Targeted level of study
BAC +5
ECTS
120 credits
Duration
1 or 2 years
Training structure
Faculty of Science
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
The Master's degree in Environmental Management is described at: www.ingénieurs-ecologues.fr
Accredited by the university and the national evaluation committee, the Biology-Ecology department and the Faculty of Sciences of Montpellier are opening, for the period 2021-2025, the Master's degree in Environmental Management. This multidisciplinary professional Master's degree offers opportunities in many sectors of the environment and biodiversity. In this project, the new mention "Environmental Management" includes 6 courses:
-AquaDura: Sustainable Production and Exploitation of Aquatic Bioresources (formerly BAEMT)
-GIEBioTE: Integrated Management of the Environment, Biodiversity and Territories
-IEGB : Ecology and Biodiversity Management Engineering
-Dual Competence in Ecological Engineering (DC)
-RAINET': Applied research to conserve biodiversity
-ComBiodiv: Communication and Education on Biodiversity
All courses are open to continuing education in M1 and M2. All courses except GIEBioTE are open to apprenticeship in M1 and M2.
The Environmental Management specialization is a 5-year degree that trains professionals in the fields of naturalist expertise, ecological engineering, environmental management, territorial planning, communication and research in conservation biology (the latter through a doctorate).
It develops and applies several areas of expertise in a specific manner in each of its specialization paths:
-Sustainable development, societal and environmental issues in the face of global change and their adaptations,
- knowledge, management and conservation of biodiversity,
- sustainable exploitation and production of bioresources,
- management of aquatic environments and flood prevention,
-The integrated management of territories and their resources, on territorial dialogue and interactions with actors and institutions,
- communication, awareness and training on biodiversity.
In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, this master's degree and the teaching program of each of its courses are recognized and supported by the UNESCO center on water and environment in Montpellier (ICIREWARD: https://icireward-unesco.umontpellier.fr/)
Field of training: Agronomy, plant biology, ecology, environment, evolution, biodiversity; Space, environment and societies; Sciences and Technologies, Water Sciences
Please refer to the course sheets for a more detailed presentation.
The advantages of the training
Objectives
The goal of the Environmental Management field is to train future managers, researchers, and engineers in the fields of the environment, ecology, and biodiversity, with specializations ranging from integrated and concerted management of territories that respect the environment, to naturalist expertise, including research in biodiversity conservation, communication on sustainable development, aquaculture and fisheries production, and natural risk prevention.
The main outlet is the executive job at Bac+5 level in ecological engineering or the implementation of environmental projects, in aquaculture production or aquatic resources management, in communication, in scientific research on biodiversity (including doctoral opportunities), or in territorial management (...).
Please refer to the course sheets for a more detailed presentation of the objectives.
Know-how and skills
The competences acquired at the end of the Master 2 are specific to the courses. It is therefore advisable to refer to the course descriptions.
Core competencies upon graduation from the master's program include, for example:
- To master the methods and techniques of naturalist inventories and diagnoses, as well as the prospecting of vegetation, populations and rare species
- Define and conduct experimental, inventory, determination, observation and hydrometric devices for contrasting environments using technical approaches, collect data
- Perform statistical analysis of data and analyze data
- Master specialized software
- Mastering the tools, techniques and methods of development, preservation, protection or restoration of biodiversity
- Integrate the aspects of conservation, biodiversity, management and protection of the environment in the development projects of the territories by taking into account the social and economic dimensions
- Design, develop, manage and implement communication, awareness, education and training activities
- Conduct environmental studies and develop management plans
- Take a stand and develop a plan of action to bring about change
- Conducting impact studies and sizing hydraulic structures
- To provide advice and technical assistance in aquaculture
- Designing innovative programs and action plans on the production and sustainable use of aquatic bioresources
- Designing research programs and protocols
- Ensure the management of projects.
- Scientific and technical communication
- Structure and lead teams and meetings
- Ensure a scientific and technological watch
- Participate in the dissemination and promotion of results and studies
- Understand the dynamics of living resources and aquatic ecosystems and their interactions,
- Be able to analyze the functioning of operating systems, from upstream to downstream,
- Develop a critical understanding of aquaculture development and principles,
- To produce species in different aquaculture production systems in a sustainable way, taking into account epidemiological, environmental and welfare regulations,
- Assess and manage human impact on exploited aquatic ecosystems in an integrated manner
- Assess, exploit and manage aquatic bioresources sustainably,
- Contribute to cutting-edge research on the development of aquatic bioresources practices and valorization
International training
Double degrees, joint degrees, Erasmus MundusInternational dimension
The Master Integrated Management of the Environment, Biodiversity and Territories GIEBioTE is a Franco-Canadian training, carried and bi-degree by both the University of Montpellier and the University of Sherbrooke (Canada). The M1 of this program must be completed in Canada (contact the program director).
Organization
Knowledge control
see EU sheets
Open in alternation
Type of contract | Apprenticeship contract, Professionalization contract |
|---|
Alternation possible in Master 1 and Master 2 depending on the course. (see the work-study calendar at the CFA)
Alternation methods
The courses open to alternating work-study contracts and apprenticeships are
M2 - Double competence in ecology and biodiversity management -course open to direct access in M2.
M2 - Sustainable Production and Exploitation of Aquatic Bioresources AQUADURA
M2 - Applied Research to Conserve Biodiversity RAINET'
M2 - Ecological Engineering and Biodiversity Management IEGB
M2 - Communication and Biodiversity Education ComBiodiv
M1- Environmental and Biodiversity Management
The apprenticeship schedule is defined for the duration of the training (1 to 2 years depending on the pathway) and is available from the CFA (cf. contacts)
Internships, tutored projects
Internship | Mandatory |
|---|---|
Duration of the course | 3 months; 4.5 months; 6 months (depending on course) |
Internship abroad | Possible |
Duration of the internship abroad | same duration of internship in France |
All students in this Master's program have two long internships to complete during their studies: 4.5 months in M1 (3 in GIEBioTE) and 5 to 6 months in M2, with specific variations for each course. Students are obligatorily supervised by a company tutor and monitored by their teaching staff at all stages of the internship, in particular the M2 internship or end-of-study internship, which is of vital importance for their professional integration.
Please refer to the course sheets for a more detailed presentation of the internships.
Numerous teaching units offer courses in the form of team projects. Some of them are transversal to the mention. All of them allow students to apply their learning to operational cases. Among the largest tutored projects are
- The Master 2 Ecology and Biodiversity Fair in which all M2 students are involved to varying degrees on specific job descriptions. This fair is a forum for jobs and training, a scientific and technical conference, a place for professional meetings (...) https://www.salon-ecologie.com/
- Festi'Versité in Master 2, which is a festival of biodiversity to raise awareness and educate the general public on ecological issues
- The Biodiversity study project in Master 1, in which students are trained in sampling methods and field monitoring
- The cogithon in Master 2, which pits teams of students against each other in their response to a call for tenders drawn up by the students themselves in partnership with local players and according to the issues at stake.
- The projects in companies are short term missions in groups of 3 or 4 in immersion within a company or an association.
- ...
Program
In M2 the courses are :
- Integrated Management of the Environment, Biodiversity and Territories (in bi-diploma with the University of Sherbrooke) - in initial and continuing education.
- Double competence in ecology and biodiversity management - only open to apprenticeship or with a professionalization contract, course open to direct access in M2.
- Sustainable Production and Exploitation of Aquatic Bioresources - initial training, continuing education and apprenticeship.
- Applied research to conserve biodiversity - initial training, continuing education and apprenticeship.
- Ecological engineering and biodiversity management - initial training, continuing education and apprenticeship.
- Biodiversity communication and education - initial training, continuing education and apprenticeship.
The different courses are available in M2 (except for the Franco-Canadian GIEBioTE course which is differentiated from M1 onwards, see https://ingenieurs-ecologues.com/presentation-parcours-giebiote/). The Masters involved in this new mention have a long experience of individualized follow-up of students to help them in the construction of their training project and elaborate their professional project. Thus, the students entering the program in M1, even if they will be together in the common core courses, will have personalized follow-ups as of M1 according to the courses (M2) that they will have identified as being necessary for the realization of their professional project. The recruitment of the M1 class will also be determined by our capacity to accommodate students in the various M2 courses.
The first year of the endorsement includes:
- The Integrated Management of the Environment, Biodiversity and Territories course (in bi-diploma with the University of Sherbrooke) - initial and continuing education, and taking place in Canada (University of Sherbrooke);
- Environmental and Biodiversity Management (core curriculum) initial and continuing education ;
- Environmental and Biodiversity Management by apprenticeship (it differs from the previous one in that it is adapted to work-study).
Students will be recruited by course according to their professional goals (as defined by the M2 courses - except for GIEBioTE, see above). The pedagogical team manages the recruitment of students at the level of the mention in order to optimize the adequacy of the candidates' previous career - training project - professional project. Students in Double Competence (M2) are welcomed with direct access (retraining, graduate engineers, etc.).
For all the M1 and M2 courses of this mention, except Master 1 GIEBIOTE, the teachings take place in France, in Montpellier, within the Faculty of Sciences (except for planned field trips, in companies and internships). The teachings can be adapted to the teachings by videoconference if the health situation requires it. The Master 1 GIEBIOTE takes place in Canada (contact the person in charge of this course).
Select a program
Integrated Management of the Environment, Biodiversity and Territories
If the question of the spatial coexistence of all human activities has always been important in human societies, it is even more so nowadays and imposes often delicate trade-offs between agriculture, breeding, extraction activities, transport, industry, commerce, cities, leisure activities.... In addition to the complexity of these trade-offs, there is the significant contemporary degradation of the physical environment (climate change, various types of pollution, etc.) and the biotic environment (disappearance of natural areas, erosion of biodiversity), whose impact on the health and well-being of human populations is undeniable.
Thus, with the harsh reality of global changes, under social pressure and a restrictive legislative framework, but with limited budgets, governments, local authorities, companies and associations.... are in the short term forced to integrate environmental, ecological and societal concerns into their activities. Environmental management and land use planning have become interdependent and their synergy essential.
Environmental and biodiversity management
Environmental and Biodiversity Management - Learning
Double competence in ecology and biodiversity management Biodiv'In - Apprenticeship
The Biodiv'In master course "Double competence in ecology and biodiversity management" is presented on the website of the GEB Master mention "Gestion de l'Environnement et de la Biodiversité": www.ingénieurs-ecologues.fr
This is a scientific and technical training in ecology at a generalist level in the fields of competence at bac+5 of :
Environmental and ecological engineering.
Management and conservation of biodiversity.
It is based on a single year of training at the M2 level, the course does not include a M1.
This training prepares graduates with a Bac+5 degree of the "technical engineer" type, and does not prepare them for jobs as senior technicians (e.g. naturalist technician, because these require specific and long apprenticeships that will not be provided in this course) or for jobs as researchers or teacher-researchers. From these two restrictions, this course opens up a very wide field of jobs at the baccalaureate+5 level more or less related to scientific ecology and contributing directly or/and indirectly to the conservation of biodiversity.
The course is open to both initial and continuing education, with or without an apprenticeship or professionalization contract.
Sustainable Production and Exploitation of Aquatic Bioresources
Aquaculture has supplanted fishing in the supply of seafood for human consumption worldwide. The controlled production of aquatic organisms plays a crucial role in alleviating the growing need for sustainably produced aquatic foods.
The aim of this course is to train future scientists with a broad range of skills in the entire fisheries and aquaculture sector, with a view to ensuring responsible aquaculture production, fishing and ecosystem management of aquatic resources and environments.
The AQUADURA program is a professionalizing programthat allows students to enter the job market directly after gradu ation.The continuation of the program into a thesis is very marginal and is mainly carried out in the fields of R&D or integrated management. It is open to apprentices in M1 and M2.
Applied research to conserve biodiversity RAINET
Faced with the development of human societies, the challenges of biodiversity conservation are multiplying. More and more urgent scientific questions are being asked, particularly in ecology but not only. Answering these questions requires applied research, the results of which have a real impact on biodiversity conservation practices and policies at different scales.
The RAINET' Master's degree (Applied Research for Biodiversity Conservation) targets students who wish to pursue this path and to complete a doctoral thesis after the Master's degree. These students can then work as researchers in public or private research organizations or as scientific project managers in biodiversity conservation organizations in France and abroad.
For more information: https: //ingenieurs-ecologues.com/parcours-ge/parcours-rainet/
Ecological Engineering and Biodiversity Management IEGB
The IEGB Master's program is presented on the website of the Master's degree in Environmental and Biodiversity Management: www.ingénieurs-ecologues.fr
Students in the IEGB master's program are trained in environmental and ecological engineering and in the management of biodiversity and aquatic environments. They integrate ecological, sociological and environmental dimensions into programs for the management and preservation of natural resources and environments, holistic management of natural or protected areas, protection and conservation of species, but also into programs for reducing the vulnerability of territories to climate and global changes and increasing their resilience, protecting populations from environmental risks, including floods, as well as into programs for planning, adaptation and sustainable development.
This course is professionally oriented and trains generalist ecological engineers, managers in environmental engineering, ecology, biodiversity and hydraulics. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, this master's degree and its teaching program are recognized and supported by the UNESCO center on water and the environment in Montpellier (IciReward)
The teaching takes place in multiple and complementary forms in order to encourage learning, creativity and student involvement in their training: from online lectures, to concrete field cases in contact with professionals, through fundamental scientific disciplines, field techniques, digital modeling or operational group projects. The numerous opportunities for exchanges between students, and between students and professionals, allow the development of the professional network of future graduates, which is essential for effective integration into the professional world, and allow the learning of interdisciplinarity, which is essential for the environmental, ecological and societal management of territories, environments or species.
The IEGB program is open to initial and continuing education, as well as to professional training and apprenticeship contracts. Since 2010, the IEGB program is open to apprenticeship.
Fields of study : Main : environmental sciences, agronomy, plant biology, ecology, environment, evolution, biodiversity, sciences and technologies, water sciences.
Communication and Education on Biodiversity
Sustainable Production and Exploitation of Aquatic Bioresources - Apprenticeship
Aquaculture has supplanted fishing in the supply of seafood for human consumption worldwide. The controlled production of aquatic organisms plays a crucial role in alleviating the growing need for sustainably produced aquatic foods.
The aim of this course is to train future scientists with a broad range of skills in the entire fisheries and aquaculture sector, with a view to ensuring responsible aquaculture production, fishing and ecosystem management of aquatic resources and environments.
The AQUADURA program is a professionalizing programthat allows students to enter the job market directly after gradu ation.The continuation of the program into a thesis is very marginal and is mainly carried out in the fields of R&D or integrated management. It is open to apprentices in M1 and M2.
Applied Research to Conserve Biodiversity RAINET - Learning
Faced with the development of human societies, the challenges of biodiversity conservation are multiplying. More and more urgent scientific questions are being asked, particularly in ecology but not only. Answering these questions requires applied research, the results of which have a real impact on biodiversity conservation practices and policies at different scales.
The RAINET' Master's degree (Applied Research for Biodiversity Conservation) targets students who wish to pursue this path and to complete a doctoral thesis after the Master's degree. These students can then work as researchers in public or private research organizations or as scientific project managers in biodiversity conservation organizations in France and abroad.
For more information: https: //ingenieurs-ecologues.com/parcours-ge/parcours-rainet/
Ecological Engineering and Biodiversity Management IEGB - Apprenticeship
The IEGB Master's program is presented on the website of the Master's degree in Environmental and Biodiversity Management: www.ingénieurs-ecologues.fr
Students in the IEGB master's program are trained in environmental and ecological engineering and in the management of biodiversity and aquatic environments. They integrate ecological, sociological and environmental dimensions into programs for the management and preservation of natural resources and environments, holistic management of natural or protected areas, protection and conservation of species, but also into programs for reducing the vulnerability of territories to climate and global changes and increasing their resilience, protecting populations from environmental risks, including floods, as well as into programs for planning, adaptation and sustainable development.
This course is professionally oriented and trains generalist ecological engineers, managers in environmental engineering, ecology, biodiversity and hydraulics. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, this master's degree and its teaching program are recognized and supported by the UNESCO center on water and the environment in Montpellier (IciReward)
The teaching takes place in multiple and complementary forms in order to encourage learning, creativity and student involvement in their training: from online lectures, to concrete field cases in contact with professionals, through fundamental scientific disciplines, field techniques, digital modeling or operational group projects. The numerous opportunities for exchanges between students, and between students and professionals, allow the development of the professional network of future graduates, which is essential for effective integration into the professional world, and allow the learning of interdisciplinarity, which is essential for the environmental, ecological and societal management of territories, environments or species.
The IEGB program is open to initial and continuing education, as well as to professional training and apprenticeship contracts. Since 2010, the IEGB program is open to apprenticeship.
Fields of study : Main : environmental sciences, agronomy, plant biology, ecology, environment, evolution, biodiversity, sciences and technologies, water sciences.
Communication and Education on Biodiversity - Learning
Double competence in ecology and biodiversity management Biodiv'In
The Biodiv'In master course "Double competence in ecology and biodiversity management" is presented on the website of the GEB Master mention "Gestion de l'Environnement et de la Biodiversité": www.ingénieurs-ecologues.fr
This is a scientific and technical training in ecology at a generalist level in the fields of competence at bac+5 of :
Environmental and ecological engineering.
Management and conservation of biodiversity.
It is based on a single year of training at the M2 level, the course does not include a M1.
This training prepares graduates with a Bac+5 degree of the "technical engineer" type, and does not prepare them for jobs as senior technicians (e.g. naturalist technician, because these require specific and long apprenticeships that will not be provided in this course) or for jobs as researchers or teacher-researchers. From these two restrictions, this course opens up a very wide field of jobs at the baccalaureate+5 level more or less related to scientific ecology and contributing directly or/and indirectly to the conservation of biodiversity.
The course is open to both initial and continuing education, with or without an apprenticeship or professionalization contract.
Ecology Fair-1
2 credits1hChoice 1
4 creditsYour choice: 1 of 2
Management and exploitation of living resources
4 creditsConservation ecology
4 credits
EU CHOICE 2
10 creditsChoice of 1 of 3
EU Choice 4
EU CHOICE 3
10 creditsYour choice: 1 of 22
Urban ecology
2 creditsSustainable exploitation of animal resources hunting
2 creditsEcology of marine and coastal ecosystems
2 credits8hAgroecology
2 creditsConservation Biology
2 creditsStream modeling
2 creditsEcological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
2 creditsBehavioral ecology
2 credits6hGEMAPI (Management of Aquatic Environments and Flood Prevention)
2 creditsMediation and Governance of territories
2 creditsEcology Fair-2
2 credits1hEcology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
2 creditsTools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
2 credits3hManaging a participatory science project
2 creditsImpacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
2 creditsAdvanced GIS
2 creditsIndividual Project in GE 1
2 creditsGIS
2 creditsGlobal changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
2 creditsCommunication of organizations
2 credits15hNew technologies for the study of Biodiversity
2 creditsBioremediation pollution
2 credits
EU CHOICE 4
10 creditsPollution and bioremediation of ecosystems
EU CHOICE 7
6 creditsYour choice: 1 of 22
Urban ecology
2 creditsSustainable exploitation of animal resources hunting
2 creditsEcology of marine and coastal ecosystems
2 credits8hAgroecology
2 creditsConservation Biology
2 creditsStream modeling
2 creditsEcological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
2 creditsBehavioral ecology
2 credits6hGEMAPI (Management of Aquatic Environments and Flood Prevention)
2 creditsMediation and Governance of territories
2 creditsEcology Fair-2
2 credits1hEcology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
2 creditsTools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
2 credits3hManaging a participatory science project
2 creditsImpacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
2 creditsAdvanced GIS
2 creditsIndividual Project in GE 1
2 creditsGIS
2 creditsGlobal changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
2 creditsCommunication of organizations
2 credits15hNew technologies for the study of Biodiversity
2 creditsBioremediation pollution
2 credits
Aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
4 creditsEcology Keys
2 creditsM2-GE Apprenticeship Project
6 creditsTools of the territorial dialogue
2 credits
End of studies internship M2 GE Biodiv'In
22 creditsCOGITHON
4 creditsProfessionalization M2 GE
4 credits
Elements of Environmental Management
ECTS
8 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecosystem value and management
ECTS
8 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Environmental Chemistry
ECTS
6 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Specialization in integrated environmental management 2
ECTS
6 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
GIEBioTE : Guided work in Ecology and Biodiversity
ECTS
6 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Specialization in integrated environmental management 1
ECTS
6 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Integrator Project in Env
ECTS
10 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
M1 GIEBioTE internship (COOP internship - UM declination)
ECTS
8 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Study of variability
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
"General linear models with 1 or more explanatory random variables: from translating the figure that answers the biological question to the statistical model, i.e., taking into account many effects and knowing how to interpret them
general properties seen through regression and 1-factor ANOVA (R2, F, ddl, least squares, likelihood, diagnosis, validation, goodness of fit, interpretation of effect sizes); nested and cross-factor ANOVA, multiple regression (notion of parameter and effects, and interaction)
incorporation of the dependence of explanatory random variables, confounding of effects (quantitative for multiple regression, and unbalanced designs for ANOVA)".
Biodiversity project / sampling plan
ECTS
6 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Sustainable production of aquatic resources
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology Keys
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
This course is conducted entirely in English. Its objective is twofold:
1. To enable students to improve their oral expression and comprehension in English
2. To allow students to enrich their vocabulary in the field of ecology that interests them most (e.g. marine ecology, terrestrial ecology).
Practical work: oral presentations made by students, listening to videos in English with English subtitles, quizzes, games.
Advanced data processing
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Generalized linear mixed models + methodology and experimental protocols to take into account a biological reality: non-normal law and pseudo-replication
Protocol optimization, power and uncontrolled 1st order risk: variable transformation, polynomial regression, link function, likelihood, model selection
Deviance analysis and goodness of fit
Incorporation of blocks, repeated measurements over time, taking into account spatial and temporal correlation, over-dispersion
Graphical representation of predictions.
Description and inference
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The objective of this course is to provide the necessary basis in statistics to follow all the more elaborate modules of the curriculum, so it is a general refresher. Descriptive statistics are reviewed (quantile, polygon of cumulative frequencies, estimators from samples), simple tests are presented, essential graphs for univariate and multivariate data are presented, the general principle of a statistical test, the hypothesis plan, the notion of p-value, first and second species risk are presented. In practical exercises, students are also brought up to speed in the R environment.
Management and exploitation of living resources
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Master 1 internship
ECTS
15 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The M1 internship lasts a minimum of 4.5 months and a maximum of 6 months full-time (from mid-March to the end of August at the latest).
The search for the internship is proactive by the student.
The internship is validated by the pedagogical tutor according to its suitability for the student's professional project.
Each student is followed during the internship by a pedagogical tutor.
The internship can take place in France or abroad.
The internship takes place in a professional organization and is covered by an internship agreement issued by the UM.
The basics of communication
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
At the end of this course, students will have acquired the basic knowledge required to prepare and correctly carry out a scientific communication operation adapted to a target audience, both orally and in writing.
Tools for communication 2 (C)
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
30h
This teaching unit is entirely based on practical work focused on the creation and management of web pages and the knowledge, use and animation of social networks in scientific communication.
Ecology and societies
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
This teaching unit aims to link theoretical ecology, its operational implementation and the issues of territories as seen by society's actors. Built on a format combining theoretical courses recalling the elements necessary for the understanding of field issues (ecosystem dynamics, anthropization, resilience of socio-ecosystems, in situ conservation, etc.), this UE includes several field blocks (each consisting of a preparatory TD/TP and an "active" field trip). The territories visited will allow the students to meet actors from society (managers, elected officials, associations, shepherds, etc.) whose position allows them to understand how ecological issues govern their actions, and how in return their actions impact biodiversity, its dynamics and its distribution.
Population dynamics (R)
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Integrated Coastal Zone Management (A)
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
-Definition of the main lines of an integrated coastal zone management project and the methodological approach to be adopted.
-Description of the partners (administrations, professional fisheries structures...) and their operating mode
-Discover and use project management and planning tools
-Practical application on a real case.
Socio-economics and environmental law
ECTS
5 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecological restoration
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The general introduction of the EU lays the conceptual foundations of ecological rehabilitation and restoration and the resilience of ecosystems and aquatic environments.
The concepts of ecological and hydrological continuity, river morphology and hydrogeomorphology are explained and illustrated.
A field trip is an opportunity to analyze the issues, to pose hypotheses of functioning and to evaluate the impacts.
The practical exercises of the course are preferably directly linked to the field.
The main tools and know-how for the reintroduction of species are presented and accompanied by illustrative practical exercises:
- Animal model practical exercises: reintroduction of a vulture population
- Plant model practical exercises: transplantation.
- Riverbank practical training: and the notion of a turquoise network
The main impacts of soil sealing and interventions on aquatic environments (maintenance and development) and the methods for evaluating these impacts, accompanied by illustrative practical exercises:
- Water law practical training: evaluation of the impacts of soil sealing and hydrological compensation.
- Hydrogeomorphological practical exercises: analysis of historical and current hydraulic continuities.
Finally, the UE proposes to the learners to cross ecological and hydrological continuities and to evoke optimized restoration tracks.
EXDIM: Multidimensional Data Mining
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
"This module presents table management and the link between multivariate and univariate: matrix manipulation and common operations; notion of projection and distance; translation of descriptive and univariate statistics with multiple regression/ACP/AFD as an example; (dis)similarity indices, distance; correlation"
Tools for communication 1 (C)
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
30h
This teaching unit is entirely based on practical work in the fields of computer graphics (designing and producing diagrams with vector drawing software), page layout (designing and producing a poster, an article or a booklet with desktop publishing software).
Study of variability
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
"General linear models with 1 or more explanatory random variables: from translating the figure that answers the biological question to the statistical model, i.e., taking into account many effects and knowing how to interpret them
general properties seen through regression and 1-factor ANOVA (R2, F, ddl, least squares, likelihood, diagnosis, validation, goodness of fit, interpretation of effect sizes); nested and cross-factor ANOVA, multiple regression (notion of parameter and effects, and interaction)
incorporation of the dependence of explanatory random variables, confounding of effects (quantitative for multiple regression, and unbalanced designs for ANOVA)".
M1-GE Project - Learning assignment
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
M1-GE Learning Project on BIODIVERSITY
ECTS
6 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Sustainable production of aquatic resources
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology Keys
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
This course is conducted entirely in English. Its objective is twofold:
1. To enable students to improve their oral expression and comprehension in English
2. To allow students to enrich their vocabulary in the field of ecology that interests them most (e.g. marine ecology, terrestrial ecology).
Practical work: oral presentations made by students, listening to videos in English with English subtitles, quizzes, games.
Advanced data processing
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Generalized linear mixed models + methodology and experimental protocols to take into account a biological reality: non-normal law and pseudo-replication
Protocol optimization, power and uncontrolled 1st order risk: variable transformation, polynomial regression, link function, likelihood, model selection
Deviance analysis and goodness of fit
Incorporation of blocks, repeated measurements over time, taking into account spatial and temporal correlation, over-dispersion
Graphical representation of predictions.
Description and inference
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The objective of this course is to provide the necessary basis in statistics to follow all the more elaborate modules of the curriculum, so it is a general refresher. Descriptive statistics are reviewed (quantile, polygon of cumulative frequencies, estimators from samples), simple tests are presented, essential graphs for univariate and multivariate data are presented, the general principle of a statistical test, the hypothesis plan, the notion of p-value, first and second species risk are presented. In practical exercises, students are also brought up to speed in the R environment.
Management and exploitation of living resources
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The basics of communication
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
At the end of this course, students will have acquired the basic knowledge required to prepare and correctly carry out a scientific communication operation adapted to a target audience, both orally and in writing.
Tools for communication 2 (C)
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
30h
This teaching unit is entirely based on practical work focused on the creation and management of web pages and the knowledge, use and animation of social networks in scientific communication.
Ecology and societies
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
This teaching unit aims to link theoretical ecology, its operational implementation and the issues of territories as seen by society's actors. Built on a format combining theoretical courses recalling the elements necessary for the understanding of field issues (ecosystem dynamics, anthropization, resilience of socio-ecosystems, in situ conservation, etc.), this UE includes several field blocks (each consisting of a preparatory TD/TP and an "active" field trip). The territories visited will allow the students to meet actors from society (managers, elected officials, associations, shepherds, etc.) whose position allows them to understand how ecological issues govern their actions, and how in return their actions impact biodiversity, its dynamics and its distribution.
Population dynamics (R)
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Integrated Coastal Zone Management (A)
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
-Definition of the main lines of an integrated coastal zone management project and the methodological approach to be adopted.
-Description of the partners (administrations, professional fisheries structures...) and their operating mode
-Discover and use project management and planning tools
-Practical application on a real case.
Socio-economics and environmental law
ECTS
5 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecological restoration
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The general introduction of the EU lays the conceptual foundations of ecological rehabilitation and restoration and the resilience of ecosystems and aquatic environments.
The concepts of ecological and hydrological continuity, river morphology and hydrogeomorphology are explained and illustrated.
A field trip is an opportunity to analyze the issues, to pose hypotheses of functioning and to evaluate the impacts.
The practical exercises of the course are preferably directly linked to the field.
The main tools and know-how for the reintroduction of species are presented and accompanied by illustrative practical exercises:
- Animal model practical exercises: reintroduction of a vulture population
- Plant model practical exercises: transplantation.
- Riverbank practical training: and the notion of a turquoise network
The main impacts of soil sealing and interventions on aquatic environments (maintenance and development) and the methods for evaluating these impacts, accompanied by illustrative practical exercises:
- Water law practical training: evaluation of the impacts of soil sealing and hydrological compensation.
- Hydrogeomorphological practical exercises: analysis of historical and current hydraulic continuities.
Finally, the UE proposes to the learners to cross ecological and hydrological continuities and to evoke optimized restoration tracks.
