Component
School of Earth, Environment and Space Sciences
Location(s)
Orleans
Presentation
Train general geologists capable of applying a multidisciplinary scientific approach to the geosciences. The knowledge acquired covers a variety of geological objects chosen from the main disciplinary fields of geosciences and the environment: mountain ranges, sedimentary basins, volcanoes, soils, surface and groundwater, georesources, geomatics, GIS, etc.
Objectives
The aim of the Earth Sciences degree at the Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC) is to train general geologists capable of applying a multidisciplinary scientific approach to the geosciences. It provides the foundations needed to pursue a Master's degree (Bac+5) and a doctorate (Bac+8).
For those who cannot or do not wish to pursue their studies beyond the bachelor's degree, the courses provided enable them to acquire the know-how needed to become a practicing geologist at Bac+3 level (specialized geological technician).
There are many sectors of activity likely to welcome our graduates, including :
- environment (water quality, waste storage, impact studies, pollution remediation, etc.)
- geotechnics, civil engineering and land-use planning
- extractive industries in mines and quarries (mineral resources)
- energy resources
Skills
Disciplinary skills
- Mobilize the fundamental concepts and technologies associated with mineralogy, petrology, sedimentology, petrography, geophysics, geotechnics and paleontology to address a problem in the field or analyze a research or presentation document.
Identify and characterize geological objects at all scales in order to:
-analyze their origins and possible present activity;
-deduce applications (resources, risks, environment, development...).
-Identify and independently carry out the various stages of an experimental approach.
-Use scientific field and laboratory equipment to: locate and recognize geological formations and rocks, map, take samples and analyze them.
Interpret experimental data to envisage their modeling.
-Validate a model by comparing its predictions with experimental results, and assess its limits of validity.
-Identify sources of error to calculate the uncertainty of an experimental result.
Manipulate fundamental mechanisms on a microscopic scale, model macroscopic phenomena, link macroscopic phenomena to microscopic processes.
-Exploit data acquisition and analysis software with a critical mind.
-Mobilize concepts and tools from mathematics, physics, chemistry, life sciences and computer science in the context of Earth science issues.
Identify specific regulations and implement the main preventive measures in terms of health and safety.
Pre-professional skills
-Situate one's role and mission within an organization in order to adapt and take initiatives.
-Identify the process of production, dissemination and valorization of knowledge.
Respect the principles of ethics, deontology and environmental responsibility.
-Work as part of a team as well as independently and responsibly in the service of a project.
-Identify and situate the professional fields potentially related to the skills acquired in this field, as well as the possible pathways to access them.
-Characterize and develop one's identity, skills and professional project in relation to a given context.
Step back from a situation, evaluate and challenge oneself in order to learn.
Cross-disciplinary and linguistic skills
-Use digital reference tools and computer security rules to acquire, process, produce and distribute information, and to collaborate internally and externally.
-Identify and select various specialized resources to document a subject.
Analyze and synthesize data with a view to exploiting it.
-Develop arguments with a critical mind.
-Fluently use the different registers of written and oral expression in the French language.
-Fluently use written and oral comprehension and expression in at least one modern foreign language.
Useful contacts
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
ri-osuc[at]univ-orleans.fr
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PROFESSIONAL INSERTION
DOIP
Tel: 02 38 41 71 72
E-mail : doip[at]univ-orleans.fr
Organization
Special features
Field teaching, the naturalist basis of earth sciences and an essential professional skill, is strongly present in the bachelor's degree.
This geology training program benefits from the proximity and participation of engineers, researchers and technical staff from BRGM (a leading public organization in the geosciences and the environment), INRA 's Soil Sciences unit andISTO (Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans, a joint unit of CNRS, BRGM and the University of Orléans).
A human-sized workforce for personalized student follow-up.
Students are encouraged to take part in international mobility programs under the University's Erasmus+ agreements.
Admission
Admission requirements
"training expectations
Candidates for the Earth Sciences degree are expected to :
- Have ccientific skills
This specialization requires the ability to analyze, problematize and reason, as well as the capacity for abstraction, logic and modeling, and mastery of a core of disciplinary knowledge and associated experimental methods.
- Communication skills
This specialization requires the ability to communicate both orally and in writing in a rigorous and appropriate manner, the ability to document in at least one foreign language, primarily English, and the ability to write and speak it at B level.
- Methodological and behavioral skills
This specialization requires intellectual curiosity, the ability to organize and manage learning, and the ability to plan personal work and stick to it over time.
In these main areas, and for all scientific bachelor's degrees, high-school students must demonstrate at least an adequate command of the main scientific skills targeted in their final year of high school.
How to register
Licence registration procedures for (future) baccalaureate holders with a French baccalaureate obtained in France and registering for the 1st time:
Enrolment in JULY, as soon as the results of the baccalauréat are known, in accordance with the procedures communicated at the time of pre-registration.
Tuition fees
For students:
https://www.univ-orleans.fr/fr/univ/formation/droits-dinscriptions
For adults returning to school; consult SEFCO.
And then
Further studies
Master Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environment Master Risks and Environment, Professional Degree Forests, Management and Preservation of Water Resources
Professional integration
Job opportunities:
All the professions of the practicing geologist at bac+3 level (specialized geological technician).
Graduates are attracted to a wide range of sectors, including:
- the environment (water quality, waste storage, impact studies, pollution remediation, etc.);
- geotechnics, civil engineering and planning;
- the extractive industry in mines and quarries (mineral and energy resources).