Earth, Water and Environmental Sciences

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Science

Presentation

Within the Earth-Water-Environment degree program, the main objective of the "Earth, Water and Environmental Sciences" (EWES) program is to prepare students for their integration into master's programs, mainly in Earth, Planetary and Environmental Sciences (EPES) and Water Sciences, and eventually into multidisciplinary master's programs in Environmental Sciences

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Objectives

The STEE course of the TEE license aims to give a fundamental scientific training in the fields of Earth Sciences and Water Sciences in order to train students for their further studies in Master, or even PhD.

The Earth, Water and Environmental Sciences (EWES) program combines naturalistic and quantitative approaches to Earth and Water Sciences. Training in the field is an omnipresent aspect of the pedagogy. It is in line with the continuity of previous bachelor's degree courses in these fields, the titles of which have varied.

The classical disciplines in geosciences (petrology, sedimentology, geophysics, geochemistry, tectonics, hydrogeology, ...) are at the center of the training. The opening of these disciplines to environmental issues is explicit (resources, risks, paleoenvironments, global changes, pollution, risks). The acquisition of computer, mathematical, geophysical and geochemical tools is also very important in our training.

In L3 STEE, a UE project allows students to apply their knowledge and skills through the completion of a personal project supervised by teacher-researchers and researchers from the research laboratories linked to the TEE degree program.

 

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Know-how and skills

The skills and competences of the TEE license are related to the learning of the scientific approach, applied to natural environments and geological environments.

1) Understand the functioning of natural environments and their evolution over time (past and future).

- mobilize the fundamental concepts of the major disciplines of Earth and water sciences: Earth materials, tectonics, geophysics, geochemistry, hydrogeology, environmental chemistry, paleontology, and soil science.

2) Observe the natural environment

- Know and use the tools to read and describe landscapes, materials and geological structures in the field. Make a geological map extract and interpretative sections.

- Identify and characterize geological objects: determine their composition and structure.

3) Experiment, quantify and model natural environments

- Use the basic concepts and tools of mathematics, physics and chemistry to understand and model the functioning of natural systems.

- Use mapping software (GIS) and basic programming (Python, Matlab) for geological and geophysical data acquisition and processing.

- Use scientific equipment (optical microscopes, chemical analysis instruments, geophysical-hydrogeological-hydrological instrumentation) and perform in-situ measurements.

4) report observations and results of observations, have a critical eye

-Confront experimental results with theoretical models, identify sources of error and calculate uncertainties.

- Restitute a scientific work in the form of reports and presentations

- Be able to use the English language fluently in writing and speaking.

5) Preparing for professional integration

- Identify the major issues in environmental sciences and the place of Earth and Water Sciences within these issues. Identify the academic and professional opportunities in relation to the Bachelor's degree course.

- acquire the basic tools for professional integration (writing a CV, cover letter, interview).

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Organization

Program

Theoretical and practical courses are divided into lectures, tutorials and practical work. The specificity of this mention is the important part given to practical work in the classroom and in the field (50% of the training on average over the 3 years). Specific field trips are dedicated to the acquisition of experimental data in situ, or to field observation. Field internships (from 4 to 10 days depending on the semester) are also a strong element of our training. They allow a total immersion with application of the knowledge acquired in various disciplines in order to characterize and understand the functioning of a natural object/ a complex geological sector.

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Select a program

  • General Culture - To be chosen from the list below

    2 credits
    • Your choice: 1 of 12

      • Calling bullshit

        2 credits
      • Creative writing

        2 credits
      • Edu ecological transition

        2 credits
      • High Frequency Waves for Medical & Health Applications

        2 credits
      • Arts and Sciences

        2 credits
      • Introduction to Python programming for analysis and

        2 credits
      • Discovery of electronics through instrumentation

        2 credits
      • Sport

      • Nutrition, Sport and Health

        2 credits
      • Concept Info Tools (PIX)

        2 credits
      • Experimenting to create - dialogue between art, music and mat

        2 credits
      • Science and society

        2 credits
  • Seismology and data processing

    5 credits
  • Sedimentary geology, tectonics and cartography

    4 credits
  • Structural geology

    2 credits
  • Hydrogeology

    5 credits
  • Mathematics TEE S3

    5 credits
  • Minerals and rocks

    5 credits
  • English S3

    2 credits
  • Geology of France

    4 credits
  • Ocean, atmosphere, hydrosphere

    5 credits
  • Mapping

    4 credits
  • Environmental chemistry

    5 credits
  • EU Field placement

    5 credits
  • Choice 1

    5 credits
    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Hydrau Choice

        5 credits
        • Hydraulics

          4 credits
        • Applied hydraulics

          1 credits
      • Geochemistry

        5 credits
  • English S4

    2 credits
  • CHOICE 1

    3 credits
    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Pedology, soil science

