Department of Earth, Water, and Environmental Sciences

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Course Content

The L1 TEE program aims to introduce students to the major issues related to Earth and Water Sciences from the very beginning of the bachelor’s degree program. As such, several course modules address issues such as resources, global change, pollution, and the evolution of the Earth and life.

The L1 TEE program also helps students catch up in general subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and Earth sciences. These TU are TU designed specifically to meet the diverse needs of students coming from their senior year of high school.

Several support programs have been established to promote students’ integration and success at our university.

Semester 1:

 – Careers in Earth, Water, and Environmental Sciences (1 ECTS)
– The Earth and Its Resources (4 ECTS)
– Environmental Sciences (4 ECTS)
– Geology (4 ECTS)
– From Cells to Organisms (4 ECTS)
– Mathematics for TEE (4 ECTS)
– General Chemistry (4 ECTS)
– English (1 ECTS)
– One elective TU s from the following:

  • General Physics (4 ECTS)
  • From Molecules to Cells (4 ECTS)

Semester 2:

– The Evolution of Life, Climate, and the Oceans (4 ECTS)

– Earth’s Evolution and Regional Geological History (4 ECTS)
– Experimentation and Earth Dynamics (4 ECTS)
– Mathematics for TEE S2 (4 ECTS)
– Physics for TEE (4 ECTS)
– English (2 ECTS)
– Two TU s to be chosen from among:

  • General Chemistry for TEE (4 ECTS)
  • Planetology (4 ECTS)
  • Life Cycle (4 ECTS)
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Cell 1 (4 ECTS)

Success Strategy

The L1 TEE offers several programs designed to promote student success and help students overcome their challenges.

In the first semester, a specialized“ TU ” program in Earth, Water, and Environmental Sciencesallows students to reflect on their career plans, thereby inspiring them to pursue these fields and fostering their motivation.

For students who are struggling as early as their first assessments, a student tutoring program will be implemented starting in the middle of the first semester. A master’s or doctoral student will work with a group of students who are struggling.

In the second semester, students in the following situations will have two options:

  • If students are considering a change in academic direction, a refresher program will allow them to strengthen their knowledge in the main scientific disciplines over the course of 6 to 8 weeks, so that they can include this information in their ParcourSup application.
  • If the difficulties are too great but students wish to continue in the College of Sciences, the second semester will be reduced in scope (10–15 ECTS instead of 30 ECTS) to make room for targeted remedial instruction focused on the difficulties encountered in specific “ TU ” and long-standing knowledge gaps. This will allow students in this program to prepare for the second round of first-semester exams ( TU ) and to spread the acquisition of first-year (L1) knowledge over two years.