3 ECTS credits
75 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4018814FNR 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
French
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering Sciences
Department
Biology
External partners
Museum national d'Histoire naturelle
Educational team
Decaan WE (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

66 contact hours Lecture
8 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Table of contents:

Nombre mesuré d'espèces connues et projections sur le nombre réel d'espèces de la biosphère. Régions, taxons et écosystèmes sources des espèces nouvelles. Présentation de quelques programmes et initiatives européennes et internationales de catalogues d'espèces. Alpha-taxonomie et exhaustivité documentaire. Relations entre systématique descriptive et facteur d'impact.

Additional info

Course material, text books and further reading:

Notes de cours. 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 : Présenter l'actualité de la découverte et de la description de nouvelles espèces d'animaux, plantes et champignons.

Learning outcomes : please note the general comment on learning outcomes

Education level: Specialised Ecosystem focus: Interactions Biological level: Community

Comprendre les enjeus scientifiques de la découverte et de la description de nouvelles espèces, y compris les droits de propriété intélectuelle, les droits de propriété indingène et les principes de publication.

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 : 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