Boot camp

The Bootcamp is an intensive course at the beginning of the first semester, before the start of the courses that characterize the programs. Its purpose is to refresh and/or upgrade students' knowledge of the basics of mathematics, physics, computer science, and biology.

The course will be adapted to suit the students enrolled, with the aim of ensuring a more consistent start to the program. Students will be immersed in various role-playing activities in small groups. They will have to solve puzzles using their knowledge of biology, physics/mathematics, chemistry, and programming, as in an escape game lasting several days.

Ensure that basic concepts in biology, mathematics, physics, and programming are understood before the start of the first year of the master's program, in an effort to standardize students' knowledge.

Good knowledge of the fundamentals of biochemistry, molecular biology, mathematics, and physics at the bachelor's degree level.

Programming basics.

Recommended prerequisites: 

Python programming and Shell scripts

• Basics of Python Programming
• Differential equations, Fourier transform, complex numbers;
• Basic probability theory: discrete and continuous distributions;
• Analysis of variance and correlation, linear model;
• Principal component analysis;
• Summary of mechanics (Newton's laws, springs, oscillatory systems, etc.)
• Fundamentals of optics;
• Review of biological concepts: from molecules to cells.