Core Courses
Basic courses provide a fundamental understanding of biological, ecological and environmental principles applied to aquatic ecosystems. Some of the key areas covered in this training include:
- Zoology: Know the main groups of living organisms on the planes: General architecture, characteristics (systematic, morphology, anatomy, reproduction, ecology), constraints, adaptations and evolution. Particular emphasis will be placed on updating the classification and on zoological groups of agricultural, medical, veterinary, fisheries or environmental interest.
- Limnology: Presentation of the biophysical environment of inland waters by describing the physical and biological elements of aquatic ecosystems and defining the interactions between the different components of these ecosystems, the processes that control community development.
- Environment and sustainable development: raising students' awareness of the issues, contents and actions of sustainable development. It is about making them aware that it is possible to act for the preservation of the environment, through their training, as well as at their own scale, on their consumption, their daily activities and their society.
- University Ethics and Professional Conduct: the acquisition of resources in ethics and professional ethics.
- Oceanography: have a sufficient knowledge of the marine environment, its resources, techniques for studying and exploiting this environment, pollution problems, as well as appropriate methods of intervention.
Advanced Topics
Advanced subjects allow you to deepen the concepts and techniques covered in the basic courses, while exploring more specialized areas. They are generally aimed at students who already have a solid foundation in marine and continental hydrobiology, including the specialty Aquaculture and fish farming. Here are some examples of these advanced topics.
- Marine and Continental Ecology: The lessons will cover the different subdivisions of aquatic environments, and their ecological factors.
- Hydrogeology: the physico-chemical, geological properties as well as the hydrodynamics and the development of aquatic systems.
- Physiology of aquatic organisms: the systematics of aquatic invertebrates and vertebrates, their way of life (distribution, habitat, feeding, reproduction) and the study of their major functions and the systematics of aquatic plants (algae and phanerogames), their growth and development.
- Biodiversity: Know the history of biodiversity, its distribution, and its balancing factors.
- Marine and aquatic technology: learn about tools, navigation and exploration of the marine and continental environments. It should discover the technologies used in the field of analysis and research used in oceanography and limnology.
- Marine chemistry: understanding the impact of chemical elements on marine ecosystems, biodiversity and marine biogeochemical cycles.
- Geographic Information System: to interpret and read maps and photo-aerial images and to use digital mapping software.
- Bioclimatology: introduction of the student to bioclimatology (including meteorological aspects) and the dynamics of ecological systems. This teaching provides the student with a synthetic vision of ecological diversity and focuses on processes and their own dynamics, the interactions between the components of the eco and the abiotic factors controlling these interactions.
- General aquaculture: The types of aquaculture (repopulation, aquariophilia, production, etc...), raised organisms (fish farming, shellfish farming, carcinoculture, algoculture), the modes of growth (extensive, semi-intensive, intensive) are studied.
- Fish farming: The lessons will cover the functions of the hatchery and all stages related to the rearing of fish.