Health, environment and global change

The major human and animal health issues linked to global change, i.e. :

• degradation of natural environments, leading to loss of quality of natural resources (various forms of pollution) and loss of biodiversity
• climate change
• the artificialization of living environments
• new therapeutic approaches
• the globalization of trade
• standardized lifestyles

- L, L2, and L3 majors S5 including microbiology

- Parasitic eukaryotes" (L2 S4) welcome but not compulsory

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This introductory course is complementary to the "Adaptations Parasitaires" course, which can be expanded by theme.

The CCs will take the form of :

- two simple assessments (fill-in-the-blank questions, MCQs) of basic concepts

- a table-top assessment at the end of the module

Manager(s) : Catherine Moulia/ Laurent Gavotte / Estelle Bilak

Contact details of manager(s) (tel/mail) :

catherine.moulia@umontpellier.fr / laurent.gavotte@umontpellier.fr/ estelle.bilak@umontpellier.fr

- A 6 - Know the applications of organismal biology, evolutionary biology and ecology (health, agronomy, conservation, restoration).

-B 14- Know the main applications of evolutionary biology (health, agronomy, conservation, restoration)

-C 7- Understand the impact of natural and anthropogenic stresses and disturbances on biodiversity (from the organism to the biosphere)/ C8- Understand the main applications of ecology (health, agronomy, conservation, restoration)

- H1 Know how knowledge is constructed in different disciplines (hypotheses, experimental results, polemical results, mathematical theorems, scientific facts).

- G English

- I Know-how