Les TU de Culture Générale (From L1 to L3) - Even-numbered semesters

Responsible Isabelle Parrot and Claire Loiseau

Description* :

An invitation to share your experience of science with young people.

If you're an undergraduate student at the Faculty of Science, or a young person involved in scientific education, come and learn how to share a scientific subject in a fun, interactive way! Accompanied by mediators or teacher-researchers, after a few training sessions, you'll become a tutor to a small group of schoolchildren, and will be asked to set up or build workshops, digital tools, visual aids, games or any other science dissemination media of your choice. The themes will be defined on a participatory basis.

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, also responds to the need for equal opportunities and knowledge sharing, as part of the educational and cultural support provided to students from priority neighborhoods or rural areas far from major university centers. This project is part of the University of Montpellier's "UniverlaCité" program.

We hope that this initial introduction to the dissemination of knowledge will be just the beginning of a great and enriching adventure for all. One of our main objectives is to create spaces for reflection on science and technology, aimed at as many people as possible, and in particular at future citizens who don't necessarily have higher education on their horizon. We are convinced that this societal approach will give as many people as possible the means and the opportunity to face up to tomorrow's major challenges with full knowledge of the facts.

Responsible:isabelle.parrot-smietana@umontpellier.fr

Description:
An interactive introduction to the world of perfume.

Objectives:
Have you ever wondered where perfumes come from? The one you wear, the one that perfumes your shower gel or even your living room? How was it imagined, created, designed and produced? What does it consist of?
This teaching unit is aimed at all those curious enough to immerse themselves in and discover the world of perfume. Science of course, chemistry, botany, physiology, marketing, toxicology, ecology... but... no perfume without culture. How can we talk about the world of perfume without referring to history, mythology, fashion, haute couture, geography, travel, art, our French culture, an international culture ...
An ingenious blend of art and science, a subtle formulation to provide emotion ...

Hourly volumes: 18h.

Recommended prerequisites: curiosity

Assessment: Continuous assessment

This is an invitation to listen to and exchange ideas on how the sense of smell works, how perfumes are made (first sessions in the form of a course-DD), and to present the annual theme with a discovery of associated olfactory materials. Students will then work in groups on a defined theme (TD in groups of 4-6 in island format). This group work will be supervised, with students working with their supervisor to define the fragrances and raw materials they will need to explore their theme and present it in the form of a medium of their choice (film, poster, presentation, etc.), accompanied by an olfactory tasting presented to the entire class.

Responsible => Aurélie.celerier@umontpellier.fr

Description :

It is a TU general culture resource that looks at the themes of pleasure and addiction in the light of various disciplines in the humanities, social sciences and life sciences.

Objectives:
- Philosophical and historical approaches
- Evolutionary approach: animals and drugs
- Neurobiological approach: neuroanatomical and neuropharmacological bases / reward circuit / behavioral addictions
- Pleasant touch and painful touch
- Vulnerability factors (genetics and environment)

Timetable:
CM: 15

Assessment: 100% written

Responsible =>ilham.bentaleb@umontpellier.fr

Why study the oceans?
- The oceans represent over 70% of the planet's surface. The role of the oceans
in regulating the climate is fundamental.
- Very important marine resources, but many plant and animal species
are endangered.
This year we'll be working on the theme of the Mediterranean.
- understand what oceanography is
- what issues are dealt with in oceanography?
- the case of biodiversity in the Mediterranean
- how to become an oceanographer?

Continuous assessment (2 grades: oral + written)

Manager: Sonia.chalbi@umontpellier.fr

Aims:
- systematic writing practice using a variety of media (games/newspaper articles/micro-fictions)
- enrichment of general culture through literary and film references
- revision of spelling and recurring errors through individually corrected writings (past participles, relative pronouns, conjunctions, conjugation, etc.).

Themes:
- cities of the future
- foodism
- humor and stand-up comedy
- OULIPO: writing games based on scientific constraints
- workshop at a cultural venue to be determined according to the calendar

Manager: jean-yves.cassan@umontpellier.fr

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Manager: Christophe.Coillot@umontpellier.f

Manager:corinne.lautier@umontpellier.fr

Computer basics :
1- Information and data
Search for and monitor information (search engine, social networks...)
Manage data (file manager, databases...)
Process data (spreadsheet)
2- Communication and collaboration
Interact (e-mail, videoconferencing...)
Share and publish (sharing platforms, forum and comment space...)
Collaborate in a group (collaborative work platform and document sharing...)
Enter the digital world (develop a public presence on the web...)
3- Content creation
Develop text documents (word processing, presentation...).)
Develop multimedia documents (image/sound/video/animation capture and editing...)
Adapt documents to their purpose (format conversion tools...)
Program (simple computer development, solve a logical problem...)
4- Protection and security
Secure the digital environment (protection software, encryption...))
Protect personal data and privacy (confidentiality settings...)
Protect health, well-being and the environment
5-Environment and digital
Solve technical problems (software configuration and maintenance...)
Build a digital environment (operating system, installation of new software...)

Objectives :

1- Validate a minimum level in the use of digital tools (web tools, data processing software, document writing, etc.)
2- Have a basic knowledge of computing that enables students to tackle a TU Bioinfo.

Timetable:
TD: 1.5h
TP: 13.5h

Recommended prerequisites: Have a personal computer at home

Assessment:
2 Continuous assessment (1 assignment and 1 platform assignment)
1 certification (final exam)

The question of motion is undoubtedly a central one in the history of physics. The movement of bodies has given rise to many questions. It's understandable that a body should set itself in motion if pushed or pulled, but how can it persist in its motion when the push or pull has ceased? Why does a projectile continue its course after being launched?

One answer we hear today is that these questions can be explained by a body's inertia. To maintain that an inert body perseveres in its movement because of its inertia seems to be a contradiction in terms, since inertia is generally perceived as the attribute of what is inert, i.e. of what, precisely, has no movement of its own. Why, then, does a massive body fall while a flame rises?

All these trivial questions pose a host of conceptual problems, and will open up a considerable field of reflection on the nature of motion, from the development of dynamics to Einstein's recent relativistic theories.

In this TU general knowledge course, we approach these questions from historical, philosophical, epistemological and scientific angles. No scientific pre-requisites are required, and all students, including those in fields not directly related to physics, can take this TU course. Students from mathematics, biology, biology, health, natural sciences or the humanities will be able to follow the course with interest.

This TU perfectly meets the requirements of a general education course. The aim of TU is to understand the historical, philosophical and scientific emergence of the question of movement, and to provide elements of understanding for the study of movement and body dynamics, based on observation, experimentation and the notion of inertia. The final course is dedicated to the notion of movement in theater. We'll see intrinsic parallels with the movement studied in Physics.

=> COURSE OUTLINE

- Aristotelian motion
- "Perfect" motion
- The cause of motion
- Inertia and space-time