Health, Agriculture - Food, Science, Engineering

Contaminants, Water and Health (CES)

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Duration

    2 years

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

Presentation

The Water Health Contaminants pathway provides the skills needed to characterize water quality, and in particular the techniques used to monitor contaminants and assess their impact on the quality of water resources and the associated health and environmental risks. This program is open to sandwich courses (apprenticeship and professionalization contract) in M1 and/or M2.

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Objectives

The aim is to train multi-disciplinary managers in the field of chemical and microbiological water quality, in order to meet the various challenges of the European Union's water policy.

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Know-how and skills

On completion of the course, students should be able to :

- formulate a problem, implement an appropriate sampling strategy, choose measurement tools, critically analyze data

- be familiar with standards, methods and reference systems adapted to contaminants

- adapt to developments in techniques for monitoring contaminants in water (analysis, bioanalysis)

- identify contaminants that can cause health problems, depending on the different uses of water

- select relevant data to assess the health and ecological risks associated with contamination of the aquatic environment

- write a report on results, present aquatic monitoring results and discuss health and ecological risks

- maintain an active scientific watch (toxicological data, emerging contaminants) and technological watch (new tools)

- dialogue and cooperate with partners from a variety of backgrounds, both specialists and non-specialists

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International dimension

This pathway also offers opportunities for mobility and double diplomas, notably with the University of Barcelona, as part of the Master Agua program: students have the opportunity to do their end-of-year M1 internship plus S3 at the University of Barcelona, and thus validate a double diploma from the Master Eau program at the University of Montpellier and the Master Agua program at the University of Barcelona (Castilian Spanish language).

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Organization

Special features

All M1 Health Water Contaminants students can apply for the double degree between the Health Water Contaminants Master's program and the Ecole d'Ingénieur des Mines d'Alès MI2E and RISC program. Selection is by application.

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Open on a sandwich basis

Contract type

Apprenticeship contract, Professionalization contract

Program

This specialization is a university course validated by 120 ECTS. It is made up of 4 semesters, each with 30 ECTS.
The first year of training (S1 and S2), mainly shared with the other Master's courses, enables students to acquire the fundamentals of Water Science. The second year (S3 and S4) is mainly devoted to specialization, in line with the student's career plan and chosen profile (professional or research).
Semesters 1 to 3 comprise disciplinary and technical courses specific to Water Sciences (including field courses), as well as cross-disciplinary courses for the entire Water field.
The teaching offered over the two years is therefore multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary:
- Fundamental courses in Water and Environmental Sciences (hydrology, hydrogeology, chemical
and microbiological water quality)
- Applied courses in Water and Environmental Sciences (integrated water management, land use planning)
- Open courses in cross-disciplinary water-related subjects (social sciences, environment and ecology, legislation, economics, agriculture, English)
- UE covering engineering methods and techniques in the water sciences (sampling and analysis, statistics, geographic information systems, remote sensing, databases, programming, health and environmental risk assessment)
- Engineering UE (interdisciplinary projects, project management)
- Research UE (bibliographical analysis, conferences, individual study projects)
- Internships in companies or laboratories at the end of Master 1 (2 to 4.5 months) and at the end of Master 2 (5 to 6 months).

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Select a program

M1 Contaminants, Water and Health

The first year of training (S1 and S2), mainly shared with the other Master's courses, provides a basic grounding in the fields of water sciences. A few specialization courses are also offered.

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  • Project management 1

    2 credits
  • Water treatment performance and contaminants

    3 credits
  • Aquatic contaminants and sustainable development

    3 credits
  • Water and wastewater by-product treatment chain

    3 credits
    • Water and by-product treatment CC

    • Water and by-product treatment CC

  • Bibliographical study - tutored project (mixed UE)

    3 credits
  • Water and Public Health

  • Thematic English 1

    2 credits
  • Optional courses S1

    9 credits
    • Choice of 3 from 6

      • Regulatory issues and challenges in water management

        3 credits
      • Water and agriculture: scientific issues and challenges

        3 credits
      • Functioning of aquatic ecosystems

        3 credits
      • Watershed water cycle

      • Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate

        3 credits
      • Functioning of hydrosystems

        3 credits
  • Communication techniques

    2 credits
  • GIS practice

    3 credits
  • Environmental analysis: Methodologies

    3 credits
  • Anthropogenic disturbances and biomonitoring

    3 credits
  • Optional courses

    3 credits
    • Your choice: 1 of 5

      • M1 CES work-study project

        2 credits
      • Water quality and microbiology

        2 credits
      • Remote sensing for water management

      • Introduction to the R language

      • Quantitative survey methods

  • Thematic English 2

    2 credits
  • M1 CES internship

    6 credits
  • IWRM participation practices

    3 credits
  • Statistics

    3 credits
  • Anthropogenic disturbances and contaminant fate

    3 credits
  • Professional project - tutored project (mixed UE)

    2 credits

M2 Contaminants, Water and Health

It is during this second year of training (S3 and S4) that students will specialize in line with their career plans and according to their chosen profile (professional or research).

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  • Chemical substances and ecological risks

    3 credits
  • Hydrometry/geology/hydrochemistry and microbiology

    3 credits
  • Chemical substances and health risks

    3 credits
  • Optional courses S3

    8 credits
    • Choice of 2 out of 3

      • Field and Applied Hydrology - Hydrologie & Hydrogéologie

        3 credits
      • ReUSE, irrigation and water quality

        2 credits
      • Biogeochemistry of pollutant transfer in cultivated environments

        3 credits
  • Common optional courses S3

    3 credits
    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Scientific writing

        3 credits
      • Project management-2

        3 credits
  • Scientific project 1 - Tutored project

    2 credits
  • Biomonitoring and associated analysis strategy

    2 credits
  • Water risks of parasitic contamination

    3 credits
  • Environmental analysis

    3 credits
  • Water and bacterial and viral infections

    3 credits
  • Professional or research internship

    25 credits
    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • M2 professional internship CES

        25 credits
      • CES M2 research internship

        25 credits
  • Scientific project 2 CES - tutored project (mixed UE)

    3 credits
  • Optional courses S4

    2 credits
    • Choice of 1 or 2 from 6

      • Water and the South

        2 credits
      • Events project / Call for tender

        2 credits
      • Water and Development

        2 credits
      • Water and climate change

        3 credits
      • International Field Schools - North & South

        5 credits
      • M2R CES preparation

        2 credits

Admission

Access conditions

Applications for M1 are made via the following platform: "Mon Master" on the website: https: //www.monmaster.gouv.fr/

For M2, students must submit their application via the e-candidat application on the University of Montpellier Faculty of Pharmacy website. https://pharmacie.edu.umontpellier.fr/scolarite/admissions/

 

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Target audience

The Contaminants Eau Santé specialization is open to:
- students holding a L3 degree or equivalent in biology, microbiology, chemistry or the environment, or with skills compatible with the program's disciplinary fields,
- continuing education employees after validation of prior experience.

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Capacity

15 students per class

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And then

Further studies

Validation of the M2 opens the way to a thesis (if funding is obtained).

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Professional integration

Research officer in a water control laboratory, Project manager in an environmental engineering firm, Research officer in a health agency or water quality department in a public or private organization, Consultant in health/environmental risk assessment of substances and chemicals, Researcher, Lecturer-researcher

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