EXDIM: Multidimensional Data Mining
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
"This module presents table management and the link between multivariate and univariate: matrix manipulation and common operations; notion of projection and distance; translation of descriptive and univariate statistics with multiple regression/ACP/AFD as an example; (dis)similarity indices, distance; correlation"
Tools for communication 1 (C)
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
30h
This teaching unit is entirely based on practical work in the fields of computer graphics (designing and producing diagrams with vector drawing software), page layout (designing and producing a poster, an article or a booklet with desktop publishing software).
Ecology Fair-1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This course starts during the first day of classes (integration).
During this course, students will participate in the design and implementation of two major annual events in the field of ecology: the Biodiversity Festival (Festi'Versité) and the National Biodiversity Exhibition (SNB). Since 2008, these events have been a way to bring together, get to know and promote all the players in the professional field of ecology in France.
In connection with partner organizations (OFB, F-CEN, UPGE, F-CPIE, UM, CNRS, local authorities, etc.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the management of the two events.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the project management of the two events by occupying various positions according to their motivations, interests and capacities (experience, skills, proposed trainings) in connection with volunteers from other trainings (BTS): recruitment and reception of the public and speakers, media animations, communication, security (fire risk, first aid), logistics, search for financing, eco-responsibility... The positions are proposed through job descriptions on which the students apply during the integration seminar of the master.
Supported by an Adhoc structure (in the process of being set up) and under the direction of a steering committee bringing together their main stakeholders, these two events integrate the assistance of students from the Environmental Management Master's program of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Montpellier within the framework of their teaching and through their student associations.
- Festi'Versité, the biodiversity festival. It allows to sensitize and educate the general public to the stakes of ecology through animations, shows, games, conferences, projections, photographic exhibitions. It takes place during a weekend at the end of October/beginning of November at the zoo of Montpellier.
- The national biodiversity exhibition. At the same time a forum for jobs and training, a scientific and technical congress, and professional meetings, it includes conferences and round tables, scientific and technical communications, and recruitment and professional exchanges. The exhibition takes place during 2 days in January at the Parc des Expositions of Montpellier.
Management and exploitation of living resources
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Individual Project in GE 2
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Pollution and bioremediation of ecosystems
Component
Faculty of Science
This course aims at better understanding the main types of pollutants (organic vs. inorganic), their source(s), their fate in the environment and the way they interact with living organisms (bioaccumulation, biotransformation, effects). The methods used in depollution and bioremediation will be discussed. A particular focus will be made on the contribution of terrestrial and aquatic plants in phytoremediation as well as on the role of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi) in the mechanisms of biodegradation, biotransformation or biosequestration. This course will be illustrated through different case studies through which examples of chronic and acute/accidental pollution of water, air and soil will be discussed. In particular, the treatment of pollution related to mining, petroleum, plastics and phyto-pharmaceutical industries as well as the treatment of liquid effluents (wastewater, industrial effluents) will be discussed. A field trip to Saint-Laurent-Le-Minier will illustrate a current project of phytoremediation of a former mining site.
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Sustainable exploitation of animal resources hunting
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Conservation Biology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The courses present 4 aspects of Conservation Biology based on current scientific research in this discipline:
- Introduction to Biodiversity Conservation(BC): Definition of Conservation Biology Why conserve biodiversity? Who are the main actors in CB and the role of science in CB.
- Species conservation: What are the priority species? How to conserve species? How do you know if a species is "well conserved"?
- Space conservation: What are the priority spaces? How to conserve spaces?
- Does conservation work?Importance of social acceptability and political commitment. Need for biodiversity indicators and measuring the impact of conservation.
Students also complete a group assignment in which they present a SA project around the questions: why, what, where, how, how much does it cost and how do we know if it is effective?
Stream modeling
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
River Engineering, River Morphology, Hydraulic Modeling, Flows, Hydraulic Works, Flooding, Impacts and Compensation
Discipline: Free Surface Hydraulics
This course provides students with solid skills in hydraulic modeling. The student learns the equations of free surface hydraulics in steady state and non-stationary. They learn how to go from the study field to the hydraulic model: by making topographic and hydrometric measurements, by observing hydraulic indices (flood marks, hydrogeomorphological formations, hydraulic jumps...) and then by establishing in situ hypotheses of river functioning.
Several scales can be explored depending on the chosen subject: the habitat scale, the developed reach scale, the flooding river scale. For each scale, students can study and implement specific structures (fish ladders, lateral weirs, weirs, dams, etc.) in their modeling. The impacts of the developments, maintenance and structures are simulated and analyzed in terms of hydrodynamics and hydraulic continuity.
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the phase of presentation of the impacts of the developments, through modeling. The work is done in groups.
A field trip allows the students to analyze the terrain and conceptualize it in a topographic and hydraulic model. Hypotheses of in situ functioning are made and they will be confronted with the models and results.
Finally, the course offers students an analysis based on a real case of development or intervention in a watercourse, with an evaluation of the initial state, an analysis of the impacts of the intervention, and proposals for hydraulic compensation if necessary.
Ecological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Sustainable development, ERC sequence, green, blue, turquoise grid.
The aim is to present the regulatory and technical frameworks for integrating the environment into projects, plans and programs. The sequence Avoid, Reduce, Compensate, its stakes, the actors involved, will be presented, discussed and illustrated. The green and blue frames and their interface with the turquoise frame will be analyzed as tools for improving the preservation of biodiversity in land management and development operations.
The students will have to step back from the methods and know-how used to apply this ERC sequence in different fields, linked to plans, developments, programs and having impacts on the environment.
A field trip is an opportunity to meet the actors, the ERC actions deployed, to draw a diagnosis and perspectives.
The applications will focus on the turquoise frame associating biodiversity law and water law file and on the ERC deployment of the development file.
Finally, the EU offers learners a real critical analysis of know-how and the production of innovative and integrative solutions.
Behavioral ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
6h
Behavioral Ecology approaches the study of behavior from an evolutionary perspective to study the mechanisms, function, and contribution of behavior to evolutionary and ecological processes. The work carried out in Behavioral Ecology helps to understand other phenomena observed in other disciplines of life biology, because all animals, from unicellulars to the most complex vertebrates, exhibit behaviors.
The module allows students to be exposed to the different basic concepts, as well as to the multitude of tools that can be used (observations and experiments in natural populations or on captive individuals, comparative analyses, use of tools from modeling, ecophysiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, embedded electronics...). Part of the training is based on specific discussions on the research approaches that can be used, the tools used and the limits of inferences that can be made. An active participation of the students will be required at these different levels, notably through critical discussions of articles.
The topics covered range from the exploration of food procurement strategies, mate choice, habitat choice, investment in reproduction, to the study of animal communication and the reasons for living in groups. The historical dimension of the discipline is addressed in the introduction, but also according to the sensibility of the speakers and the themes addressed (meaning and relations between 'Animal Behaviour', 'Ethology', Behavioral Ecology etc...).
GEMAPI (Management of Aquatic Environments and Flood Prevention)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Management of the Aquatic Environment and Flood Prevention
Discipline: Ecology, Hydraulics
This teaching unit allows students to immerse themselves in a real case study, in the field, related to the GEMAPI competence. Actors and managers will be met on the study site in order to appreciate the stakes and the complexity of the territory. The groups of students will work on a concrete project to bring together the management of the aquatic environment and the prevention of floods respectful of ecology, the environment and man. This teaching unit will be an opportunity to implement the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous teaching (ecology, hydraulics, legislation, land use planning...)
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the presentation phase of the impacts of the developments, through modeling, analysis or concerted management. The work is done in groups.
Mediation and Governance of territories
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The aim of this course is to provide elements of knowledge in law and governance on land use planning, the consideration of biodiversity in environmental law, the awakening of management on the ontologies of the relationship of societies to living organisms. This course is particularly useful for future environmental managers, both at the national and local levels.
Ecology Fair-2
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This UE is based on the same pedagogical project as the UE "Salon de l'écologie-1": the organization and participation in the two events "Festi'Versité" and "Salon National de l'Ecologie" (see sheet "Salon de l'écologie-1").
The specificity of the "Salon de l'écologie-2" course lies in the roles and implications of the students in their mission of assistance to the project managers of the two events. In this UE, they are involved in positions of responsibility as administrators of one of the partner student associations: president, treasurer, communication manager, logistics manager, eco-responsibility manager, festivities manager, congress manager, forum manager. They will coordinate the highlights of the events, the actions of the different teams and the work of the students and volunteers involved in the implementation through the EU "Ecology Fair 1".
Ecology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
3h
The module presents lessons around the identification, quantification and modeling of interactions between climate, marine species and their exploitation.
Managing a participatory science project
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Impacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The goals of this course are to deepen the key concepts related to climate change, to illustrate important concepts in ecology and evolution in the light of climate change, in many different ecosystems, and to synthesize the different scientific and societal questions and issues raised by CC.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Global changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Climate change, global changes, Prospects, Adaptation, Resilience, Hydrology modeling, Future climate simulation, Water resource availability, Extreme events, Impacts on ecosystems, ecological issues
This course provides students with an introduction to the climatic, environmental and anthropic changes that impact our hydro-eco-socio-systems today and tomorrow.
The activities offer a focus on certain aspects, not exhaustive, of this vast field whose knowledge is constantly evolving.
Beyond the presentation of issues, figures and concepts, students learn about hydrological modeling tools that allow the development of future scenarios of resource evolution. They analyze a concrete subject by crossing disciplines and approaches. They discuss the possibilities of adapting to the impacts of changes.
The activities consist of 3 parts: The course activity, the modeling activity, and the bibliography activity.
- During the course, the principles of climate modeling, the construction of climate change scenarios and their limits are explained. The orders of magnitude of the main changes are stated, as well as the major issues of sustainable development, climate change and global change. A particular focus is proposed around the French Mediterranean watersheds (climate change hot spot, decreasing availability of water resources, agricultural practices and adaptations, irrigation, tourism...).
- The concepts of hydrological modeling and calibration in a non-stationary or poorly gauged context are taught and an introduction to hydrological modeling is carried out with an application case. The students manipulate general hydrological models allowing to evaluate flows and balances (of type GR, HEC-HMS or WEAP), to feed them with outputs of climatic models, to generate future scenarios of flow and balance, then to criticize the scenarios thus built. The modeling work done in small groups is the subject of an oral presentation.
- Finally, the bibliography done in class and completed independently should allow students to specialize around a concrete case of the study of a change occurring in a compartment of a natural or urbanized hydro-eco-system (that the students choose). They carry out a literature review to identify the societal or environmental issues arising from these changes, as well as the scientific questions inherent in the implementation of measures to reduce their impacts or to adapt. They must identify how their case study is similar to other cases, but also how it differs from them. Finally, they open their analysis to a more general methodology that can be applied to other case studies to characterize these changes, their impacts and the adaptation measures. The students write
a synthetic note for operational purposes (bibliography, similar studies, controversies, operational tools, protocols, orders of magnitude). Then they make a pitch of their results to the class.
Communication of organizations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
The objective of this course is to introduce students to:
1. the functioning of communication services of different types of organizations involved in the field of research and scientific culture or its application (research institutes, local authorities, associations, NGOs, companies, etc.)
2. the methodology for developing a communication strategy and plan as well as a press kit.
The teaching will be based on the interventions of communication services managers of different organizations and on tutorials leading the students to analyze and design communication strategies and plans and to write press kits from real projects submitted by the communication services managers.
New technologies for the study of Biodiversity
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Bioremediation pollution
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Pollution and bioremediation of ecosystems
Component
Faculty of Science
This course aims at better understanding the main types of pollutants (organic vs. inorganic), their source(s), their fate in the environment and the way they interact with living organisms (bioaccumulation, biotransformation, effects). The methods used in depollution and bioremediation will be discussed. A particular focus will be made on the contribution of terrestrial and aquatic plants in phytoremediation as well as on the role of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi) in the mechanisms of biodegradation, biotransformation or biosequestration. This course will be illustrated through different case studies through which examples of chronic and acute/accidental pollution of water, air and soil will be discussed. In particular, the treatment of pollution related to mining, petroleum, plastics and phyto-pharmaceutical industries as well as the treatment of liquid effluents (wastewater, industrial effluents) will be discussed. A field trip to Saint-Laurent-Le-Minier will illustrate a current project of phytoremediation of a former mining site.
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Sustainable exploitation of animal resources hunting
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Conservation Biology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The courses present 4 aspects of Conservation Biology based on current scientific research in this discipline:
- Introduction to Biodiversity Conservation(BC): Definition of Conservation Biology Why conserve biodiversity? Who are the main actors in CB and the role of science in CB.
- Species conservation: What are the priority species? How to conserve species? How do you know if a species is "well conserved"?
- Space conservation: What are the priority spaces? How to conserve spaces?
- Does conservation work?Importance of social acceptability and political commitment. Need for biodiversity indicators and measuring the impact of conservation.
Students also complete a group assignment in which they present a SA project around the questions: why, what, where, how, how much does it cost and how do we know if it is effective?
Stream modeling
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
River Engineering, River Morphology, Hydraulic Modeling, Flows, Hydraulic Works, Flooding, Impacts and Compensation
Discipline: Free Surface Hydraulics
This course provides students with solid skills in hydraulic modeling. The student learns the equations of free surface hydraulics in steady state and non-stationary. They learn how to go from the study field to the hydraulic model: by making topographic and hydrometric measurements, by observing hydraulic indices (flood marks, hydrogeomorphological formations, hydraulic jumps...) and then by establishing in situ hypotheses of river functioning.
Several scales can be explored depending on the chosen subject: the habitat scale, the developed reach scale, the flooding river scale. For each scale, students can study and implement specific structures (fish ladders, lateral weirs, weirs, dams, etc.) in their modeling. The impacts of the developments, maintenance and structures are simulated and analyzed in terms of hydrodynamics and hydraulic continuity.
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the phase of presentation of the impacts of the developments, through modeling. The work is done in groups.
A field trip allows the students to analyze the terrain and conceptualize it in a topographic and hydraulic model. Hypotheses of in situ functioning are made and they will be confronted with the models and results.
Finally, the course offers students an analysis based on a real case of development or intervention in a watercourse, with an evaluation of the initial state, an analysis of the impacts of the intervention, and proposals for hydraulic compensation if necessary.
Ecological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Sustainable development, ERC sequence, green, blue, turquoise grid.
The aim is to present the regulatory and technical frameworks for integrating the environment into projects, plans and programs. The sequence Avoid, Reduce, Compensate, its stakes, the actors involved, will be presented, discussed and illustrated. The green and blue frames and their interface with the turquoise frame will be analyzed as tools for improving the preservation of biodiversity in land management and development operations.
The students will have to step back from the methods and know-how used to apply this ERC sequence in different fields, linked to plans, developments, programs and having impacts on the environment.
A field trip is an opportunity to meet the actors, the ERC actions deployed, to draw a diagnosis and perspectives.
The applications will focus on the turquoise frame associating biodiversity law and water law file and on the ERC deployment of the development file.
Finally, the EU offers learners a real critical analysis of know-how and the production of innovative and integrative solutions.
Behavioral ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
6h
Behavioral Ecology approaches the study of behavior from an evolutionary perspective to study the mechanisms, function, and contribution of behavior to evolutionary and ecological processes. The work carried out in Behavioral Ecology helps to understand other phenomena observed in other disciplines of life biology, because all animals, from unicellulars to the most complex vertebrates, exhibit behaviors.
The module allows students to be exposed to the different basic concepts, as well as to the multitude of tools that can be used (observations and experiments in natural populations or on captive individuals, comparative analyses, use of tools from modeling, ecophysiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, embedded electronics...). Part of the training is based on specific discussions on the research approaches that can be used, the tools used and the limits of inferences that can be made. An active participation of the students will be required at these different levels, notably through critical discussions of articles.
The topics covered range from the exploration of food procurement strategies, mate choice, habitat choice, investment in reproduction, to the study of animal communication and the reasons for living in groups. The historical dimension of the discipline is addressed in the introduction, but also according to the sensibility of the speakers and the themes addressed (meaning and relations between 'Animal Behaviour', 'Ethology', Behavioral Ecology etc...).
GEMAPI (Management of Aquatic Environments and Flood Prevention)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Management of the Aquatic Environment and Flood Prevention
Discipline: Ecology, Hydraulics
This teaching unit allows students to immerse themselves in a real case study, in the field, related to the GEMAPI competence. Actors and managers will be met on the study site in order to appreciate the stakes and the complexity of the territory. The groups of students will work on a concrete project to bring together the management of the aquatic environment and the prevention of floods respectful of ecology, the environment and man. This teaching unit will be an opportunity to implement the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous teaching (ecology, hydraulics, legislation, land use planning...)
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the presentation phase of the impacts of the developments, through modeling, analysis or concerted management. The work is done in groups.
Mediation and Governance of territories
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The aim of this course is to provide elements of knowledge in law and governance on land use planning, the consideration of biodiversity in environmental law, the awakening of management on the ontologies of the relationship of societies to living organisms. This course is particularly useful for future environmental managers, both at the national and local levels.
Ecology Fair-2
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This UE is based on the same pedagogical project as the UE "Salon de l'écologie-1": the organization and participation in the two events "Festi'Versité" and "Salon National de l'Ecologie" (see sheet "Salon de l'écologie-1").
The specificity of the "Salon de l'écologie-2" course lies in the roles and implications of the students in their mission of assistance to the project managers of the two events. In this UE, they are involved in positions of responsibility as administrators of one of the partner student associations: president, treasurer, communication manager, logistics manager, eco-responsibility manager, festivities manager, congress manager, forum manager. They will coordinate the highlights of the events, the actions of the different teams and the work of the students and volunteers involved in the implementation through the EU "Ecology Fair 1".
Ecology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
3h
The module presents lessons around the identification, quantification and modeling of interactions between climate, marine species and their exploitation.
Managing a participatory science project
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Impacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The goals of this course are to deepen the key concepts related to climate change, to illustrate important concepts in ecology and evolution in the light of climate change, in many different ecosystems, and to synthesize the different scientific and societal questions and issues raised by CC.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Global changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Climate change, global changes, Prospects, Adaptation, Resilience, Hydrology modeling, Future climate simulation, Water resource availability, Extreme events, Impacts on ecosystems, ecological issues
This course provides students with an introduction to the climatic, environmental and anthropic changes that impact our hydro-eco-socio-systems today and tomorrow.
The activities offer a focus on certain aspects, not exhaustive, of this vast field whose knowledge is constantly evolving.
Beyond the presentation of issues, figures and concepts, students learn about hydrological modeling tools that allow the development of future scenarios of resource evolution. They analyze a concrete subject by crossing disciplines and approaches. They discuss the possibilities of adapting to the impacts of changes.
The activities consist of 3 parts: The course activity, the modeling activity, and the bibliography activity.
- During the course, the principles of climate modeling, the construction of climate change scenarios and their limits are explained. The orders of magnitude of the main changes are stated, as well as the major issues of sustainable development, climate change and global change. A particular focus is proposed around the French Mediterranean watersheds (climate change hot spot, decreasing availability of water resources, agricultural practices and adaptations, irrigation, tourism...).
- The concepts of hydrological modeling and calibration in a non-stationary or poorly gauged context are taught and an introduction to hydrological modeling is carried out with an application case. The students manipulate general hydrological models allowing to evaluate flows and balances (of type GR, HEC-HMS or WEAP), to feed them with outputs of climatic models, to generate future scenarios of flow and balance, then to criticize the scenarios thus built. The modeling work done in small groups is the subject of an oral presentation.
- Finally, the bibliography done in class and completed independently should allow students to specialize around a concrete case of the study of a change occurring in a compartment of a natural or urbanized hydro-eco-system (that the students choose). They carry out a literature review to identify the societal or environmental issues arising from these changes, as well as the scientific questions inherent in the implementation of measures to reduce their impacts or to adapt. They must identify how their case study is similar to other cases, but also how it differs from them. Finally, they open their analysis to a more general methodology that can be applied to other case studies to characterize these changes, their impacts and the adaptation measures. The students write
a synthetic note for operational purposes (bibliography, similar studies, controversies, operational tools, protocols, orders of magnitude). Then they make a pitch of their results to the class.
Communication of organizations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
The objective of this course is to introduce students to:
1. the functioning of communication services of different types of organizations involved in the field of research and scientific culture or its application (research institutes, local authorities, associations, NGOs, companies, etc.)
2. the methodology for developing a communication strategy and plan as well as a press kit.
The teaching will be based on the interventions of communication services managers of different organizations and on tutorials leading the students to analyze and design communication strategies and plans and to write press kits from real projects submitted by the communication services managers.
New technologies for the study of Biodiversity
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Bioremediation pollution
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology Keys
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
This course is conducted entirely in English. Its objective is twofold:
1. To enable students to improve their oral expression and comprehension in English
2. To allow students to enrich their vocabulary in the field of ecology that interests them most (e.g. marine ecology, terrestrial ecology).
Practical work: oral presentations made by students, listening to videos in English with English subtitles, quizzes, games.
M2-GE Apprenticeship Project
ECTS
6 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools of the territorial dialogue
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
End of studies internship M2 GE Double Competence by APPRENTISS
ECTS
26 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
COGITHON
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Innovation is the very outcome of scientific research, but it is also the condition for the survival and/or development of most companies and associations, and thus of all human organizations. Innovation is also a very important lever for the economic development of territories where it is often coupled with the circular economy or the economy of integration.
Being able to participate in the design and implementation of innovative projects, and finding the financial and partnership means to do so, are skills that are increasingly sought after by all employees, regardless of their status and role in their organization (in short, from the worker to the CEO, including technicians, engineers and even researchers!) It is as much about instilling a professional culture of innovation as it is about teaching the basic methodological and technical principles. This educational program is based on a project-based pedagogy and uses as a tool the seminar mode of work (7 days a week and 24 hours a day) in a closed space, cut off from the world to better concentrate. The pedagogical principle is to bring together several competences (in our case those of 4 training courses of the GE master and 2 courses of the Energy master) in the same space of place and time to work in group on an environmental and local problem. Conferences, meetings, visits, reflection and work will alternate to allow students to give a written answer and an oral presentation at the end of the week. The best projects will be presented orally before a jury of professionals and will be defended by the students.
Open to the entire GE field in M2 (except the GeIBioTe course) in FI and APP and to the Energy master's degree.
With the exception of the Aquadura course for which this UE takes place over the semester, the Cogithon takes place in a 6-day seminar format. The seminar starts with a theoretical part (the first day) and then takes place in the form of workshops in which the students are organized in project teams. The teams compete to present a project within the framework of a call for tenders that changes every year and is developed in partnership with local actors. The call for tenders is based on the work of the Aquadura course and their November restitution.
Ecology Fair-1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This course starts during the first day of classes (integration).
During this course, students will participate in the design and implementation of two major annual events in the field of ecology: the Biodiversity Festival (Festi'Versité) and the National Biodiversity Exhibition (SNB). Since 2008, these events have been a way to bring together, get to know and promote all the players in the professional field of ecology in France.
In connection with partner organizations (OFB, F-CEN, UPGE, F-CPIE, UM, CNRS, local authorities, etc.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the management of the two events.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the project management of the two events by occupying various positions according to their motivations, interests and capacities (experience, skills, proposed trainings) in connection with volunteers from other trainings (BTS): recruitment and reception of the public and speakers, media animations, communication, security (fire risk, first aid), logistics, search for financing, eco-responsibility... The positions are proposed through job descriptions on which the students apply during the integration seminar of the master.
Supported by an Adhoc structure (in the process of being set up) and under the direction of a steering committee bringing together their main stakeholders, these two events integrate the assistance of students from the Environmental Management Master's program of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Montpellier within the framework of their teaching and through their student associations.
- Festi'Versité, the biodiversity festival. It allows to sensitize and educate the general public to the stakes of ecology through animations, shows, games, conferences, projections, photographic exhibitions. It takes place during a weekend at the end of October/beginning of November at the zoo of Montpellier.
- The national biodiversity exhibition. At the same time a forum for jobs and training, a scientific and technical congress, and professional meetings, it includes conferences and round tables, scientific and technical communications, and recruitment and professional exchanges. The exhibition takes place during 2 days in January at the Parc des Expositions of Montpellier.
Aquariology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
This course presents the different steps necessary for the creation of an aquarium and its development. From the dimensioning, to the realization, to the choice of species and the associated scenography. It is also about knowing the legislation associated with the production and trade of living aquatic organisms and understanding the investment and communication strategies that an establishment such as an aquarium must put in place to renew itself and maintain a significant number of entries.
Host/pathogen interactions in aquatic animals
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
M2 FI project
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
2h
During this course, students will put into practice the skills acquired during the "project management" course on a concrete case, a project to be carried out in groups of 3 to 5 students for a professional structure (private or public companies, cooperatives, liberal professions, associations, public institutions (universities and research organizations in particular), local authorities, etc.).
The project takes place over a period of 4 months, during which the students devote themselves to it part-time, on a rhythm of one ½ day per week (Friday morning).
The project must allow students to develop their knowledge and skills outside of the university setting by responding to specific needs expressed by a professional structure. This project prepares the student to respond to a specific need, to act as a service provider in engineering and studies in anticipation of his next professional appointments, i.e. his end-of-study internship and his first job. The experience is enriching, can be added to the student's CV and sometimes leads to an internship or even a job.
The proposed projects are diverse and varied: scientific and regulatory monitoring, state of the art, validation of methods and protocols, data collection and analysis, feasibility study for creation and innovation, support in the preparation of a response to a call for tenders or a call for projects, diagnosis and recommendations, drafting of advisory or training documents, design and implementation of educational or/and pedagogical activities, design of communication documents, assistance in organizing events...
Functioning : The UE responsible and each course responsible look for and propose subjects which will be open to all students from all courses (mixed groups are possible if the subject lends itself to it as well as the profiles). The students apply and the head of the UE selects the applications and proposes the constitution of groups which will be validated quickly by the head of the UE. The course leaders propose one or more pedagogical tutors for each proposed project.
New technologies for the study of Biodiversity
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
3h
The module presents lessons around the identification, quantification and modeling of interactions between climate, marine species and their exploitation.
Marine resource use and assessment
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Training, delivered by the UMR MARBEC on the geographical site of Sète, France. This module develops the current context of fisheries and global climate change on the dynamics of marine ecosystems. In the perspective of better understanding and predicting the effects of fisheries and climate on marine ecosystems, the teaching module is structured around the identification of uses, assessment modes and modeling of marine resources dynamics.
Synthetic content of the EU:
Resource and fishery interactions. Analysis of marine trophic interactions. Temporal dynamics of exploited fish populations (species alternation, recruitment). Modeling of predator-prey systems. Bioenergetic modeling (DEB model). Analysis and processing of catch and effort data. Data analysis by GLM, GAM.
Aquaculture
ECTS
6 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The proposed module will include a presentation of the main fish farming production systems implemented in Mediterranean and tropical environments with their main biotechnical and socioeconomic characteristics as well as the corresponding sectors and also visits to production sites. It will focus on a presentation of the biological bases of aquaculture applied to Mediterranean and tropical species and environments.
Project management
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Project management is an essential skill for a master's level professional. This course aims at making you capable of designing and managing a project. We will look at the different phases of a project, its financing (diversification of sources and budget), the planning of work, time and resources, teamwork (meetings, conflicts, reporting), risk management. The teaching carried out via a MOOC "project management" of 6 weeks (Common Core, or classic course - 20 hours of training: Common Core (4 weeks) + 2 modules of specialization minimum) between the end of September and the beginning of November will be completed by various TD.
Genetic improvement and diversity management in aqua environments
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Methods and analysis of surveys in SHS
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Law of the public maritime domain and the sea
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
The EU aims to provide knowledge, without a legal angle, of coastal areas included in the "public maritime domain", and other coastal and offshore maritime areas and to show which legal regimes apply to these areas: ownership of these areas, rules of occupation of these areas, rules of development of these areas. All of this is based on the law of the sea, the law of the coastline and urban planning, and the law of the environment at sea.
Quality management
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Discovery of quality management: issues and principles, process approach, interested parties, measurement and improvement system. The normative context and the ISO9001 standard: certification, accreditation, labeling. Tools and methods of quality and continuous improvement: description of activities, problem solving, analysis and improvement of performance. Risk management: concepts and vocabulary, tools and methods for risk identification and control.
End of studies internship M2 GE AQUA
ECTS
20 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
COGITHON
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Innovation is the very outcome of scientific research, but it is also the condition for the survival and/or development of most companies and associations, and thus of all human organizations. Innovation is also a very important lever for the economic development of territories where it is often coupled with the circular economy or the economy of integration.
Being able to participate in the design and implementation of innovative projects, and finding the financial and partnership means to do so, are skills that are increasingly sought after by all employees, regardless of their status and role in their organization (in short, from the worker to the CEO, including technicians, engineers and even researchers!) It is as much about instilling a professional culture of innovation as it is about teaching the basic methodological and technical principles. This educational program is based on a project-based pedagogy and uses as a tool the seminar mode of work (7 days a week and 24 hours a day) in a closed space, cut off from the world to better concentrate. The pedagogical principle is to bring together several competences (in our case those of 4 training courses of the GE master and 2 courses of the Energy master) in the same space of place and time to work in group on an environmental and local problem. Conferences, meetings, visits, reflection and work will alternate to allow students to give a written answer and an oral presentation at the end of the week. The best projects will be presented orally before a jury of professionals and will be defended by the students.
Open to the entire GE field in M2 (except the GeIBioTe course) in FI and APP and to the Energy master's degree.
With the exception of the Aquadura course for which this UE takes place over the semester, the Cogithon takes place in a 6-day seminar format. The seminar starts with a theoretical part (the first day) and then takes place in the form of workshops in which the students are organized in project teams. The teams compete to present a project within the framework of a call for tenders that changes every year and is developed in partnership with local actors. The call for tenders is based on the work of the Aquadura course and their November restitution.
Professionalization M2 GE
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology Fair-1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This course starts during the first day of classes (integration).
During this course, students will participate in the design and implementation of two major annual events in the field of ecology: the Biodiversity Festival (Festi'Versité) and the National Biodiversity Exhibition (SNB). Since 2008, these events have been a way to bring together, get to know and promote all the players in the professional field of ecology in France.
