Presentation of the course : The HSE Master's degree is organised around a core curriculum common to the different types of Master's degree in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Technology and specialised courses in water and soil sciences.

Semester 1 is 80 % and is common to all three STAAE specialisations. Students acquire the main fundamental concepts relating to interactions between water, minerals and living organisms. Teaching focuses on (i) water and soil quality (microbiology, toxicology, protection of aquatic ecosystems), (ii) exchanges and transfers between the various environmental compartments (water physics, theoretical study of transfers, plant and environmental agronomy) and (iii) anthropogenic impacts on resources (catchment basins: protection and resources). The presentation and application of methodological tools commonly used in the environmental sciences are also covered (bibliographical research, experimental approach, applied statistics, GIS, scientific English).

Presentation of the course : Semester 2 is differentiated according to the pathway. For the HSE pathway, it explores the major disciplinary fields of soil and water sciences and their links with the environment. The first block of lessons concerns hydrogeological systems. It presents the methodologies used to study groundwater and the issues involved in managing the resource (quality/quantity). It includes a week-long field school designed to illustrate the link between geology and groundwater and to familiarise students with the tools used to investigate hydrogeological systems. A second group of lessons relates more specifically to the vulnerability of the resource, with an initial application of modelling tools.

Presentation of the course : The HSE Master's degree is organised around a core curriculum common to the different types of Master's degree in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Technology and specialised courses in water and soil sciences.

Semester 3 is differentiated according to the type of course. For the HSE pathway, the teaching develops the analysis of complex hydrosystems and deals with concrete cases in the form of projects. The teaching is divided into 3 blocks of disciplines: hydrogeological systems (knowledge, measurements and modelling of complex hydrosystems), water and soil protection (transfer of pollutants in porous media, knowledge of pollutants, methods of action in the event of pollution), water management and uses (knowledge and representation of territorial heterogeneity, water in the agricultural context, geothermal energy).

This semester includes a number of hands-on projects. two field schools.
In UE1, one of the projects consists of establishing the level of vulnerability of a catchment field intended for the supply of drinking water. The students will be required to design the investigation methodology, carry out the fieldwork, exploit the historical data (hydrogeology, hydrochemistry) and then produce an initial proposal for distributed modelling. The operating diagram resulting from this work should lead to recommendations for reducing the vulnerability of the catchment area.
The second case study proposes an integrated approach to a large, complex hydrogeological system (transboundary aquifer). This time, the modelling approach is not aimed at building the model, but at developing an integrated tool for the operation of the system, with coupling with remote sensing data in particular.

EU2 offers 2 field schools. The first is organised in Evian in partnership with Danone Environnement and the Water Institute by Evian. Combining visits, lectures and field work, this course gives students the opportunity to discover the whole process of exploiting an aquifer, from the study of recharge conditions in the impluvium to commercial production, including protection measures and hygiene procedures. The second practical school is organised around one of the topics covered by our UMR, "methods of recharging aquifers in a man-made environment". During a week of alternating fieldwork, data analysis and modelling, we offer students one workshop a day to study the various processes involved in the surface/soil/groundwater continuum. This work is prepared, monitored and organised in coordination with INRAE colleagues from UMR EMMAH, who provide expertise, data and additional experimental equipment.

In UE3, the situational activity consists of proposing a complete study from diagnosis to remediation. This is an integrated procedure that calls on basic knowledge of the behaviour of pollutants in the environment, the specific methodologies inherent in studies of polluted sites and clean-up techniques, but students are also required to analyse the geological and hydrogeological context, to take account of the regulations in force and to assess the costs.

Presentation of the course : Semester 4 is mainly devoted to the end-of-study internship. Prior to this, a preparatory course is offered in engineering and research in the water sciences (setting up and running a project, invitations to tender, public contracts, mock job interviews). The work placement can take place in a professional environment or in a research laboratory. It lasts between 20 and 32 weeks.