Training Structure
College of Sciences
Program
Study of Variability
4 creditsPathogenic Organisms: From Viruses to Helminths
4 creditsDescription and Inference
2 creditsIssues and Challenges in the Epidemiology of Diseases
4 creditsInformation Systems and Databases
4 creditsEcology Keys
2 creditsCHOICE S1
4 creditsChoose 1 of 4
Phylogeny and Evolution
Food Safety Risk
4 creditsFood Safety Risk 1
2 creditsFood Safety Risk 2
2 credits
Water and Public Health
Skill Enhancements
4 credits
Ecology and Evolution of Microorganisms and Parasitism
6 credits
Epidemiology Tools
2 creditsLongitudinal, cross-sectional, and epidemiological analyses
4 creditsEmergence: Eco-epidemiological Contexts and Mechanisms
8 creditsCHOICE S2
14 creditsCHOICE 3
4 creditsChoose 1 out of 7
Public Health and Prevention
4 creditsHealth Policy and Public Health
Evolutionary Genomics
4 creditsEvolutionary Ecology
4 creditsEXDIM: Multidimensional Data Exploration
4 creditsAlignment and Phylogeny
4 creditsOption 5
4 creditsBioinformatics Learning Lab
2 creditsBiological Information
2 credits
CHOICE 4
10 creditsChoose one of the following two options:
In-Depth Supervised Project
10 creditsInternship
10 credits
Preparation for the internship or in-depth supervised project
2 credits
Study of Variability
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
"General linear models with one or more explanatory random variables: translating the figure that answers the biological question into a statistical model—that is, taking into account numerous effects and knowing how to interpret them"
general properties examined through regression and one-way ANOVA (R², F, ddl, least squares, likelihood, diagnostics, validation, goodness of fit, interpretation of effect sizes); ANOVA with nested and crossed factors, multiple regression (concepts of parameters, effects, and interactions)
"accounting for the dependence of explanatory random variables, confounding effects (quantitative for multiple regression, and unbalanced designs for ANOVA)"
Pathogenic Organisms: From Viruses to Helminths
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Description and Inference
ECTS
2 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
The objective of this course unit is to provide the necessary foundation in statistics to follow the more advanced modules in the curriculum; it is therefore a general refresher course. Descriptive statistics are reviewed (quantiles, cumulative frequency polygons, sample-based estimators); simple tests are introduced; essential graphs for univariate and multivariate data are presented; and the general principles of statistical testing, hypothesis testing, the concept of the p-value, and Type I and Type II errors are covered. In lab sessions, students also receive training in the R environment.
Issues and Challenges in the Epidemiology of Diseases
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Information Systems and Databases
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Ecology Keys
ECTS
2 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
This learning unit is conducted entirely in English. It has two objectives:
1. To help students improve their speaking and listening skills in English
2. To enable students to expand their vocabulary in the field of ecology that interests them most (e.g., marine ecology, terrestrial ecology).
Practical sessions: oral presentations by students, watching videos in English with English subtitles, quizzes, and games.
Phylogeny and Evolution
Training Structure
College of Sciences
"The phylogenetic tree is a central concept in biology for students in the majors "Biodiversity, Ecology & Evolution," "Agricultural Biology," and "Eco-epidemiology." To introduce students to phylogeny, this course unit is divided into two consecutive parts, each lasting 22.5 hours: “Phylogeny and Evolution (Fundamentals)” (HAB708B) and “Phylogeny and Evolution (Advanced)” (HAB714B).
The following subjects will be taught there:
(i) History of the Concept of Evolution [Basics].
(ii) Phylogenetic systematics (characters, rules of taxonomy, molecular barcoding, genomics, alignment, homology and homoplasy, orthology and paralogy) [half in the Basics course; half in the Advanced course].
(iii) Phylogenetic representation (networks, trees, roots, dendrograms, topology, branch lengths) [Basics].
(iv) Methods of phylogenetic inference based on distances [Advanced].
(v) The cladistic approach and the principle of maximum parsimony [Basics].
(vi) The probabilistic approach, the maximum likelihood principle, and sequence evolution models [Advanced].
(vii) Measures of phylogenetic robustness (bootstrapping, topology comparison, multigene corroboration, gene and species trees) [Advances].
(viii) Applications to the phylogeny of several major taxonomic groups (Mammals, Eukaryotes) [Progress]."
Food Safety Risk 1
ECTS
2 credits
Training Structure
School of Pharmacy
Food Safety Risk 2
ECTS
2 credits
Training Structure
School of Pharmacy
Water and Public Health
Training Structure
School of Pharmacy
Skill Enhancements
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Ecology and Evolution of Microorganisms and Parasitism
ECTS
6 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Epidemiology Tools
ECTS
2 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Longitudinal, cross-sectional, and epidemiological analyses
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Emergence: Eco-epidemiological Contexts and Mechanisms
ECTS
8 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
CHOICE S2
ECTS
14 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
CHOICE 3
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Public Health and Prevention
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Health Policy and Public Health
Training Structure
School of Pharmacy
Evolutionary Genomics
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
This learning unit has three objectives:
1) To deepen understanding of concepts in evolutionary genetics and genomics, such as linkage disequilibrium, selection, coalescence theory, the detection of natural selection, and the evolutionary forces acting on genome evolution and the process of genomic speciation.
2) Provide an overview of research topics in evolutionary genomics through educational seminars: molecular evolution, evolutionary genomics of endosymbiosis, chromosomal evolution, and molecular evolution.
3) Finally, the EU is proposing a bioanalysis project based on an empirical dataset to gain an understanding of evolutionary genomics and to tackle the increasingly sophisticated bioinformatics aspects of the discipline.
Evolutionary Ecology
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
"The objective of this course unit is to build upon the material covered in the first semester by exploring issues related to phenotypic evolution and the main methodological approaches associated with it. The course will address the evolution of various types of traits (life history traits, traits involved in reproductive strategies, traits involved in biotic interactions, and quantitative traits). The main approaches covered include game theory formalization, adaptive dynamics, quantitative genetics, and the comparison of theoretical predictions with empirical data. The course includes:
1) lectures on the main concepts of evolutionary ecology;
2) tutorials focused on document analysis and exercises"
EXDIM: Multidimensional Data Exploration
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
"This module introduces array management and the relationship between multivariate and univariate analysis: matrix manipulation and common operations; the concepts of projection and distance; interpretation of descriptive and univariate statistics, using multiple regression, PCA, and AFD as examples; (dis)similarity indices, distance; and correlation."
Alignment and Phylogeny
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Option 5
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Bioinformatics Learning Lab
ECTS
2 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Biological Information
ECTS
2 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
CHOICE 4
ECTS
10 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
In-Depth Supervised Project
ECTS
10 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Internship
ECTS
10 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Preparation for the internship or in-depth supervised project
ECTS
2 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Admission
Registration Procedures
Applications are submitted through the platform:
- "My Master's Degree" from the website:https://www.monmaster.gouv.fr/