L2 - SVSE APP-Bio menu

Generalist, multidisciplinary training in the life sciences. This course provides an integrated vision of biology and develops cross-disciplinary skills in collaborative work, problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity and innovation (so-called 21st century skills). The course focuses on the environment, biodiversity, biomedical research, plant improvement and health, and understanding the fundamental mechanisms of living organisms.

In L3, students can choose to specialize in Life Mechanisms, Ecology-Environment or a specialization of the Baccalauréat de Biologie en APP from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM, Canada).

• Disciplinary skills
  • Mobilize the fundamental concepts and technologies of molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, microbiology, physiology, immunology, classification of living organisms, developmental biology and evolution to address a problem in the field or analyze a research or presentation document.
  • Mobilize the fundamental concepts of ecology and ecosystems to situate biological and physiological issues.
  • Identify and independently carry out the various stages of an experimental approach.
  • Identify, select and apply a combination of analytical tools (current techniques, instrumentation) adapted to characterize organisms (from the biomolecule to the individual in all its complexity) and their functioning at different levels of analysis (intracellular metabolism, biology and physiology of complex organisms, interactions between individuals and groups, interactions with the environment).
  • Interpret experimental data to envisage their modeling.
  • Validate a model by comparing its predictions with experimental results, and assess its limits of validity.
  • Identify sources of error to calculate the uncertainty of an experimental result.
  • Manipulate fundamental mechanisms at the microscopic scale, model macroscopic phenomena, link macroscopic phenomena to microscopic processes.
  • Use data acquisition and analysis software with a critical eye.
  • Mobilize the concepts and tools of mathematics, physics, chemistry and computer science in the context of life science issues.
  • Identify specific regulations and implement the main preventive health and safety measures.

• Pre-professional skills
  • Situate your role and mission within an organization to adapt and take initiatives,
  • Identify the process of producing, disseminating and promoting knowledge.
  • Respect the principles of ethics, professional conduct and environmental responsibility.
  • Work as part of a team as well as independently and responsibly in the service of a project.
  • Identify and situate the professional fields potentially related to the skills acquired during the course.
  • Characterize and promote your identity, skills and professional project in a given context.
  • Step back from a situation, assess yourself and challenge yourself to learn.

• Cross-disciplinary and linguistic skills
  • Use digital reference tools and IT security rules to acquire, process, produce and distribute information, and to collaborate internally and externally.
  • Identify and select various specialized resources to document a subject.
  • Analyze and synthesize data for further processing.
  • Develop arguments with a critical mind.
  • Use the different registers of written and spoken French with ease.
  • Fluency in written and spoken comprehension and expression in at least one modern foreign language.