In connection with partner organizations (OFB, F-CEN, UPGE, F-CPIE, UM, CNRS, local authorities, etc.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the management of the two events.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the project management of the two events by occupying various positions according to their motivations, interests and capacities (experience, skills, proposed trainings) in connection with volunteers from other trainings (BTS): recruitment and reception of the public and speakers, media animations, communication, security (fire risk, first aid), logistics, search for financing, eco-responsibility... The positions are proposed through job descriptions on which the students apply during the integration seminar of the master.
Supported by an Adhoc structure (in the process of being set up) and under the direction of a steering committee bringing together their main stakeholders, these two events integrate the assistance of students from the Environmental Management Master's program of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Montpellier within the framework of their teaching and through their student associations.
- Festi'Versité, the biodiversity festival. It allows to sensitize and educate the general public to the stakes of ecology through animations, shows, games, conferences, projections, photographic exhibitions. It takes place during a weekend at the end of October/beginning of November at the zoo of Montpellier.
- The national biodiversity exhibition. At the same time a forum for jobs and training, a scientific and technical congress, and professional meetings, it includes conferences and round tables, scientific and technical communications, and recruitment and professional exchanges. The exhibition takes place during 2 days in January at the Parc des Expositions of Montpellier.
M2 FI project
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
2h
During this course, students will put into practice the skills acquired during the "project management" course on a concrete case, a project to be carried out in groups of 3 to 5 students for a professional structure (private or public companies, cooperatives, liberal professions, associations, public institutions (universities and research organizations in particular), local authorities, etc.).
The project takes place over a period of 4 months, during which the students devote themselves to it part-time, on a rhythm of one ½ day per week (Friday morning).
The project must allow students to develop their knowledge and skills outside of the university setting by responding to specific needs expressed by a professional structure. This project prepares the student to respond to a specific need, to act as a service provider in engineering and studies in anticipation of his next professional appointments, i.e. his end-of-study internship and his first job. The experience is enriching, can be added to the student's CV and sometimes leads to an internship or even a job.
The proposed projects are diverse and varied: scientific and regulatory monitoring, state of the art, validation of methods and protocols, data collection and analysis, feasibility study for creation and innovation, support in the preparation of a response to a call for tenders or a call for projects, diagnosis and recommendations, drafting of advisory or training documents, design and implementation of educational or/and pedagogical activities, design of communication documents, assistance in organizing events...
Functioning : The UE responsible and each course responsible look for and propose subjects which will be open to all students from all courses (mixed groups are possible if the subject lends itself to it as well as the profiles). The students apply and the head of the UE selects the applications and proposes the constitution of groups which will be validated quickly by the head of the UE. The course leaders propose one or more pedagogical tutors for each proposed project.
Conservation Biology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The courses present 4 aspects of Conservation Biology based on current scientific research in this discipline:
- Introduction to Biodiversity Conservation(BC): Definition of Conservation Biology Why conserve biodiversity? Who are the main actors in CB and the role of science in CB.
- Species conservation: What are the priority species? How to conserve species? How do you know if a species is "well conserved"?
- Space conservation: What are the priority spaces? How to conserve spaces?
- Does conservation work?Importance of social acceptability and political commitment. Need for biodiversity indicators and measuring the impact of conservation.
Students also complete a group assignment in which they present a SA project around the questions: why, what, where, how, how much does it cost and how do we know if it is effective?
New technologies for the study of Biodiversity
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Sustainable exploitation of animal resources hunting
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Bayesian approach to variability
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
1. Bayesian inference: Motivation and simple example.
2. The likelihood.
3. A detour to explore priors.
4. Markov chains Monte Carlo methods (MCMC)
5. Bayesian analyses in R with the Jags software.
6. Contrast scientific hypotheses with model selection (WAIC).
7. Heterogeneity and multilevel models (aka mixed models.
Ecological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Sustainable development, ERC sequence, green, blue, turquoise grid.
The aim is to present the regulatory and technical frameworks for integrating the environment into projects, plans and programs. The sequence Avoid, Reduce, Compensate, its stakes, the actors involved, will be presented, discussed and illustrated. The green and blue frames and their interface with the turquoise frame will be analyzed as tools for improving the preservation of biodiversity in land management and development operations.
The students will have to step back from the methods and know-how used to apply this ERC sequence in different fields, linked to plans, developments, programs and having impacts on the environment.
A field trip is an opportunity to meet the actors, the ERC actions deployed, to draw a diagnosis and perspectives.
The applications will focus on the turquoise frame associating biodiversity law and water law file and on the ERC deployment of the development file.
Finally, the EU offers learners a real critical analysis of know-how and the production of innovative and integrative solutions.
Methods and analysis of surveys in SHS
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Behavioral ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
6h
Behavioral Ecology approaches the study of behavior from an evolutionary perspective to study the mechanisms, function, and contribution of behavior to evolutionary and ecological processes. The work carried out in Behavioral Ecology helps to understand other phenomena observed in other disciplines of life biology, because all animals, from unicellulars to the most complex vertebrates, exhibit behaviors.
The module allows students to be exposed to the different basic concepts, as well as to the multitude of tools that can be used (observations and experiments in natural populations or on captive individuals, comparative analyses, use of tools from modeling, ecophysiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, embedded electronics...). Part of the training is based on specific discussions on the research approaches that can be used, the tools used and the limits of inferences that can be made. An active participation of the students will be required at these different levels, notably through critical discussions of articles.
The topics covered range from the exploration of food procurement strategies, mate choice, habitat choice, investment in reproduction, to the study of animal communication and the reasons for living in groups. The historical dimension of the discipline is addressed in the introduction, but also according to the sensibility of the speakers and the themes addressed (meaning and relations between 'Animal Behaviour', 'Ethology', Behavioral Ecology etc...).
Ethnoecology and sustainable development
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
1 "The way in which the modern West represents nature is the least shared thing in the world" (Descola, 2005, p. 56). According to anthropologist Philippe Descola, the category of "Nature," as a reality separate from the human world, is an invention of Europeans that is only one of the possibilities available to societies to account for the living and non-living beings that surround them.
If Philippe Descola contributes to renewing questions about the relationship between society and the environment, he nevertheless draws on a long tradition in the human and social sciences. Numerous works have already explored the various forms of knowledge and social organization to which these relationships give rise: ethnoscience, anthropology of technology, economic anthropology, ethnoecology, sociology of science and technology, etc.
This issue is far from being confined to the academic sphere. It also arouses the interest of actors in conservation (biodiversity, natural resources, etc.) and industry (pharmacology). It also mobilizes so-called "indigenous" populations who claim, both locally and internationally, access to resources and the preservation of an intangible heritage.
2. Situated at the meeting point of the social sciences and the life sciences, these disciplines analyze how human societies use plants, animals, and other components of the environment, but also how their conceptions and representations of their environment(s) guide these uses. This research also explores how human societies organize themselves, perpetuate themselves, change to adapt to new contexts (globalization, global changes) and transmit knowledge about their relationships with nature.
For a long time, these disciplines focused more specifically on the interrelations between so-called "traditional" societies and their immediate environment. Subsequently, since the 1970s, researchers have reconsidered the distinction between so-called "traditional" and "modern" societies in order to better address new contemporary environmental and social transformations.
Indeed, on the one hand, local societies, even the most isolated, are affected by events that are decided and take place on different scales (international conventions, economic crises). Their immediate environment is also affected by global phenomena (climate change, erosion of biodiversity, etc.). In return, their actions can also have international ecological, social and economic repercussions, when, for example, these societies organize themselves to bring their claims to international arenas.
On the other hand, the relationship that modern societies have with their environment is being reconfigured in the face of the observation that the planet is increasingly "artificialized" and threatened by ruptures and serious crises. The place of fauna and flora is being reconsidered and is the subject of controversy as to their rights. Moreover, the entry into a new geological era, the Anthropocene, is invoked to challenge both the natural sciences and the human and social sciences on the need to consider differently a common history of the environment and societies.
3. The very work of scientists and engineers is apprehended in a new light. In this respect, a new scientific project in the humanities and social sciences aims at reconsidering the role of "non-humans" and calls for finding other analytical categories than those of Nature and Culture. New scales and methods of investigation are also envisaged to analyze global processes.
These recent changes in scale invite the researcher in the humanities and social sciences to (re)consider his or her approach through a reflexive approach: he or she is no longer a simple observer, but can also be a real actor in the processes, when not directly involved in a social movement.
4. The objective of this module is to introduce these different scientific and operational fields. It is to provide students with reference points and elements for reflection, in order to be able to construct scientific questions on the relationships between societies and the environment, in order to reflect on the ways in which current environmental and social issues can be dealt with. The varied geographical and disciplinary experiences of the speakers will make it possible to illustrate the approach through a wide range of ecosystem types, socio-cultural contexts and themes. In the time available, we will not pretend to cover all the themes, approaches and methods in an exhaustive manner. Any student wishing to delve deeper into this area will need to engage in a more in-depth training process.
Ecology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
3h
The module presents lessons around the identification, quantification and modeling of interactions between climate, marine species and their exploitation.
Managing a participatory science project
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Impacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The goals of this course are to deepen the key concepts related to climate change, to illustrate important concepts in ecology and evolution in the light of climate change, in many different ecosystems, and to synthesize the different scientific and societal questions and issues raised by CC.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Roles of microorganisms in ecosystems (with BEE)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Global changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Climate change, global changes, Prospects, Adaptation, Resilience, Hydrology modeling, Future climate simulation, Water resource availability, Extreme events, Impacts on ecosystems, ecological issues
This course provides students with an introduction to the climatic, environmental and anthropic changes that impact our hydro-eco-socio-systems today and tomorrow.
The activities offer a focus on certain aspects, not exhaustive, of this vast field whose knowledge is constantly evolving.
Beyond the presentation of issues, figures and concepts, students learn about hydrological modeling tools that allow the development of future scenarios of resource evolution. They analyze a concrete subject by crossing disciplines and approaches. They discuss the possibilities of adapting to the impacts of changes.
The activities consist of 3 parts: The course activity, the modeling activity, and the bibliography activity.
- During the course, the principles of climate modeling, the construction of climate change scenarios and their limits are explained. The orders of magnitude of the main changes are stated, as well as the major issues of sustainable development, climate change and global change. A particular focus is proposed around the French Mediterranean watersheds (climate change hot spot, decreasing availability of water resources, agricultural practices and adaptations, irrigation, tourism...).
- The concepts of hydrological modeling and calibration in a non-stationary or poorly gauged context are taught and an introduction to hydrological modeling is carried out with an application case. The students manipulate general hydrological models allowing to evaluate flows and balances (of type GR, HEC-HMS or WEAP), to feed them with outputs of climatic models, to generate future scenarios of flow and balance, then to criticize the scenarios thus built. The modeling work done in small groups is the subject of an oral presentation.
- Finally, the bibliography done in class and completed independently should allow students to specialize around a concrete case of the study of a change occurring in a compartment of a natural or urbanized hydro-eco-system (that the students choose). They carry out a literature review to identify the societal or environmental issues arising from these changes, as well as the scientific questions inherent in the implementation of measures to reduce their impacts or to adapt. They must identify how their case study is similar to other cases, but also how it differs from them. Finally, they open their analysis to a more general methodology that can be applied to other case studies to characterize these changes, their impacts and the adaptation measures. The students write
a synthetic note for operational purposes (bibliography, similar studies, controversies, operational tools, protocols, orders of magnitude). Then they make a pitch of their results to the class.
Individual Project in GE 2
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Pollution and bioremediation of ecosystems
Component
Faculty of Science
This course aims at better understanding the main types of pollutants (organic vs. inorganic), their source(s), their fate in the environment and the way they interact with living organisms (bioaccumulation, biotransformation, effects). The methods used in depollution and bioremediation will be discussed. A particular focus will be made on the contribution of terrestrial and aquatic plants in phytoremediation as well as on the role of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi) in the mechanisms of biodegradation, biotransformation or biosequestration. This course will be illustrated through different case studies through which examples of chronic and acute/accidental pollution of water, air and soil will be discussed. In particular, the treatment of pollution related to mining, petroleum, plastics and phyto-pharmaceutical industries as well as the treatment of liquid effluents (wastewater, industrial effluents) will be discussed. A field trip to Saint-Laurent-Le-Minier will illustrate a current project of phytoremediation of a former mining site.
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Sustainable exploitation of animal resources hunting
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Bayesian approach to variability
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
1. Bayesian inference: Motivation and simple example.
2. The likelihood.
3. A detour to explore priors.
4. Markov chains Monte Carlo methods (MCMC)
5. Bayesian analyses in R with the Jags software.
6. Contrast scientific hypotheses with model selection (WAIC).
7. Heterogeneity and multilevel models (aka mixed models.
Ecological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Sustainable development, ERC sequence, green, blue, turquoise grid.
The aim is to present the regulatory and technical frameworks for integrating the environment into projects, plans and programs. The sequence Avoid, Reduce, Compensate, its stakes, the actors involved, will be presented, discussed and illustrated. The green and blue frames and their interface with the turquoise frame will be analyzed as tools for improving the preservation of biodiversity in land management and development operations.
The students will have to step back from the methods and know-how used to apply this ERC sequence in different fields, linked to plans, developments, programs and having impacts on the environment.
A field trip is an opportunity to meet the actors, the ERC actions deployed, to draw a diagnosis and perspectives.
The applications will focus on the turquoise frame associating biodiversity law and water law file and on the ERC deployment of the development file.
Finally, the EU offers learners a real critical analysis of know-how and the production of innovative and integrative solutions.
Methods and analysis of surveys in SHS
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Behavioral ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
6h
Behavioral Ecology approaches the study of behavior from an evolutionary perspective to study the mechanisms, function, and contribution of behavior to evolutionary and ecological processes. The work carried out in Behavioral Ecology helps to understand other phenomena observed in other disciplines of life biology, because all animals, from unicellulars to the most complex vertebrates, exhibit behaviors.
The module allows students to be exposed to the different basic concepts, as well as to the multitude of tools that can be used (observations and experiments in natural populations or on captive individuals, comparative analyses, use of tools from modeling, ecophysiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, embedded electronics...). Part of the training is based on specific discussions on the research approaches that can be used, the tools used and the limits of inferences that can be made. An active participation of the students will be required at these different levels, notably through critical discussions of articles.
The topics covered range from the exploration of food procurement strategies, mate choice, habitat choice, investment in reproduction, to the study of animal communication and the reasons for living in groups. The historical dimension of the discipline is addressed in the introduction, but also according to the sensibility of the speakers and the themes addressed (meaning and relations between 'Animal Behaviour', 'Ethology', Behavioral Ecology etc...).
Ethnoecology and sustainable development
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
1 "The way in which the modern West represents nature is the least shared thing in the world" (Descola, 2005, p. 56). According to anthropologist Philippe Descola, the category of "Nature," as a reality separate from the human world, is an invention of Europeans that is only one of the possibilities available to societies to account for the living and non-living beings that surround them.
If Philippe Descola contributes to renewing questions about the relationship between society and the environment, he nevertheless draws on a long tradition in the human and social sciences. Numerous works have already explored the various forms of knowledge and social organization to which these relationships give rise: ethnoscience, anthropology of technology, economic anthropology, ethnoecology, sociology of science and technology, etc.
This issue is far from being confined to the academic sphere. It also arouses the interest of actors in conservation (biodiversity, natural resources, etc.) and industry (pharmacology). It also mobilizes so-called "indigenous" populations who claim, both locally and internationally, access to resources and the preservation of an intangible heritage.
2. Situated at the meeting point of the social sciences and the life sciences, these disciplines analyze how human societies use plants, animals, and other components of the environment, but also how their conceptions and representations of their environment(s) guide these uses. This research also explores how human societies organize themselves, perpetuate themselves, change to adapt to new contexts (globalization, global changes) and transmit knowledge about their relationships with nature.
For a long time, these disciplines focused more specifically on the interrelations between so-called "traditional" societies and their immediate environment. Subsequently, since the 1970s, researchers have reconsidered the distinction between so-called "traditional" and "modern" societies in order to better address new contemporary environmental and social transformations.
Indeed, on the one hand, local societies, even the most isolated, are affected by events that are decided and take place on different scales (international conventions, economic crises). Their immediate environment is also affected by global phenomena (climate change, erosion of biodiversity, etc.). In return, their actions can also have international ecological, social and economic repercussions, when, for example, these societies organize themselves to bring their claims to international arenas.
On the other hand, the relationship that modern societies have with their environment is being reconfigured in the face of the observation that the planet is increasingly "artificialized" and threatened by ruptures and serious crises. The place of fauna and flora is being reconsidered and is the subject of controversy as to their rights. Moreover, the entry into a new geological era, the Anthropocene, is invoked to challenge both the natural sciences and the human and social sciences on the need to consider differently a common history of the environment and societies.
3. The very work of scientists and engineers is apprehended in a new light. In this respect, a new scientific project in the humanities and social sciences aims at reconsidering the role of "non-humans" and calls for finding other analytical categories than those of Nature and Culture. New scales and methods of investigation are also envisaged to analyze global processes.
These recent changes in scale invite the researcher in the humanities and social sciences to (re)consider his or her approach through a reflexive approach: he or she is no longer a simple observer, but can also be a real actor in the processes, when not directly involved in a social movement.
4. The objective of this module is to introduce these different scientific and operational fields. It is to provide students with reference points and elements for reflection, in order to be able to construct scientific questions on the relationships between societies and the environment, in order to reflect on the ways in which current environmental and social issues can be dealt with. The varied geographical and disciplinary experiences of the speakers will make it possible to illustrate the approach through a wide range of ecosystem types, socio-cultural contexts and themes. In the time available, we will not pretend to cover all the themes, approaches and methods in an exhaustive manner. Any student wishing to delve deeper into this area will need to engage in a more in-depth training process.
Ecology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
3h
The module presents lessons around the identification, quantification and modeling of interactions between climate, marine species and their exploitation.
Managing a participatory science project
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Impacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The goals of this course are to deepen the key concepts related to climate change, to illustrate important concepts in ecology and evolution in the light of climate change, in many different ecosystems, and to synthesize the different scientific and societal questions and issues raised by CC.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Roles of microorganisms in ecosystems (with BEE)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Global changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Climate change, global changes, Prospects, Adaptation, Resilience, Hydrology modeling, Future climate simulation, Water resource availability, Extreme events, Impacts on ecosystems, ecological issues
This course provides students with an introduction to the climatic, environmental and anthropic changes that impact our hydro-eco-socio-systems today and tomorrow.
The activities offer a focus on certain aspects, not exhaustive, of this vast field whose knowledge is constantly evolving.
Beyond the presentation of issues, figures and concepts, students learn about hydrological modeling tools that allow the development of future scenarios of resource evolution. They analyze a concrete subject by crossing disciplines and approaches. They discuss the possibilities of adapting to the impacts of changes.
The activities consist of 3 parts: The course activity, the modeling activity, and the bibliography activity.
- During the course, the principles of climate modeling, the construction of climate change scenarios and their limits are explained. The orders of magnitude of the main changes are stated, as well as the major issues of sustainable development, climate change and global change. A particular focus is proposed around the French Mediterranean watersheds (climate change hot spot, decreasing availability of water resources, agricultural practices and adaptations, irrigation, tourism...).
- The concepts of hydrological modeling and calibration in a non-stationary or poorly gauged context are taught and an introduction to hydrological modeling is carried out with an application case. The students manipulate general hydrological models allowing to evaluate flows and balances (of type GR, HEC-HMS or WEAP), to feed them with outputs of climatic models, to generate future scenarios of flow and balance, then to criticize the scenarios thus built. The modeling work done in small groups is the subject of an oral presentation.
- Finally, the bibliography done in class and completed independently should allow students to specialize around a concrete case of the study of a change occurring in a compartment of a natural or urbanized hydro-eco-system (that the students choose). They carry out a literature review to identify the societal or environmental issues arising from these changes, as well as the scientific questions inherent in the implementation of measures to reduce their impacts or to adapt. They must identify how their case study is similar to other cases, but also how it differs from them. Finally, they open their analysis to a more general methodology that can be applied to other case studies to characterize these changes, their impacts and the adaptation measures. The students write
a synthetic note for operational purposes (bibliography, similar studies, controversies, operational tools, protocols, orders of magnitude). Then they make a pitch of their results to the class.
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Sustainable exploitation of animal resources hunting
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Bayesian approach to variability
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
1. Bayesian inference: Motivation and simple example.
2. The likelihood.
3. A detour to explore priors.
4. Markov chains Monte Carlo methods (MCMC)
5. Bayesian analyses in R with the Jags software.
6. Contrast scientific hypotheses with model selection (WAIC).
7. Heterogeneity and multilevel models (aka mixed models.
Ecological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Sustainable development, ERC sequence, green, blue, turquoise grid.
The aim is to present the regulatory and technical frameworks for integrating the environment into projects, plans and programs. The sequence Avoid, Reduce, Compensate, its stakes, the actors involved, will be presented, discussed and illustrated. The green and blue frames and their interface with the turquoise frame will be analyzed as tools for improving the preservation of biodiversity in land management and development operations.
The students will have to step back from the methods and know-how used to apply this ERC sequence in different fields, linked to plans, developments, programs and having impacts on the environment.
A field trip is an opportunity to meet the actors, the ERC actions deployed, to draw a diagnosis and perspectives.
The applications will focus on the turquoise frame associating biodiversity law and water law file and on the ERC deployment of the development file.
Finally, the EU offers learners a real critical analysis of know-how and the production of innovative and integrative solutions.
Methods and analysis of surveys in SHS
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Behavioral ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
6h
Behavioral Ecology approaches the study of behavior from an evolutionary perspective to study the mechanisms, function, and contribution of behavior to evolutionary and ecological processes. The work carried out in Behavioral Ecology helps to understand other phenomena observed in other disciplines of life biology, because all animals, from unicellulars to the most complex vertebrates, exhibit behaviors.
The module allows students to be exposed to the different basic concepts, as well as to the multitude of tools that can be used (observations and experiments in natural populations or on captive individuals, comparative analyses, use of tools from modeling, ecophysiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, embedded electronics...). Part of the training is based on specific discussions on the research approaches that can be used, the tools used and the limits of inferences that can be made. An active participation of the students will be required at these different levels, notably through critical discussions of articles.
The topics covered range from the exploration of food procurement strategies, mate choice, habitat choice, investment in reproduction, to the study of animal communication and the reasons for living in groups. The historical dimension of the discipline is addressed in the introduction, but also according to the sensibility of the speakers and the themes addressed (meaning and relations between 'Animal Behaviour', 'Ethology', Behavioral Ecology etc...).
Ethnoecology and sustainable development
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
1 "The way in which the modern West represents nature is the least shared thing in the world" (Descola, 2005, p. 56). According to anthropologist Philippe Descola, the category of "Nature," as a reality separate from the human world, is an invention of Europeans that is only one of the possibilities available to societies to account for the living and non-living beings that surround them.
If Philippe Descola contributes to renewing questions about the relationship between society and the environment, he nevertheless draws on a long tradition in the human and social sciences. Numerous works have already explored the various forms of knowledge and social organization to which these relationships give rise: ethnoscience, anthropology of technology, economic anthropology, ethnoecology, sociology of science and technology, etc.
This issue is far from being confined to the academic sphere. It also arouses the interest of actors in conservation (biodiversity, natural resources, etc.) and industry (pharmacology). It also mobilizes so-called "indigenous" populations who claim, both locally and internationally, access to resources and the preservation of an intangible heritage.
2. Situated at the meeting point of the social sciences and the life sciences, these disciplines analyze how human societies use plants, animals, and other components of the environment, but also how their conceptions and representations of their environment(s) guide these uses. This research also explores how human societies organize themselves, perpetuate themselves, change to adapt to new contexts (globalization, global changes) and transmit knowledge about their relationships with nature.
For a long time, these disciplines focused more specifically on the interrelations between so-called "traditional" societies and their immediate environment. Subsequently, since the 1970s, researchers have reconsidered the distinction between so-called "traditional" and "modern" societies in order to better address new contemporary environmental and social transformations.
Indeed, on the one hand, local societies, even the most isolated, are affected by events that are decided and take place on different scales (international conventions, economic crises). Their immediate environment is also affected by global phenomena (climate change, erosion of biodiversity, etc.). In return, their actions can also have international ecological, social and economic repercussions, when, for example, these societies organize themselves to bring their claims to international arenas.
On the other hand, the relationship that modern societies have with their environment is being reconfigured in the face of the observation that the planet is increasingly "artificialized" and threatened by ruptures and serious crises. The place of fauna and flora is being reconsidered and is the subject of controversy as to their rights. Moreover, the entry into a new geological era, the Anthropocene, is invoked to challenge both the natural sciences and the human and social sciences on the need to consider differently a common history of the environment and societies.
3. The very work of scientists and engineers is apprehended in a new light. In this respect, a new scientific project in the humanities and social sciences aims at reconsidering the role of "non-humans" and calls for finding other analytical categories than those of Nature and Culture. New scales and methods of investigation are also envisaged to analyze global processes.
These recent changes in scale invite the researcher in the humanities and social sciences to (re)consider his or her approach through a reflexive approach: he or she is no longer a simple observer, but can also be a real actor in the processes, when not directly involved in a social movement.
4. The objective of this module is to introduce these different scientific and operational fields. It is to provide students with reference points and elements for reflection, in order to be able to construct scientific questions on the relationships between societies and the environment, in order to reflect on the ways in which current environmental and social issues can be dealt with. The varied geographical and disciplinary experiences of the speakers will make it possible to illustrate the approach through a wide range of ecosystem types, socio-cultural contexts and themes. In the time available, we will not pretend to cover all the themes, approaches and methods in an exhaustive manner. Any student wishing to delve deeper into this area will need to engage in a more in-depth training process.
Ecology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
3h
The module presents lessons around the identification, quantification and modeling of interactions between climate, marine species and their exploitation.
Managing a participatory science project
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Impacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The goals of this course are to deepen the key concepts related to climate change, to illustrate important concepts in ecology and evolution in the light of climate change, in many different ecosystems, and to synthesize the different scientific and societal questions and issues raised by CC.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Roles of microorganisms in ecosystems (with BEE)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Global changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Climate change, global changes, Prospects, Adaptation, Resilience, Hydrology modeling, Future climate simulation, Water resource availability, Extreme events, Impacts on ecosystems, ecological issues
This course provides students with an introduction to the climatic, environmental and anthropic changes that impact our hydro-eco-socio-systems today and tomorrow.
The activities offer a focus on certain aspects, not exhaustive, of this vast field whose knowledge is constantly evolving.
Beyond the presentation of issues, figures and concepts, students learn about hydrological modeling tools that allow the development of future scenarios of resource evolution. They analyze a concrete subject by crossing disciplines and approaches. They discuss the possibilities of adapting to the impacts of changes.
The activities consist of 3 parts: The course activity, the modeling activity, and the bibliography activity.
- During the course, the principles of climate modeling, the construction of climate change scenarios and their limits are explained. The orders of magnitude of the main changes are stated, as well as the major issues of sustainable development, climate change and global change. A particular focus is proposed around the French Mediterranean watersheds (climate change hot spot, decreasing availability of water resources, agricultural practices and adaptations, irrigation, tourism...).
- The concepts of hydrological modeling and calibration in a non-stationary or poorly gauged context are taught and an introduction to hydrological modeling is carried out with an application case. The students manipulate general hydrological models allowing to evaluate flows and balances (of type GR, HEC-HMS or WEAP), to feed them with outputs of climatic models, to generate future scenarios of flow and balance, then to criticize the scenarios thus built. The modeling work done in small groups is the subject of an oral presentation.
- Finally, the bibliography done in class and completed independently should allow students to specialize around a concrete case of the study of a change occurring in a compartment of a natural or urbanized hydro-eco-system (that the students choose). They carry out a literature review to identify the societal or environmental issues arising from these changes, as well as the scientific questions inherent in the implementation of measures to reduce their impacts or to adapt. They must identify how their case study is similar to other cases, but also how it differs from them. Finally, they open their analysis to a more general methodology that can be applied to other case studies to characterize these changes, their impacts and the adaptation measures. The students write
a synthetic note for operational purposes (bibliography, similar studies, controversies, operational tools, protocols, orders of magnitude). Then they make a pitch of their results to the class.
Individual Project in GE 2
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Sustainable exploitation of animal resources hunting
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Bayesian approach to variability
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
1. Bayesian inference: Motivation and simple example.
2. The likelihood.
3. A detour to explore priors.
4. Markov chains Monte Carlo methods (MCMC)
5. Bayesian analyses in R with the Jags software.
6. Contrast scientific hypotheses with model selection (WAIC).
7. Heterogeneity and multilevel models (aka mixed models.
Ecological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Sustainable development, ERC sequence, green, blue, turquoise grid.
The aim is to present the regulatory and technical frameworks for integrating the environment into projects, plans and programs. The sequence Avoid, Reduce, Compensate, its stakes, the actors involved, will be presented, discussed and illustrated. The green and blue frames and their interface with the turquoise frame will be analyzed as tools for improving the preservation of biodiversity in land management and development operations.
The students will have to step back from the methods and know-how used to apply this ERC sequence in different fields, linked to plans, developments, programs and having impacts on the environment.
A field trip is an opportunity to meet the actors, the ERC actions deployed, to draw a diagnosis and perspectives.
The applications will focus on the turquoise frame associating biodiversity law and water law file and on the ERC deployment of the development file.
Finally, the EU offers learners a real critical analysis of know-how and the production of innovative and integrative solutions.
Methods and analysis of surveys in SHS
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Behavioral ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
6h
Behavioral Ecology approaches the study of behavior from an evolutionary perspective to study the mechanisms, function, and contribution of behavior to evolutionary and ecological processes. The work carried out in Behavioral Ecology helps to understand other phenomena observed in other disciplines of life biology, because all animals, from unicellulars to the most complex vertebrates, exhibit behaviors.
The module allows students to be exposed to the different basic concepts, as well as to the multitude of tools that can be used (observations and experiments in natural populations or on captive individuals, comparative analyses, use of tools from modeling, ecophysiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, embedded electronics...). Part of the training is based on specific discussions on the research approaches that can be used, the tools used and the limits of inferences that can be made. An active participation of the students will be required at these different levels, notably through critical discussions of articles.
