ECTS
60 credits
Duration
1 year
Training structure
Faculty of Science
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
The Animal Physiology/Neuroscience course of the Life Sciences degree is a multidisciplinary scientific program that addresses the physiological functioning of animals, including humans, with a strong approach to three disciplines: neuroscience, muscular and cardiac physiology, and nutrition.
Open course in Health Access (L.AS).
80%
Success rate
Objectives
This initial training is a general license that should allow 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 must allow the student to receive a basic scientific training, to acquire knowledge in order to be able to build his/her scientific mind.
The PAN course proposes a balance between lectures (CM), tutorials (TD) and practical work (TP) so that the acquisition of knowledge can be done in a complementary way between CM and TD and in an experimental, practical way, by numerous TP sessions.
Moreover, a specific teaching module proposed, the tutored project, must allow the student to approach a research theme in a professional framework supervised by a tutor and thus to develop his/her autonomy, implying group work with the use of scientific communication techniques such as the elaboration of a synthesis report, a slide show and the defense of an oral presentation before a jury.
A significant proportion of the teaching units (UE) are oriented from the first year of the Licence (L1) Sciences de la Vie Santé Environnement (SVSE) towards teaching in Biology, but the course itself only begins in the second year (L2). Moreover, the second and third years (L2 and L3) are closely linked, with L3 building on the knowledge acquired in L2. Students in L1 and L2 also take numerous Biology subjects in addition to the three major disciplines such as chemistry, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, genetics, and immunology, all of which are essential to the training of
the scientific mind.
Know-how and skills
Knowledge:
o To know the basic notions in the disciplines essential to the training of a biologist with more particularly in the PAN course, a reinforcement of
knowledge in Neurosciences, in Muscular and Cardiac Physiology and in Nutrition in order to build the scientific spirit (hypotheses, experimental results, polemical 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 bibliography, defense of a point of view thanks to a constructed and logical argument, etc.).) ;
o Know how to search for and extract information in a critical way, to rank the sources of information and identify their reliability, to make a synthesis ;
o Know how to elaborate oral presentations and written scientific reports, using illustrations and a level of language adapted to the public concerned, with the help of
adapted computer tools;
o Be able to approach a scientific problem, to propose and implement an observational or experimental approach, to analyze the
data that result from it, using appropriate computer tools to prepare a scientific report and an oral presentation with slides;
o Know how to search for information in order to set up one's training plan, know how to prepare a CV, a cover letter, and use professional networking tools. Know how to carry out a project within a group.
- Skills:
o Know how 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 in order to implement a project, know how to listen and exchange in a constructive manner;
o Respect the legal, ethical and deontological rules for the use and production of documents (plagiarism, source, copyrights and citations, falsification of data);
o Respect the legal, ethical and deontological rules for the manipulation of living organisms;
o Respect others, respect the material and the organisms on which one works
The competences that students who will follow the Life Sciences degree course PAN must acquire are :
1) disciplinary skills:
- Know the different levels of functional organization of living organisms (from the cell to the whole organism);
- Know the major physiological functions;
- Know the mechanisms of membrane transfers;
- Know the anatomy and physiology of the central and peripheral nervous system;
- Know the anatomy and physiology of the heart and striated skeletal muscles;
- Know the basics of pharmacology and cellular communication;
- Know the basics of endocrinology
- Know the physiology and pathologies of nutrition
- Know the chemical senses, olfaction and gustation, in terms of reception and processing of information
- Know the anatomy, physiology and the main pathologies of the central and peripheral nervous system
- Know how to implement operating techniques on anaesthetized animals
- Know how to construct scientific reports from experimental results
2) Cross-cutting skills:
- Knowledge:
o Know the basic concepts of chemistry, biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, immunology and genetics and the processes of knowledge formation in different disciplines (hypotheses, experimental results, polemical results, mathematical theorems, scientific facts)
Organization
Program
The PAN program of the Life Sciences license (L2 and L3) is divided into 4 semesters, each comprising Teaching Units (UEs) validated by ECTS credits. It follows the L1 Life Science Health Environment (LSE). Throughout the three years of the Bachelor's degree, there are many gateways to other Bachelor's degree courses and other courses (IUT, BTS, CPGE, engineering schools).
