Experimental ecology and the scientific approach

  • ECTS

    4 credits

  • Component

    Faculty of Science

Description

This is a practical course in the construction of a scientific ecology experiment: protocol design, setting up and monitoring the experiment, data analysis, oral and written reports.

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Necessary prerequisites

 follow the Ecology: theoretical and methodological concepts course

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Knowledge control

test

coefficient

No. of hours

Nb Sessions

Organization (FDS or local)

Written

 

 

 

 

Continuous control

100 %

Oral (30mn) and written report

1

local

TP

 

 

 

 

Oral

 

 

 

 

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Target skills

Disciplinary skills

- Mobilize concepts and tools from different disciplines to analyze a document, an observation or the results of an experiment.

Cross-disciplinary skills

- Give an oral presentation and write a scientific report, using illustrations and a presentation adapted to the audience concerned, with the help of appropriate IT tools.

- Propose a problem, propose and implement an observation approach, a sampling plan or an experimental approach, and analyze the resulting data, using IT tools for data entry, analysis and storage.

- Successful project management within a group

- Ability to work independently, adapt to a new context and take relevant initiatives

- Knowing how to position yourself in a group with the aim of implementing the project, knowing how to listen and exchange ideas

- Respect others, materials and the organizations you work with

 

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