The topics covered range from the exploration of food procurement strategies, mate choice, habitat choice, investment in reproduction, to the study of animal communication and the reasons for living in groups. The historical dimension of the discipline is addressed in the introduction, but also according to the sensibility of the speakers and the themes addressed (meaning and relations between 'Animal Behaviour', 'Ethology', Behavioral Ecology etc...).
Ethnoecology and sustainable development
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
1 "The way in which the modern West represents nature is the least shared thing in the world" (Descola, 2005, p. 56). According to anthropologist Philippe Descola, the category of "Nature," as a reality separate from the human world, is an invention of Europeans that is only one of the possibilities available to societies to account for the living and non-living beings that surround them.
If Philippe Descola contributes to renewing questions about the relationship between society and the environment, he nevertheless draws on a long tradition in the human and social sciences. Numerous works have already explored the various forms of knowledge and social organization to which these relationships give rise: ethnoscience, anthropology of technology, economic anthropology, ethnoecology, sociology of science and technology, etc.
This issue is far from being confined to the academic sphere. It also arouses the interest of actors in conservation (biodiversity, natural resources, etc.) and industry (pharmacology). It also mobilizes so-called "indigenous" populations who claim, both locally and internationally, access to resources and the preservation of an intangible heritage.
2. Situated at the meeting point of the social sciences and the life sciences, these disciplines analyze how human societies use plants, animals, and other components of the environment, but also how their conceptions and representations of their environment(s) guide these uses. This research also explores how human societies organize themselves, perpetuate themselves, change to adapt to new contexts (globalization, global changes) and transmit knowledge about their relationships with nature.
For a long time, these disciplines focused more specifically on the interrelations between so-called "traditional" societies and their immediate environment. Subsequently, since the 1970s, researchers have reconsidered the distinction between so-called "traditional" and "modern" societies in order to better address new contemporary environmental and social transformations.
Indeed, on the one hand, local societies, even the most isolated, are affected by events that are decided and take place on different scales (international conventions, economic crises). Their immediate environment is also affected by global phenomena (climate change, erosion of biodiversity, etc.). In return, their actions can also have international ecological, social and economic repercussions, when, for example, these societies organize themselves to bring their claims to international arenas.
On the other hand, the relationship that modern societies have with their environment is being reconfigured in the face of the observation that the planet is increasingly "artificialized" and threatened by ruptures and serious crises. The place of fauna and flora is being reconsidered and is the subject of controversy as to their rights. Moreover, the entry into a new geological era, the Anthropocene, is invoked to challenge both the natural sciences and the human and social sciences on the need to consider differently a common history of the environment and societies.
3. The very work of scientists and engineers is apprehended in a new light. In this respect, a new scientific project in the humanities and social sciences aims at reconsidering the role of "non-humans" and calls for finding other analytical categories than those of Nature and Culture. New scales and methods of investigation are also envisaged to analyze global processes.
These recent changes in scale invite the researcher in the humanities and social sciences to (re)consider his or her approach through a reflexive approach: he or she is no longer a simple observer, but can also be a real actor in the processes, when not directly involved in a social movement.
4. The objective of this module is to introduce these different scientific and operational fields. It is to provide students with reference points and elements for reflection, in order to be able to construct scientific questions on the relationships between societies and the environment, in order to reflect on the ways in which current environmental and social issues can be dealt with. The varied geographical and disciplinary experiences of the speakers will make it possible to illustrate the approach through a wide range of ecosystem types, socio-cultural contexts and themes. In the time available, we will not pretend to cover all the themes, approaches and methods in an exhaustive manner. Any student wishing to delve deeper into this area will need to engage in a more in-depth training process.
Ecology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
3h
The module presents lessons around the identification, quantification and modeling of interactions between climate, marine species and their exploitation.
Managing a participatory science project
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Impacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The goals of this course are to deepen the key concepts related to climate change, to illustrate important concepts in ecology and evolution in the light of climate change, in many different ecosystems, and to synthesize the different scientific and societal questions and issues raised by CC.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Roles of microorganisms in ecosystems (with BEE)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Global changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Climate change, global changes, Prospects, Adaptation, Resilience, Hydrology modeling, Future climate simulation, Water resource availability, Extreme events, Impacts on ecosystems, ecological issues
This course provides students with an introduction to the climatic, environmental and anthropic changes that impact our hydro-eco-socio-systems today and tomorrow.
The activities offer a focus on certain aspects, not exhaustive, of this vast field whose knowledge is constantly evolving.
Beyond the presentation of issues, figures and concepts, students learn about hydrological modeling tools that allow the development of future scenarios of resource evolution. They analyze a concrete subject by crossing disciplines and approaches. They discuss the possibilities of adapting to the impacts of changes.
The activities consist of 3 parts: The course activity, the modeling activity, and the bibliography activity.
- During the course, the principles of climate modeling, the construction of climate change scenarios and their limits are explained. The orders of magnitude of the main changes are stated, as well as the major issues of sustainable development, climate change and global change. A particular focus is proposed around the French Mediterranean watersheds (climate change hot spot, decreasing availability of water resources, agricultural practices and adaptations, irrigation, tourism...).
- The concepts of hydrological modeling and calibration in a non-stationary or poorly gauged context are taught and an introduction to hydrological modeling is carried out with an application case. The students manipulate general hydrological models allowing to evaluate flows and balances (of type GR, HEC-HMS or WEAP), to feed them with outputs of climatic models, to generate future scenarios of flow and balance, then to criticize the scenarios thus built. The modeling work done in small groups is the subject of an oral presentation.
- Finally, the bibliography done in class and completed independently should allow students to specialize around a concrete case of the study of a change occurring in a compartment of a natural or urbanized hydro-eco-system (that the students choose). They carry out a literature review to identify the societal or environmental issues arising from these changes, as well as the scientific questions inherent in the implementation of measures to reduce their impacts or to adapt. They must identify how their case study is similar to other cases, but also how it differs from them. Finally, they open their analysis to a more general methodology that can be applied to other case studies to characterize these changes, their impacts and the adaptation measures. The students write
a synthetic note for operational purposes (bibliography, similar studies, controversies, operational tools, protocols, orders of magnitude). Then they make a pitch of their results to the class.
Pollution and bioremediation of ecosystems
Component
Faculty of Science
This course aims at better understanding the main types of pollutants (organic vs. inorganic), their source(s), their fate in the environment and the way they interact with living organisms (bioaccumulation, biotransformation, effects). The methods used in depollution and bioremediation will be discussed. A particular focus will be made on the contribution of terrestrial and aquatic plants in phytoremediation as well as on the role of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi) in the mechanisms of biodegradation, biotransformation or biosequestration. This course will be illustrated through different case studies through which examples of chronic and acute/accidental pollution of water, air and soil will be discussed. In particular, the treatment of pollution related to mining, petroleum, plastics and phyto-pharmaceutical industries as well as the treatment of liquid effluents (wastewater, industrial effluents) will be discussed. A field trip to Saint-Laurent-Le-Minier will illustrate a current project of phytoremediation of a former mining site.
Project management
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Project management is an essential skill for a master's level professional. This course aims at making you capable of designing and managing a project. We will look at the different phases of a project, its financing (diversification of sources and budget), the planning of work, time and resources, teamwork (meetings, conflicts, reporting), risk management. The teaching carried out via a MOOC "project management" of 6 weeks (Common Core, or classic course - 20 hours of training: Common Core (4 weeks) + 2 modules of specialization minimum) between the end of September and the beginning of November will be completed by various TD.
Science and communication
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
30h
All of this course is conducted in English. The objective is to allow students to practice oral and written scientific communication at two levels:
1. Communicate about research activities (e.g., when starting a project, publishing an article) in writing (e.g., creating an infographic for twitter) and orally (e.g., interview for a thesis application).
2. Communicate scientific results in writing (writing review articles, research articles) and orally (conference talk)
Each student works on these different aspects of communication directly in relation to his or her M1 and M2 internships and thesis project. The media are varied (e.g. twitter, website, video, etc.).
Tools of the territorial dialogue
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
End of studies internship M2 GE RAINET
ECTS
20 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
COGITHON
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Innovation is the very outcome of scientific research, but it is also the condition for the survival and/or development of most companies and associations, and thus of all human organizations. Innovation is also a very important lever for the economic development of territories where it is often coupled with the circular economy or the economy of integration.
Being able to participate in the design and implementation of innovative projects, and finding the financial and partnership means to do so, are skills that are increasingly sought after by all employees, regardless of their status and role in their organization (in short, from the worker to the CEO, including technicians, engineers and even researchers!) It is as much about instilling a professional culture of innovation as it is about teaching the basic methodological and technical principles. This educational program is based on a project-based pedagogy and uses as a tool the seminar mode of work (7 days a week and 24 hours a day) in a closed space, cut off from the world to better concentrate. The pedagogical principle is to bring together several competences (in our case those of 4 training courses of the GE master and 2 courses of the Energy master) in the same space of place and time to work in group on an environmental and local problem. Conferences, meetings, visits, reflection and work will alternate to allow students to give a written answer and an oral presentation at the end of the week. The best projects will be presented orally before a jury of professionals and will be defended by the students.
Open to the entire GE field in M2 (except the GeIBioTe course) in FI and APP and to the Energy master's degree.
With the exception of the Aquadura course for which this UE takes place over the semester, the Cogithon takes place in a 6-day seminar format. The seminar starts with a theoretical part (the first day) and then takes place in the form of workshops in which the students are organized in project teams. The teams compete to present a project within the framework of a call for tenders that changes every year and is developed in partnership with local actors. The call for tenders is based on the work of the Aquadura course and their November restitution.
Professionalization M2 GE
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Scientific museography
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
This course includes 4 hours of lectures during which students are introduced to the basic concepts that define scientific museums (status, typology, missions, public, collection, conservation, exhibition, education and study functions) as well as the related professions.
These lessons are followed by 11 hours of fieldwork during which students follow guided tours of scientific collections and museums (plant garden, herbarium, zoological park, aquarium, museum, etc.) during which the emphasis will be placed on scenography, itineraries and mediation devices.
Quality management
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Discovery of quality management: issues and principles, process approach, interested parties, measurement and improvement system. The normative context and the ISO9001 standard: certification, accreditation, labeling. Tools and methods of quality and continuous improvement: description of activities, problem solving, analysis and improvement of performance. Risk management: concepts and vocabulary, tools and methods for risk identification and control.
Ecology Fair-1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This course starts during the first day of classes (integration).
During this course, students will participate in the design and implementation of two major annual events in the field of ecology: the Biodiversity Festival (Festi'Versité) and the National Biodiversity Exhibition (SNB). Since 2008, these events have been a way to bring together, get to know and promote all the players in the professional field of ecology in France.
In connection with partner organizations (OFB, F-CEN, UPGE, F-CPIE, UM, CNRS, local authorities, etc.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the management of the two events.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the project management of the two events by occupying various positions according to their motivations, interests and capacities (experience, skills, proposed trainings) in connection with volunteers from other trainings (BTS): recruitment and reception of the public and speakers, media animations, communication, security (fire risk, first aid), logistics, search for financing, eco-responsibility... The positions are proposed through job descriptions on which the students apply during the integration seminar of the master.
Supported by an Adhoc structure (in the process of being set up) and under the direction of a steering committee bringing together their main stakeholders, these two events integrate the assistance of students from the Environmental Management Master's program of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Montpellier within the framework of their teaching and through their student associations.
- Festi'Versité, the biodiversity festival. It allows to sensitize and educate the general public to the stakes of ecology through animations, shows, games, conferences, projections, photographic exhibitions. It takes place during a weekend at the end of October/beginning of November at the zoo of Montpellier.
- The national biodiversity exhibition. At the same time a forum for jobs and training, a scientific and technical congress, and professional meetings, it includes conferences and round tables, scientific and technical communications, and recruitment and professional exchanges. The exhibition takes place during 2 days in January at the Parc des Expositions of Montpellier.
Stream modeling
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
River Engineering, River Morphology, Hydraulic Modeling, Flows, Hydraulic Works, Flooding, Impacts and Compensation
Discipline: Free Surface Hydraulics
This course provides students with solid skills in hydraulic modeling. The student learns the equations of free surface hydraulics in steady state and non-stationary. They learn how to go from the study field to the hydraulic model: by making topographic and hydrometric measurements, by observing hydraulic indices (flood marks, hydrogeomorphological formations, hydraulic jumps...) and then by establishing in situ hypotheses of river functioning.
Several scales can be explored depending on the chosen subject: the habitat scale, the developed reach scale, the flooding river scale. For each scale, students can study and implement specific structures (fish ladders, lateral weirs, weirs, dams, etc.) in their modeling. The impacts of the developments, maintenance and structures are simulated and analyzed in terms of hydrodynamics and hydraulic continuity.
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the phase of presentation of the impacts of the developments, through modeling. The work is done in groups.
A field trip allows the students to analyze the terrain and conceptualize it in a topographic and hydraulic model. Hypotheses of in situ functioning are made and they will be confronted with the models and results.
Finally, the course offers students an analysis based on a real case of development or intervention in a watercourse, with an evaluation of the initial state, an analysis of the impacts of the intervention, and proposals for hydraulic compensation if necessary.
Ecological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Sustainable development, ERC sequence, green, blue, turquoise grid.
The aim is to present the regulatory and technical frameworks for integrating the environment into projects, plans and programs. The sequence Avoid, Reduce, Compensate, its stakes, the actors involved, will be presented, discussed and illustrated. The green and blue frames and their interface with the turquoise frame will be analyzed as tools for improving the preservation of biodiversity in land management and development operations.
The students will have to step back from the methods and know-how used to apply this ERC sequence in different fields, linked to plans, developments, programs and having impacts on the environment.
A field trip is an opportunity to meet the actors, the ERC actions deployed, to draw a diagnosis and perspectives.
The applications will focus on the turquoise frame associating biodiversity law and water law file and on the ERC deployment of the development file.
Finally, the EU offers learners a real critical analysis of know-how and the production of innovative and integrative solutions.
New technologies for the study of Biodiversity
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Marine resource use and assessment
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Training, delivered by the UMR MARBEC on the geographical site of Sète, France. This module develops the current context of fisheries and global climate change on the dynamics of marine ecosystems. In the perspective of better understanding and predicting the effects of fisheries and climate on marine ecosystems, the teaching module is structured around the identification of uses, assessment modes and modeling of marine resources dynamics.
Synthetic content of the EU:
Resource and fishery interactions. Analysis of marine trophic interactions. Temporal dynamics of exploited fish populations (species alternation, recruitment). Modeling of predator-prey systems. Bioenergetic modeling (DEB model). Analysis and processing of catch and effort data. Data analysis by GLM, GAM.
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Law of the public maritime domain and the sea
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
The EU aims to provide knowledge, without a legal angle, of coastal areas included in the "public maritime domain", and other coastal and offshore maritime areas and to show which legal regimes apply to these areas: ownership of these areas, rules of occupation of these areas, rules of development of these areas. All of this is based on the law of the sea, the law of the coastline and urban planning, and the law of the environment at sea.
Methods and analysis of surveys in SHS
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Mediation and Governance of territories
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The aim of this course is to provide elements of knowledge in law and governance on land use planning, the consideration of biodiversity in environmental law, the awakening of management on the ontologies of the relationship of societies to living organisms. This course is particularly useful for future environmental managers, both at the national and local levels.
Ecology Fair-2
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This UE is based on the same pedagogical project as the UE "Salon de l'écologie-1": the organization and participation in the two events "Festi'Versité" and "Salon National de l'Ecologie" (see sheet "Salon de l'écologie-1").
The specificity of the "Salon de l'écologie-2" course lies in the roles and implications of the students in their mission of assistance to the project managers of the two events. In this UE, they are involved in positions of responsibility as administrators of one of the partner student associations: president, treasurer, communication manager, logistics manager, eco-responsibility manager, festivities manager, congress manager, forum manager. They will coordinate the highlights of the events, the actions of the different teams and the work of the students and volunteers involved in the implementation through the EU "Ecology Fair 1".
Impacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The goals of this course are to deepen the key concepts related to climate change, to illustrate important concepts in ecology and evolution in the light of climate change, in many different ecosystems, and to synthesize the different scientific and societal questions and issues raised by CC.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Communication of organizations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
The objective of this course is to introduce students to:
1. the functioning of communication services of different types of organizations involved in the field of research and scientific culture or its application (research institutes, local authorities, associations, NGOs, companies, etc.)
2. the methodology for developing a communication strategy and plan as well as a press kit.
The teaching will be based on the interventions of communication services managers of different organizations and on tutorials leading the students to analyze and design communication strategies and plans and to write press kits from real projects submitted by the communication services managers.
Marine resource use and assessment
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Training, delivered by the UMR MARBEC on the geographical site of Sète, France. This module develops the current context of fisheries and global climate change on the dynamics of marine ecosystems. In the perspective of better understanding and predicting the effects of fisheries and climate on marine ecosystems, the teaching module is structured around the identification of uses, assessment modes and modeling of marine resources dynamics.
Synthetic content of the EU:
Resource and fishery interactions. Analysis of marine trophic interactions. Temporal dynamics of exploited fish populations (species alternation, recruitment). Modeling of predator-prey systems. Bioenergetic modeling (DEB model). Analysis and processing of catch and effort data. Data analysis by GLM, GAM.
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Law of the public maritime domain and the sea
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
The EU aims to provide knowledge, without a legal angle, of coastal areas included in the "public maritime domain", and other coastal and offshore maritime areas and to show which legal regimes apply to these areas: ownership of these areas, rules of occupation of these areas, rules of development of these areas. All of this is based on the law of the sea, the law of the coastline and urban planning, and the law of the environment at sea.
Methods and analysis of surveys in SHS
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Mediation and Governance of territories
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The aim of this course is to provide elements of knowledge in law and governance on land use planning, the consideration of biodiversity in environmental law, the awakening of management on the ontologies of the relationship of societies to living organisms. This course is particularly useful for future environmental managers, both at the national and local levels.
Ecology Fair-2
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This UE is based on the same pedagogical project as the UE "Salon de l'écologie-1": the organization and participation in the two events "Festi'Versité" and "Salon National de l'Ecologie" (see sheet "Salon de l'écologie-1").
The specificity of the "Salon de l'écologie-2" course lies in the roles and implications of the students in their mission of assistance to the project managers of the two events. In this UE, they are involved in positions of responsibility as administrators of one of the partner student associations: president, treasurer, communication manager, logistics manager, eco-responsibility manager, festivities manager, congress manager, forum manager. They will coordinate the highlights of the events, the actions of the different teams and the work of the students and volunteers involved in the implementation through the EU "Ecology Fair 1".
Impacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The goals of this course are to deepen the key concepts related to climate change, to illustrate important concepts in ecology and evolution in the light of climate change, in many different ecosystems, and to synthesize the different scientific and societal questions and issues raised by CC.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Communication of organizations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
The objective of this course is to introduce students to:
1. the functioning of communication services of different types of organizations involved in the field of research and scientific culture or its application (research institutes, local authorities, associations, NGOs, companies, etc.)
2. the methodology for developing a communication strategy and plan as well as a press kit.
The teaching will be based on the interventions of communication services managers of different organizations and on tutorials leading the students to analyze and design communication strategies and plans and to write press kits from real projects submitted by the communication services managers.
Individual Project in GE 2
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Pollution and bioremediation of ecosystems
Component
Faculty of Science
This course aims at better understanding the main types of pollutants (organic vs. inorganic), their source(s), their fate in the environment and the way they interact with living organisms (bioaccumulation, biotransformation, effects). The methods used in depollution and bioremediation will be discussed. A particular focus will be made on the contribution of terrestrial and aquatic plants in phytoremediation as well as on the role of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi) in the mechanisms of biodegradation, biotransformation or biosequestration. This course will be illustrated through different case studies through which examples of chronic and acute/accidental pollution of water, air and soil will be discussed. In particular, the treatment of pollution related to mining, petroleum, plastics and phyto-pharmaceutical industries as well as the treatment of liquid effluents (wastewater, industrial effluents) will be discussed. A field trip to Saint-Laurent-Le-Minier will illustrate a current project of phytoremediation of a former mining site.
Project management
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Project management is an essential skill for a master's level professional. This course aims at making you capable of designing and managing a project. We will look at the different phases of a project, its financing (diversification of sources and budget), the planning of work, time and resources, teamwork (meetings, conflicts, reporting), risk management. The teaching carried out via a MOOC "project management" of 6 weeks (Common Core, or classic course - 20 hours of training: Common Core (4 weeks) + 2 modules of specialization minimum) between the end of September and the beginning of November will be completed by various TD.
Global changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Climate change, global changes, Prospects, Adaptation, Resilience, Hydrology modeling, Future climate simulation, Water resource availability, Extreme events, Impacts on ecosystems, ecological issues
This course provides students with an introduction to the climatic, environmental and anthropic changes that impact our hydro-eco-socio-systems today and tomorrow.
The activities offer a focus on certain aspects, not exhaustive, of this vast field whose knowledge is constantly evolving.
Beyond the presentation of issues, figures and concepts, students learn about hydrological modeling tools that allow the development of future scenarios of resource evolution. They analyze a concrete subject by crossing disciplines and approaches. They discuss the possibilities of adapting to the impacts of changes.
The activities consist of 3 parts: The course activity, the modeling activity, and the bibliography activity.
- During the course, the principles of climate modeling, the construction of climate change scenarios and their limits are explained. The orders of magnitude of the main changes are stated, as well as the major issues of sustainable development, climate change and global change. A particular focus is proposed around the French Mediterranean watersheds (climate change hot spot, decreasing availability of water resources, agricultural practices and adaptations, irrigation, tourism...).
- The concepts of hydrological modeling and calibration in a non-stationary or poorly gauged context are taught and an introduction to hydrological modeling is carried out with an application case. The students manipulate general hydrological models allowing to evaluate flows and balances (of type GR, HEC-HMS or WEAP), to feed them with outputs of climatic models, to generate future scenarios of flow and balance, then to criticize the scenarios thus built. The modeling work done in small groups is the subject of an oral presentation.
- Finally, the bibliography done in class and completed independently should allow students to specialize around a concrete case of the study of a change occurring in a compartment of a natural or urbanized hydro-eco-system (that the students choose). They carry out a literature review to identify the societal or environmental issues arising from these changes, as well as the scientific questions inherent in the implementation of measures to reduce their impacts or to adapt. They must identify how their case study is similar to other cases, but also how it differs from them. Finally, they open their analysis to a more general methodology that can be applied to other case studies to characterize these changes, their impacts and the adaptation measures. The students write
a synthetic note for operational purposes (bibliography, similar studies, controversies, operational tools, protocols, orders of magnitude). Then they make a pitch of their results to the class.
GEMAPI (Management of Aquatic Environments and Flood Prevention)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Management of the Aquatic Environment and Flood Prevention
Discipline: Ecology, Hydraulics
This teaching unit allows students to immerse themselves in a real case study, in the field, related to the GEMAPI competence. Actors and managers will be met on the study site in order to appreciate the stakes and the complexity of the territory. The groups of students will work on a concrete project to bring together the management of the aquatic environment and the prevention of floods respectful of ecology, the environment and man. This teaching unit will be an opportunity to implement the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous teaching (ecology, hydraulics, legislation, land use planning...)
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the presentation phase of the impacts of the developments, through modeling, analysis or concerted management. The work is done in groups.
Tools of the territorial dialogue
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
End of studies internship M2 GE GG
ECTS
22 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
COGITHON
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Innovation is the very outcome of scientific research, but it is also the condition for the survival and/or development of most companies and associations, and thus of all human organizations. Innovation is also a very important lever for the economic development of territories where it is often coupled with the circular economy or the economy of integration.
Being able to participate in the design and implementation of innovative projects, and finding the financial and partnership means to do so, are skills that are increasingly sought after by all employees, regardless of their status and role in their organization (in short, from the worker to the CEO, including technicians, engineers and even researchers!) It is as much about instilling a professional culture of innovation as it is about teaching the basic methodological and technical principles. This educational program is based on a project-based pedagogy and uses as a tool the seminar mode of work (7 days a week and 24 hours a day) in a closed space, cut off from the world to better concentrate. The pedagogical principle is to bring together several competences (in our case those of 4 training courses of the GE master and 2 courses of the Energy master) in the same space of place and time to work in group on an environmental and local problem. Conferences, meetings, visits, reflection and work will alternate to allow students to give a written answer and an oral presentation at the end of the week. The best projects will be presented orally before a jury of professionals and will be defended by the students.
Open to the entire GE field in M2 (except the GeIBioTe course) in FI and APP and to the Energy master's degree.
With the exception of the Aquadura course for which this UE takes place over the semester, the Cogithon takes place in a 6-day seminar format. The seminar starts with a theoretical part (the first day) and then takes place in the form of workshops in which the students are organized in project teams. The teams compete to present a project within the framework of a call for tenders that changes every year and is developed in partnership with local actors. The call for tenders is based on the work of the Aquadura course and their November restitution.
Professionalization M2 GE
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology Fair-1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This course starts during the first day of classes (integration).
During this course, students will participate in the design and implementation of two major annual events in the field of ecology: the Biodiversity Festival (Festi'Versité) and the National Biodiversity Exhibition (SNB). Since 2008, these events have been a way to bring together, get to know and promote all the players in the professional field of ecology in France.
In connection with partner organizations (OFB, F-CEN, UPGE, F-CPIE, UM, CNRS, local authorities, etc.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the management of the two events.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the project management of the two events by occupying various positions according to their motivations, interests and capacities (experience, skills, proposed trainings) in connection with volunteers from other trainings (BTS): recruitment and reception of the public and speakers, media animations, communication, security (fire risk, first aid), logistics, search for financing, eco-responsibility... The positions are proposed through job descriptions on which the students apply during the integration seminar of the master.
Supported by an Adhoc structure (in the process of being set up) and under the direction of a steering committee bringing together their main stakeholders, these two events integrate the assistance of students from the Environmental Management Master's program of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Montpellier within the framework of their teaching and through their student associations.
- Festi'Versité, the biodiversity festival. It allows to sensitize and educate the general public to the stakes of ecology through animations, shows, games, conferences, projections, photographic exhibitions. It takes place during a weekend at the end of October/beginning of November at the zoo of Montpellier.
- The national biodiversity exhibition. At the same time a forum for jobs and training, a scientific and technical congress, and professional meetings, it includes conferences and round tables, scientific and technical communications, and recruitment and professional exchanges. The exhibition takes place during 2 days in January at the Parc des Expositions of Montpellier.
M2 FI project
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
2h
During this course, students will put into practice the skills acquired during the "project management" course on a concrete case, a project to be carried out in groups of 3 to 5 students for a professional structure (private or public companies, cooperatives, liberal professions, associations, public institutions (universities and research organizations in particular), local authorities, etc.).
The project takes place over a period of 4 months, during which the students devote themselves to it part-time, on a rhythm of one ½ day per week (Friday morning).
The project must allow students to develop their knowledge and skills outside of the university setting by responding to specific needs expressed by a professional structure. This project prepares the student to respond to a specific need, to act as a service provider in engineering and studies in anticipation of his next professional appointments, i.e. his end-of-study internship and his first job. The experience is enriching, can be added to the student's CV and sometimes leads to an internship or even a job.
The proposed projects are diverse and varied: scientific and regulatory monitoring, state of the art, validation of methods and protocols, data collection and analysis, feasibility study for creation and innovation, support in the preparation of a response to a call for tenders or a call for projects, diagnosis and recommendations, drafting of advisory or training documents, design and implementation of educational or/and pedagogical activities, design of communication documents, assistance in organizing events...
Functioning : The UE responsible and each course responsible look for and propose subjects which will be open to all students from all courses (mixed groups are possible if the subject lends itself to it as well as the profiles). The students apply and the head of the UE selects the applications and proposes the constitution of groups which will be validated quickly by the head of the UE. The course leaders propose one or more pedagogical tutors for each proposed project.
New technologies for the study of Biodiversity
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Managing a participatory science project
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Project management
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Project management is an essential skill for a master's level professional. This course aims at making you capable of designing and managing a project. We will look at the different phases of a project, its financing (diversification of sources and budget), the planning of work, time and resources, teamwork (meetings, conflicts, reporting), risk management. The teaching carried out via a MOOC "project management" of 6 weeks (Common Core, or classic course - 20 hours of training: Common Core (4 weeks) + 2 modules of specialization minimum) between the end of September and the beginning of November will be completed by various TD.
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Ethnoecology and sustainable development
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
1 "The way in which the modern West represents nature is the least shared thing in the world" (Descola, 2005, p. 56). According to anthropologist Philippe Descola, the category of "Nature," as a reality separate from the human world, is an invention of Europeans that is only one of the possibilities available to societies to account for the living and non-living beings that surround them.
If Philippe Descola contributes to renewing questions about the relationship between society and the environment, he nevertheless draws on a long tradition in the human and social sciences. Numerous works have already explored the various forms of knowledge and social organization to which these relationships give rise: ethnoscience, anthropology of technology, economic anthropology, ethnoecology, sociology of science and technology, etc.
This issue is far from being confined to the academic sphere. It also arouses the interest of actors in conservation (biodiversity, natural resources, etc.) and industry (pharmacology). It also mobilizes so-called "indigenous" populations who claim, both locally and internationally, access to resources and the preservation of an intangible heritage.
2. Situated at the meeting point of the social sciences and the life sciences, these disciplines analyze how human societies use plants, animals, and other components of the environment, but also how their conceptions and representations of their environment(s) guide these uses. This research also explores how human societies organize themselves, perpetuate themselves, change to adapt to new contexts (globalization, global changes) and transmit knowledge about their relationships with nature.
For a long time, these disciplines focused more specifically on the interrelations between so-called "traditional" societies and their immediate environment. Subsequently, since the 1970s, researchers have reconsidered the distinction between so-called "traditional" and "modern" societies in order to better address new contemporary environmental and social transformations.
