the courses related to the field trip, i.e. ecology, taxonomy & phylogeny, morphology, courses given during the same year of Master, or during the previous years (during Bachelor degree).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Field trip
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Active participation to the chosen internship is mandatory.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
A good knowledge of the theoretical aspects seen during the 1st quadrimester is required. Needed additional literature will be provided during the field course.
A special folder (with all the informations and activities related) will be distributed before the trip. Ppt slides of lessons given during the trip will be available during the stay.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions ) AND oral exam
Additional information:
The assessment is made during the last day of the stay, and comprises three parts:
- an individual questioning about the recognition of various taxa.
- a multiple choice exam (20 questions) dealing with the various aspects approached during the stage
- a presentation (powerpoint-type) by groups of students about a biological taxon or a subject well-represented during the stay (including ecological, taxonomic,... aspects)
There is thus no document to be supplied at the end of the stay.
Important remark: The students must be physically present. There is no possibility to perform another work instead of the stage.
Work placement(s)
this lesson IS a field trip !
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The field classes at Mont Rigi are organized from October 14 to 20, 2024.
The Roscoff internship is organized from April 23 to May 3, 2025 (11 days - 2 days for the trip).
Students will stay at the Station (rooms for several people), very close to the labs where practicals will be done.
Meals will be served either at the Station (supper), or as picnic (diner) when on the field.
The transport of field material will be organised by ULiège Professors.
The transport of students is not organised by ULiège. They have to organise by themselves the trip, in order to be present at the begining of the stage.
Fees of about 250€ will be asked to every participant. They actually include all the food and lodging costs (reduced by the University fees).
Organisers will be taking care of the transportation during the stay.
Extra informations will be given in due time and can be obtained via the organisers.
Contacts
Prof Bruno FREDERICH (Mont Rigi Organiser)
Evolutionary Ecology
Sart Tilman, Institute of Chemistry, B6c
04/366.50.40 - bruno.frederich@uliege.be
Prof Loïc MICHEL (Roscoff Organiser)
Systematics and animal Diversity
Sart Tilman, Institute of Chemistry, B6c
04/366.33.22 - Loic.Michel@uliege.be
Prof Flavien COLLART
Plant Community and Population Ecology
Sart Tilman, Institute of Botany, B22
fcollart@uliege.be
Dr Véronique GOOSSE
Joint practical teaching Team in Biology
Institute of Zoology, I1
04/366.50.14 - v.goosse@uliege.be
Dr Stéphane ROBERTY
Ecophysiology and Animal Physiology
Sart Tilman, Institute of Botany, B22
04/366.22.15 - sroberty@uliege.be
Dr Laurane WINANDY
Hautes-Fagnes Scientific Station
Mont-Rigi
04/274.87.90 - Laurane.Winandy@uliege.be
Mrs Mariella LUNETTA (Secretariat)
Ecotoxicology and animal Ecology
Sart Tilman, Institute of Chemistry, B6c
04/366.50.62 - m.lunetta@uliege.be