ECTS
60 credits
Duration
1 year
Training structure
Faculty of Science
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
The Animal Physiology/Neurosciences pathway of the Life Sciences bachelor's degree is a multidisciplinary scientific program that tackles the physiological functioning of animals, including humans, with a strong focus on three disciplines: neuroscience, muscular and cardiac physiology, and nutrition.
Average success rate in L2 60%, in L3 80%.
Success rates
Objectives
This initial training is a general bachelor's degree which should enable students to continue their studies with a first year of a master's degree (or equivalent) in the three major disciplines of neuroscience, muscular and cardiac physiology, and nutrition.
The teaching provided should enable students to receive a basic scientific education, and to acquire the knowledge they need to build their scientific minds.
The PAN course offers a balance between lectures (CM), tutorials (TD) and practical work (TP), so that the acquisition of knowledge can take place in a complementary way between CM and TD, and in an experimental, practical way, through numerous TP sessions.
In addition, a specific teaching module, the "projet tuteuré" (tutored project), is designed to enable students to tackle a research topic in a professional setting, under the supervision of a tutor, and thus develop their autonomy, involving group work and the use of scientific communication techniques such as the preparation of a summary report, a slide show and an oral presentation before a jury.
A significant proportion of the teaching units (UE) in the first year of the Licence (L1) Sciences de la Vie Santé Environnement (SVSE) are oriented towards Biology, but the course itself only begins in the second year (L2). Moreover, L2 and the third year (L3) are closely linked, with L3 building on the achievements of L2. Students in L1 and L2 also take a wide range of Biology subjects in
addition to the three major disciplines of chemistry, biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, genetics and immunology, all of which are essential to the development of a scientific mind.
Know-how and skills
Knowledge:
o Basic knowledge of the disciplines essential to the training of a biologist, with a particular emphasis on Neuroscience, Muscular and Cardiac Physiology and
Nutrition in the PAN pathway, in order to build a scientific mindset (hypotheses, experimental results, controversial results, scientific facts).
-Know-how:
o Know how to mobilize concepts and tools from different disciplines to analyze a document, an observation or the result of an experiment;
o Be able to develop a logical argument with a critical mind (limits, confrontation with the bibliography, defense of a point of view thanks to a constructed and logical argument, etc.).);
o Be able to search for and extract information in a critical manner, prioritize sources of information and identify their reliability, and produce a synthesis;
o Be able to produce oral presentations and written scientific reports, in
using illustrations and a level of language adapted to the audience concerned, with the aid of suitable computer tools;
o Be able to tackle a scientific problem, propose and implement an observation or experimental approach, and analyze the resulting data, using appropriate IT tools to draw up a scientific report and an oral presentation with slides;
o Know how to search for information to set up one's training plan,
know how to draw up a CV, a covering letter, and use networking tools
professional;
o Know how to carry out a project successfully within a group.
- Personal skills :
o Be able to work independently, adapt to a new context and take relevant initiatives;
o Be capable of self-evaluation and questioning oneself in order to learn;
o Know how to position oneself in a group with a view to implementing a project, know how to listen and exchange constructively;
o Respect the legal, ethical and deontological rules governing the use and production of documents (plagiarism, source, copyright and quotations, falsification
of data);
o Respect the legal, ethical and deontological rules governing the manipulation of living organisms;
o Respect others, respect the material and organisms on which they work.
The skills to be acquired by students taking the Life Sciences degree in the PAN pathway are:
1) Disciplinary skills:
- Knowledge of the different levels of functional organization of living organisms (from the cell to the whole organism);
- Knowledge of the major physiological functions
- Knowledge of membrane transfer mechanisms
- Knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the central and peripheral nervous systems;
- Knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the heart and striated skeletal muscles;
- Knowledge of the basics of pharmacology and cellular communication;
- basic knowledge of endocrinology
- knowledge of nutritional physiology and pathologies
- knowledge of the chemical senses, olfaction and gustation, in terms of information reception and processing
- knowledge of the anatomy, physiology and main pathologies of the central and peripheral nervous system
- ability to perform surgical techniques on anesthetized animals
- ability to use experimental results to produce scientific reports
2) Cross-disciplinary skills:
- Knowledge:
o Know the basic concepts of chemistry, biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, immunology and genetics, and the processes by which knowledge is formed in different disciplines (hypotheses, experimental results, polemical results, mathematical theorems, scientific facts).
Program
The PAN program in the Life Sciences bachelor's degree (L2 and L3) is divided into 4 semesters, each comprising teaching units (UEs) awarded ECTS credits. It follows on from the L1 Life Science Health Environment (LSHE). Throughout the three-year Bachelor's degree, there are numerous gateways to other Bachelor's degree courses and other curricula (IUT, BTS, CPGE, engineering schools).
The list of Teaching Units can be consulted on the Faculty of Science website.
It is also possible to take an additional UE (with a maximum of 34 ECTS per semester).
Cellular and Molecular Biology 2
4 creditsBasics of plant physiology
Description of variability 1
2 creditsMicrobiology 1
4 creditsFundamentals of Animal Physiology and Immunology
Biochemistry S3
4 creditsChemistry for biologists 2
3 creditsEnglish S3
2 creditsUE choice SV
Your choice: 1 of 5
Fluid biophysics
3 creditsFood-Nutrition-Health
3 creditsBiotechnologies and the challenge of sustainable agronomy
3 creditsLife chemistry
3 creditsAnimal behavior - Ethology
3 credits
English S4
2 creditsBioInfo
2 creditsCellular and Molecular Biology 3
4 creditsIntroduction to evolution
2 creditsPhysiology of major functions
4 creditsPersonal and Professional Project
2 creditsMetabolic biochemistry
Genetics 1
Membrane transfer
3 creditsNeurobiology
3 credits
Admission
Access conditions
For admission to Licence 2:
Enrolment is possible from an L1 SVSE obtained at the FdS of the University of Montpellier, or from an equivalent L1 obtained outside the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Montpellier (or equivalent higher education: preparatory school,
possibly DUT, or even BTS).
For students from outside the UM, the enrolment procedure must be carried out via the Faculty of Sciences' e-candidat portal. Acceptance is not automatic: it is decided on the basis of the student's application by a pedagogical committee, depending on the L2 intake capacity.
How to register
For all candidates (L1 SVSE and approved training included), on application, via E-candidat
Capacity
180 students, including repeaters
Necessary prerequisites
To join the L2 course, you need to have completed L1 Life Sciences or equivalent.
Recommended prerequisites
A grounding in animal physiology, neuroanatomy and neuronal biology is strongly recommended for admission to L3.
And then
Further studies
Continuation of studies from L2-PAN to L3-PAN. Possibility of enrolling in another course with the agreement of the course leader.
Studying abroad
It is possible to do part of your training abroad as part of the ERASMUS program.
Each year, between 1 and 3 students spend their L3 year abroad, mostly in UK faculties.
Bridges and reorientation
Access to the PAN pathway from other SV pathways will require a return to L2, and will be subject to the approval of the course director (on the basis of a dossier).
Similarly, a PAN student wishing to transfer to other SV pathways will need the approval of the course director, and will have to consider a return to L2.