Indeed, on the one hand, local societies, even the most isolated, are affected by events that are decided and take place on different scales (international conventions, economic crises). Their immediate environment is also affected by global phenomena (climate change, erosion of biodiversity, etc.). In return, their actions can also have international ecological, social and economic repercussions, when, for example, these societies organize themselves to bring their claims to international arenas.
On the other hand, the relationship that modern societies have with their environment is being reconfigured in the face of the observation that the planet is increasingly "artificialized" and threatened by ruptures and serious crises. The place of fauna and flora is being reconsidered and is the subject of controversy as to their rights. Moreover, the entry into a new geological era, the Anthropocene, is invoked to challenge both the natural sciences and the human and social sciences on the need to consider differently a common history of the environment and societies.
3. The very work of scientists and engineers is apprehended in a new light. In this respect, a new scientific project in the humanities and social sciences aims at reconsidering the role of "non-humans" and calls for finding other analytical categories than those of Nature and Culture. New scales and methods of investigation are also envisaged to analyze global processes.
These recent changes in scale invite the researcher in the humanities and social sciences to (re)consider his or her approach through a reflexive approach: he or she is no longer a simple observer, but can also be a real actor in the processes, when not directly involved in a social movement.
4. The objective of this module is to introduce these different scientific and operational fields. It is to provide students with reference points and elements for reflection, in order to be able to construct scientific questions on the relationships between societies and the environment, in order to reflect on the ways in which current environmental and social issues can be dealt with. The varied geographical and disciplinary experiences of the speakers will make it possible to illustrate the approach through a wide range of ecosystem types, socio-cultural contexts and themes. In the time available, we will not pretend to cover all the themes, approaches and methods in an exhaustive manner. Any student wishing to delve deeper into this area will need to engage in a more in-depth training process.
GEMAPI (Management of Aquatic Environments and Flood Prevention)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Management of the Aquatic Environment and Flood Prevention
Discipline: Ecology, Hydraulics
This teaching unit allows students to immerse themselves in a real case study, in the field, related to the GEMAPI competence. Actors and managers will be met on the study site in order to appreciate the stakes and the complexity of the territory. The groups of students will work on a concrete project to bring together the management of the aquatic environment and the prevention of floods respectful of ecology, the environment and man. This teaching unit will be an opportunity to implement the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous teaching (ecology, hydraulics, legislation, land use planning...)
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the presentation phase of the impacts of the developments, through modeling, analysis or concerted management. The work is done in groups.
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Ethnoecology and sustainable development
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
1 "The way in which the modern West represents nature is the least shared thing in the world" (Descola, 2005, p. 56). According to anthropologist Philippe Descola, the category of "Nature," as a reality separate from the human world, is an invention of Europeans that is only one of the possibilities available to societies to account for the living and non-living beings that surround them.
If Philippe Descola contributes to renewing questions about the relationship between society and the environment, he nevertheless draws on a long tradition in the human and social sciences. Numerous works have already explored the various forms of knowledge and social organization to which these relationships give rise: ethnoscience, anthropology of technology, economic anthropology, ethnoecology, sociology of science and technology, etc.
This issue is far from being confined to the academic sphere. It also arouses the interest of actors in conservation (biodiversity, natural resources, etc.) and industry (pharmacology). It also mobilizes so-called "indigenous" populations who claim, both locally and internationally, access to resources and the preservation of an intangible heritage.
2. Situated at the meeting point of the social sciences and the life sciences, these disciplines analyze how human societies use plants, animals, and other components of the environment, but also how their conceptions and representations of their environment(s) guide these uses. This research also explores how human societies organize themselves, perpetuate themselves, change to adapt to new contexts (globalization, global changes) and transmit knowledge about their relationships with nature.
For a long time, these disciplines focused more specifically on the interrelations between so-called "traditional" societies and their immediate environment. Subsequently, since the 1970s, researchers have reconsidered the distinction between so-called "traditional" and "modern" societies in order to better address new contemporary environmental and social transformations.
Indeed, on the one hand, local societies, even the most isolated, are affected by events that are decided and take place on different scales (international conventions, economic crises). Their immediate environment is also affected by global phenomena (climate change, erosion of biodiversity, etc.). In return, their actions can also have international ecological, social and economic repercussions, when, for example, these societies organize themselves to bring their claims to international arenas.
On the other hand, the relationship that modern societies have with their environment is being reconfigured in the face of the observation that the planet is increasingly "artificialized" and threatened by ruptures and serious crises. The place of fauna and flora is being reconsidered and is the subject of controversy as to their rights. Moreover, the entry into a new geological era, the Anthropocene, is invoked to challenge both the natural sciences and the human and social sciences on the need to consider differently a common history of the environment and societies.
3. The very work of scientists and engineers is apprehended in a new light. In this respect, a new scientific project in the humanities and social sciences aims at reconsidering the role of "non-humans" and calls for finding other analytical categories than those of Nature and Culture. New scales and methods of investigation are also envisaged to analyze global processes.
These recent changes in scale invite the researcher in the humanities and social sciences to (re)consider his or her approach through a reflexive approach: he or she is no longer a simple observer, but can also be a real actor in the processes, when not directly involved in a social movement.
4. The objective of this module is to introduce these different scientific and operational fields. It is to provide students with reference points and elements for reflection, in order to be able to construct scientific questions on the relationships between societies and the environment, in order to reflect on the ways in which current environmental and social issues can be dealt with. The varied geographical and disciplinary experiences of the speakers will make it possible to illustrate the approach through a wide range of ecosystem types, socio-cultural contexts and themes. In the time available, we will not pretend to cover all the themes, approaches and methods in an exhaustive manner. Any student wishing to delve deeper into this area will need to engage in a more in-depth training process.
GEMAPI (Management of Aquatic Environments and Flood Prevention)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Management of the Aquatic Environment and Flood Prevention
Discipline: Ecology, Hydraulics
This teaching unit allows students to immerse themselves in a real case study, in the field, related to the GEMAPI competence. Actors and managers will be met on the study site in order to appreciate the stakes and the complexity of the territory. The groups of students will work on a concrete project to bring together the management of the aquatic environment and the prevention of floods respectful of ecology, the environment and man. This teaching unit will be an opportunity to implement the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous teaching (ecology, hydraulics, legislation, land use planning...)
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the presentation phase of the impacts of the developments, through modeling, analysis or concerted management. The work is done in groups.
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Ecology Fair-2
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This UE is based on the same pedagogical project as the UE "Salon de l'écologie-1": the organization and participation in the two events "Festi'Versité" and "Salon National de l'Ecologie" (see sheet "Salon de l'écologie-1").
The specificity of the "Salon de l'écologie-2" course lies in the roles and implications of the students in their mission of assistance to the project managers of the two events. In this UE, they are involved in positions of responsibility as administrators of one of the partner student associations: president, treasurer, communication manager, logistics manager, eco-responsibility manager, festivities manager, congress manager, forum manager. They will coordinate the highlights of the events, the actions of the different teams and the work of the students and volunteers involved in the implementation through the EU "Ecology Fair 1".
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Ethnoecology and sustainable development
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
1 "The way in which the modern West represents nature is the least shared thing in the world" (Descola, 2005, p. 56). According to anthropologist Philippe Descola, the category of "Nature," as a reality separate from the human world, is an invention of Europeans that is only one of the possibilities available to societies to account for the living and non-living beings that surround them.
If Philippe Descola contributes to renewing questions about the relationship between society and the environment, he nevertheless draws on a long tradition in the human and social sciences. Numerous works have already explored the various forms of knowledge and social organization to which these relationships give rise: ethnoscience, anthropology of technology, economic anthropology, ethnoecology, sociology of science and technology, etc.
This issue is far from being confined to the academic sphere. It also arouses the interest of actors in conservation (biodiversity, natural resources, etc.) and industry (pharmacology). It also mobilizes so-called "indigenous" populations who claim, both locally and internationally, access to resources and the preservation of an intangible heritage.
2. Situated at the meeting point of the social sciences and the life sciences, these disciplines analyze how human societies use plants, animals, and other components of the environment, but also how their conceptions and representations of their environment(s) guide these uses. This research also explores how human societies organize themselves, perpetuate themselves, change to adapt to new contexts (globalization, global changes) and transmit knowledge about their relationships with nature.
For a long time, these disciplines focused more specifically on the interrelations between so-called "traditional" societies and their immediate environment. Subsequently, since the 1970s, researchers have reconsidered the distinction between so-called "traditional" and "modern" societies in order to better address new contemporary environmental and social transformations.
Indeed, on the one hand, local societies, even the most isolated, are affected by events that are decided and take place on different scales (international conventions, economic crises). Their immediate environment is also affected by global phenomena (climate change, erosion of biodiversity, etc.). In return, their actions can also have international ecological, social and economic repercussions, when, for example, these societies organize themselves to bring their claims to international arenas.
On the other hand, the relationship that modern societies have with their environment is being reconfigured in the face of the observation that the planet is increasingly "artificialized" and threatened by ruptures and serious crises. The place of fauna and flora is being reconsidered and is the subject of controversy as to their rights. Moreover, the entry into a new geological era, the Anthropocene, is invoked to challenge both the natural sciences and the human and social sciences on the need to consider differently a common history of the environment and societies.
3. The very work of scientists and engineers is apprehended in a new light. In this respect, a new scientific project in the humanities and social sciences aims at reconsidering the role of "non-humans" and calls for finding other analytical categories than those of Nature and Culture. New scales and methods of investigation are also envisaged to analyze global processes.
These recent changes in scale invite the researcher in the humanities and social sciences to (re)consider his or her approach through a reflexive approach: he or she is no longer a simple observer, but can also be a real actor in the processes, when not directly involved in a social movement.
4. The objective of this module is to introduce these different scientific and operational fields. It is to provide students with reference points and elements for reflection, in order to be able to construct scientific questions on the relationships between societies and the environment, in order to reflect on the ways in which current environmental and social issues can be dealt with. The varied geographical and disciplinary experiences of the speakers will make it possible to illustrate the approach through a wide range of ecosystem types, socio-cultural contexts and themes. In the time available, we will not pretend to cover all the themes, approaches and methods in an exhaustive manner. Any student wishing to delve deeper into this area will need to engage in a more in-depth training process.
GEMAPI (Management of Aquatic Environments and Flood Prevention)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Management of the Aquatic Environment and Flood Prevention
Discipline: Ecology, Hydraulics
This teaching unit allows students to immerse themselves in a real case study, in the field, related to the GEMAPI competence. Actors and managers will be met on the study site in order to appreciate the stakes and the complexity of the territory. The groups of students will work on a concrete project to bring together the management of the aquatic environment and the prevention of floods respectful of ecology, the environment and man. This teaching unit will be an opportunity to implement the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous teaching (ecology, hydraulics, legislation, land use planning...)
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the presentation phase of the impacts of the developments, through modeling, analysis or concerted management. The work is done in groups.
Individual Project in GE 2
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Communication of organizations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
The objective of this course is to introduce students to:
1. the functioning of communication services of different types of organizations involved in the field of research and scientific culture or its application (research institutes, local authorities, associations, NGOs, companies, etc.)
2. the methodology for developing a communication strategy and plan as well as a press kit.
The teaching will be based on the interventions of communication services managers of different organizations and on tutorials leading the students to analyze and design communication strategies and plans and to write press kits from real projects submitted by the communication services managers.
Communication and education on biodiversity
ECTS
6 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The objective of this course is to teach students to design communication, mediation and education tools and actions on the theme of biodiversity. It will provide the necessary knowledge to define communication objectives, target audiences, define key messages, choose a communication method, and carry out and evaluate these actions. It will also lead the students to master the issues related to biodiversity and its maintenance and to know the bibliography and the sources of information in this field.
The UE will be composed of TD and TP as well as a project by group.
Methods and analysis of surveys in SHS
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools of the territorial dialogue
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Scientific museography
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
This course includes 4 hours of lectures during which students are introduced to the basic concepts that define scientific museums (status, typology, missions, public, collection, conservation, exhibition, education and study functions) as well as the related professions.
These lessons are followed by 11 hours of fieldwork during which students follow guided tours of scientific collections and museums (plant garden, herbarium, zoological park, aquarium, museum, etc.) during which the emphasis will be placed on scenography, itineraries and mediation devices.
COGITHON
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Innovation is the very outcome of scientific research, but it is also the condition for the survival and/or development of most companies and associations, and thus of all human organizations. Innovation is also a very important lever for the economic development of territories where it is often coupled with the circular economy or the economy of integration.
Being able to participate in the design and implementation of innovative projects, and finding the financial and partnership means to do so, are skills that are increasingly sought after by all employees, regardless of their status and role in their organization (in short, from the worker to the CEO, including technicians, engineers and even researchers!) It is as much about instilling a professional culture of innovation as it is about teaching the basic methodological and technical principles. This educational program is based on a project-based pedagogy and uses as a tool the seminar mode of work (7 days a week and 24 hours a day) in a closed space, cut off from the world to better concentrate. The pedagogical principle is to bring together several competences (in our case those of 4 training courses of the GE master and 2 courses of the Energy master) in the same space of place and time to work in group on an environmental and local problem. Conferences, meetings, visits, reflection and work will alternate to allow students to give a written answer and an oral presentation at the end of the week. The best projects will be presented orally before a jury of professionals and will be defended by the students.
Open to the entire GE field in M2 (except the GeIBioTe course) in FI and APP and to the Energy master's degree.
With the exception of the Aquadura course for which this UE takes place over the semester, the Cogithon takes place in a 6-day seminar format. The seminar starts with a theoretical part (the first day) and then takes place in the form of workshops in which the students are organized in project teams. The teams compete to present a project within the framework of a call for tenders that changes every year and is developed in partnership with local actors. The call for tenders is based on the work of the Aquadura course and their November restitution.
Professionalization M2 GE
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
End of studies internship M2 GE Communication
ECTS
20 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The M2 internship lasts 5.5 to 6 months full-time (from mid-March to the end of August at the latest).
The search for the internship is proactive on the part of the student.
The validation of the internship is made by the pedagogical tutor according to the adequacy with the professional project of the student and with the pedagogical objectives of the ComBiodiv course.
Each student is followed during the internship by a university pedagogical tutor and an internship supervisor from the professional organization and being part of its close supervision.
A scientific and technical study report is written within the framework of the UE.
It can take place in France or abroad. The internship takes place in a professional organization and under cover, a priori, of an internship agreement delivered by the UM.
Ecology Fair-1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This course starts during the first day of classes (integration).
During this course, students will participate in the design and implementation of two major annual events in the field of ecology: the Biodiversity Festival (Festi'Versité) and the National Biodiversity Exhibition (SNB). Since 2008, these events have been a way to bring together, get to know and promote all the players in the professional field of ecology in France.
In connection with partner organizations (OFB, F-CEN, UPGE, F-CPIE, UM, CNRS, local authorities, etc.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the management of the two events.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the project management of the two events by occupying various positions according to their motivations, interests and capacities (experience, skills, proposed trainings) in connection with volunteers from other trainings (BTS): recruitment and reception of the public and speakers, media animations, communication, security (fire risk, first aid), logistics, search for financing, eco-responsibility... The positions are proposed through job descriptions on which the students apply during the integration seminar of the master.
Supported by an Adhoc structure (in the process of being set up) and under the direction of a steering committee bringing together their main stakeholders, these two events integrate the assistance of students from the Environmental Management Master's program of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Montpellier within the framework of their teaching and through their student associations.
- Festi'Versité, the biodiversity festival. It allows to sensitize and educate the general public to the stakes of ecology through animations, shows, games, conferences, projections, photographic exhibitions. It takes place during a weekend at the end of October/beginning of November at the zoo of Montpellier.
- The national biodiversity exhibition. At the same time a forum for jobs and training, a scientific and technical congress, and professional meetings, it includes conferences and round tables, scientific and technical communications, and recruitment and professional exchanges. The exhibition takes place during 2 days in January at the Parc des Expositions of Montpellier.
Aquariology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
This course presents the different steps necessary for the creation of an aquarium and its development. From the dimensioning, to the realization, to the choice of species and the associated scenography. It is also about knowing the legislation associated with the production and trade of living aquatic organisms and understanding the investment and communication strategies that an establishment such as an aquarium must put in place to renew itself and maintain a significant number of entries.
Host/pathogen interactions in aquatic animals
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
New technologies for the study of Biodiversity
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
3h
The module presents lessons around the identification, quantification and modeling of interactions between climate, marine species and their exploitation.
Marine resource use and assessment
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Training, delivered by the UMR MARBEC on the geographical site of Sète, France. This module develops the current context of fisheries and global climate change on the dynamics of marine ecosystems. In the perspective of better understanding and predicting the effects of fisheries and climate on marine ecosystems, the teaching module is structured around the identification of uses, assessment modes and modeling of marine resources dynamics.
Synthetic content of the EU:
Resource and fishery interactions. Analysis of marine trophic interactions. Temporal dynamics of exploited fish populations (species alternation, recruitment). Modeling of predator-prey systems. Bioenergetic modeling (DEB model). Analysis and processing of catch and effort data. Data analysis by GLM, GAM.
Aquaculture
ECTS
6 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The proposed module will include a presentation of the main fish farming production systems implemented in Mediterranean and tropical environments with their main biotechnical and socioeconomic characteristics as well as the corresponding sectors and also visits to production sites. It will focus on a presentation of the biological bases of aquaculture applied to Mediterranean and tropical species and environments.
Genetic improvement and diversity management in aqua environments
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
M2-GE Apprenticeship Project
ECTS
6 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Law of the public maritime domain and the sea
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
The EU aims to provide knowledge, without a legal angle, of coastal areas included in the "public maritime domain", and other coastal and offshore maritime areas and to show which legal regimes apply to these areas: ownership of these areas, rules of occupation of these areas, rules of development of these areas. All of this is based on the law of the sea, the law of the coastline and urban planning, and the law of the environment at sea.
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Methods and analysis of surveys in SHS
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Project management
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Project management is an essential skill for a master's level professional. This course aims at making you capable of designing and managing a project. We will look at the different phases of a project, its financing (diversification of sources and budget), the planning of work, time and resources, teamwork (meetings, conflicts, reporting), risk management. The teaching carried out via a MOOC "project management" of 6 weeks (Common Core, or classic course - 20 hours of training: Common Core (4 weeks) + 2 modules of specialization minimum) between the end of September and the beginning of November will be completed by various TD.
Quality management
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Discovery of quality management: issues and principles, process approach, interested parties, measurement and improvement system. The normative context and the ISO9001 standard: certification, accreditation, labeling. Tools and methods of quality and continuous improvement: description of activities, problem solving, analysis and improvement of performance. Risk management: concepts and vocabulary, tools and methods for risk identification and control.
End of studies internship by apprenticeship M2 GE AQUA
ECTS
24 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
COGITHON
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Innovation is the very outcome of scientific research, but it is also the condition for the survival and/or development of most companies and associations, and thus of all human organizations. Innovation is also a very important lever for the economic development of territories where it is often coupled with the circular economy or the economy of integration.
Being able to participate in the design and implementation of innovative projects, and finding the financial and partnership means to do so, are skills that are increasingly sought after by all employees, regardless of their status and role in their organization (in short, from the worker to the CEO, including technicians, engineers and even researchers!) It is as much about instilling a professional culture of innovation as it is about teaching the basic methodological and technical principles. This educational program is based on a project-based pedagogy and uses as a tool the seminar mode of work (7 days a week and 24 hours a day) in a closed space, cut off from the world to better concentrate. The pedagogical principle is to bring together several competences (in our case those of 4 training courses of the GE master and 2 courses of the Energy master) in the same space of place and time to work in group on an environmental and local problem. Conferences, meetings, visits, reflection and work will alternate to allow students to give a written answer and an oral presentation at the end of the week. The best projects will be presented orally before a jury of professionals and will be defended by the students.
Open to the entire GE field in M2 (except the GeIBioTe course) in FI and APP and to the Energy master's degree.
With the exception of the Aquadura course for which this UE takes place over the semester, the Cogithon takes place in a 6-day seminar format. The seminar starts with a theoretical part (the first day) and then takes place in the form of workshops in which the students are organized in project teams. The teams compete to present a project within the framework of a call for tenders that changes every year and is developed in partnership with local actors. The call for tenders is based on the work of the Aquadura course and their November restitution.
Ecology Fair-1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This course starts during the first day of classes (integration).
During this course, students will participate in the design and implementation of two major annual events in the field of ecology: the Biodiversity Festival (Festi'Versité) and the National Biodiversity Exhibition (SNB). Since 2008, these events have been a way to bring together, get to know and promote all the players in the professional field of ecology in France.
In connection with partner organizations (OFB, F-CEN, UPGE, F-CPIE, UM, CNRS, local authorities, etc.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the management of the two events.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the project management of the two events by occupying various positions according to their motivations, interests and capacities (experience, skills, proposed trainings) in connection with volunteers from other trainings (BTS): recruitment and reception of the public and speakers, media animations, communication, security (fire risk, first aid), logistics, search for financing, eco-responsibility... The positions are proposed through job descriptions on which the students apply during the integration seminar of the master.
Supported by an Adhoc structure (in the process of being set up) and under the direction of a steering committee bringing together their main stakeholders, these two events integrate the assistance of students from the Environmental Management Master's program of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Montpellier within the framework of their teaching and through their student associations.
- Festi'Versité, the biodiversity festival. It allows to sensitize and educate the general public to the stakes of ecology through animations, shows, games, conferences, projections, photographic exhibitions. It takes place during a weekend at the end of October/beginning of November at the zoo of Montpellier.
- The national biodiversity exhibition. At the same time a forum for jobs and training, a scientific and technical congress, and professional meetings, it includes conferences and round tables, scientific and technical communications, and recruitment and professional exchanges. The exhibition takes place during 2 days in January at the Parc des Expositions of Montpellier.
Conservation Biology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The courses present 4 aspects of Conservation Biology based on current scientific research in this discipline:
- Introduction to Biodiversity Conservation(BC): Definition of Conservation Biology Why conserve biodiversity? Who are the main actors in CB and the role of science in CB.
- Species conservation: What are the priority species? How to conserve species? How do you know if a species is "well conserved"?
- Space conservation: What are the priority spaces? How to conserve spaces?
- Does conservation work?Importance of social acceptability and political commitment. Need for biodiversity indicators and measuring the impact of conservation.
Students also complete a group assignment in which they present a SA project around the questions: why, what, where, how, how much does it cost and how do we know if it is effective?
New technologies for the study of Biodiversity
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Science and communication
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
30h
All of this course is conducted in English. The objective is to allow students to practice oral and written scientific communication at two levels:
1. Communicate about research activities (e.g., when starting a project, publishing an article) in writing (e.g., creating an infographic for twitter) and orally (e.g., interview for a thesis application).
2. Communicate scientific results in writing (writing review articles, research articles) and orally (conference talk)
Each student works on these different aspects of communication directly in relation to his or her M1 and M2 internships and thesis project. The media are varied (e.g. twitter, website, video, etc.).
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Sustainable exploitation of animal resources hunting
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Bayesian approach to variability
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
1. Bayesian inference: Motivation and simple example.
2. The likelihood.
3. A detour to explore priors.
4. Markov chains Monte Carlo methods (MCMC)
5. Bayesian analyses in R with the Jags software.
6. Contrast scientific hypotheses with model selection (WAIC).
7. Heterogeneity and multilevel models (aka mixed models.
Ecological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Sustainable development, ERC sequence, green, blue, turquoise grid.
The aim is to present the regulatory and technical frameworks for integrating the environment into projects, plans and programs. The sequence Avoid, Reduce, Compensate, its stakes, the actors involved, will be presented, discussed and illustrated. The green and blue frames and their interface with the turquoise frame will be analyzed as tools for improving the preservation of biodiversity in land management and development operations.
The students will have to step back from the methods and know-how used to apply this ERC sequence in different fields, linked to plans, developments, programs and having impacts on the environment.
A field trip is an opportunity to meet the actors, the ERC actions deployed, to draw a diagnosis and perspectives.
The applications will focus on the turquoise frame associating biodiversity law and water law file and on the ERC deployment of the development file.
Finally, the EU offers learners a real critical analysis of know-how and the production of innovative and integrative solutions.
Methods and analysis of surveys in SHS
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Behavioral ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
6h
Behavioral Ecology approaches the study of behavior from an evolutionary perspective to study the mechanisms, function, and contribution of behavior to evolutionary and ecological processes. The work carried out in Behavioral Ecology helps to understand other phenomena observed in other disciplines of life biology, because all animals, from unicellulars to the most complex vertebrates, exhibit behaviors.
The module allows students to be exposed to the different basic concepts, as well as to the multitude of tools that can be used (observations and experiments in natural populations or on captive individuals, comparative analyses, use of tools from modeling, ecophysiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, embedded electronics...). Part of the training is based on specific discussions on the research approaches that can be used, the tools used and the limits of inferences that can be made. An active participation of the students will be required at these different levels, notably through critical discussions of articles.
The topics covered range from the exploration of food procurement strategies, mate choice, habitat choice, investment in reproduction, to the study of animal communication and the reasons for living in groups. The historical dimension of the discipline is addressed in the introduction, but also according to the sensibility of the speakers and the themes addressed (meaning and relations between 'Animal Behaviour', 'Ethology', Behavioral Ecology etc...).
Ethnoecology and sustainable development
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
1 "The way in which the modern West represents nature is the least shared thing in the world" (Descola, 2005, p. 56). According to anthropologist Philippe Descola, the category of "Nature," as a reality separate from the human world, is an invention of Europeans that is only one of the possibilities available to societies to account for the living and non-living beings that surround them.
If Philippe Descola contributes to renewing questions about the relationship between society and the environment, he nevertheless draws on a long tradition in the human and social sciences. Numerous works have already explored the various forms of knowledge and social organization to which these relationships give rise: ethnoscience, anthropology of technology, economic anthropology, ethnoecology, sociology of science and technology, etc.
This issue is far from being confined to the academic sphere. It also arouses the interest of actors in conservation (biodiversity, natural resources, etc.) and industry (pharmacology). It also mobilizes so-called "indigenous" populations who claim, both locally and internationally, access to resources and the preservation of an intangible heritage.
2. Situated at the meeting point of the social sciences and the life sciences, these disciplines analyze how human societies use plants, animals, and other components of the environment, but also how their conceptions and representations of their environment(s) guide these uses. This research also explores how human societies organize themselves, perpetuate themselves, change to adapt to new contexts (globalization, global changes) and transmit knowledge about their relationships with nature.
For a long time, these disciplines focused more specifically on the interrelations between so-called "traditional" societies and their immediate environment. Subsequently, since the 1970s, researchers have reconsidered the distinction between so-called "traditional" and "modern" societies in order to better address new contemporary environmental and social transformations.
Indeed, on the one hand, local societies, even the most isolated, are affected by events that are decided and take place on different scales (international conventions, economic crises). Their immediate environment is also affected by global phenomena (climate change, erosion of biodiversity, etc.). In return, their actions can also have international ecological, social and economic repercussions, when, for example, these societies organize themselves to bring their claims to international arenas.
On the other hand, the relationship that modern societies have with their environment is being reconfigured in the face of the observation that the planet is increasingly "artificialized" and threatened by ruptures and serious crises. The place of fauna and flora is being reconsidered and is the subject of controversy as to their rights. Moreover, the entry into a new geological era, the Anthropocene, is invoked to challenge both the natural sciences and the human and social sciences on the need to consider differently a common history of the environment and societies.
3. The very work of scientists and engineers is apprehended in a new light. In this respect, a new scientific project in the humanities and social sciences aims at reconsidering the role of "non-humans" and calls for finding other analytical categories than those of Nature and Culture. New scales and methods of investigation are also envisaged to analyze global processes.
These recent changes in scale invite the researcher in the humanities and social sciences to (re)consider his or her approach through a reflexive approach: he or she is no longer a simple observer, but can also be a real actor in the processes, when not directly involved in a social movement.
4. The objective of this module is to introduce these different scientific and operational fields. It is to provide students with reference points and elements for reflection, in order to be able to construct scientific questions on the relationships between societies and the environment, in order to reflect on the ways in which current environmental and social issues can be dealt with. The varied geographical and disciplinary experiences of the speakers will make it possible to illustrate the approach through a wide range of ecosystem types, socio-cultural contexts and themes. In the time available, we will not pretend to cover all the themes, approaches and methods in an exhaustive manner. Any student wishing to delve deeper into this area will need to engage in a more in-depth training process.
Ecology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
3h
The module presents lessons around the identification, quantification and modeling of interactions between climate, marine species and their exploitation.
Managing a participatory science project
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Impacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The goals of this course are to deepen the key concepts related to climate change, to illustrate important concepts in ecology and evolution in the light of climate change, in many different ecosystems, and to synthesize the different scientific and societal questions and issues raised by CC.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Roles of microorganisms in ecosystems (with BEE)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Global changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Climate change, global changes, Prospects, Adaptation, Resilience, Hydrology modeling, Future climate simulation, Water resource availability, Extreme events, Impacts on ecosystems, ecological issues
This course provides students with an introduction to the climatic, environmental and anthropic changes that impact our hydro-eco-socio-systems today and tomorrow.
The activities offer a focus on certain aspects, not exhaustive, of this vast field whose knowledge is constantly evolving.
Beyond the presentation of issues, figures and concepts, students learn about hydrological modeling tools that allow the development of future scenarios of resource evolution. They analyze a concrete subject by crossing disciplines and approaches. They discuss the possibilities of adapting to the impacts of changes.
The activities consist of 3 parts: The course activity, the modeling activity, and the bibliography activity.
- During the course, the principles of climate modeling, the construction of climate change scenarios and their limits are explained. The orders of magnitude of the main changes are stated, as well as the major issues of sustainable development, climate change and global change. A particular focus is proposed around the French Mediterranean watersheds (climate change hot spot, decreasing availability of water resources, agricultural practices and adaptations, irrigation, tourism...).
