6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4018813FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st 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, French
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering Sciences
Department
Biology
External partners
Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6
Educational team
Decaan WE (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

15 contact hours Lecture
15 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
30 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Table of contents:

Recherche, information et société. Projets et programmes en Informatique pour la biodiversité - Systèmes d’information, rappels sur les SGBD et SQL. - Diffusion et exploitation des connaissances. Technologie web, web dynamique (HTML, CSS, PHP) - Organisation et gestion de projets. Outils de travail collaboratif - Langage XML et échange de données. Standards internationaux pour la biodiversité - Nouvelles technologies (imagerie) - Automatisation de traitement (batch) - Bases de programmation de scripts - Outil de modélisation (UML).

Additional info

Course material, text books and further reading:

Notes de cours. Manuels de logiciels.

Articles scientifiques.

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

Learning Outcomes

Algemene Competenties

Course objectives :

Apprentissage et application des langages autour du web pour la représentation et la diffusion des données scientifiques (XHTML, CSS, SQL, XML, PHP …) : manipulation de données, échanges de format, communication entre applications scientifiques, diffusion en ligne d'information. Connaissance des grands programmes d'information sur la biodiversité, leurs enjeux et les problèmes informatiques actuels dans ce domaine. Acquisition des compétences techniques permettant de comprendre l'architecture des projets et d'y contribuer.   

Learning outcomes : please note the general comment on learning outcomes

Education level: Specialised Ecosystem focus: Plant Biological level: Organism

Acquérir une maîtrise de l’outil informatique pour la recherche scientifique : manipulation de données, échanges de format, communication entre applications scientifiques, diffusion en ligne d’information … Connaître les grands programmes d’information sur la biodiversité, les enjeux et problèmes informatiques actuels dans ce domaine.

Acquérir les compétences techniques permettant de comprendre l’architecture des projets et d’y contribuer.

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 : 40% Project.

Exam : 30% Written.

Exam : 30% Oral.

2nd session : 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 Cayenne