The main objective of this course is to develop a basic knowledge of
recent developments in environmental sciences that are relevant to
physical geography research. Furthermore, this course will also serve as
a platform to work with a range of methods and techniques for spatial
analysis which are frequently used in Earth Sciences.
Practical/Knowledge skills:
- An awareness of the diversity of approaches and contemporary debates
in the field of physical geography.
- An ability to identify research questions and develop a coherent scientific strategy to analyse research problems in the field of physical geography.
- An ability to develop a scientific reasoning based on the theoretical
background presented in the course.
- An ability to communicate a geographical analysis using the
appropriate scientific language.
- To stimulate an aptitude for scientific debate in relation to the main
scientific challenges and technologies used in Earth Sciences.
- An ability to analyse scientific publications rigorously and
critically.
- An awareness of the contemporary research questions in physical
geography and their general, local and regional context.
- Enseignant: Clapuyt François
- Enseignant: Vanacker Veerle
- Enseignant: Van Oost Kristof