- The concepts of hydrological modeling and calibration in a non-stationary or poorly gauged context are taught and an introduction to hydrological modeling is carried out with an application case. The students manipulate general hydrological models allowing to evaluate flows and balances (of type GR, HEC-HMS or WEAP), to feed them with outputs of climatic models, to generate future scenarios of flow and balance, then to criticize the scenarios thus built. The modeling work done in small groups is the subject of an oral presentation.
- Finally, the bibliography done in class and completed independently should allow students to specialize around a concrete case of the study of a change occurring in a compartment of a natural or urbanized hydro-eco-system (that the students choose). They carry out a literature review to identify the societal or environmental issues arising from these changes, as well as the scientific questions inherent in the implementation of measures to reduce their impacts or to adapt. They must identify how their case study is similar to other cases, but also how it differs from them. Finally, they open their analysis to a more general methodology that can be applied to other case studies to characterize these changes, their impacts and the adaptation measures. The students write
a synthetic note for operational purposes (bibliography, similar studies, controversies, operational tools, protocols, orders of magnitude). Then they make a pitch of their results to the class.
Individual Project in GE 2
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Sustainable exploitation of animal resources hunting
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Bayesian approach to variability
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
1. Bayesian inference: Motivation and simple example.
2. The likelihood.
3. A detour to explore priors.
4. Markov chains Monte Carlo methods (MCMC)
5. Bayesian analyses in R with the Jags software.
6. Contrast scientific hypotheses with model selection (WAIC).
7. Heterogeneity and multilevel models (aka mixed models.
Ecological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Sustainable development, ERC sequence, green, blue, turquoise grid.
The aim is to present the regulatory and technical frameworks for integrating the environment into projects, plans and programs. The sequence Avoid, Reduce, Compensate, its stakes, the actors involved, will be presented, discussed and illustrated. The green and blue frames and their interface with the turquoise frame will be analyzed as tools for improving the preservation of biodiversity in land management and development operations.
The students will have to step back from the methods and know-how used to apply this ERC sequence in different fields, linked to plans, developments, programs and having impacts on the environment.
A field trip is an opportunity to meet the actors, the ERC actions deployed, to draw a diagnosis and perspectives.
The applications will focus on the turquoise frame associating biodiversity law and water law file and on the ERC deployment of the development file.
Finally, the EU offers learners a real critical analysis of know-how and the production of innovative and integrative solutions.
Methods and analysis of surveys in SHS
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Behavioral ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
6h
Behavioral Ecology approaches the study of behavior from an evolutionary perspective to study the mechanisms, function, and contribution of behavior to evolutionary and ecological processes. The work carried out in Behavioral Ecology helps to understand other phenomena observed in other disciplines of life biology, because all animals, from unicellulars to the most complex vertebrates, exhibit behaviors.
The module allows students to be exposed to the different basic concepts, as well as to the multitude of tools that can be used (observations and experiments in natural populations or on captive individuals, comparative analyses, use of tools from modeling, ecophysiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, embedded electronics...). Part of the training is based on specific discussions on the research approaches that can be used, the tools used and the limits of inferences that can be made. An active participation of the students will be required at these different levels, notably through critical discussions of articles.
The topics covered range from the exploration of food procurement strategies, mate choice, habitat choice, investment in reproduction, to the study of animal communication and the reasons for living in groups. The historical dimension of the discipline is addressed in the introduction, but also according to the sensibility of the speakers and the themes addressed (meaning and relations between 'Animal Behaviour', 'Ethology', Behavioral Ecology etc...).
Ethnoecology and sustainable development
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
1 "The way in which the modern West represents nature is the least shared thing in the world" (Descola, 2005, p. 56). According to anthropologist Philippe Descola, the category of "Nature," as a reality separate from the human world, is an invention of Europeans that is only one of the possibilities available to societies to account for the living and non-living beings that surround them.
If Philippe Descola contributes to renewing questions about the relationship between society and the environment, he nevertheless draws on a long tradition in the human and social sciences. Numerous works have already explored the various forms of knowledge and social organization to which these relationships give rise: ethnoscience, anthropology of technology, economic anthropology, ethnoecology, sociology of science and technology, etc.
This issue is far from being confined to the academic sphere. It also arouses the interest of actors in conservation (biodiversity, natural resources, etc.) and industry (pharmacology). It also mobilizes so-called "indigenous" populations who claim, both locally and internationally, access to resources and the preservation of an intangible heritage.
2. Situated at the meeting point of the social sciences and the life sciences, these disciplines analyze how human societies use plants, animals, and other components of the environment, but also how their conceptions and representations of their environment(s) guide these uses. This research also explores how human societies organize themselves, perpetuate themselves, change to adapt to new contexts (globalization, global changes) and transmit knowledge about their relationships with nature.
For a long time, these disciplines focused more specifically on the interrelations between so-called "traditional" societies and their immediate environment. Subsequently, since the 1970s, researchers have reconsidered the distinction between so-called "traditional" and "modern" societies in order to better address new contemporary environmental and social transformations.
Indeed, on the one hand, local societies, even the most isolated, are affected by events that are decided and take place on different scales (international conventions, economic crises). Their immediate environment is also affected by global phenomena (climate change, erosion of biodiversity, etc.). In return, their actions can also have international ecological, social and economic repercussions, when, for example, these societies organize themselves to bring their claims to international arenas.
On the other hand, the relationship that modern societies have with their environment is being reconfigured in the face of the observation that the planet is increasingly "artificialized" and threatened by ruptures and serious crises. The place of fauna and flora is being reconsidered and is the subject of controversy as to their rights. Moreover, the entry into a new geological era, the Anthropocene, is invoked to challenge both the natural sciences and the human and social sciences on the need to consider differently a common history of the environment and societies.
3. The very work of scientists and engineers is apprehended in a new light. In this respect, a new scientific project in the humanities and social sciences aims at reconsidering the role of "non-humans" and calls for finding other analytical categories than those of Nature and Culture. New scales and methods of investigation are also envisaged to analyze global processes.
These recent changes in scale invite the researcher in the humanities and social sciences to (re)consider his or her approach through a reflexive approach: he or she is no longer a simple observer, but can also be a real actor in the processes, when not directly involved in a social movement.
4. The objective of this module is to introduce these different scientific and operational fields. It is to provide students with reference points and elements for reflection, in order to be able to construct scientific questions on the relationships between societies and the environment, in order to reflect on the ways in which current environmental and social issues can be dealt with. The varied geographical and disciplinary experiences of the speakers will make it possible to illustrate the approach through a wide range of ecosystem types, socio-cultural contexts and themes. In the time available, we will not pretend to cover all the themes, approaches and methods in an exhaustive manner. Any student wishing to delve deeper into this area will need to engage in a more in-depth training process.
Ecology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
3h
The module presents lessons around the identification, quantification and modeling of interactions between climate, marine species and their exploitation.
Managing a participatory science project
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Impacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The goals of this course are to deepen the key concepts related to climate change, to illustrate important concepts in ecology and evolution in the light of climate change, in many different ecosystems, and to synthesize the different scientific and societal questions and issues raised by CC.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Roles of microorganisms in ecosystems (with BEE)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Global changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Climate change, global changes, Prospects, Adaptation, Resilience, Hydrology modeling, Future climate simulation, Water resource availability, Extreme events, Impacts on ecosystems, ecological issues
This course provides students with an introduction to the climatic, environmental and anthropic changes that impact our hydro-eco-socio-systems today and tomorrow.
The activities offer a focus on certain aspects, not exhaustive, of this vast field whose knowledge is constantly evolving.
Beyond the presentation of issues, figures and concepts, students learn about hydrological modeling tools that allow the development of future scenarios of resource evolution. They analyze a concrete subject by crossing disciplines and approaches. They discuss the possibilities of adapting to the impacts of changes.
The activities consist of 3 parts: The course activity, the modeling activity, and the bibliography activity.
- During the course, the principles of climate modeling, the construction of climate change scenarios and their limits are explained. The orders of magnitude of the main changes are stated, as well as the major issues of sustainable development, climate change and global change. A particular focus is proposed around the French Mediterranean watersheds (climate change hot spot, decreasing availability of water resources, agricultural practices and adaptations, irrigation, tourism...).
- The concepts of hydrological modeling and calibration in a non-stationary or poorly gauged context are taught and an introduction to hydrological modeling is carried out with an application case. The students manipulate general hydrological models allowing to evaluate flows and balances (of type GR, HEC-HMS or WEAP), to feed them with outputs of climatic models, to generate future scenarios of flow and balance, then to criticize the scenarios thus built. The modeling work done in small groups is the subject of an oral presentation.
- Finally, the bibliography done in class and completed independently should allow students to specialize around a concrete case of the study of a change occurring in a compartment of a natural or urbanized hydro-eco-system (that the students choose). They carry out a literature review to identify the societal or environmental issues arising from these changes, as well as the scientific questions inherent in the implementation of measures to reduce their impacts or to adapt. They must identify how their case study is similar to other cases, but also how it differs from them. Finally, they open their analysis to a more general methodology that can be applied to other case studies to characterize these changes, their impacts and the adaptation measures. The students write
a synthetic note for operational purposes (bibliography, similar studies, controversies, operational tools, protocols, orders of magnitude). Then they make a pitch of their results to the class.
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Sustainable exploitation of animal resources hunting
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Bayesian approach to variability
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
1. Bayesian inference: Motivation and simple example.
2. The likelihood.
3. A detour to explore priors.
4. Markov chains Monte Carlo methods (MCMC)
5. Bayesian analyses in R with the Jags software.
6. Contrast scientific hypotheses with model selection (WAIC).
7. Heterogeneity and multilevel models (aka mixed models.
Ecological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Sustainable development, ERC sequence, green, blue, turquoise grid.
The aim is to present the regulatory and technical frameworks for integrating the environment into projects, plans and programs. The sequence Avoid, Reduce, Compensate, its stakes, the actors involved, will be presented, discussed and illustrated. The green and blue frames and their interface with the turquoise frame will be analyzed as tools for improving the preservation of biodiversity in land management and development operations.
The students will have to step back from the methods and know-how used to apply this ERC sequence in different fields, linked to plans, developments, programs and having impacts on the environment.
A field trip is an opportunity to meet the actors, the ERC actions deployed, to draw a diagnosis and perspectives.
The applications will focus on the turquoise frame associating biodiversity law and water law file and on the ERC deployment of the development file.
Finally, the EU offers learners a real critical analysis of know-how and the production of innovative and integrative solutions.
Methods and analysis of surveys in SHS
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Behavioral ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
6h
Behavioral Ecology approaches the study of behavior from an evolutionary perspective to study the mechanisms, function, and contribution of behavior to evolutionary and ecological processes. The work carried out in Behavioral Ecology helps to understand other phenomena observed in other disciplines of life biology, because all animals, from unicellulars to the most complex vertebrates, exhibit behaviors.
The module allows students to be exposed to the different basic concepts, as well as to the multitude of tools that can be used (observations and experiments in natural populations or on captive individuals, comparative analyses, use of tools from modeling, ecophysiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, embedded electronics...). Part of the training is based on specific discussions on the research approaches that can be used, the tools used and the limits of inferences that can be made. An active participation of the students will be required at these different levels, notably through critical discussions of articles.
The topics covered range from the exploration of food procurement strategies, mate choice, habitat choice, investment in reproduction, to the study of animal communication and the reasons for living in groups. The historical dimension of the discipline is addressed in the introduction, but also according to the sensibility of the speakers and the themes addressed (meaning and relations between 'Animal Behaviour', 'Ethology', Behavioral Ecology etc...).
Ethnoecology and sustainable development
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
1 "The way in which the modern West represents nature is the least shared thing in the world" (Descola, 2005, p. 56). According to anthropologist Philippe Descola, the category of "Nature," as a reality separate from the human world, is an invention of Europeans that is only one of the possibilities available to societies to account for the living and non-living beings that surround them.
If Philippe Descola contributes to renewing questions about the relationship between society and the environment, he nevertheless draws on a long tradition in the human and social sciences. Numerous works have already explored the various forms of knowledge and social organization to which these relationships give rise: ethnoscience, anthropology of technology, economic anthropology, ethnoecology, sociology of science and technology, etc.
This issue is far from being confined to the academic sphere. It also arouses the interest of actors in conservation (biodiversity, natural resources, etc.) and industry (pharmacology). It also mobilizes so-called "indigenous" populations who claim, both locally and internationally, access to resources and the preservation of an intangible heritage.
2. Situated at the meeting point of the social sciences and the life sciences, these disciplines analyze how human societies use plants, animals, and other components of the environment, but also how their conceptions and representations of their environment(s) guide these uses. This research also explores how human societies organize themselves, perpetuate themselves, change to adapt to new contexts (globalization, global changes) and transmit knowledge about their relationships with nature.
For a long time, these disciplines focused more specifically on the interrelations between so-called "traditional" societies and their immediate environment. Subsequently, since the 1970s, researchers have reconsidered the distinction between so-called "traditional" and "modern" societies in order to better address new contemporary environmental and social transformations.
Indeed, on the one hand, local societies, even the most isolated, are affected by events that are decided and take place on different scales (international conventions, economic crises). Their immediate environment is also affected by global phenomena (climate change, erosion of biodiversity, etc.). In return, their actions can also have international ecological, social and economic repercussions, when, for example, these societies organize themselves to bring their claims to international arenas.
On the other hand, the relationship that modern societies have with their environment is being reconfigured in the face of the observation that the planet is increasingly "artificialized" and threatened by ruptures and serious crises. The place of fauna and flora is being reconsidered and is the subject of controversy as to their rights. Moreover, the entry into a new geological era, the Anthropocene, is invoked to challenge both the natural sciences and the human and social sciences on the need to consider differently a common history of the environment and societies.
3. The very work of scientists and engineers is apprehended in a new light. In this respect, a new scientific project in the humanities and social sciences aims at reconsidering the role of "non-humans" and calls for finding other analytical categories than those of Nature and Culture. New scales and methods of investigation are also envisaged to analyze global processes.
These recent changes in scale invite the researcher in the humanities and social sciences to (re)consider his or her approach through a reflexive approach: he or she is no longer a simple observer, but can also be a real actor in the processes, when not directly involved in a social movement.
4. The objective of this module is to introduce these different scientific and operational fields. It is to provide students with reference points and elements for reflection, in order to be able to construct scientific questions on the relationships between societies and the environment, in order to reflect on the ways in which current environmental and social issues can be dealt with. The varied geographical and disciplinary experiences of the speakers will make it possible to illustrate the approach through a wide range of ecosystem types, socio-cultural contexts and themes. In the time available, we will not pretend to cover all the themes, approaches and methods in an exhaustive manner. Any student wishing to delve deeper into this area will need to engage in a more in-depth training process.
Ecology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
3h
The module presents lessons around the identification, quantification and modeling of interactions between climate, marine species and their exploitation.
Managing a participatory science project
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Impacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The goals of this course are to deepen the key concepts related to climate change, to illustrate important concepts in ecology and evolution in the light of climate change, in many different ecosystems, and to synthesize the different scientific and societal questions and issues raised by CC.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Roles of microorganisms in ecosystems (with BEE)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Global changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Climate change, global changes, Prospects, Adaptation, Resilience, Hydrology modeling, Future climate simulation, Water resource availability, Extreme events, Impacts on ecosystems, ecological issues
This course provides students with an introduction to the climatic, environmental and anthropic changes that impact our hydro-eco-socio-systems today and tomorrow.
The activities offer a focus on certain aspects, not exhaustive, of this vast field whose knowledge is constantly evolving.
Beyond the presentation of issues, figures and concepts, students learn about hydrological modeling tools that allow the development of future scenarios of resource evolution. They analyze a concrete subject by crossing disciplines and approaches. They discuss the possibilities of adapting to the impacts of changes.
The activities consist of 3 parts: The course activity, the modeling activity, and the bibliography activity.
- During the course, the principles of climate modeling, the construction of climate change scenarios and their limits are explained. The orders of magnitude of the main changes are stated, as well as the major issues of sustainable development, climate change and global change. A particular focus is proposed around the French Mediterranean watersheds (climate change hot spot, decreasing availability of water resources, agricultural practices and adaptations, irrigation, tourism...).
- The concepts of hydrological modeling and calibration in a non-stationary or poorly gauged context are taught and an introduction to hydrological modeling is carried out with an application case. The students manipulate general hydrological models allowing to evaluate flows and balances (of type GR, HEC-HMS or WEAP), to feed them with outputs of climatic models, to generate future scenarios of flow and balance, then to criticize the scenarios thus built. The modeling work done in small groups is the subject of an oral presentation.
- Finally, the bibliography done in class and completed independently should allow students to specialize around a concrete case of the study of a change occurring in a compartment of a natural or urbanized hydro-eco-system (that the students choose). They carry out a literature review to identify the societal or environmental issues arising from these changes, as well as the scientific questions inherent in the implementation of measures to reduce their impacts or to adapt. They must identify how their case study is similar to other cases, but also how it differs from them. Finally, they open their analysis to a more general methodology that can be applied to other case studies to characterize these changes, their impacts and the adaptation measures. The students write
a synthetic note for operational purposes (bibliography, similar studies, controversies, operational tools, protocols, orders of magnitude). Then they make a pitch of their results to the class.
Pollution and bioremediation of ecosystems
Component
Faculty of Science
This course aims at better understanding the main types of pollutants (organic vs. inorganic), their source(s), their fate in the environment and the way they interact with living organisms (bioaccumulation, biotransformation, effects). The methods used in depollution and bioremediation will be discussed. A particular focus will be made on the contribution of terrestrial and aquatic plants in phytoremediation as well as on the role of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi) in the mechanisms of biodegradation, biotransformation or biosequestration. This course will be illustrated through different case studies through which examples of chronic and acute/accidental pollution of water, air and soil will be discussed. In particular, the treatment of pollution related to mining, petroleum, plastics and phyto-pharmaceutical industries as well as the treatment of liquid effluents (wastewater, industrial effluents) will be discussed. A field trip to Saint-Laurent-Le-Minier will illustrate a current project of phytoremediation of a former mining site.
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Sustainable exploitation of animal resources hunting
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Bayesian approach to variability
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
1. Bayesian inference: Motivation and simple example.
2. The likelihood.
3. A detour to explore priors.
4. Markov chains Monte Carlo methods (MCMC)
5. Bayesian analyses in R with the Jags software.
6. Contrast scientific hypotheses with model selection (WAIC).
7. Heterogeneity and multilevel models (aka mixed models.
Ecological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Sustainable development, ERC sequence, green, blue, turquoise grid.
The aim is to present the regulatory and technical frameworks for integrating the environment into projects, plans and programs. The sequence Avoid, Reduce, Compensate, its stakes, the actors involved, will be presented, discussed and illustrated. The green and blue frames and their interface with the turquoise frame will be analyzed as tools for improving the preservation of biodiversity in land management and development operations.
The students will have to step back from the methods and know-how used to apply this ERC sequence in different fields, linked to plans, developments, programs and having impacts on the environment.
A field trip is an opportunity to meet the actors, the ERC actions deployed, to draw a diagnosis and perspectives.
The applications will focus on the turquoise frame associating biodiversity law and water law file and on the ERC deployment of the development file.
Finally, the EU offers learners a real critical analysis of know-how and the production of innovative and integrative solutions.
Methods and analysis of surveys in SHS
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Behavioral ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
6h
Behavioral Ecology approaches the study of behavior from an evolutionary perspective to study the mechanisms, function, and contribution of behavior to evolutionary and ecological processes. The work carried out in Behavioral Ecology helps to understand other phenomena observed in other disciplines of life biology, because all animals, from unicellulars to the most complex vertebrates, exhibit behaviors.
The module allows students to be exposed to the different basic concepts, as well as to the multitude of tools that can be used (observations and experiments in natural populations or on captive individuals, comparative analyses, use of tools from modeling, ecophysiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, embedded electronics...). Part of the training is based on specific discussions on the research approaches that can be used, the tools used and the limits of inferences that can be made. An active participation of the students will be required at these different levels, notably through critical discussions of articles.
The topics covered range from the exploration of food procurement strategies, mate choice, habitat choice, investment in reproduction, to the study of animal communication and the reasons for living in groups. The historical dimension of the discipline is addressed in the introduction, but also according to the sensibility of the speakers and the themes addressed (meaning and relations between 'Animal Behaviour', 'Ethology', Behavioral Ecology etc...).
Ethnoecology and sustainable development
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
1 "The way in which the modern West represents nature is the least shared thing in the world" (Descola, 2005, p. 56). According to anthropologist Philippe Descola, the category of "Nature," as a reality separate from the human world, is an invention of Europeans that is only one of the possibilities available to societies to account for the living and non-living beings that surround them.
If Philippe Descola contributes to renewing questions about the relationship between society and the environment, he nevertheless draws on a long tradition in the human and social sciences. Numerous works have already explored the various forms of knowledge and social organization to which these relationships give rise: ethnoscience, anthropology of technology, economic anthropology, ethnoecology, sociology of science and technology, etc.
This issue is far from being confined to the academic sphere. It also arouses the interest of actors in conservation (biodiversity, natural resources, etc.) and industry (pharmacology). It also mobilizes so-called "indigenous" populations who claim, both locally and internationally, access to resources and the preservation of an intangible heritage.
2. Situated at the meeting point of the social sciences and the life sciences, these disciplines analyze how human societies use plants, animals, and other components of the environment, but also how their conceptions and representations of their environment(s) guide these uses. This research also explores how human societies organize themselves, perpetuate themselves, change to adapt to new contexts (globalization, global changes) and transmit knowledge about their relationships with nature.
For a long time, these disciplines focused more specifically on the interrelations between so-called "traditional" societies and their immediate environment. Subsequently, since the 1970s, researchers have reconsidered the distinction between so-called "traditional" and "modern" societies in order to better address new contemporary environmental and social transformations.
Indeed, on the one hand, local societies, even the most isolated, are affected by events that are decided and take place on different scales (international conventions, economic crises). Their immediate environment is also affected by global phenomena (climate change, erosion of biodiversity, etc.). In return, their actions can also have international ecological, social and economic repercussions, when, for example, these societies organize themselves to bring their claims to international arenas.
On the other hand, the relationship that modern societies have with their environment is being reconfigured in the face of the observation that the planet is increasingly "artificialized" and threatened by ruptures and serious crises. The place of fauna and flora is being reconsidered and is the subject of controversy as to their rights. Moreover, the entry into a new geological era, the Anthropocene, is invoked to challenge both the natural sciences and the human and social sciences on the need to consider differently a common history of the environment and societies.
3. The very work of scientists and engineers is apprehended in a new light. In this respect, a new scientific project in the humanities and social sciences aims at reconsidering the role of "non-humans" and calls for finding other analytical categories than those of Nature and Culture. New scales and methods of investigation are also envisaged to analyze global processes.
These recent changes in scale invite the researcher in the humanities and social sciences to (re)consider his or her approach through a reflexive approach: he or she is no longer a simple observer, but can also be a real actor in the processes, when not directly involved in a social movement.
4. The objective of this module is to introduce these different scientific and operational fields. It is to provide students with reference points and elements for reflection, in order to be able to construct scientific questions on the relationships between societies and the environment, in order to reflect on the ways in which current environmental and social issues can be dealt with. The varied geographical and disciplinary experiences of the speakers will make it possible to illustrate the approach through a wide range of ecosystem types, socio-cultural contexts and themes. In the time available, we will not pretend to cover all the themes, approaches and methods in an exhaustive manner. Any student wishing to delve deeper into this area will need to engage in a more in-depth training process.
Ecology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
3h
The module presents lessons around the identification, quantification and modeling of interactions between climate, marine species and their exploitation.
Managing a participatory science project
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Impacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The goals of this course are to deepen the key concepts related to climate change, to illustrate important concepts in ecology and evolution in the light of climate change, in many different ecosystems, and to synthesize the different scientific and societal questions and issues raised by CC.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Roles of microorganisms in ecosystems (with BEE)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Global changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Climate change, global changes, Prospects, Adaptation, Resilience, Hydrology modeling, Future climate simulation, Water resource availability, Extreme events, Impacts on ecosystems, ecological issues
This course provides students with an introduction to the climatic, environmental and anthropic changes that impact our hydro-eco-socio-systems today and tomorrow.
The activities offer a focus on certain aspects, not exhaustive, of this vast field whose knowledge is constantly evolving.
Beyond the presentation of issues, figures and concepts, students learn about hydrological modeling tools that allow the development of future scenarios of resource evolution. They analyze a concrete subject by crossing disciplines and approaches. They discuss the possibilities of adapting to the impacts of changes.
The activities consist of 3 parts: The course activity, the modeling activity, and the bibliography activity.
- During the course, the principles of climate modeling, the construction of climate change scenarios and their limits are explained. The orders of magnitude of the main changes are stated, as well as the major issues of sustainable development, climate change and global change. A particular focus is proposed around the French Mediterranean watersheds (climate change hot spot, decreasing availability of water resources, agricultural practices and adaptations, irrigation, tourism...).
- The concepts of hydrological modeling and calibration in a non-stationary or poorly gauged context are taught and an introduction to hydrological modeling is carried out with an application case. The students manipulate general hydrological models allowing to evaluate flows and balances (of type GR, HEC-HMS or WEAP), to feed them with outputs of climatic models, to generate future scenarios of flow and balance, then to criticize the scenarios thus built. The modeling work done in small groups is the subject of an oral presentation.
- Finally, the bibliography done in class and completed independently should allow students to specialize around a concrete case of the study of a change occurring in a compartment of a natural or urbanized hydro-eco-system (that the students choose). They carry out a literature review to identify the societal or environmental issues arising from these changes, as well as the scientific questions inherent in the implementation of measures to reduce their impacts or to adapt. They must identify how their case study is similar to other cases, but also how it differs from them. Finally, they open their analysis to a more general methodology that can be applied to other case studies to characterize these changes, their impacts and the adaptation measures. The students write
a synthetic note for operational purposes (bibliography, similar studies, controversies, operational tools, protocols, orders of magnitude). Then they make a pitch of their results to the class.
Individual Project in GE 2
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Pollution and bioremediation of ecosystems
Component
Faculty of Science
This course aims at better understanding the main types of pollutants (organic vs. inorganic), their source(s), their fate in the environment and the way they interact with living organisms (bioaccumulation, biotransformation, effects). The methods used in depollution and bioremediation will be discussed. A particular focus will be made on the contribution of terrestrial and aquatic plants in phytoremediation as well as on the role of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi) in the mechanisms of biodegradation, biotransformation or biosequestration. This course will be illustrated through different case studies through which examples of chronic and acute/accidental pollution of water, air and soil will be discussed. In particular, the treatment of pollution related to mining, petroleum, plastics and phyto-pharmaceutical industries as well as the treatment of liquid effluents (wastewater, industrial effluents) will be discussed. A field trip to Saint-Laurent-Le-Minier will illustrate a current project of phytoremediation of a former mining site.
M2-GE Apprenticeship Project
ECTS
6 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools of the territorial dialogue
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
COGITHON
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Innovation is the very outcome of scientific research, but it is also the condition for the survival and/or development of most companies and associations, and thus of all human organizations. Innovation is also a very important lever for the economic development of territories where it is often coupled with the circular economy or the economy of integration.
Being able to participate in the design and implementation of innovative projects, and finding the financial and partnership means to do so, are skills that are increasingly sought after by all employees, regardless of their status and role in their organization (in short, from the worker to the CEO, including technicians, engineers and even researchers!) It is as much about instilling a professional culture of innovation as it is about teaching the basic methodological and technical principles. This educational program is based on a project-based pedagogy and uses as a tool the seminar mode of work (7 days a week and 24 hours a day) in a closed space, cut off from the world to better concentrate. The pedagogical principle is to bring together several competences (in our case those of 4 training courses of the GE master and 2 courses of the Energy master) in the same space of place and time to work in group on an environmental and local problem. Conferences, meetings, visits, reflection and work will alternate to allow students to give a written answer and an oral presentation at the end of the week. The best projects will be presented orally before a jury of professionals and will be defended by the students.
Open to the entire GE field in M2 (except the GeIBioTe course) in FI and APP and to the Energy master's degree.
With the exception of the Aquadura course for which this UE takes place over the semester, the Cogithon takes place in a 6-day seminar format. The seminar starts with a theoretical part (the first day) and then takes place in the form of workshops in which the students are organized in project teams. The teams compete to present a project within the framework of a call for tenders that changes every year and is developed in partnership with local actors. The call for tenders is based on the work of the Aquadura course and their November restitution.
Internship by apprenticeship M2 GE RAINET
ECTS
24 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Scientific museography
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
This course includes 4 hours of lectures during which students are introduced to the basic concepts that define scientific museums (status, typology, missions, public, collection, conservation, exhibition, education and study functions) as well as the related professions.
These lessons are followed by 11 hours of fieldwork during which students follow guided tours of scientific collections and museums (plant garden, herbarium, zoological park, aquarium, museum, etc.) during which the emphasis will be placed on scenography, itineraries and mediation devices.
Quality management
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Discovery of quality management: issues and principles, process approach, interested parties, measurement and improvement system. The normative context and the ISO9001 standard: certification, accreditation, labeling. Tools and methods of quality and continuous improvement: description of activities, problem solving, analysis and improvement of performance. Risk management: concepts and vocabulary, tools and methods for risk identification and control.
Ecology Fair-1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This course starts during the first day of classes (integration).
During this course, students will participate in the design and implementation of two major annual events in the field of ecology: the Biodiversity Festival (Festi'Versité) and the National Biodiversity Exhibition (SNB). Since 2008, these events have been a way to bring together, get to know and promote all the players in the professional field of ecology in France.
In connection with partner organizations (OFB, F-CEN, UPGE, F-CPIE, UM, CNRS, local authorities, etc.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the management of the two events.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the project management of the two events by occupying various positions according to their motivations, interests and capacities (experience, skills, proposed trainings) in connection with volunteers from other trainings (BTS): recruitment and reception of the public and speakers, media animations, communication, security (fire risk, first aid), logistics, search for financing, eco-responsibility... The positions are proposed through job descriptions on which the students apply during the integration seminar of the master.
Supported by an Adhoc structure (in the process of being set up) and under the direction of a steering committee bringing together their main stakeholders, these two events integrate the assistance of students from the Environmental Management Master's program of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Montpellier within the framework of their teaching and through their student associations.
