Duration
Personal research :
Interdisciplinary expertise :
Number of credits
| Advanced Master in Risk and Disaster Management in the Anthropocene Era | 15 crédits |
Lecturer
Personal research : Collégialité, Florence De Longueville, Pierre Ozer
Interdisciplinary expertise : Collégialité, Florence De Longueville, Pierre Ozer
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
Personal research
The TFE of the Specialized Master in Risk and Disaster Management in the Anthropocene Era constitutes a work of scientific, personal and original research. The subject of the thesis is co-constructed by the student and the promoters of the training. The subject is stopped during the first quadrimester. The promoter is a doctor, member of the academic or scientific staff. If he is not a member of ULiège, a co-promoter, member of ULiège, is added to him. In the general case, the thesis tries to answer a scientific question, by verifying the validity of a hypothesis (proposed solution to the question) according to a hypothetico-deductive method. The coherence and the originality of the hypothesis are recognized by a careful study of the state of the art. The experimental approach used involves both the acquisition and the processing of the data required to argue the proposed solution. Other approaches than the one presented above (research-development, deductive and formal approach by modelling, research-action, etc.) can also be proposed.
Interdisciplinary expertise
The field is carried out by groups of students of various origins whose training and previous professional experiences are varied to address the same problem with different approaches. This requires the mobilization of soft skills and constitutes a practice of interdisciplinarity in real situations. Thus, alongside personal research work, collective work, which will emerge from observations and discussions between students in the field, will highlight the students' abilities to practice interdisciplinarity. For the evaluation, an "expertise" type report will be added in an interdisciplinary approach because the management of risks and disasters can only be done in good collective intelligence.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Personal research
Carry out comprehensive scientific research on an individual basis. Formulate a research question and hypothesis in light of the state of knowledge in the field. Collect, qualify and process information in a rigorous, reflective and critical manner. Present in written and oral form, the process of personal scientific research, from the development of the hypothesis to the conclusion, within the limits of pages (from 25 to 40 pages, i.e. a publishable format) and time (12 minutes) allowed by the exercise. Know how to defend your approach and your research conclusions, in front of a jury of research professionals.
Interdisciplinary expertise
In a very practical way, this group report will present: · a holistic and systemic view of the problem studied while being able to project themselves into a future whose major trends are relatively well assessed; · a review of what being together on the same ground has brought; · and a reflective look at this practice of interdisciplinarity in real situations.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Personal research
During the first semester, students will have to prepare and present their duly argued research proposal. The monitoring of the dissertation is ensured by the promoter during regular meetings with the student. The student is invited to plan these meetings according to the state of progress of his TFE, and to consult the members of the scientific and academic staff of ULiège if necessary.
Interdisciplinary expertise
Field trip
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Personal research
Blended learning
Additional information:
The TFE is an individual work, carried out under the supervision of one or more promoters.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Personal research
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
The theses juries are formed by the Faculty Council on the proposal of the Study Council for the Specialized Master in Risk and Disaster Management in the Anthropocene Era endorsed by the President of the Jury, by the end of the month of April of the year of the Specialized Master. The juries are made up of at least three readers, including the promoter, doctors and members of the academic or scientific staff of a university or research center, or deemed equivalent. The thesis can only be submitted for evaluation with the agreement of the promoter. Both content and form (written and oral) are assessed. Particular attention is given to originality. The jury makes use of the "anti-plagiarism" tools made available to it by the University authorities, plagiarism constituting a reason for the non-admissibility of the dissertation. Examples of evaluation criteria: compliance with section and option orientations, scientific quality, technical quality, innovation and originality, quality of the state of the art and references, written presentation (outline, style), quality of the oral presentation and its support, quality of the answers to the oral questions, overall judgement.
Interdisciplinary expertise
Written work / report
Additional information:
The report will be 5 to 10 pages and will be written collectively.
Work placement(s)
Interdisciplinary expertise
Work carried out collectively during the field mission of +- 8 weeks in a country in the Global South.
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Personal research
A digital version of the thesis must be uploaded to the Matheo platform, no later than the deadline set by the Faculty Council on the proposal of the Study Council. This date is published in due time on the website of the Faculty of Sciences.
Contacts
Personal research
Pierre Ozer
Florence de Longueville
Koufanou Hien
Interdisciplinary expertise
Pierre Ozer
Florence de Longueville
Koufanou Hien