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A broad-based, multidisciplinary education in the life sciences. This program provides students with an integrated understanding of biology and helps them develop cross-disciplinary skills in collaboration, problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, and innovation (often referred to as “21st-century skills”). This program focuses on the environment, biodiversity, biomedical research, plant health and improvement, and understanding the fundamental mechanisms of life.

In their third year, students can choose a specialization in Mechanisms of Life or Ecology and the Environment, or pursue a specialization in the Bachelor’s degree in Biology through the University of Quebec at Montreal’s (UQAM, Canada) distance learning program.

• Subject-Specific Skills
  • Apply fundamental concepts and technologies from molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, microbiology, physiology, immunology, classification of living organisms, developmental biology, and evolutionary biology to address a problem in the field or analyze a research paper or presentation.
  • Apply fundamental concepts of ecology and ecosystems to contextualize biological and physiological issues.
  • Identify and independently carry out the various steps of an experimental process.
  • Identify, select, and apply a combination of analytical tools (common techniques, instrumentation) suitable for characterizing organisms (from biomolecules to individuals in all their complexity) and their functioning at various levels of analysis (intracellular metabolism, biology and physiology of complex organisms, interactions between individuals and groups, and interactions with the environment).
  • Interpret experimental data to consider how to model them.
  • Validate a model by comparing its predictions with experimental results and assess the limits of its validity.
  • Identify sources of error to calculate the uncertainty in an experimental result.
  • Manipulate fundamental mechanisms at the microscopic scale, model macroscopic phenomena, and link a macroscopic phenomenon to microscopic processes.
  • Use data acquisition and analysis software with a critical mindset.
  • Apply concepts and tools from mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computer science to address issues in the life sciences.
  • Identify specific regulations and implement key preventive measures related to health and safety.

• Pre-professional Skills
  • Understand one's role and mission within an organization in order to adapt and take initiative,
  • Identify the process of producing, disseminating, and applying knowledge.
  • Adhere to the principles of ethics, professional conduct, and environmental responsibility.
  • Work both as part of a team and independently, taking responsibility for contributing to a project.
  • Identify and pinpoint the professional fields that may be related to the skills and knowledge acquired through the program.
  • Describe and highlight one’s identity, skills, and career goals in the context of a specific situation.
  • Take a step back from a situation, evaluate yourself, and question your own assumptions in order to learn.

• Cross-Functional and Language Skills
  • Use standard digital tools and IT security policies to collect, process, produce, and disseminate information, as well as to collaborate internally and externally.
  • Identify and select various specialized resources to research a topic.
  • Analyze and synthesize data for use.
  • Develop an argument using critical thinking.
  • Be able to use the various registers of written and spoken French with ease.
  • Be able to easily use written and oral comprehension and expression in at least one modern foreign language.