Training structure
Faculty of Science
Presentation
Within the Earth-Water-Environment bachelor's degree program, the main aim of the "Earth, Water and Environmental Sciences" (STEE) pathway is to prepare students for entry into master's programs, mainly in Earth, Planetary and Environmental Sciences (STPE) and Water Sciences, and possibly multidisciplinary master's programs in Environmental Sciences.
Objectives
The STEE pathway of the TEE bachelor's degree is designed to provide fundamental scientific training in the fields of Earth Sciences and Water Sciences, with the aim of training students for further study at master's or even doctoral level.
The Earth, Water and Environmental Sciences (STEE) pathway combines the naturalistic and quantitative approaches of the Earth and Water Sciences. Field training is an omnipresent aspect of the pedagogy. It follows on from previous bachelor's degree courses in these fields, whose titles have varied.
The classic geoscience disciplines (petrology, sedimentology, geophysics, geochemistry, tectonics, hydrogeology, etc.) are at the heart of the course. These disciplines are explicitly geared towards environmental issues (resources, risks, paleoenvironments, global change, pollution, hazards). The acquisition of computer, mathematical, geophysical and geochemical tools is also an important part of our training.
In L3 STEE, a project unit enables students to apply their knowledge and skills through a personal project supervised by teacher-researchers and researchers from the research laboratories associated with the TEE degree program.
Know-how and skills
The skills and competencies of the TEE bachelor's degree are based on learning the scientific approach, applied to natural environments and geological media.
1) Understand how natural environments function and how they evolve over time (past and future).
- mobilize the fundamental concepts of the major disciplines in the earth and water sciences: earth materials, tectonics, geophysics, geochemistry, hydrogeology, environmental chemistry, paleontology, soil science.
2) Observe the natural environment
- Know and use the tools needed to read and describe landscapes, materials and geological structures in the field. Produce 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 elementary concepts and tools from mathematics, physics and chemistry to understand and model the workings of natural systems.
- Use mapping software (GIS) and basic programming (Python, Matlab) to acquire and process geological and geophysical data.
- Use scientific equipment (optical microscopes, chemical analysis instruments, geophysical-hydrogeological-hydrological instrumentation) and carry out in-situ measurements.
4) to present observations and results of observations in a critical light
-Compare experimental results with theoretical models, identify sources of error and calculate uncertainties.
- Present scientific work in the form of reports and presentations
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
5) Preparing for professional integration
- Identify the major challenges facing the environmental sciences and the place of Earth and Water Sciences within these challenges. Identify academic and professional outlets in relation to the bachelor's degree course.
- acquire the basic tools needed to enter the job market (CV writing, cover letter, interview).
Organization
Program
Theoretical and practical courses are divided into lectures, tutorials and practical work. The special feature of this specialization is the high proportion of classroom and field-based practical work (an average of 50% of training over 3 years). Specific field trips are dedicated to in situ experimental data acquisition and field observation. Field placements (from 4 to 10 days depending on the semester) are also a key feature of our training. They enable total immersion and the application of knowledge acquired in various disciplines, with a view to characterizing and understanding the workings of a natural object/complex geological sector.
Select a program
Licence 2
General Culture - Choose from the list below +.
2 creditsYour choice: 1 of 12
Calling bullshit
2 creditsCreative writing
2 creditsEdu ecological transition
2 creditsHigh-frequency waves for medical and healthcare applications
2 creditsArts & Sciences
2 creditsIntroduction to Python programming for analysis and
2 creditsDiscovering electronics through instrumentation
2 creditsSport
2 creditsNutrition, Sport & Health
2 creditsConcept info tools (PIX)
2 creditsExperimenting to create - a dialogue between art, music and mathematics
2 creditsScience and society
2 credits
Seismology and data processing
5 creditsSedimentary geology, tectonics and cartography
4 creditsStructural geology
2 creditsHydrogeology
5 creditsMathematics TEE S3
5 creditsMinerals and rocks
5 creditsEnglish S3
2 credits
Geology of France
4 creditsOcean, atmosphere, hydrosphere
5 creditsCartography
4 creditsEnvironmental chemistry
5 creditsUE Field placement
5 creditsChoice 1
5 creditsYour choice: 1 of 2
Hydrau choice
5 creditsHydraulics
4 creditsApplied hydraulics
1 credits
Geochemistry
5 credits
English S4
2 credits
Licence 3
CHOICE 1
3 creditsYour choice: 1 of 2
Soil science
3 creditsPaleoenvironments and biostratigraphy
3 credits
UE Deep field internship
3 creditsEnglish S5
2 creditsEarth Physics
6 creditsEndogenous petrology
3 creditsMineral resources
3 creditsMajor tectonic systems
3 creditsTEE 1 project
3 creditsSedimentary rocks and surface transfers
4 credits
Your choice: 1 of 2
UE Choice HAT608T + HAT609T
Fluid resources reservoirs
4 creditsHydrology
4 creditsTEE 2 project
2 creditsUE Field placement
8 creditsHydraulics
4 creditsGeomorphology
4 creditsGeodynamics
4 credits
UE Choice HAT616T
Fluid resources reservoirs
4 creditsTEE 2 project
2 creditsUE Field placement
8 creditsGeomorphology
4 creditsTerre-Environnement
8 creditsGeodynamics
4 credits
Admission
Access conditions
Access to the STEE pathway is in L2, after a first year of scientific study.
