Licence Physique, Parcours : physique et modélisation

From theory to model.

After a first year in one of the two scientific portals: Marie Curie or René Descartes, the last two years of the "Physics and Modelling" programme focus on the formal study of fundamental phenomena in physics and an analytical approach based on the modelling of elementary mechanisms. An important place is given to mathematics and the use of advanced numerical methods.

The courses offered in the "Physics and Modelling" programme enable students to specify and/or discover the prerequisites for further studies in the fields of theoretical physics, subatomic physics and astrophysics, for example.

The "Physics and Modelling" course allows students to enter the Masters in Physics, as well as all the graduate courses or the Grandes Ecoles in which a theoretical and formal approach is required.

Baccalaureate holders with scientific specialties.

Admission possible on application in L2 and L3 of students from scientific backgrounds (CPGE, BTS, BUT).

Access to the "Physics and modelling" course of the Physics Licence requires validation of the L2 Physics of Aix-Marseille University or a diploma judged equivalent by the Licence pedagogical committee.

Admission to the L3 "Physics and modelling" is also possible for students from CPGE, engineering schools or IUT on examination of the application.

The 'Physics and Modelling' pathway of the Physics degree requires very good skills in fundamental physics, mathematics and disciplines involving formal reasoning.

The semesters of each year of the Bachelor of Physics are organized into three teaching blocks (knowledge and skills blocks), which bring together several courses: a block to learn to analyze, model and solve physics problems, a block to learn to choose and implement methods and tools from fundamental knowledge in physics and a block to develop their professional project and enrich their discipline with related knowledge. A block is spread over a year, within a block the lessons can compensate for each other, but the blocks do not compensate for each other, thus guaranteeing the validation of both scientific and non-disciplinary skills.

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Because of its vocation of fundamental training leading in particular to research careers, the Physics Licence offers the possibility of carrying out experiments and internships in laboratories at all levels of the training.

For this, the Physics Licence relies on the large and diversified potential of the Physics Department of the University of Aix-Marseille (more than 150 teacher-researchers, about twenty engineers and technicians). The teacher-researchers, actors of this training, allow to associate the fundamental teachings with the stakes of the current Research and its applications beyond the public sector.

This course favors the formal study of fundamental phenomena in Physics and an analytical approach based on the modeling of elementary mechanisms.

The "Physics and Modelling" course provides students with the knowledge to model and study a physical mechanism or phenomenon using experiments and elementary theoretical models by developing a capacity for abstraction and a mastery of advanced digital calculation methods.

The specific skills developed in this course are :

• Understanding and describing a mechanism or a complex phenomenon in a formal way using elementary models;
• Conceptualise a mechanism or a physical phenomenon using simple and advanced theoretical and experimental models;
• Reason in an abstract and rigorous way about a theoretical physical problem;
• Apply advanced numerical calculation methods to the study of physical phenomena;
• Deepen the notions of mathematics, quantum physics and statistics.

The "Physics and Modelling" programme does not include a compulsory internship. However, a non-credited internship in one of the laboratories associated with the course may be carried out under an agreement between the university and the host organisation.

The teaching provided in the "Physics and Modelling" programme includes lectures (80 students maximum), tutorials and practical work in small groups. The programme places great emphasis on the use of innovative teaching methods and active teaching methods (project or problem-based approaches, flipped classes), as well as on ICT (online resources and tools for communicating with students, assessment tests, digital remediation).

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Students wishing to enter a Bachelor of Physics will be guided in their orientation throughout their course:

• In the 2 dedicated portals René Descartes and Marie Curie, specific lessons will be offered in order to determine their choice of orientation in L2.
• The second year is a common core to the 3 Physics courses. During this year, the teacher-researchers involved in this training and the supervisors within the EU PPPE (professional project supervision) will support the student in his choice of options.
• In L3, the different courses offered allow students to adapt their training in line with their profile and their plans for further studies.

In parallel with the first year, a PES success support system is also offered which consists of delivering the content of the portals over 2 years based on new pedagogies in order to prepare for the requirements of L2 and L3 teaching. This system is therefore aimed at students with a bac S who have specific difficulties in certain scientific disciplines and wish to benefit from a gradual transition between secondary studies and higher education.

Students wishing to change direction during their course have the possibility of integrating a Professional License at the end of the L2, upon examination of their file.

Program manager:

• Voicu DOLOCAN : voicu.dolocan@univ-amu.fr

Program deputy manager:

• Thomas KRAJEWSKI : thomas.krajewski@univ-amu.fr

"Physics and modelling" Program advisor:

• Jean-Pierre ERNENWEIN : jean-pierre.ernenwein@univ-amu.fr

Educational secretarial services :

• sciences-stcharles-scol-a@univ-amu.fr

Campus de Saint Charles

Bât. 5, 1er étage, bloc A

3 place Victor Hugo, case P, CS 80249

13331 Marseille Cedex 3

Contacts :sciences-licence-physique@univ-amu.fr

Applications for admission to the L3 "Physics and Modelling" programme must be made via the online application eCandidat.

For foreign students, depending on their nationality of origin, the application file may be processed by the CampusFrance system.