3 ECTS credits
90 u studietijd

Aanbieding 2 met studiegidsnummer 4023633DNR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een inleidend master niveau.

Semester
1e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Niet mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Ja
Onderwijstaal
Engels
Onder samenwerkingsakkoord
Onder interuniversitair akkoord mbt. opleiding
Faculteit
Faculteit Wetenschappen en Bio-ingenieurswetensch.
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
Biologie
Onderwijsteam
Karolien Van Puyvelde
Lieven Bervoets
Marc Kochzius (titularis)
Onderdelen en contacturen
0 contacturen Exam
90 contacturen Practical exercises
Inhoud

The excursions focus on the ecology of three different types of coastal habitats: beach, rocky shore, and estuary at the French coast of the English Channel.

Fieldwork during the excursion will take place at the Marine Station of the University of Lille in Wimereux at the French coast of the English Channel. Here, you will conduct small research projects in groups of 3-4 students on ecological problems (zonation, community structure) of a beach, rocky shore, and estuarine fauna, as well as physiology of macro-invertebrates.

You will report your results in various ways, for example by presenting a scientific report, a poster or a power point presentation. Throughout the course of the field work, you will become a more and more autonomous researcher, gaining more expertise in designing your own experiments and sampling, in interpreting and presenting your results and in playing your part in environmental management.

Bijkomende info

The excursion can take place during weekends and holidays.

The excursion fee: 250 €

Leerresultaten

General Competences

This course explicitly contributes to the following competences of the curriculum of Master of Marine and Lacustrine Science and Marine Management:

General

- Developing the own learning process
- Learning to work in a team
- Searching for data sources
- Analysing and synthesising the learning material
- Presenting and transferring the acquired knowledge

Domain specific

- Gaining fundamental scientific knowledge and insight in marine sciences
- Developing laboratory skills
- Planning and conducting marine research in an autonomous way
- Understanding, judging and interpreting research results
- Analytical and problem-solving thinking
- Using research supporting tools (e.g. Biostatistics, GIS etc.)

Learning targets and goals

After finishing this course, the student should:

  1. be able to determine an optimal sampling strategy and experimental design to investigate a given marine ecological problem and to carry out research autonomously
  2. identify marine fauna and flora based on identification guides
  3. be able to analyse the data obtained with the appropriate tools (e.g. statistical analysis) and critically discuss and report the results (both written and oral)

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

Presentation of results.

Toegestane onvoldoende
Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context

Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master of Marine and Lacustrine Science and Management: Standaard traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)