Department of Earth, Water, and Environmental Sciences

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Training content

The L1 TEE aims to address the major issues associated with Earth and Water Sciences from the very beginning of the bachelor's degree program. Several teaching units therefore address issues relating to resources, global change, pollution, and the evolution of the Earth and life.

The L1 TEE also allows students to refresh their knowledge in general subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and earth sciences. These TU TU specifically TU to cater to the diverse profiles of students coming from high school.

Several support systems are in place to promote student 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 TU chosen from:

  • General Physics (4 ECTS)
  • From molecules to cells (4 ECTS)

semester 2:

– Evolution of life, climate, and oceans (4 ECTS)

– Evolution of the Earth 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 chosen from:

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

Success mechanism

The L1 TEE offers several measures designed to promote student success and overcome difficulties.

In the first semester, a TU ) entitled "Careers in Earth, Water, and Environmental Sciences"allows students to reflect on their career plans, thereby inspiring vocations and motivation.

For students experiencing difficulties during their initial assessments, a student tutoring program will be implemented in the middle of the first semester. A master's or doctoral student will accompany a group of students experiencing difficulties.

In the second semester, two options will be available to students in the following situations:

  • If a change of direction is being considered, a refresher program will enable students to strengthen their level in the main scientific disciplines in 6 to 8 weeks, so that they can present these achievements in their ParcourSup application.
  • If the difficulties are too great but students wish to continue at the Faculty of Science, the second semester will be lightened (10-15 ECTS instead of 30 ECTS) to allow for specific remedial work focused on the difficulties encountered in certain TU older gaps in knowledge. This will allow students following this program to prepare for the second session TU first TU and spread the acquisition of first-year knowledge over two years.