• ECTS

    60 credits

  • Duration

    1 year

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Science

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

Presentation

The Biochemistry pathway of the Life Sciences B.Sc. is a training program at the interface of Biology and Chemistry. The various courses offered over the three years of the Bachelor's degree are designed to prepare students for professional careers, but above all for further study in Master's programs or engineering schools.

At the University of Montpellier, the Biochemistry pathway enables students to pursue their studies mainly in the Biology-Health or Pharmaceutical Sciences Masters programs. This demanding training is both generalist, integrating many disciplines of biology (biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, genetics, microbiology, etc.) and more specific (structural biology, enzymology, chemistry of biomolecules or mathematics for biology).

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Objectives

The main objectives are (i) to provide solid knowledge for further study in all the disciplines covered, (ii) to lead the student, at the end of the three years, towards autonomy and (iii) to awaken and train the critical and scientific mind. To achieve these objectives, teaching alternates between theoretical and fundamental notions and practical courses. At the end of the course, the scientific level attained enables students to enter a Master's degree, an engineering school or any other course requiring a Bac+3.

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Know-how and skills

The program offers general theoretical courses in Biochemistry, Biology and Chemistry, and the corresponding practical courses.
The training is tailored to the needs of academic and industrial research laboratories.
The skills to be acquired during the course are based on
- fundamental knowledge of biochemistry (metabolic, cellular and structural),
enzymology, molecular biology, genetics, systems biology, etc.
- practical know-how in biochemistry and microbiology
- the ability to analyze and synthesize scientific data
All the skills acquired at the Biology-Chemistry interface enable students to adapt
to broader, interdisciplinary scientific contexts.

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Program

  • Cellular and Molecular Biology 2

    4 credits
  • Basics of plant physiology

    4 credits
  • Description of variability 1

    2 credits
  • Microbiology 1

    4 credits
  • Fundamentals of Animal Physiology and Immunology

    4 credits
  • Biochemistry S3

    4 credits
  • Chemistry for biologists 2

    3 credits
  • English S3

    2 credits
  • UE choice SV

    • Your choice: 1 of 5

      • Fluid biophysics

        3 credits
      • Food-Nutrition-Health

        3 credits
      • Biotechnologies and the challenge of sustainable agronomy

        3 credits
      • Life chemistry

        3 credits
      • Animal behavior - Ethology

        3 credits
  • Your choice: 1 of 2

    • CHOICE HAV401V

      3 credits
      • English S4

        2 credits
      • BioInfo

        2 credits
      • Cellular and Molecular Biology 3

        4 credits
      • Biochemistry Techniques

        3 credits
      • Introduction to evolution

        2 credits
      • Physiology of major functions

        4 credits
      • Personal and Professional Project

        2 credits
      • Advanced cellular and molecular biology

      • Metabolic biochemistry

      • Genetics 1

    • CHOICE HAV418V

      3 credits
      • English S4

        2 credits
      • BioInfo

        2 credits
      • Cellular and Molecular Biology 3

        4 credits
      • Microbiology 2

      • Biochemistry Techniques

        3 credits
      • Introduction to evolution

        2 credits
      • Physiology of major functions

        4 credits
      • Personal and Professional Project

        2 credits
      • Metabolic biochemistry

      • Genetics 1

Admission

Access conditions

Students in the fields of Biology and Biochemistry who have completed the first year of a Bachelor's degree

 

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How to register

Applications are made via the Faculty of Science's e-Candidat portal after validation of a first year L1 or equivalent.

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Target audience

Students who have completed the first year of L1 or equivalent.

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Necessary prerequisites

For integration into Licence 2 : 

Applications are made via the Faculty of Science's e-Candidat portal after validation of a first year L1 or equivalent.

 

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Recommended prerequisites

A solid background in the major disciplines of biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology and chemistry is a recommended prerequisite for entry into the L3 SVSE Biochemistry pathway.

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And then

Further studies

Continuation of studies in L3 biochemistry or in the Molecular and Cellular Biology pathway with the agreement of the pathway manager

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