- Festi'Versité, the biodiversity festival. It allows to sensitize and educate the general public to the stakes of ecology through animations, shows, games, conferences, projections, photographic exhibitions. It takes place during a weekend at the end of October/beginning of November at the zoo of Montpellier.
- The national biodiversity exhibition. At the same time a forum for jobs and training, a scientific and technical congress, and professional meetings, it includes conferences and round tables, scientific and technical communications, and recruitment and professional exchanges. The exhibition takes place during 2 days in January at the Parc des Expositions of Montpellier.
Stream modeling
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
River Engineering, River Morphology, Hydraulic Modeling, Flows, Hydraulic Works, Flooding, Impacts and Compensation
Discipline: Free Surface Hydraulics
This course provides students with solid skills in hydraulic modeling. The student learns the equations of free surface hydraulics in steady state and non-stationary. They learn how to go from the study field to the hydraulic model: by making topographic and hydrometric measurements, by observing hydraulic indices (flood marks, hydrogeomorphological formations, hydraulic jumps...) and then by establishing in situ hypotheses of river functioning.
Several scales can be explored depending on the chosen subject: the habitat scale, the developed reach scale, the flooding river scale. For each scale, students can study and implement specific structures (fish ladders, lateral weirs, weirs, dams, etc.) in their modeling. The impacts of the developments, maintenance and structures are simulated and analyzed in terms of hydrodynamics and hydraulic continuity.
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the phase of presentation of the impacts of the developments, through modeling. The work is done in groups.
A field trip allows the students to analyze the terrain and conceptualize it in a topographic and hydraulic model. Hypotheses of in situ functioning are made and they will be confronted with the models and results.
Finally, the course offers students an analysis based on a real case of development or intervention in a watercourse, with an evaluation of the initial state, an analysis of the impacts of the intervention, and proposals for hydraulic compensation if necessary.
Ecological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Sustainable development, ERC sequence, green, blue, turquoise grid.
The aim is to present the regulatory and technical frameworks for integrating the environment into projects, plans and programs. The sequence Avoid, Reduce, Compensate, its stakes, the actors involved, will be presented, discussed and illustrated. The green and blue frames and their interface with the turquoise frame will be analyzed as tools for improving the preservation of biodiversity in land management and development operations.
The students will have to step back from the methods and know-how used to apply this ERC sequence in different fields, linked to plans, developments, programs and having impacts on the environment.
A field trip is an opportunity to meet the actors, the ERC actions deployed, to draw a diagnosis and perspectives.
The applications will focus on the turquoise frame associating biodiversity law and water law file and on the ERC deployment of the development file.
Finally, the EU offers learners a real critical analysis of know-how and the production of innovative and integrative solutions.
New technologies for the study of Biodiversity
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
M2-GE Apprenticeship Project
ECTS
6 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Marine resource use and assessment
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Training, delivered by the UMR MARBEC on the geographical site of Sète, France. This module develops the current context of fisheries and global climate change on the dynamics of marine ecosystems. In the perspective of better understanding and predicting the effects of fisheries and climate on marine ecosystems, the teaching module is structured around the identification of uses, assessment modes and modeling of marine resources dynamics.
Synthetic content of the EU:
Resource and fishery interactions. Analysis of marine trophic interactions. Temporal dynamics of exploited fish populations (species alternation, recruitment). Modeling of predator-prey systems. Bioenergetic modeling (DEB model). Analysis and processing of catch and effort data. Data analysis by GLM, GAM.
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Law of the public maritime domain and the sea
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
The EU aims to provide knowledge, without a legal angle, of coastal areas included in the "public maritime domain", and other coastal and offshore maritime areas and to show which legal regimes apply to these areas: ownership of these areas, rules of occupation of these areas, rules of development of these areas. All of this is based on the law of the sea, the law of the coastline and urban planning, and the law of the environment at sea.
Methods and analysis of surveys in SHS
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Mediation and Governance of territories
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The aim of this course is to provide elements of knowledge in law and governance on land use planning, the consideration of biodiversity in environmental law, the awakening of management on the ontologies of the relationship of societies to living organisms. This course is particularly useful for future environmental managers, both at the national and local levels.
Ecology Fair-2
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This UE is based on the same pedagogical project as the UE "Salon de l'écologie-1": the organization and participation in the two events "Festi'Versité" and "Salon National de l'Ecologie" (see sheet "Salon de l'écologie-1").
The specificity of the "Salon de l'écologie-2" course lies in the roles and implications of the students in their mission of assistance to the project managers of the two events. In this UE, they are involved in positions of responsibility as administrators of one of the partner student associations: president, treasurer, communication manager, logistics manager, eco-responsibility manager, festivities manager, congress manager, forum manager. They will coordinate the highlights of the events, the actions of the different teams and the work of the students and volunteers involved in the implementation through the EU "Ecology Fair 1".
Project management
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Project management is an essential skill for a master's level professional. This course aims at making you capable of designing and managing a project. We will look at the different phases of a project, its financing (diversification of sources and budget), the planning of work, time and resources, teamwork (meetings, conflicts, reporting), risk management. The teaching carried out via a MOOC "project management" of 6 weeks (Common Core, or classic course - 20 hours of training: Common Core (4 weeks) + 2 modules of specialization minimum) between the end of September and the beginning of November will be completed by various TD.
Impacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The goals of this course are to deepen the key concepts related to climate change, to illustrate important concepts in ecology and evolution in the light of climate change, in many different ecosystems, and to synthesize the different scientific and societal questions and issues raised by CC.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Communication of organizations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
The objective of this course is to introduce students to:
1. the functioning of communication services of different types of organizations involved in the field of research and scientific culture or its application (research institutes, local authorities, associations, NGOs, companies, etc.)
2. the methodology for developing a communication strategy and plan as well as a press kit.
The teaching will be based on the interventions of communication services managers of different organizations and on tutorials leading the students to analyze and design communication strategies and plans and to write press kits from real projects submitted by the communication services managers.
Individual Project in GE 2
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Marine resource use and assessment
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Training, delivered by the UMR MARBEC on the geographical site of Sète, France. This module develops the current context of fisheries and global climate change on the dynamics of marine ecosystems. In the perspective of better understanding and predicting the effects of fisheries and climate on marine ecosystems, the teaching module is structured around the identification of uses, assessment modes and modeling of marine resources dynamics.
Synthetic content of the EU:
Resource and fishery interactions. Analysis of marine trophic interactions. Temporal dynamics of exploited fish populations (species alternation, recruitment). Modeling of predator-prey systems. Bioenergetic modeling (DEB model). Analysis and processing of catch and effort data. Data analysis by GLM, GAM.
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Law of the public maritime domain and the sea
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
The EU aims to provide knowledge, without a legal angle, of coastal areas included in the "public maritime domain", and other coastal and offshore maritime areas and to show which legal regimes apply to these areas: ownership of these areas, rules of occupation of these areas, rules of development of these areas. All of this is based on the law of the sea, the law of the coastline and urban planning, and the law of the environment at sea.
Methods and analysis of surveys in SHS
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Mediation and Governance of territories
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The aim of this course is to provide elements of knowledge in law and governance on land use planning, the consideration of biodiversity in environmental law, the awakening of management on the ontologies of the relationship of societies to living organisms. This course is particularly useful for future environmental managers, both at the national and local levels.
Ecology Fair-2
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This UE is based on the same pedagogical project as the UE "Salon de l'écologie-1": the organization and participation in the two events "Festi'Versité" and "Salon National de l'Ecologie" (see sheet "Salon de l'écologie-1").
The specificity of the "Salon de l'écologie-2" course lies in the roles and implications of the students in their mission of assistance to the project managers of the two events. In this UE, they are involved in positions of responsibility as administrators of one of the partner student associations: president, treasurer, communication manager, logistics manager, eco-responsibility manager, festivities manager, congress manager, forum manager. They will coordinate the highlights of the events, the actions of the different teams and the work of the students and volunteers involved in the implementation through the EU "Ecology Fair 1".
Project management
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Project management is an essential skill for a master's level professional. This course aims at making you capable of designing and managing a project. We will look at the different phases of a project, its financing (diversification of sources and budget), the planning of work, time and resources, teamwork (meetings, conflicts, reporting), risk management. The teaching carried out via a MOOC "project management" of 6 weeks (Common Core, or classic course - 20 hours of training: Common Core (4 weeks) + 2 modules of specialization minimum) between the end of September and the beginning of November will be completed by various TD.
Impacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The goals of this course are to deepen the key concepts related to climate change, to illustrate important concepts in ecology and evolution in the light of climate change, in many different ecosystems, and to synthesize the different scientific and societal questions and issues raised by CC.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Communication of organizations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
The objective of this course is to introduce students to:
1. the functioning of communication services of different types of organizations involved in the field of research and scientific culture or its application (research institutes, local authorities, associations, NGOs, companies, etc.)
2. the methodology for developing a communication strategy and plan as well as a press kit.
The teaching will be based on the interventions of communication services managers of different organizations and on tutorials leading the students to analyze and design communication strategies and plans and to write press kits from real projects submitted by the communication services managers.
Pollution and bioremediation of ecosystems
Component
Faculty of Science
This course aims at better understanding the main types of pollutants (organic vs. inorganic), their source(s), their fate in the environment and the way they interact with living organisms (bioaccumulation, biotransformation, effects). The methods used in depollution and bioremediation will be discussed. A particular focus will be made on the contribution of terrestrial and aquatic plants in phytoremediation as well as on the role of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi) in the mechanisms of biodegradation, biotransformation or biosequestration. This course will be illustrated through different case studies through which examples of chronic and acute/accidental pollution of water, air and soil will be discussed. In particular, the treatment of pollution related to mining, petroleum, plastics and phyto-pharmaceutical industries as well as the treatment of liquid effluents (wastewater, industrial effluents) will be discussed. A field trip to Saint-Laurent-Le-Minier will illustrate a current project of phytoremediation of a former mining site.
Global changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Climate change, global changes, Prospects, Adaptation, Resilience, Hydrology modeling, Future climate simulation, Water resource availability, Extreme events, Impacts on ecosystems, ecological issues
This course provides students with an introduction to the climatic, environmental and anthropic changes that impact our hydro-eco-socio-systems today and tomorrow.
The activities offer a focus on certain aspects, not exhaustive, of this vast field whose knowledge is constantly evolving.
Beyond the presentation of issues, figures and concepts, students learn about hydrological modeling tools that allow the development of future scenarios of resource evolution. They analyze a concrete subject by crossing disciplines and approaches. They discuss the possibilities of adapting to the impacts of changes.
The activities consist of 3 parts: The course activity, the modeling activity, and the bibliography activity.
- During the course, the principles of climate modeling, the construction of climate change scenarios and their limits are explained. The orders of magnitude of the main changes are stated, as well as the major issues of sustainable development, climate change and global change. A particular focus is proposed around the French Mediterranean watersheds (climate change hot spot, decreasing availability of water resources, agricultural practices and adaptations, irrigation, tourism...).
- The concepts of hydrological modeling and calibration in a non-stationary or poorly gauged context are taught and an introduction to hydrological modeling is carried out with an application case. The students manipulate general hydrological models allowing to evaluate flows and balances (of type GR, HEC-HMS or WEAP), to feed them with outputs of climatic models, to generate future scenarios of flow and balance, then to criticize the scenarios thus built. The modeling work done in small groups is the subject of an oral presentation.
- Finally, the bibliography done in class and completed independently should allow students to specialize around a concrete case of the study of a change occurring in a compartment of a natural or urbanized hydro-eco-system (that the students choose). They carry out a literature review to identify the societal or environmental issues arising from these changes, as well as the scientific questions inherent in the implementation of measures to reduce their impacts or to adapt. They must identify how their case study is similar to other cases, but also how it differs from them. Finally, they open their analysis to a more general methodology that can be applied to other case studies to characterize these changes, their impacts and the adaptation measures. The students write
a synthetic note for operational purposes (bibliography, similar studies, controversies, operational tools, protocols, orders of magnitude). Then they make a pitch of their results to the class.
GEMAPI (Management of Aquatic Environments and Flood Prevention)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Management of the Aquatic Environment and Flood Prevention
Discipline: Ecology, Hydraulics
This teaching unit allows students to immerse themselves in a real case study, in the field, related to the GEMAPI competence. Actors and managers will be met on the study site in order to appreciate the stakes and the complexity of the territory. The groups of students will work on a concrete project to bring together the management of the aquatic environment and the prevention of floods respectful of ecology, the environment and man. This teaching unit will be an opportunity to implement the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous teaching (ecology, hydraulics, legislation, land use planning...)
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the presentation phase of the impacts of the developments, through modeling, analysis or concerted management. The work is done in groups.
Tools of the territorial dialogue
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
End of studies internship by apprenticeship M2 GE GG
ECTS
26 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
COGITHON
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Innovation is the very outcome of scientific research, but it is also the condition for the survival and/or development of most companies and associations, and thus of all human organizations. Innovation is also a very important lever for the economic development of territories where it is often coupled with the circular economy or the economy of integration.
Being able to participate in the design and implementation of innovative projects, and finding the financial and partnership means to do so, are skills that are increasingly sought after by all employees, regardless of their status and role in their organization (in short, from the worker to the CEO, including technicians, engineers and even researchers!) It is as much about instilling a professional culture of innovation as it is about teaching the basic methodological and technical principles. This educational program is based on a project-based pedagogy and uses as a tool the seminar mode of work (7 days a week and 24 hours a day) in a closed space, cut off from the world to better concentrate. The pedagogical principle is to bring together several competences (in our case those of 4 training courses of the GE master and 2 courses of the Energy master) in the same space of place and time to work in group on an environmental and local problem. Conferences, meetings, visits, reflection and work will alternate to allow students to give a written answer and an oral presentation at the end of the week. The best projects will be presented orally before a jury of professionals and will be defended by the students.
Open to the entire GE field in M2 (except the GeIBioTe course) in FI and APP and to the Energy master's degree.
With the exception of the Aquadura course for which this UE takes place over the semester, the Cogithon takes place in a 6-day seminar format. The seminar starts with a theoretical part (the first day) and then takes place in the form of workshops in which the students are organized in project teams. The teams compete to present a project within the framework of a call for tenders that changes every year and is developed in partnership with local actors. The call for tenders is based on the work of the Aquadura course and their November restitution.
Ecology Fair-1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This course starts during the first day of classes (integration).
During this course, students will participate in the design and implementation of two major annual events in the field of ecology: the Biodiversity Festival (Festi'Versité) and the National Biodiversity Exhibition (SNB). Since 2008, these events have been a way to bring together, get to know and promote all the players in the professional field of ecology in France.
In connection with partner organizations (OFB, F-CEN, UPGE, F-CPIE, UM, CNRS, local authorities, etc.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the management of the two events.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the project management of the two events by occupying various positions according to their motivations, interests and capacities (experience, skills, proposed trainings) in connection with volunteers from other trainings (BTS): recruitment and reception of the public and speakers, media animations, communication, security (fire risk, first aid), logistics, search for financing, eco-responsibility... The positions are proposed through job descriptions on which the students apply during the integration seminar of the master.
Supported by an Adhoc structure (in the process of being set up) and under the direction of a steering committee bringing together their main stakeholders, these two events integrate the assistance of students from the Environmental Management Master's program of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Montpellier within the framework of their teaching and through their student associations.
- Festi'Versité, the biodiversity festival. It allows to sensitize and educate the general public to the stakes of ecology through animations, shows, games, conferences, projections, photographic exhibitions. It takes place during a weekend at the end of October/beginning of November at the zoo of Montpellier.
- The national biodiversity exhibition. At the same time a forum for jobs and training, a scientific and technical congress, and professional meetings, it includes conferences and round tables, scientific and technical communications, and recruitment and professional exchanges. The exhibition takes place during 2 days in January at the Parc des Expositions of Montpellier.
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Ethnoecology and sustainable development
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
1 "The way in which the modern West represents nature is the least shared thing in the world" (Descola, 2005, p. 56). According to anthropologist Philippe Descola, the category of "Nature," as a reality separate from the human world, is an invention of Europeans that is only one of the possibilities available to societies to account for the living and non-living beings that surround them.
If Philippe Descola contributes to renewing questions about the relationship between society and the environment, he nevertheless draws on a long tradition in the human and social sciences. Numerous works have already explored the various forms of knowledge and social organization to which these relationships give rise: ethnoscience, anthropology of technology, economic anthropology, ethnoecology, sociology of science and technology, etc.
This issue is far from being confined to the academic sphere. It also arouses the interest of actors in conservation (biodiversity, natural resources, etc.) and industry (pharmacology). It also mobilizes so-called "indigenous" populations who claim, both locally and internationally, access to resources and the preservation of an intangible heritage.
2. Situated at the meeting point of the social sciences and the life sciences, these disciplines analyze how human societies use plants, animals, and other components of the environment, but also how their conceptions and representations of their environment(s) guide these uses. This research also explores how human societies organize themselves, perpetuate themselves, change to adapt to new contexts (globalization, global changes) and transmit knowledge about their relationships with nature.
For a long time, these disciplines focused more specifically on the interrelations between so-called "traditional" societies and their immediate environment. Subsequently, since the 1970s, researchers have reconsidered the distinction between so-called "traditional" and "modern" societies in order to better address new contemporary environmental and social transformations.
Indeed, on the one hand, local societies, even the most isolated, are affected by events that are decided and take place on different scales (international conventions, economic crises). Their immediate environment is also affected by global phenomena (climate change, erosion of biodiversity, etc.). In return, their actions can also have international ecological, social and economic repercussions, when, for example, these societies organize themselves to bring their claims to international arenas.
On the other hand, the relationship that modern societies have with their environment is being reconfigured in the face of the observation that the planet is increasingly "artificialized" and threatened by ruptures and serious crises. The place of fauna and flora is being reconsidered and is the subject of controversy as to their rights. Moreover, the entry into a new geological era, the Anthropocene, is invoked to challenge both the natural sciences and the human and social sciences on the need to consider differently a common history of the environment and societies.
3. The very work of scientists and engineers is apprehended in a new light. In this respect, a new scientific project in the humanities and social sciences aims at reconsidering the role of "non-humans" and calls for finding other analytical categories than those of Nature and Culture. New scales and methods of investigation are also envisaged to analyze global processes.
These recent changes in scale invite the researcher in the humanities and social sciences to (re)consider his or her approach through a reflexive approach: he or she is no longer a simple observer, but can also be a real actor in the processes, when not directly involved in a social movement.
4. The objective of this module is to introduce these different scientific and operational fields. It is to provide students with reference points and elements for reflection, in order to be able to construct scientific questions on the relationships between societies and the environment, in order to reflect on the ways in which current environmental and social issues can be dealt with. The varied geographical and disciplinary experiences of the speakers will make it possible to illustrate the approach through a wide range of ecosystem types, socio-cultural contexts and themes. In the time available, we will not pretend to cover all the themes, approaches and methods in an exhaustive manner. Any student wishing to delve deeper into this area will need to engage in a more in-depth training process.
GEMAPI (Management of Aquatic Environments and Flood Prevention)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Management of the Aquatic Environment and Flood Prevention
Discipline: Ecology, Hydraulics
This teaching unit allows students to immerse themselves in a real case study, in the field, related to the GEMAPI competence. Actors and managers will be met on the study site in order to appreciate the stakes and the complexity of the territory. The groups of students will work on a concrete project to bring together the management of the aquatic environment and the prevention of floods respectful of ecology, the environment and man. This teaching unit will be an opportunity to implement the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous teaching (ecology, hydraulics, legislation, land use planning...)
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the presentation phase of the impacts of the developments, through modeling, analysis or concerted management. The work is done in groups.
Ecology Fair-2
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This UE is based on the same pedagogical project as the UE "Salon de l'écologie-1": the organization and participation in the two events "Festi'Versité" and "Salon National de l'Ecologie" (see sheet "Salon de l'écologie-1").
The specificity of the "Salon de l'écologie-2" course lies in the roles and implications of the students in their mission of assistance to the project managers of the two events. In this UE, they are involved in positions of responsibility as administrators of one of the partner student associations: president, treasurer, communication manager, logistics manager, eco-responsibility manager, festivities manager, congress manager, forum manager. They will coordinate the highlights of the events, the actions of the different teams and the work of the students and volunteers involved in the implementation through the EU "Ecology Fair 1".
Project management
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Project management is an essential skill for a master's level professional. This course aims at making you capable of designing and managing a project. We will look at the different phases of a project, its financing (diversification of sources and budget), the planning of work, time and resources, teamwork (meetings, conflicts, reporting), risk management. The teaching carried out via a MOOC "project management" of 6 weeks (Common Core, or classic course - 20 hours of training: Common Core (4 weeks) + 2 modules of specialization minimum) between the end of September and the beginning of November will be completed by various TD.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Individual Project in GE 2
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Ethnoecology and sustainable development
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
1 "The way in which the modern West represents nature is the least shared thing in the world" (Descola, 2005, p. 56). According to anthropologist Philippe Descola, the category of "Nature," as a reality separate from the human world, is an invention of Europeans that is only one of the possibilities available to societies to account for the living and non-living beings that surround them.
If Philippe Descola contributes to renewing questions about the relationship between society and the environment, he nevertheless draws on a long tradition in the human and social sciences. Numerous works have already explored the various forms of knowledge and social organization to which these relationships give rise: ethnoscience, anthropology of technology, economic anthropology, ethnoecology, sociology of science and technology, etc.
This issue is far from being confined to the academic sphere. It also arouses the interest of actors in conservation (biodiversity, natural resources, etc.) and industry (pharmacology). It also mobilizes so-called "indigenous" populations who claim, both locally and internationally, access to resources and the preservation of an intangible heritage.
2. Situated at the meeting point of the social sciences and the life sciences, these disciplines analyze how human societies use plants, animals, and other components of the environment, but also how their conceptions and representations of their environment(s) guide these uses. This research also explores how human societies organize themselves, perpetuate themselves, change to adapt to new contexts (globalization, global changes) and transmit knowledge about their relationships with nature.
For a long time, these disciplines focused more specifically on the interrelations between so-called "traditional" societies and their immediate environment. Subsequently, since the 1970s, researchers have reconsidered the distinction between so-called "traditional" and "modern" societies in order to better address new contemporary environmental and social transformations.
Indeed, on the one hand, local societies, even the most isolated, are affected by events that are decided and take place on different scales (international conventions, economic crises). Their immediate environment is also affected by global phenomena (climate change, erosion of biodiversity, etc.). In return, their actions can also have international ecological, social and economic repercussions, when, for example, these societies organize themselves to bring their claims to international arenas.
On the other hand, the relationship that modern societies have with their environment is being reconfigured in the face of the observation that the planet is increasingly "artificialized" and threatened by ruptures and serious crises. The place of fauna and flora is being reconsidered and is the subject of controversy as to their rights. Moreover, the entry into a new geological era, the Anthropocene, is invoked to challenge both the natural sciences and the human and social sciences on the need to consider differently a common history of the environment and societies.
3. The very work of scientists and engineers is apprehended in a new light. In this respect, a new scientific project in the humanities and social sciences aims at reconsidering the role of "non-humans" and calls for finding other analytical categories than those of Nature and Culture. New scales and methods of investigation are also envisaged to analyze global processes.
These recent changes in scale invite the researcher in the humanities and social sciences to (re)consider his or her approach through a reflexive approach: he or she is no longer a simple observer, but can also be a real actor in the processes, when not directly involved in a social movement.
4. The objective of this module is to introduce these different scientific and operational fields. It is to provide students with reference points and elements for reflection, in order to be able to construct scientific questions on the relationships between societies and the environment, in order to reflect on the ways in which current environmental and social issues can be dealt with. The varied geographical and disciplinary experiences of the speakers will make it possible to illustrate the approach through a wide range of ecosystem types, socio-cultural contexts and themes. In the time available, we will not pretend to cover all the themes, approaches and methods in an exhaustive manner. Any student wishing to delve deeper into this area will need to engage in a more in-depth training process.
GEMAPI (Management of Aquatic Environments and Flood Prevention)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Management of the Aquatic Environment and Flood Prevention
Discipline: Ecology, Hydraulics
This teaching unit allows students to immerse themselves in a real case study, in the field, related to the GEMAPI competence. Actors and managers will be met on the study site in order to appreciate the stakes and the complexity of the territory. The groups of students will work on a concrete project to bring together the management of the aquatic environment and the prevention of floods respectful of ecology, the environment and man. This teaching unit will be an opportunity to implement the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous teaching (ecology, hydraulics, legislation, land use planning...)
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the presentation phase of the impacts of the developments, through modeling, analysis or concerted management. The work is done in groups.
Ecology Fair-2
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This UE is based on the same pedagogical project as the UE "Salon de l'écologie-1": the organization and participation in the two events "Festi'Versité" and "Salon National de l'Ecologie" (see sheet "Salon de l'écologie-1").
The specificity of the "Salon de l'écologie-2" course lies in the roles and implications of the students in their mission of assistance to the project managers of the two events. In this UE, they are involved in positions of responsibility as administrators of one of the partner student associations: president, treasurer, communication manager, logistics manager, eco-responsibility manager, festivities manager, congress manager, forum manager. They will coordinate the highlights of the events, the actions of the different teams and the work of the students and volunteers involved in the implementation through the EU "Ecology Fair 1".
Project management
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Project management is an essential skill for a master's level professional. This course aims at making you capable of designing and managing a project. We will look at the different phases of a project, its financing (diversification of sources and budget), the planning of work, time and resources, teamwork (meetings, conflicts, reporting), risk management. The teaching carried out via a MOOC "project management" of 6 weeks (Common Core, or classic course - 20 hours of training: Common Core (4 weeks) + 2 modules of specialization minimum) between the end of September and the beginning of November will be completed by various TD.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
New technologies for the study of Biodiversity
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology Fair-2
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This UE is based on the same pedagogical project as the UE "Salon de l'écologie-1": the organization and participation in the two events "Festi'Versité" and "Salon National de l'Ecologie" (see sheet "Salon de l'écologie-1").
The specificity of the "Salon de l'écologie-2" course lies in the roles and implications of the students in their mission of assistance to the project managers of the two events. In this UE, they are involved in positions of responsibility as administrators of one of the partner student associations: president, treasurer, communication manager, logistics manager, eco-responsibility manager, festivities manager, congress manager, forum manager. They will coordinate the highlights of the events, the actions of the different teams and the work of the students and volunteers involved in the implementation through the EU "Ecology Fair 1".
Project management
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
Project management is an essential skill for a master's level professional. This course aims at making you capable of designing and managing a project. We will look at the different phases of a project, its financing (diversification of sources and budget), the planning of work, time and resources, teamwork (meetings, conflicts, reporting), risk management. The teaching carried out via a MOOC "project management" of 6 weeks (Common Core, or classic course - 20 hours of training: Common Core (4 weeks) + 2 modules of specialization minimum) between the end of September and the beginning of November will be completed by various TD.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ethnoecology and sustainable development
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
1 "The way in which the modern West represents nature is the least shared thing in the world" (Descola, 2005, p. 56). According to anthropologist Philippe Descola, the category of "Nature," as a reality separate from the human world, is an invention of Europeans that is only one of the possibilities available to societies to account for the living and non-living beings that surround them.
If Philippe Descola contributes to renewing questions about the relationship between society and the environment, he nevertheless draws on a long tradition in the human and social sciences. Numerous works have already explored the various forms of knowledge and social organization to which these relationships give rise: ethnoscience, anthropology of technology, economic anthropology, ethnoecology, sociology of science and technology, etc.
This issue is far from being confined to the academic sphere. It also arouses the interest of actors in conservation (biodiversity, natural resources, etc.) and industry (pharmacology). It also mobilizes so-called "indigenous" populations who claim, both locally and internationally, access to resources and the preservation of an intangible heritage.
2. Situated at the meeting point of the social sciences and the life sciences, these disciplines analyze how human societies use plants, animals, and other components of the environment, but also how their conceptions and representations of their environment(s) guide these uses. This research also explores how human societies organize themselves, perpetuate themselves, change to adapt to new contexts (globalization, global changes) and transmit knowledge about their relationships with nature.
For a long time, these disciplines focused more specifically on the interrelations between so-called "traditional" societies and their immediate environment. Subsequently, since the 1970s, researchers have reconsidered the distinction between so-called "traditional" and "modern" societies in order to better address new contemporary environmental and social transformations.
Indeed, on the one hand, local societies, even the most isolated, are affected by events that are decided and take place on different scales (international conventions, economic crises). Their immediate environment is also affected by global phenomena (climate change, erosion of biodiversity, etc.). In return, their actions can also have international ecological, social and economic repercussions, when, for example, these societies organize themselves to bring their claims to international arenas.
On the other hand, the relationship that modern societies have with their environment is being reconfigured in the face of the observation that the planet is increasingly "artificialized" and threatened by ruptures and serious crises. The place of fauna and flora is being reconsidered and is the subject of controversy as to their rights. Moreover, the entry into a new geological era, the Anthropocene, is invoked to challenge both the natural sciences and the human and social sciences on the need to consider differently a common history of the environment and societies.
3. The very work of scientists and engineers is apprehended in a new light. In this respect, a new scientific project in the humanities and social sciences aims at reconsidering the role of "non-humans" and calls for finding other analytical categories than those of Nature and Culture. New scales and methods of investigation are also envisaged to analyze global processes.
These recent changes in scale invite the researcher in the humanities and social sciences to (re)consider his or her approach through a reflexive approach: he or she is no longer a simple observer, but can also be a real actor in the processes, when not directly involved in a social movement.
4. The objective of this module is to introduce these different scientific and operational fields. It is to provide students with reference points and elements for reflection, in order to be able to construct scientific questions on the relationships between societies and the environment, in order to reflect on the ways in which current environmental and social issues can be dealt with. The varied geographical and disciplinary experiences of the speakers will make it possible to illustrate the approach through a wide range of ecosystem types, socio-cultural contexts and themes. In the time available, we will not pretend to cover all the themes, approaches and methods in an exhaustive manner. Any student wishing to delve deeper into this area will need to engage in a more in-depth training process.
