The organization of the space in which we live results from the impact of man on his natural surroundings. It comes from a great many decisions, taken long ago or recently, which have shaped our environment by adapting it to our needs, for better and for worse. These decisions have stimulated development and also created imbalances : more productive world agriculture, industrial concentrations, urbanization, trade at every level, increase in average well-being, but also delocalization, pollution, damage to land, deforestation, the greenhouse effect or overpopulation. Geography studies the mechanisms which have led to all these effects, in order to control them better.听
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The objective of the training is an introduction to the three fundamental aspects of the work of a geographer:
- to observe and describe the environment, especially with computerized databases and advanced satellite observation technology ;
- to understand and explain the processes that have been observed, especially by applying models which enable them to be simulated;
- to learn certain concepts in resource management through land development.
Students will develop skills in the field of geography and especially in the study of the interactions between human activities, geographical space and the natural environment. This is done from the perspective of both human and physical geography: it is important to bring them together. The training also provides students with the geographical techniques necessary for the study of this.
The Master in Geography (60 credits) is clearly different from the 120 credit Master in Geography ; although it only takes a year of study, it is inspired by the same objectives, but aims in a more modest way to build on and refine the geographical training in the bachelor芒鈧劉s degree.
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On successful completion of this programme, each student is able to :
1.2. Identifier les connaissances acquises et 脿 acqu茅rir en vue de r茅pondre 脿 la question de recherche.
1.3. Faire une recherche bibliographique dans le domaine, en fran莽ais et en anglais.
1.4. Identifier une m茅thodologie rigoureuse afin de r茅pondre 脿 la question de recherche.
1.5. Choisir la m茅thode d鈥檃nalyse des donn茅es.
1.6. Synth茅tiser les r茅sultats.
1.7. Mener 脿 bien un travail de recherche utilisant la m茅thode d鈥檃nalyse.
- La g茅omorphologie tectonique
- La g茅omorphologie exp茅rimentale
- La g茅omorphologie appliqu茅e
- La biog茅ographie
- La g茅ologie et les sciences de la terre
2.2. Maitriser et utiliser, dans le domaine de la g茅ographie humaine :
- La g茅ographie urbaine
- La g茅ographie des transports
- La g茅ographie 茅conomique
- La g茅ographie rurale
- L鈥櫭ヽonomie spatiale et r茅gionale
- La g茅ographie m茅dicale et de la sant茅
- Les interactions entre la mondialisation et l鈥檈nvironnement
3.2. Mod茅liser l鈥檕rganisation du territoire gr芒ce 脿 des bases de donn茅es g茅ographiques informatis茅es.
3.3. Evaluer la pertinence et la fiabilit茅 des sources d鈥檌nformation.
3.4. Combiner les informations issues de l鈥檕bservation.
4.2. Formuler des hypoth猫ses de travail.
4.3. D茅velopper des mod猫les (statistiques, num茅riques, conceptuels).
4.4. Tester les hypoth猫ses par l鈥檃pplication, la calibration et la validation.
4.5. Faire preuve de rigueur, de pr茅cision et d鈥檈sprit critique dans l鈥檌nterpr茅tation des r茅sultats.
5.2. Interpr茅ter et analyser des donn茅es satellitaires.
5.3. Manipuler des banques de donn茅es spatiales et r茅aliser des cartes th茅matiques.
5.4. Utiliser des logiciels de traitement de donn茅es statistiques.
5.5. Porter un regard critique sur les techniques utilis茅es.
6.2. Communiquer les r茅sultats d鈥檜n travail 脿 des pairs.
6.3. Communiquer et discuter des donn茅es, des m茅thodes et des r茅sultats.
6.4. Communiquer des r茅sultats par la r茅alisation de cartes, de sch茅mas et de graphiques.
6.5. Ma卯triser les outils informatiques indispensables 脿 la communication.