The list of Teaching Units can be found on the Faculty of Science website
. It is also possible to follow an additional UE (with a maximum of 34 ECTS per semester).
Communication Techniques and Scientific English
4 creditsPractical Work of Animal Physiology
4 creditsImmunology (from the response to infections to autoimmune diseases)
4 creditsOlfactory and Gustatory Physiology
4 creditsEnglish S5
2 creditsIntegrated Neurobiology and Cognition
4 creditsNeurobiology and Cellular Neurophysiology
4 creditsCardiac Physiology
4 credits
Cellular Communication and Pharmacology
4 creditsNeuropathology
5 creditsMuscular and Cardiac Pathologies
5 creditsPhysiology and Pathology of Nutrition
4 creditsSensory and motor neurophysiology
4 creditsEndocrine physiology
5 creditsProject or internship
3 credits
Admission
Conditions of access
Registration possible from a L2 SV PAN obtained at the FdS of the University of Montpellier, or obtained outside the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Montpellier or equivalent in higher education: license, preparatory class, DUT.
How to register
The registration procedure for students outside of the L2 PAN license must be carried out via the Faculty of Science's e-candidate portal. Acceptance is not automatic: it is decided on the basis of a file by a pedagogical committee. The capacity of reception (logistic and human means) is of 160 students in L3 PAN (including repeat students) of which 10-20 are external, i.e. outside L2 PAN Montpellier.
Target audience
On average, the majority, 80%, of the external students come from the IUT within the UM or from other universities with a minority, 20%, coming from other licenses outside the UM, from IUT or from preparatory classes. According to observations from previous years. The PAN course of the University of Montpellier's SV license is very attractive with more than 200 applications each year. We advise candidates for the L3 PAN to clearly indicate in their cover letter what they wish to do after the license, so that the committee can best judge the adequacy of the course with the candidates' study or professional projects
Necessary pre-requisites
For access to L3, it is necessary to have obtained a L2 or equivalent with an important part of training in adequacy with the contents of L2 PAN, in particular in Animal Physiology, in Biochemistry, in Cellular and Molecular Biology, in Immunology and in Genetics.
Recommended prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Animal Physiology as well as neuroanatomy and neuronal biology is strongly recommended for access to L3.
And then
Further studies
The Bachelor of Science in Physics is a general degree: although there may be opportunities for professional integration at the end of this degree, the majority of students go on to study for a Master's degree. The generalist and multidisciplinary character of the Bachelor of Science in Physics (Licence SV parcours PAN) allows students to integrate many first years of Master's programs (M1).
1- Towards research careers with a first year of a Master's degree:
Currently, many students pursue their studies in a Master's degree in a specialized field, and if necessary, they go on to a PhD. The level of training of the Bachelor's degree SV course PAN allows students to integrate the first years of Master proposed by the Master Biology Health in Montpellier, in the course Neurosciences (about twenty students), in the course Experimental and Regenerative Medicine (about fifteen students), in the course BIOTIN (2 to 3 students), in the course Design, Evaluation and Management of Therapeutic Trials (1 to 2 students.
In recent years, a large number of students have integrated a Master's degree in neuroscience in other French universities.
2- Other possibilities:
A minority of students manage to enter engineering schools related to the training they received. Others can prepare for various bachelor's degree examinations, in particular those leading to the Scientific Police.
Continuing your studies abroad
It is possible to do part of your training abroad within the framework of the ERASMUS program.
Each year, between 1 and 3 students follow their L3 training year abroad, mainly in UK faculties.
Bridges and reorientation
Access to the PAN course from other courses in the SV field will require a return to L2, and will be subject to the agreement of the course director (on file).
Similarly, a PAN student who wishes to reorient himself/herself in other courses in the SV field will need the agreement of the director and will have to consider returning to L2.
Professional integration
The vast majority of L3 PAN students continue their university studies with a first year of a Master's degree (Master1) and for the others, who are very few, it is very difficult to know precisely what will happen to them.