Description:
The introductory field session enables us to (i) present the overall direction of the Masters and the different specialties within it; and (ii) to give a common basis in functional and evolutionary ecology to all the students. The session takes place over a week, and is based near Pontarlier in the Jura area. This facilitates the integration of students and teachers in a friendly context, outside the University.
This unit includes :
- Seminars in the classroom and the field by lecturers from Besançon and Dijon.
- A tutored project in small groups, where students must develop a protocol aimed at addressing a research question
- Oral presentation of this protocol.
Learning Objectives:
Theoretical learning outcomes:
• Extending knowledge, through field approaches, about basic concepts of functional and evolutionary ecology, and about the different steps of the scientific approach.
Technical learning outcomes:
• Working through one or several precise and relevant research question(s).
• Designing an adapted and realistic sampling protocol.
• Working in a group and orally presenting in English, using a written visual support, results concerning a scientific question and the related sampling protocol.
Prerequisite:
Basic knowledge in ecology and biodiversity, and in taxonomy and fauna and flora inventories.
Assessment:
Oral presentation by group, at the end of the field session.
Recommended Reading:
Guide naturaliste du Jura.
Related Media:
Into the Wild. 1996. John Krakauer (book)
Into the Wild. 2007. Sean Penn (movie)
Coordinator:
Francis RAOUL, francis.raoul@univ-fcomte.fr