15 ECTS credits
375 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4018779FNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Students who want to enroll for this course, must be enrolled in the programme Master Biology: Tropimundo.
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
Department
Biology
External partners
Université de Dschang
Educational team
Decaan WE (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
180 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
195 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Table of contents :

- data collection in the rainforest,

- analysis of rainforest biodiversity

- biomass and natural resources

- protocols for describing new species

- use of remote sensing and geographic information systems in analysing forest dynamics, anthropogenic impacts on the rainforest

- forests products and services uses and management

Additional info

Course material, text books and further reading :

Course notes. Field course manual.

Please consult the course descriptions on the TROPIMUNDO website for the most completed and updated course descriptions.

Transport, food and accommodation costs during excursion have to be borne by the students.

Learning Outcomes

Algemene Competenties

Course objectives :

The field course is an interdisciplinary rainforest-oriented workshops with as main goal to put educational theory into educational practice in situ by giving to student field experience within a rainforest context.

Learning outcomes : please note the general comment on learning outcomes

Education level: Specialised Ecosystem focus: Environment Biological level: Ecosystem

Upon successful completion of this course the students will be able to apply:

- Tools and principles of systematics in the rainforest environment;

- tools and principles of participatory research;

- tools of species, habitat and ecosystem assessment

- floristic inventory in forest ecosystems

- assessment of agroforestry initiatives

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Other Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Exam : Written 70%

Exam : Project 30%

2ndsession : oral or written exam to be decided by the teacher.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Biology: AR Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems, start at Brussels
Master of Biology: AR Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems, start at Paris
Master of Biology: AR Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems, start at Cayenne