Major issues in coastal dynamics 1

The module "Major issues in coastal dynamics" takes place at the beginning of the university semester during an integration seminar of the "Coastal engineering and reasoned coastal dynamics" master's degree and the "Water and Coastal" master's degree, usually held in an emblematic coastal location. During 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. Then, one or two lectures are given by specialists on a topic chosen from current events in coastal sciences. Within a short period of time after the seminar, students are required to write individually or in pairs an analytical note on the agreed topic.

The main objective of the module is to reinforce the skills in information synthesis and scientific writing. A secondary objective is to allow students to start working together and exchanging on a subject at the heart of the general objectives of the training, especially since this module is shared between two coastal training courses with complementary sensibilities. In general, the subject is taken from one of the following themes: coastal development, innovative protection systems, sand resources, renewable marine energy, coastal architecture, technologies in the marine environment, water resources in the coastal environment. The subject is always related to societal issues.

The desire to work in coastal sciences.

Recommended prerequisites:

A minimum of general knowledge.

The courses that include this module in their offer are committed to developing a portfolio of knowledge/skills that will be carefully documented in this module.

The evaluation of these skills will be done in the form of a final test of knowledge . The students will be strictly evaluated on the written writing of a summary note on the current issue that is at the heart of the integration seminar at the beginning of the semester.  

The M1 "Coastal Engineering and Coastal Dynamics" masters are on an integration course at the beginning of the year in an emblematic coastal location, over several days. They are joined from time to time by students from the M1 "Water & Coastal" master's program and by students from the M2 "Coastal Engineering and Coastal Dynamics" program, for a one-day thematic seminar based on the inaugural course and a pair of specialist lectures. Each student or pair of students benefits from a personalized accompaniment for the realization of his analysis note.

The inaugural course covers the following topic: Definition of the concept of coastline. Classification of coastlines, typology (barrier, lido, berm, beach top, etc.), typical profiles (cliffs, sandy systems, estuaries, mangroves, reefs, etc.), global distribution, state of health of coastlines, overall morphologies (spits, chains of spits, floating spits, crenellated bays, points, etc.). Notion of WWB allowing to generalize the concept of coastline (and thus the scope of this course and training) to many continental environments (epicontinental seas, large lakes, mega-lagoon, etc.). Illustrated examples of coastlines, WWB and Iwwb index.

The entire module, from its presentation to its evaluation, takes place