Newsletter #8 Interview with Frédéric Lemoigno – LMD5
Implementation of LMD5 accreditation
(comments gathered from Frédéric Lemoigno, Deputy Director of the FdS, in charge of LMD5)
Until 2020, at the Faculty of Sciences, the first year of the bachelor's degree program began at the Curie and Monod gateways. Starting next fall, the course offerings
is adapting to the new high school audience, namely the first generation to have experienced the reform of specialty choices in junior and senior high school.
A changing context, adaptable results.
The Faculty of Science has planned ahead and adapted to this secondary school reform, which coincides with the implementation of our accreditation. Today, our department offers five programs to new high school graduates: Computer Science, Mathematics and its Applications, PCSI, SVSE, and TEE.
Indeed,computer science requireda specific pathway for young people wishing to choose this discipline and who often want to specialize from the first year. TheMaths et ses applications portal ismore focused on the study of mathematics, and this pathway is also aimed at future students of certain physics and mechanics courses.The PCSI portal isintended for those who wish to study the broad spectrum of engineering sciences. Backed by a solid foundation in mathematics, it will attract students interested in physics and chemistry and also allow them to discover other disciplines such as EEA and mechanics, which are rarely taught in high schools. TheSVS portal replacesthe former life sciences portal and will be the choice for those who wish to study biology, ecology, and environmental sciences. Asfor TEE,this portal aims to attract students interested in earth sciences, integrating environmental aspects and water sciences, which are very prominent research topics in Montpellier.
Reflections, questions, and remediation
All reforms raise questions and bring uncertainty for the population (which is much less homogeneous than in the past), which is why most portals have included TU and refresher TU in their models to help students in difficulty. If difficulties persist despite the help provided in the first semester, it will be possible to take specific courses to strengthen one's "Parcoursup" file if students agree that they have made the wrong choice and wish to change direction. For others, the option of preparing for the first year of a bachelor's degree over two years, with adjustments to the subjects in which they have weaknesses, is also a possible alternative. In fact, tutoring will continue to be developed to support these different forms of remediation.
The Masters are reinventing themselves and evolving
Apprenticeships are growing in popularity thanks to demand from businesses and government incentives. Young people are attracted to a way of studying that brings them into contact with the world of work, opening up more opportunities for apprenticeships. Based on the modelof the Master's in Energy, which already offers multidisciplinary training in chemistry, electronics, and physics, new trans- or multi-disciplinary master's programs will be launched in the fall of 2021, such asthe Master's in Wood Sciences, which will provide training in all aspects of the wood industry, from production to use.The Master's in Bioinformaticsalso positions itself between computer science and life sciences. As forthe Master's in Eco EPI(Eco-Epidemiology and Parasitic and Infectious Emergencies), this new program, which is particularly relevant at the moment, has found its place among the new programs.