The first year of the TEE bachelor's degree provides a foundation of knowledge in 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 L2 STEE.
However, students who have completed first-year undergraduate courses in Life Sciences, Physics and Chemistry are eligible for the STEE pathway, by application only.
Students who have completed a first year in a Classe Préparatoire aux Grandes Ecoles, PASS or LAS can also be admitted to L2 STEE, but only on the basis of their applications.
Finally, students with a BTS or a DUT whose content is similar to that of this degree course can also enter the L2 STEE, by application only.
Access to L3 :
Access to L3 STEE is automatic for students who have completed L2 STEE at the University of Montpellier. Students from outside the University are admitted on the basis of their academic record. In this case, they must have completed an L2 in Earth Sciences/Earth and Water Sciences/Environment at another institution, or more rarely a BTS or DUT in a field whose content is sufficiently similar to the content of the first two years of the Earth Sciences bachelor's degree.
Target audience
The STEE program is aimed at students interested in environmental issues and wishing to follow a scientific course in Earth and Water Sciences up to Masters or PhD level.
Necessary prerequisites
Access to the STEE pathway is in L2, after a first year of scientific study.
The first year of the TEE bachelor's degree provides a foundation of knowledge in 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 L2 STEE.
However, students who have completed first-year undergraduate courses in Life Sciences, Physics and Chemistry are eligible for the STEE pathway, by application only.
Students who have completed a first year in a Classe Préparatoire aux Grandes Ecoles, PASS or LAS can also be admitted to L2 STEE, but only on the basis of their applications.
Finally, students with a BTS or a DUT whose content is similar to that of this degree course can also enter the L2 STEE, by application only.
Access to L3 :
Access to L3 STEE is automatic for students who have completed L2 STEE at the University of Montpellier. Students from outside the University are admitted on the basis of their academic record. In this case, they must have completed an L2 in Earth Sciences/Earth and Water Sciences/Environment at another institution, or more rarely a BTS or DUT in a field whose content is sufficiently similar to the content of the first two years of the Earth Sciences bachelor's degree.
And then
Further studies
The STEE course is a general one, with the aim of pursuing a Master's degree. It does not, a priori, direct students towards professional outlets at the end of L3. Natural career prospects are at Master's level (bac+5) or doctorate level (bac+8). Master's degrees available after the TEE Bachelor's degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences are mainly in Earth Sciences and Water Sciences, but also in Environmental Sciences, Energy and multidisciplinary master's degrees with specializations in paleontology, oceanography, etc.
Studying abroad
Students from L1 to L3 STEE are eligible to spend a semester/year abroad equivalent to the semester/year spent in France, subject to matching curricula. To this end, a teaching contract is signed with the partner university. Several international programs set up in partnership with the Faculty of Science enable students to take part in these programs under excellent conditions.
Bridges and reorientation
Students wishing to enter the STEE pathway can do so in L2 from an L1 TEE (by right), or by application from an L1 SVSE or Chemistry subject to having taken a few UE in the Geosciences field. For applicants from outside the University, access to L2 and L3 is by application only, and is open to students who have followed scientific university courses, classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles, premières années préparatoires aux études médicales (PASS or LAS), and BTS and DUT in the field of Earth and environmental sciences.
Students who have completed L1 TEE can enter L2 Life Sciences, provided they have taken 4 Biology teaching units in L1.
On completion of their bachelor's degree, students can naturally opt for a master's degree in Earth, Planetary and Environmental Sciences or Water Sciences. However, their bachelor's degree will enable them to move on to masters degrees in environmental management, energy, paleontology and oceanography.
Professional integration
As the STEE course is a general one, with the aim of pursuing a Master's degree, it does not, a priori, direct students towards L3 openings. Natural job prospects are at Master's level (bac+5) or doctorate level (bac+8). At Master's level, natural outlets are at executive/engineer level in large companies, consultancies and local authorities involved in the management of water resources and pollution, natural hazards, mineral and petroleum resources.