Licence Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Parcours : Environnement, pollutions et milieux

After a first year in the Louis Pasteur scientific portal, the last two years of the Life and Earth Sciences degree course Environment, Pollution and Environments (SVT ENVIPOM) favour an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the nature and impact of pollution and environmental changes on environments (water, air, soil), as well as on Man. This integrated approach is based on a disciplinary foundation combining chemistry, biology, physics and geology, but also on a related foundation combining geography, law and the notions of sustainable development.

This course aims to train future managers operating in the field of integrated and concerted management of the environment. It thus prepares students for entry into a Master's degree in the field of environmental sciences - the Environmental Management Master's degree offered by Aix-Marseille University, for example - but also offers the possibility of entering a professional degree, or taking civil service exams - the Sustainable Development Senior Technician exam of the Ministry of the Environment, for example.

The course is open to all L1 students (having acquired their 60 ECTS) from the Marie Curie and Darwin & Pasteur portals of the University of Aix-Marseille. For students from other universities or from BTS or DUT courses, an examination of the skills acquired will be carried out on the basis of the application file.

It is recommended that students coming from other courses have at least the following knowledge: i) be able to identify and name atoms, functions and chemical compounds in the appropriate nomenclature and be able to represent them in such a way as to show their structural specificities, ii) be familiar with the basic concepts of biology at the molecular, cellular and organismal levels, iii) have some knowledge of geology.

The teachers of the ENVIPOM course carry out their research activities in the three major laboratories of Aix-Marseille University and the CNRS in the field of the environment - the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, the Mediterranean Institute of Biodiversity and Marine and Continental Ecology, and the European Centre for Research and Teaching in the Geosciences of the Environment - and the teaching of this course is therefore fuelled by the latest advances in the field of the environment made by these teacher-researchers.

At the end of the course, the student :

will be able to apply a basic knowledge base in environmental sciences allowing them to understand and interpret the nature and effects of chemical pollution and global changes on man and the environment.
know and be able to apply the main physical, chemical and/or biological laws governing the transfer, transport and transformation of micropollutants (natural and anthropogenic) in the different compartments of the environment
know the biological cycles of species (animal and plant) in natural or altered conditions
understand the hydrodynamic functioning of rivers and coastlines (erosion-sedimentation)
know how to characterise physically, chemically and biologically the different compartments of the environment (water, soil, atmosphere)
be able to qualify the risk and impacts of the main environmental risks
be able to use numerical, mathematical and/or statistical tools to represent in space (and/or in time) the parameters (natures and levels) indicative of pollution or global changes, or the reactions and mechanisms of disturbance of the environment

The lectures are largely illustrated by real applications seen during the numerous tutorials (project-based learning) and practical work/field workshops.

The acquisition of skills is assessed through continuous assessment (mid-term exams, reports on practical work and field trips, presentations) and a final exam. The evaluation of skills is also carried out throughout the student's career through the constitution of his or her digital passport "experiences and skills", an e-portfolio evaluated and validated at the end of the L3.

The courses take place only on the Saint-Charles campus.

• A1303 Ingénierie en agriculture et environnement naturel (fr)
• G1202 Animation d'activités culturelles ou ludiques (fr)
• H1303 Intervention technique en Hygiène Sécurité Environnement -HSE- industriel (fr)
• H1503 Intervention technique en laboratoire d'analyse industrielle (fr)

• 111G Physique-chimie de l'environnement (fr)
• 113G Sciences (biologie-géologie) de l'environnement, des écosystèmes (fr)
• 116G Chimie de l'eau et de l'environnement, chimie de la santé (fr)

The ENVIPOM course is open to all students from portals 2 (Marie Curie) and 3 (Louis Pasteur) of Aix-Marseille University. For candidates from BTS, IUT or L1 from other universities, applications and registration are made through the eCandidat application.