        3 credits
      • Paleoenvironments and biostratigraphy

        3 credits
  • UE Field placement in deep domain

    3 credits
  • English S5

    2 credits
  • Physics of the Earth

    6 credits
  • Endogenous petrology

    3 credits
  • Mineral Resources

    3 credits
  • The great tectonic systems

    3 credits
  • Project in TEE 1

    3 credits
  • Sedimentary rocks and surface transfers

    4 credits
  • Your choice: 1 of 2

    • UE Choice HAT608T + HAT609T

      • Fluid resources reservoirs

        4 credits
      • Hydrology

        4 credits
      • Project in TEE 2

        2 credits
      • EU Field placement

        8 credits
      • Hydraulics

        4 credits
      • Geomorphology

        4 credits
      • Geodynamics

        4 credits
    • UE Choice HAT616T

      • Fluid resources reservoirs

        4 credits
      • Project in TEE 2

        2 credits
      • EU Field placement

        8 credits
      • Geomorphology

        4 credits
      • Earth-Environment

        8 credits
      • Geodynamics

        4 credits

Admission

Conditions of access

 Access to the STEE course is in L2, after a first year of scientific study.

Thus, the first year of the TEE license allows students to acquire a base of knowledge in the fundamental scientific disciplines (mathematics, physics, chemistry) as well as in Life and Earth Sciences. The content of this first year is ideal for integration into the L2 STEE.

However, students who have completed the first year of a Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Physics and Chemistry can apply for the STEE program, but only by application.

Students who have completed a first year in a Classe Préparatoire aux Grandes Ecoles, in PASS or LAS can also be integrated into L2 STEE, on the basis of applications only.

Finally, students with a BTS or a DUT whose content is close to that of this degree course can also enter the L2 STEE, by application only.

 

Access in L3 :

Access to L3 STEE is automatic for students who have completed a L2 STEE at the University of Montpellier. The access is done on file for the students outside this establishment. In this case, they must have completed a L2 in Earth Sciences/Earth and Water Sciences/Environment in another institution, or more rarely a BTS or DUT in a field whose content is sufficiently close to the content of the first two years of the Bachelor's degree in Earth Sciences.

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Target audience

The STEE program is intended for students interested in environmental issues and wishing to pursue a scientific education in the fields of Earth and Water Sciences up to the Master's or PhD level.

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Necessary pre-requisites

Access to the STEE course is in L2, after a first year of scientific study.

Thus, the first year of the TEE license allows students to acquire a base of knowledge in the fundamental scientific disciplines (mathematics, physics, chemistry) as well as in Life and Earth Sciences. The content of this first year is ideal for integration into the L2 STEE.

However, students who have completed the first year of a Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Physics and Chemistry can apply for the STEE program, but only by application.

Students who have completed a first year in a Classe Préparatoire aux Grandes Ecoles, in PASS or LAS can also be integrated into L2 STEE, on the basis of applications only.

Finally, students with a BTS or a DUT whose content is close to that of this degree course can also enter the L2 STEE, by application only.

Access in L3 :

Access to L3 STEE is automatic for students who have completed a L2 STEE at the University of Montpellier. The access is done on file for the students outside this establishment. In this case, they must have completed a L2 in Earth Sciences/Earth and Water Sciences/Environment in another institution, or more rarely a BTS or DUT in a field whose content is sufficiently close to the content of the first two years of the Bachelor's degree in Earth Sciences.

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And then

Further studies

The STEE course is a general course whose aim is to continue into a Master's degree. It does not direct students towards professional opportunities at the end of the L3. The natural professional outlets are Master's level outlets (bac+5) or doctorate (bac+8). The masters accessible after the TEE - Earth and Environmental Sciences degree are mainly all masters in Earth Sciences and Water Sciences, but also multidisciplinary masters in Environmental Sciences, Energy and masters with specialties in paleontology, oceanography, ...

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Continuing your studies abroad

Students from L1 to L3 STEE can spend a semester/year abroad equivalent to the semester/year spent in France, provided that the teaching programs are appropriate. A pedagogical contract is signed with the partner university for this purpose. Several international programs established in partnership with the Faculty of Science allow students to carry out these mobilities under very good conditions.

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Bridges and reorientation

Students wishing to enter the STEE program can enter in L2 from an L1 TEE (by right) or by application from an L1 SVSE or Chemistry, provided they have followed some courses in the field of Geosciences. For candidates from outside the University, access to L2 and L3 is based on applications and is open to students who have completed scientific university courses, preparatory classes for the Grandes Ecoles, the first preparatory years for medical studies (PASS or LAS), and BTS and DUT in the field of Earth and environmental sciences.

Students from the L1 TEE can integrate a L2 Life Sciences, provided they have followed 4 Biology teaching units in L1.

At the end of the Bachelor's degree, students can naturally go on to a Master's degree in Earth Sciences, Planets and Environment or Water Sciences. However, their Bachelor's degree will allow them to move on to Master's degrees in Environmental Management, Energy, Paleontology and Oceanography.

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Professional integration

As the STEE program is a general program, the aim of which is to pursue a Master's degree, it does not, a priori, direct students towards opportunities in L3. The natural openings are at Master's level (bac+5) or doctorate (bac+8). At the Master's level, the natural openings are at the executive/engineer level in large companies, research departments, local authorities associated with the management of water resources and pollution, natural risks, mineral and petroleum resources.

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