GEMAPI (Management of Aquatic Environments and Flood Prevention)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Management of the Aquatic Environment and Flood Prevention
Discipline: Ecology, Hydraulics
This teaching unit allows students to immerse themselves in a real case study, in the field, related to the GEMAPI competence. Actors and managers will be met on the study site in order to appreciate the stakes and the complexity of the territory. The groups of students will work on a concrete project to bring together the management of the aquatic environment and the prevention of floods respectful of ecology, the environment and man. This teaching unit will be an opportunity to implement the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous teaching (ecology, hydraulics, legislation, land use planning...)
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the presentation phase of the impacts of the developments, through modeling, analysis or concerted management. The work is done in groups.
New technologies for the study of Biodiversity
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Managing a participatory science project
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Communication of organizations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
The objective of this course is to introduce students to:
1. the functioning of communication services of different types of organizations involved in the field of research and scientific culture or its application (research institutes, local authorities, associations, NGOs, companies, etc.)
2. the methodology for developing a communication strategy and plan as well as a press kit.
The teaching will be based on the interventions of communication services managers of different organizations and on tutorials leading the students to analyze and design communication strategies and plans and to write press kits from real projects submitted by the communication services managers.
Communication and education on biodiversity
ECTS
6 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The objective of this course is to teach students to design communication, mediation and education tools and actions on the theme of biodiversity. It will provide the necessary knowledge to define communication objectives, target audiences, define key messages, choose a communication method, and carry out and evaluate these actions. It will also lead the students to master the issues related to biodiversity and its maintenance and to know the bibliography and the sources of information in this field.
The UE will be composed of TD and TP as well as a project by group.
Methods and analysis of surveys in SHS
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
M2-GE Apprenticeship Project
ECTS
6 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools of the territorial dialogue
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Scientific museography
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
This course includes 4 hours of lectures during which students are introduced to the basic concepts that define scientific museums (status, typology, missions, public, collection, conservation, exhibition, education and study functions) as well as the related professions.
These lessons are followed by 11 hours of fieldwork during which students follow guided tours of scientific collections and museums (plant garden, herbarium, zoological park, aquarium, museum, etc.) during which the emphasis will be placed on scenography, itineraries and mediation devices.
COGITHON
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Innovation is the very outcome of scientific research, but it is also the condition for the survival and/or development of most companies and associations, and thus of all human organizations. Innovation is also a very important lever for the economic development of territories where it is often coupled with the circular economy or the economy of integration.
Being able to participate in the design and implementation of innovative projects, and finding the financial and partnership means to do so, are skills that are increasingly sought after by all employees, regardless of their status and role in their organization (in short, from the worker to the CEO, including technicians, engineers and even researchers!) It is as much about instilling a professional culture of innovation as it is about teaching the basic methodological and technical principles. This educational program is based on a project-based pedagogy and uses as a tool the seminar mode of work (7 days a week and 24 hours a day) in a closed space, cut off from the world to better concentrate. The pedagogical principle is to bring together several competences (in our case those of 4 training courses of the GE master and 2 courses of the Energy master) in the same space of place and time to work in group on an environmental and local problem. Conferences, meetings, visits, reflection and work will alternate to allow students to give a written answer and an oral presentation at the end of the week. The best projects will be presented orally before a jury of professionals and will be defended by the students.
Open to the entire GE field in M2 (except the GeIBioTe course) in FI and APP and to the Energy master's degree.
With the exception of the Aquadura course for which this UE takes place over the semester, the Cogithon takes place in a 6-day seminar format. The seminar starts with a theoretical part (the first day) and then takes place in the form of workshops in which the students are organized in project teams. The teams compete to present a project within the framework of a call for tenders that changes every year and is developed in partnership with local actors. The call for tenders is based on the work of the Aquadura course and their November restitution.
End of studies internship by apprenticeship M2 GE Communication
ECTS
24 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology Fair-1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This course starts during the first day of classes (integration).
During this course, students will participate in the design and implementation of two major annual events in the field of ecology: the Biodiversity Festival (Festi'Versité) and the National Biodiversity Exhibition (SNB). Since 2008, these events have been a way to bring together, get to know and promote all the players in the professional field of ecology in France.
In connection with partner organizations (OFB, F-CEN, UPGE, F-CPIE, UM, CNRS, local authorities, etc.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the management of the two events.) and the organizing professional structure, the students are assistants to the project management of the two events by occupying various positions according to their motivations, interests and capacities (experience, skills, proposed trainings) in connection with volunteers from other trainings (BTS): recruitment and reception of the public and speakers, media animations, communication, security (fire risk, first aid), logistics, search for financing, eco-responsibility... The positions are proposed through job descriptions on which the students apply during the integration seminar of the master.
Supported by an Adhoc structure (in the process of being set up) and under the direction of a steering committee bringing together their main stakeholders, these two events integrate the assistance of students from the Environmental Management Master's program of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Montpellier within the framework of their teaching and through their student associations.
- Festi'Versité, the biodiversity festival. It allows to sensitize and educate the general public to the stakes of ecology through animations, shows, games, conferences, projections, photographic exhibitions. It takes place during a weekend at the end of October/beginning of November at the zoo of Montpellier.
- The national biodiversity exhibition. At the same time a forum for jobs and training, a scientific and technical congress, and professional meetings, it includes conferences and round tables, scientific and technical communications, and recruitment and professional exchanges. The exhibition takes place during 2 days in January at the Parc des Expositions of Montpellier.
Management and exploitation of living resources
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Individual Project in GE 2
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Pollution and bioremediation of ecosystems
Component
Faculty of Science
This course aims at better understanding the main types of pollutants (organic vs. inorganic), their source(s), their fate in the environment and the way they interact with living organisms (bioaccumulation, biotransformation, effects). The methods used in depollution and bioremediation will be discussed. A particular focus will be made on the contribution of terrestrial and aquatic plants in phytoremediation as well as on the role of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi) in the mechanisms of biodegradation, biotransformation or biosequestration. This course will be illustrated through different case studies through which examples of chronic and acute/accidental pollution of water, air and soil will be discussed. In particular, the treatment of pollution related to mining, petroleum, plastics and phyto-pharmaceutical industries as well as the treatment of liquid effluents (wastewater, industrial effluents) will be discussed. A field trip to Saint-Laurent-Le-Minier will illustrate a current project of phytoremediation of a former mining site.
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Sustainable exploitation of animal resources hunting
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Conservation Biology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The courses present 4 aspects of Conservation Biology based on current scientific research in this discipline:
- Introduction to Biodiversity Conservation(BC): Definition of Conservation Biology Why conserve biodiversity? Who are the main actors in CB and the role of science in CB.
- Species conservation: What are the priority species? How to conserve species? How do you know if a species is "well conserved"?
- Space conservation: What are the priority spaces? How to conserve spaces?
- Does conservation work?Importance of social acceptability and political commitment. Need for biodiversity indicators and measuring the impact of conservation.
Students also complete a group assignment in which they present a SA project around the questions: why, what, where, how, how much does it cost and how do we know if it is effective?
Stream modeling
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
River Engineering, River Morphology, Hydraulic Modeling, Flows, Hydraulic Works, Flooding, Impacts and Compensation
Discipline: Free Surface Hydraulics
This course provides students with solid skills in hydraulic modeling. The student learns the equations of free surface hydraulics in steady state and non-stationary. They learn how to go from the study field to the hydraulic model: by making topographic and hydrometric measurements, by observing hydraulic indices (flood marks, hydrogeomorphological formations, hydraulic jumps...) and then by establishing in situ hypotheses of river functioning.
Several scales can be explored depending on the chosen subject: the habitat scale, the developed reach scale, the flooding river scale. For each scale, students can study and implement specific structures (fish ladders, lateral weirs, weirs, dams, etc.) in their modeling. The impacts of the developments, maintenance and structures are simulated and analyzed in terms of hydrodynamics and hydraulic continuity.
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the phase of presentation of the impacts of the developments, through modeling. The work is done in groups.
A field trip allows the students to analyze the terrain and conceptualize it in a topographic and hydraulic model. Hypotheses of in situ functioning are made and they will be confronted with the models and results.
Finally, the course offers students an analysis based on a real case of development or intervention in a watercourse, with an evaluation of the initial state, an analysis of the impacts of the intervention, and proposals for hydraulic compensation if necessary.
Ecological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Sustainable development, ERC sequence, green, blue, turquoise grid.
The aim is to present the regulatory and technical frameworks for integrating the environment into projects, plans and programs. The sequence Avoid, Reduce, Compensate, its stakes, the actors involved, will be presented, discussed and illustrated. The green and blue frames and their interface with the turquoise frame will be analyzed as tools for improving the preservation of biodiversity in land management and development operations.
The students will have to step back from the methods and know-how used to apply this ERC sequence in different fields, linked to plans, developments, programs and having impacts on the environment.
A field trip is an opportunity to meet the actors, the ERC actions deployed, to draw a diagnosis and perspectives.
The applications will focus on the turquoise frame associating biodiversity law and water law file and on the ERC deployment of the development file.
Finally, the EU offers learners a real critical analysis of know-how and the production of innovative and integrative solutions.
Behavioral ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
6h
Behavioral Ecology approaches the study of behavior from an evolutionary perspective to study the mechanisms, function, and contribution of behavior to evolutionary and ecological processes. The work carried out in Behavioral Ecology helps to understand other phenomena observed in other disciplines of life biology, because all animals, from unicellulars to the most complex vertebrates, exhibit behaviors.
The module allows students to be exposed to the different basic concepts, as well as to the multitude of tools that can be used (observations and experiments in natural populations or on captive individuals, comparative analyses, use of tools from modeling, ecophysiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, embedded electronics...). Part of the training is based on specific discussions on the research approaches that can be used, the tools used and the limits of inferences that can be made. An active participation of the students will be required at these different levels, notably through critical discussions of articles.
The topics covered range from the exploration of food procurement strategies, mate choice, habitat choice, investment in reproduction, to the study of animal communication and the reasons for living in groups. The historical dimension of the discipline is addressed in the introduction, but also according to the sensibility of the speakers and the themes addressed (meaning and relations between 'Animal Behaviour', 'Ethology', Behavioral Ecology etc...).
GEMAPI (Management of Aquatic Environments and Flood Prevention)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Management of the Aquatic Environment and Flood Prevention
Discipline: Ecology, Hydraulics
This teaching unit allows students to immerse themselves in a real case study, in the field, related to the GEMAPI competence. Actors and managers will be met on the study site in order to appreciate the stakes and the complexity of the territory. The groups of students will work on a concrete project to bring together the management of the aquatic environment and the prevention of floods respectful of ecology, the environment and man. This teaching unit will be an opportunity to implement the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous teaching (ecology, hydraulics, legislation, land use planning...)
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the presentation phase of the impacts of the developments, through modeling, analysis or concerted management. The work is done in groups.
Mediation and Governance of territories
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The aim of this course is to provide elements of knowledge in law and governance on land use planning, the consideration of biodiversity in environmental law, the awakening of management on the ontologies of the relationship of societies to living organisms. This course is particularly useful for future environmental managers, both at the national and local levels.
Ecology Fair-2
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This UE is based on the same pedagogical project as the UE "Salon de l'écologie-1": the organization and participation in the two events "Festi'Versité" and "Salon National de l'Ecologie" (see sheet "Salon de l'écologie-1").
The specificity of the "Salon de l'écologie-2" course lies in the roles and implications of the students in their mission of assistance to the project managers of the two events. In this UE, they are involved in positions of responsibility as administrators of one of the partner student associations: president, treasurer, communication manager, logistics manager, eco-responsibility manager, festivities manager, congress manager, forum manager. They will coordinate the highlights of the events, the actions of the different teams and the work of the students and volunteers involved in the implementation through the EU "Ecology Fair 1".
Ecology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
3h
The module presents lessons around the identification, quantification and modeling of interactions between climate, marine species and their exploitation.
Managing a participatory science project
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Impacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The goals of this course are to deepen the key concepts related to climate change, to illustrate important concepts in ecology and evolution in the light of climate change, in many different ecosystems, and to synthesize the different scientific and societal questions and issues raised by CC.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Global changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Climate change, global changes, Prospects, Adaptation, Resilience, Hydrology modeling, Future climate simulation, Water resource availability, Extreme events, Impacts on ecosystems, ecological issues
This course provides students with an introduction to the climatic, environmental and anthropic changes that impact our hydro-eco-socio-systems today and tomorrow.
The activities offer a focus on certain aspects, not exhaustive, of this vast field whose knowledge is constantly evolving.
Beyond the presentation of issues, figures and concepts, students learn about hydrological modeling tools that allow the development of future scenarios of resource evolution. They analyze a concrete subject by crossing disciplines and approaches. They discuss the possibilities of adapting to the impacts of changes.
The activities consist of 3 parts: The course activity, the modeling activity, and the bibliography activity.
- During the course, the principles of climate modeling, the construction of climate change scenarios and their limits are explained. The orders of magnitude of the main changes are stated, as well as the major issues of sustainable development, climate change and global change. A particular focus is proposed around the French Mediterranean watersheds (climate change hot spot, decreasing availability of water resources, agricultural practices and adaptations, irrigation, tourism...).
- The concepts of hydrological modeling and calibration in a non-stationary or poorly gauged context are taught and an introduction to hydrological modeling is carried out with an application case. The students manipulate general hydrological models allowing to evaluate flows and balances (of type GR, HEC-HMS or WEAP), to feed them with outputs of climatic models, to generate future scenarios of flow and balance, then to criticize the scenarios thus built. The modeling work done in small groups is the subject of an oral presentation.
- Finally, the bibliography done in class and completed independently should allow students to specialize around a concrete case of the study of a change occurring in a compartment of a natural or urbanized hydro-eco-system (that the students choose). They carry out a literature review to identify the societal or environmental issues arising from these changes, as well as the scientific questions inherent in the implementation of measures to reduce their impacts or to adapt. They must identify how their case study is similar to other cases, but also how it differs from them. Finally, they open their analysis to a more general methodology that can be applied to other case studies to characterize these changes, their impacts and the adaptation measures. The students write
a synthetic note for operational purposes (bibliography, similar studies, controversies, operational tools, protocols, orders of magnitude). Then they make a pitch of their results to the class.
Communication of organizations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
The objective of this course is to introduce students to:
1. the functioning of communication services of different types of organizations involved in the field of research and scientific culture or its application (research institutes, local authorities, associations, NGOs, companies, etc.)
2. the methodology for developing a communication strategy and plan as well as a press kit.
The teaching will be based on the interventions of communication services managers of different organizations and on tutorials leading the students to analyze and design communication strategies and plans and to write press kits from real projects submitted by the communication services managers.
New technologies for the study of Biodiversity
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Bioremediation pollution
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Pollution and bioremediation of ecosystems
Component
Faculty of Science
This course aims at better understanding the main types of pollutants (organic vs. inorganic), their source(s), their fate in the environment and the way they interact with living organisms (bioaccumulation, biotransformation, effects). The methods used in depollution and bioremediation will be discussed. A particular focus will be made on the contribution of terrestrial and aquatic plants in phytoremediation as well as on the role of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi) in the mechanisms of biodegradation, biotransformation or biosequestration. This course will be illustrated through different case studies through which examples of chronic and acute/accidental pollution of water, air and soil will be discussed. In particular, the treatment of pollution related to mining, petroleum, plastics and phyto-pharmaceutical industries as well as the treatment of liquid effluents (wastewater, industrial effluents) will be discussed. A field trip to Saint-Laurent-Le-Minier will illustrate a current project of phytoremediation of a former mining site.
Urban ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The expansion of the urban environment is causing fragmentation/destruction of natural habitats, conservation problems and a change in the relationship between man and nature. However, urban areas can also harbor significant biodiversity in close proximity to humans, which can then be used for conservation, awareness raising, human welfare enhancement and even therapeutic purposes. It is a challenge to work in ecology while denying the existence and consequences of the urban environment and its particularities. The aim of this course is to help future professionals in the field of ecology to find a compromise between urban development and respect for nature. Through courses given by various professionals and an outing in Montpellier, the student will discover where (associations, research departments, communities, ...), with whom and how an ecologist can act in urban ecology.
Sustainable exploitation of animal resources hunting
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
8h
"I - Physical characterization and biogeochemical cycles of coastal marine ecosystems II - Biodiversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems III - Law of the coast and the sea; Uses, conflicts and integrated management of the coastal zone. This course offers students a systemic approach to the study of coastal marine ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The physical structure of these ecosystems will be addressed through courses on their geomorphology and hydrology with a particular interest in the hydric couplings with the open sea and their watersheds. Their biogeochemistry will be addressed in particular to describe the fluxes of carbon and nutrients through the water and sediment compartments. Several aspects of their biodiversity will be illustrated to describe the importance of these ecosystems as a living environment for the species they support and in particular the role of this biodiversity in their functioning will be discussed. The coastal zone is densely populated by humans (40% of the world population). Particular interest will be given to human uses (e.g. aquaculture) and their territorial planning and in particular the evaluation of their ecosystem services in an economic context, management and protection measures (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Natura 2000) and professionals in the management of these environments will present feedback from concrete experiences. Finally, the implications of the law of the sea for the management of the coastal zone will be taught. "
Conservation Biology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The courses present 4 aspects of Conservation Biology based on current scientific research in this discipline:
- Introduction to Biodiversity Conservation(BC): Definition of Conservation Biology Why conserve biodiversity? Who are the main actors in CB and the role of science in CB.
- Species conservation: What are the priority species? How to conserve species? How do you know if a species is "well conserved"?
- Space conservation: What are the priority spaces? How to conserve spaces?
- Does conservation work?Importance of social acceptability and political commitment. Need for biodiversity indicators and measuring the impact of conservation.
Students also complete a group assignment in which they present a SA project around the questions: why, what, where, how, how much does it cost and how do we know if it is effective?
Stream modeling
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
River Engineering, River Morphology, Hydraulic Modeling, Flows, Hydraulic Works, Flooding, Impacts and Compensation
Discipline: Free Surface Hydraulics
This course provides students with solid skills in hydraulic modeling. The student learns the equations of free surface hydraulics in steady state and non-stationary. They learn how to go from the study field to the hydraulic model: by making topographic and hydrometric measurements, by observing hydraulic indices (flood marks, hydrogeomorphological formations, hydraulic jumps...) and then by establishing in situ hypotheses of river functioning.
Several scales can be explored depending on the chosen subject: the habitat scale, the developed reach scale, the flooding river scale. For each scale, students can study and implement specific structures (fish ladders, lateral weirs, weirs, dams, etc.) in their modeling. The impacts of the developments, maintenance and structures are simulated and analyzed in terms of hydrodynamics and hydraulic continuity.
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the phase of presentation of the impacts of the developments, through modeling. The work is done in groups.
A field trip allows the students to analyze the terrain and conceptualize it in a topographic and hydraulic model. Hypotheses of in situ functioning are made and they will be confronted with the models and results.
Finally, the course offers students an analysis based on a real case of development or intervention in a watercourse, with an evaluation of the initial state, an analysis of the impacts of the intervention, and proposals for hydraulic compensation if necessary.
Ecological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Sustainable development, ERC sequence, green, blue, turquoise grid.
The aim is to present the regulatory and technical frameworks for integrating the environment into projects, plans and programs. The sequence Avoid, Reduce, Compensate, its stakes, the actors involved, will be presented, discussed and illustrated. The green and blue frames and their interface with the turquoise frame will be analyzed as tools for improving the preservation of biodiversity in land management and development operations.
The students will have to step back from the methods and know-how used to apply this ERC sequence in different fields, linked to plans, developments, programs and having impacts on the environment.
A field trip is an opportunity to meet the actors, the ERC actions deployed, to draw a diagnosis and perspectives.
The applications will focus on the turquoise frame associating biodiversity law and water law file and on the ERC deployment of the development file.
Finally, the EU offers learners a real critical analysis of know-how and the production of innovative and integrative solutions.
Behavioral ecology
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
6h
Behavioral Ecology approaches the study of behavior from an evolutionary perspective to study the mechanisms, function, and contribution of behavior to evolutionary and ecological processes. The work carried out in Behavioral Ecology helps to understand other phenomena observed in other disciplines of life biology, because all animals, from unicellulars to the most complex vertebrates, exhibit behaviors.
The module allows students to be exposed to the different basic concepts, as well as to the multitude of tools that can be used (observations and experiments in natural populations or on captive individuals, comparative analyses, use of tools from modeling, ecophysiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, embedded electronics...). Part of the training is based on specific discussions on the research approaches that can be used, the tools used and the limits of inferences that can be made. An active participation of the students will be required at these different levels, notably through critical discussions of articles.
The topics covered range from the exploration of food procurement strategies, mate choice, habitat choice, investment in reproduction, to the study of animal communication and the reasons for living in groups. The historical dimension of the discipline is addressed in the introduction, but also according to the sensibility of the speakers and the themes addressed (meaning and relations between 'Animal Behaviour', 'Ethology', Behavioral Ecology etc...).
GEMAPI (Management of Aquatic Environments and Flood Prevention)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Management of the Aquatic Environment and Flood Prevention
Discipline: Ecology, Hydraulics
This teaching unit allows students to immerse themselves in a real case study, in the field, related to the GEMAPI competence. Actors and managers will be met on the study site in order to appreciate the stakes and the complexity of the territory. The groups of students will work on a concrete project to bring together the management of the aquatic environment and the prevention of floods respectful of ecology, the environment and man. This teaching unit will be an opportunity to implement the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous teaching (ecology, hydraulics, legislation, land use planning...)
The study is deployed on the same concrete case, from the field phase to the presentation phase of the impacts of the developments, through modeling, analysis or concerted management. The work is done in groups.
Mediation and Governance of territories
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The aim of this course is to provide elements of knowledge in law and governance on land use planning, the consideration of biodiversity in environmental law, the awakening of management on the ontologies of the relationship of societies to living organisms. This course is particularly useful for future environmental managers, both at the national and local levels.
Ecology Fair-2
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
1h
This UE is based on the same pedagogical project as the UE "Salon de l'écologie-1": the organization and participation in the two events "Festi'Versité" and "Salon National de l'Ecologie" (see sheet "Salon de l'écologie-1").
The specificity of the "Salon de l'écologie-2" course lies in the roles and implications of the students in their mission of assistance to the project managers of the two events. In this UE, they are involved in positions of responsibility as administrators of one of the partner student associations: president, treasurer, communication manager, logistics manager, eco-responsibility manager, festivities manager, congress manager, forum manager. They will coordinate the highlights of the events, the actions of the different teams and the work of the students and volunteers involved in the implementation through the EU "Ecology Fair 1".
Ecology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
3h
The module presents lessons around the identification, quantification and modeling of interactions between climate, marine species and their exploitation.
Managing a participatory science project
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Impacts of climate change on organisms, ecosystems and
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The goals of this course are to deepen the key concepts related to climate change, to illustrate important concepts in ecology and evolution in the light of climate change, in many different ecosystems, and to synthesize the different scientific and societal questions and issues raised by CC.
Individual Project in GE 1
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Global changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Climate change, global changes, Prospects, Adaptation, Resilience, Hydrology modeling, Future climate simulation, Water resource availability, Extreme events, Impacts on ecosystems, ecological issues
This course provides students with an introduction to the climatic, environmental and anthropic changes that impact our hydro-eco-socio-systems today and tomorrow.
The activities offer a focus on certain aspects, not exhaustive, of this vast field whose knowledge is constantly evolving.
Beyond the presentation of issues, figures and concepts, students learn about hydrological modeling tools that allow the development of future scenarios of resource evolution. They analyze a concrete subject by crossing disciplines and approaches. They discuss the possibilities of adapting to the impacts of changes.
The activities consist of 3 parts: The course activity, the modeling activity, and the bibliography activity.
- During the course, the principles of climate modeling, the construction of climate change scenarios and their limits are explained. The orders of magnitude of the main changes are stated, as well as the major issues of sustainable development, climate change and global change. A particular focus is proposed around the French Mediterranean watersheds (climate change hot spot, decreasing availability of water resources, agricultural practices and adaptations, irrigation, tourism...).
- The concepts of hydrological modeling and calibration in a non-stationary or poorly gauged context are taught and an introduction to hydrological modeling is carried out with an application case. The students manipulate general hydrological models allowing to evaluate flows and balances (of type GR, HEC-HMS or WEAP), to feed them with outputs of climatic models, to generate future scenarios of flow and balance, then to criticize the scenarios thus built. The modeling work done in small groups is the subject of an oral presentation.
- Finally, the bibliography done in class and completed independently should allow students to specialize around a concrete case of the study of a change occurring in a compartment of a natural or urbanized hydro-eco-system (that the students choose). They carry out a literature review to identify the societal or environmental issues arising from these changes, as well as the scientific questions inherent in the implementation of measures to reduce their impacts or to adapt. They must identify how their case study is similar to other cases, but also how it differs from them. Finally, they open their analysis to a more general methodology that can be applied to other case studies to characterize these changes, their impacts and the adaptation measures. The students write
a synthetic note for operational purposes (bibliography, similar studies, controversies, operational tools, protocols, orders of magnitude). Then they make a pitch of their results to the class.
Communication of organizations
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
15h
The objective of this course is to introduce students to:
1. the functioning of communication services of different types of organizations involved in the field of research and scientific culture or its application (research institutes, local authorities, associations, NGOs, companies, etc.)
2. the methodology for developing a communication strategy and plan as well as a press kit.
The teaching will be based on the interventions of communication services managers of different organizations and on tutorials leading the students to analyze and design communication strategies and plans and to write press kits from real projects submitted by the communication services managers.
New technologies for the study of Biodiversity
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Bioremediation pollution
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Ecology Keys
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
This course is conducted entirely in English. Its objective is twofold:
1. To enable students to improve their oral expression and comprehension in English
2. To allow students to enrich their vocabulary in the field of ecology that interests them most (e.g. marine ecology, terrestrial ecology).
Practical work: oral presentations made by students, listening to videos in English with English subtitles, quizzes, games.
M2-GE Apprenticeship Project
ECTS
6 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Tools of the territorial dialogue
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
End of studies internship M2 GE Biodiv'In
ECTS
22 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
COGITHON
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Innovation is the very outcome of scientific research, but it is also the condition for the survival and/or development of most companies and associations, and thus of all human organizations. Innovation is also a very important lever for the economic development of territories where it is often coupled with the circular economy or the economy of integration.
Being able to participate in the design and implementation of innovative projects, and finding the financial and partnership means to do so, are skills that are increasingly sought after by all employees, regardless of their status and role in their organization (in short, from the worker to the CEO, including technicians, engineers and even researchers!) It is as much about instilling a professional culture of innovation as it is about teaching the basic methodological and technical principles. This educational program is based on a project-based pedagogy and uses as a tool the seminar mode of work (7 days a week and 24 hours a day) in a closed space, cut off from the world to better concentrate. The pedagogical principle is to bring together several competences (in our case those of 4 training courses of the GE master and 2 courses of the Energy master) in the same space of place and time to work in group on an environmental and local problem. Conferences, meetings, visits, reflection and work will alternate to allow students to give a written answer and an oral presentation at the end of the week. The best projects will be presented orally before a jury of professionals and will be defended by the students.
Open to the entire GE field in M2 (except the GeIBioTe course) in FI and APP and to the Energy master's degree.
With the exception of the Aquadura course for which this UE takes place over the semester, the Cogithon takes place in a 6-day seminar format. The seminar starts with a theoretical part (the first day) and then takes place in the form of workshops in which the students are organized in project teams. The teams compete to present a project within the framework of a call for tenders that changes every year and is developed in partnership with local actors. The call for tenders is based on the work of the Aquadura course and their November restitution.
Professionalization M2 GE
ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Admission
Target audience
The Master's degree in Environmental Management is described at: http: //ingénieurs-ecologues.fr
Prerequisites for access to M1: Students with 180 ECTS (bachelor's degree or equivalent) in initial training, continuing education, apprenticeship training or professional training
Prerequisites for access to M2: Students with at least 240 ECTS (master 1 or equivalent, or graduates with a 5-year degree in reconversion)
(See the course descriptions for more information on the subject matter)
Capacity
62 in M1
Necessary pre-requisites
We draw attention to the very strong attractiveness of certain courses in this Master's program, which requires the implementation of a significant selection process.
The student wishing to enter the apprenticeship program must have an apprenticeship contract which can be obtained at the latest during the first period of the program.
(See the pathway sheets for more information on the prerequisite subject areas).
And then
Further studies
The vocation of most of the courses in the GE field is to integrate students into the workforce at the end of their studies, except for the Rainet' course, which is designed to train doctoral students who are young researchers recruited by public or private research organizations.
The IEGB Master's graduate has a diploma conferring the grade of Master and has accumulated 300 ECTS during his or her higher education studies, which allows him or her to pursue a Doctorate, a University Diploma requiring 300 ECTS (or less), a Master's degree, a Master's degree in another field of expertise... (see course descriptions for more information)
Continuing your studies abroad
The Master's degree is one of the four higher education degrees recognized at the European level, delivering 300 ECTS and allowing the pursuit of studies abroad.
(see course sheets for more information)
Bridges and reorientation
At the end of the Master 1 in Environment and Biodiversity Management, the student having acquired his 180 ECTS can ask to be reoriented towards another Master 2 course of the Environment Management mention than the one in which he had applied to enter Master 1 (among Rainet', ComBiodiv, IEGB, AQUADURA). To be noted:
- This reorientation will be subject to the adequacy of the student's professional project with the targeted course, to the acquisition of the necessary prerequisites and to the capacity of the targeted course.
- No reorientation is possible towards the M2 GIEBioTE (entry only in M1, curriculum in Sherbrooke)
Professional integration
The results of the survey conducted by the University of Montpellier for the courses prior to the creation of this mention are available on: https://sciences.edu.umontpellier.fr/entreprises-et-insertion/insertion-des-diplomes/les-enquetes-dinsertion/. They concern the class of 2014-2015
(See the information provided in the "course" sheets for details on the professional integration of graduates).