M1 - Water and Water (EL)

Project management encompasses all the methods, tools and techniques used to organize the progress of a project and achieve its objectives, from the initial idea to its completion.

Practical exercises and case studies help students acquire the right reflexes and manipulate project management tools.

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The "Introduction to risks and vulnerability" course aims to take a systemic approach to the problems of risks and natural disasters - from the nature of hazards to risk and crisis management - using the concepts and methods of geography. Teaching is organized around :

• Lectures aimed at laying the conceptual and theoretical foundations for geographical approaches (focusing on issues and vulnerabilities), as well as outlining the public policy framework for risk and crisis management in France.
• Case studies demonstrating the application of concepts and methods developed in risk geography. Methods applied to field observations and surveys (tools, techniques and associated objectives).

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The Bibliographic Project UE provides training in documentary research, including the use of search engines, databases and bibliographic reference management tools. Students work in pairs on a topic they have defined themselves, in line with their training. This documentary research is enhanced by the writing of a synthesis and a poster.

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The "Major Issues in Coastal Dynamics" module takes place at the start of the university semester, during an integration seminar for the "Coastal Engineering and Integrated Coastal Dynamics" and "Water and Coastal" master's programs, usually held at an emblematic coastal location. At this event, organized around a different flagship theme in coastal sciences each year, an inaugural lecture is given on the definition of the coastline, and the typology of coastlines on land. This is followed by one or two lectures given by specialists on a topic chosen from current events in coastal science. Within a short space of time after the seminar, students are required to write, individually or in pairs, an analytical note on the agreed topic.

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The course is organized into 3 main chapters, alternating with tutorials applied to engineering problems. In the first part, after describing the planet's major water reservoirs and the basic principles of the water cycle, the effects of human activities on the cycle are discussed. The second part focuses on the aerial part of the cycle, from precipitation to infiltration. The third part deals with aquifers and groundwater, from the pore to the catchment scale.

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TD courses in English for students in the Water Science program, aimed at professional autonomy in the English language.

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The "Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate" module introduces the fundamental principles of atmospheric and oceanic dynamics, and provides a critical, documented look at climate change. Teaching is based on analysis of official documents describing global change, documented lessons on key issues, and applications to case studies in different global contexts.

The module is shared by the "Coastal engineering and rational coastal development" and "Water and coastline" courses in the STPE and Water masters programs. It can be taken by work-study students wishing to update their knowledge of global change and its relationship to meteorological and atmospheric processes.

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This UE focuses on mastering the tools for communicating with the world of work, i.e. learning how to: -(i) create a CV, cover letter or email for a spontaneous application; -(ii) present oneself orally or in writing in a very short space of time; -(iii) answer interview questions and avoid pitfalls.

Learning these tools involves not only a theoretical presentation, but also rapid practical application. Students will work in small groups, simulating realistic situations such as job interviews and presentations .... The aim is to learn how best to master these different tools.

All teaching is carried out in the form of practical work, with particular emphasis on :

• on "reality show" sessions, where everyone has to introduce themselves to each other in under 3 minutes, be put in job interview conditions or have to make spontaneous applications/presentations.
• On email, cover letter and CV writing workshops.

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Typology of coastal environments
 

Physical processes driving coastal dynamics,

climatic processes,

meteorological processes,

oceanographic processes.

Geomoprhodynamics at scale:

geology,

history,

seasonal,

events.

A detailed example: the sandy Languedoc coastline

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The Practical GIS course provides training in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), including basic concepts of geographic information and mastery of the free software QGIS. The majority of the course is devoted to an introduction to GIS, alternating between lectures and practical exercises. At the end of the course, a personalized cartographic project enables students to reorganize the concepts they have already learned. An introductory conference with professionals puts into perspective the interest of GIS approaches in general hydrology.

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Optimized management and protection of water resources (both surface and groundwater) requires water quality to be taken into account. Assessment of the quality status of water bodies, particularly with regard to current legislative frameworks, is based on precise chemical and microbiological quality criteria, as well as standards adapted to the types of use envisaged for these resources.

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TD courses in English for students in the Water Science program, aimed at professional autonomy in the English language.

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This module aims to give students a practical understanding of the implementation of IWRM and participation in water management, using an active teaching approach.

It revolves around the "Cooplage" system for supporting the implementation of participatory approaches to water management, developed by researchers at UMR GEAU, and the associated Agreenium MOOC Terr'eau & co.

Students will work in small groups, involving students from different Water Master's courses, on case studies stemming from the contributors' current research projects. Learning will take place through the use of some of the "Cooplage" tools on their case study, in particular modeling and participatory simulation in the form of role-playing. To anchor their work, students will be put in touch with the people behind these case studies. 

In view of health constraints, this year's EU will take place entirely off-line. Modeling and games will be carried out on a virtual table.

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In water sciences, the use of probability and statistics to process hydroclimatic or water quality data is essential. Lectures and practical exercises will be used to bring students up to speed (Baccalaureate problems, Bachelor's degree), then a few new concepts will be introduced (in particular, testing for membership of a law).

The course is structured around these chapters:

1. Elementary probability theory, combinatorial analysis. (course session n°1, TD1)
2. Discrete and continuous random variables. Probability law and probability density function. Expectation, variance, covariance. (course session n°2, TD2)
3. Simple linear regression (covered in TD3)
4. Multiple linear regression (covered in TD3)
5. Some common probability laws (binomial, Poisson, normal, Gamma, Gumbel) and their application (class 3, TD4)
6. Law membership tests (covered in TD5)

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In-situ observation of coastal hydro-sedimentary processes in natural or anthropized environments is a core activity of any scientific or engineering research work in hydro-morphodynamics or on coastal risk, development, sand/water resources, or the search for protection solutions. In-situ observation provides objective evidence of the existence of a process, the behavior of a development/protection solution, and the quantification of a resource for its exploitation. Far beyond modeling or physical experimentation, observation is both the ultimate validation of an approach, and a source of new ideas.

The "in-situ measurement techniques and data analysis" module is the students' first step into the world of in-situ measurement of hydrodynamics and coastal morphodynamics. The module is organized around an initial experience of (i) formulating a scientific question in terms of in-situ observation in a coastal environment, (ii) designing a measurement device to answer it, (iii) logistical preparation for deployment, (iv) carrying out the deployment, monitoring the equipment and repatriating the data, (v) analyzing the data to answer the question posed. The students are in charge of carrying out each of these stages in a highly structured context for this first experience.

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