Second year of general and technological studies

WHAT TO EXPECT

This first year of high school will allow you to acquire a common general culture, deepen your knowledge and skills, and discover new disciplines, before deciding and approaching the 1st and final year general and technological classes.

TIMETABLE LIST AND VOLUMES

French: 4 hours
History and Geography: 3 hours
Foreign Languages A and B: 5.5 hours
Economics and Social Sciences: 1.5 hours
Mathematics: 4 hours
Physics and Chemistry: 3 hours
Life and Earth Sciences: 1.5 hours
Physical Education: 2 hours
Digital Sciences and Technologies: 1.5 hours
Moral and Civic Education: 18 hours per year

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TIMETABLE LIST AND VOLUMES

Subject to availability: EUROPEAN SECTION Spanish (brochure to download) 1 GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE OF YOUR CHOICE FROM:

Languages and Cultures of Antiquity: Latin: 2 hours (brochure to download)

Cinema and Audiovisual Studies: 2 hours (brochure to download)

Music: 2 hours (brochure to download) 1 TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION COURSE OF YOUR CHOICE FROM:

Management and Business: 1 hour 30 minutes

Health and Social Services: 1 hour 30 minutes

Biotechnology: 1 hour 30 minutes

Common courses

Physics and Chemistry
Life and Earth Sciences
The Life and Earth Sciences (SVT) specialization in high school aims to provide a solid scientific foundation preparing students for higher education. Building on general cognitive and, above all, methodological foundations established in the second year of high school (10th grade), the specialized courses in the first and final years (11th and 12th grades) lead to in-depth exploration, complementary approaches, and generalizations, as well as the practical application of sophisticated scientific methods and reasoning. As a discipline closely linked to the rapid evolution of knowledge and technologies, this specialization fosters both an understanding of scientific objects and methods and education in environmental, health, and safety issues, thus contributing to the development of future citizens. It also contributes to the preparation of a wide variety of higher education pathways in the fields of: health (medical and paramedical studies), biology and biotechnology, agronomy and the agri-food industry, the environment (ecology, sustainable development, water management, ecotoxicology and pollution, protection and management of natural environments), geosciences (research and exploitation of mineral reserves, preservation of hydrobiological resources, paleontological studies, seismic and volcanic risk assessment, etc.), archaeology and the physical geography of land-use planning, and sports-related professions. Depending on the chosen pathway, combining Life and Earth Sciences (SVT) with certain other specializations in the Exact Sciences and/or Humanities is necessary or strongly recommended: for more information, please refer to the downloadable documents below (PDF slideshow) and the Parcoursup website.
SVT specialty (pdf file)
SVT specialty second presentation (pdf slideshow)