ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
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Python for science
4 credits36hPlanetology
4 creditsDiscovering physiology
4 creditsBiochemistry and molecular biology of the cell 1
4 creditsBrain exploration
4 credits
Python for science
Study level
BAC +1
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
36h
This module is an introduction to the use of Python for science students. It covers the basics of algorithms and the Python language, but the approach is primarily geared towards use in the sciences. Examples are given of problems related to other first-year subjects.
Planetology
Study level
BAC +1
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The planetology UE focuses on the Solar System and its planets. Its position in the Universe is also addressed, introducing the notion of exoplanets (detection and habitability). The course is divided into 3 parts: astrophysics, geophysics and geochemistry. The astrophysics section begins with an overview of the Universe, then looks at the formation of the Solar System, its dynamics and evolution. The geophysics section deals with planetary interiors and their evolution, based on data from space missions. The geochemistry section looks at nucleosynthesis, the abundance of chemical elements and the composition of the primitive and present-day Earth and other planets, based on the study of meteorites. The approach developed combines theoretical and practical approaches.
Hourly volumes:
- CM: 18h
- TD: 9h
- Practical work: 9h
Discovering physiology
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
This optional course enables students to prepare for the animal physiology courses of the next 2 semesters, by approaching this discipline exclusively through the analysis of the historical experiments that laid the foundations for this subject. In class, historical experiments on digestion, ventilation, cardiac activity, reproduction and development are analyzed. In TD, experiments are analyzed on nutrition, metabolism, respiratory gas exchange, vessels, blood pressure, kidneys, growth, nervous and hormonal communication and immunity.
Biochemistry and molecular biology of the cell 1
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The "Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Cell 1" course follows on from the S1 "From Molecules to Cells" course, which laid the structural foundations of living organisms. In this course, students will be introduced to the basics of biochemistry, replication, transcription, translation, intracellular movements and bioenergetics.
This UE will be supplemented by UE HAV204V for L1 SVSE students.
It will be followed by L1 TEE and L1 Chemistry.
Brain exploration
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The brain is at the heart of human behavior. It is the body's control tower. It continuously receives a flow of information from both the external environment and the body. This information must be processed and analyzed rapidly, in order to propose an appropriate response. All these mechanisms, which at first glance appear complex, are based on simple biological mechanisms.