NSI (Digital Technology and Computer Science)

Specialized teaching within the general education track

Why study digital technology?

Digital technology is increasingly present in our lives: Personally, the world around us is evolving, and we are gaining control over our freedom. But also professionally, with some key digital professions including: E-commerce Manager, Data Scientist, Traffic Manager, SEO Manager, SEM Manager, Online Marketing Manager, Community Manager, Web Project Manager, Web Marketing Specialist, Email Marketing Manager, Web Designer, Affiliate and Partnership Manager, Webmaster, etc.

Time allocation

  • 4 hours/week in 11th grade; 6 hours/week in 12th grade (over 300 hours of computer science in total)
  • ¼ of the time is devoted to team projects

    • On the agenda

  • Algorithms and Programming
  • Programming primarily in Python, some in JavaScript and other languages
  • Program debugging
  • Object-oriented programming
  • Dynamic programming
  • Recursion
  • Modularity (APIs, libraries)
  • Bug handling
  • Sorting, machine learning, and binary search algorithms
  • Greedy algorithms, algorithms for binary trees, and algorithms for graphs Data
  • Number and character encoding
  • Arrays, tuples, and dictionaries
  • Table indexing, searching, sorting, and merging
  • Directed and undirected graphs
  • Relational databases
  • SQL language Hardware Architectures, Operating Systems, and Networks
  • Sequential architecture
  • Data transmission in a network
  • Communication protocols
  • Network architecture
  • Operating systems, processes, and resources
  • Human-Machine Interface (HMI)
  • Integrated components of a system-on-a-chip
  • Routing protocols
  • Securing communications
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    Examples of student projects

    🏆 NSI Trophies 🏆

    Congratulations to Thomas, Raphaël, and Gabriel, three final-year students specializing in Digital Technology and Computer Science (NSI), for winning first prize at the "NSI Trophies" competition (https://trophees-nsi.fr)! This award recognizes the best projects completed during the NSI specialization course. Their winning project is called "Gambling-city": the three students programmed a casino game using Python and SQL, featuring Blackjack, Roulette, Slots, and Baccarat! For more details, a video presentation of their project is available at the following address: https://tube-sciences-technologies.apps.education.fr/w/nQmcyc7awL1uQyVoP7LCBF. These students put their NSI courses at Lycée Sévigné to good use, first with Mr. Raynaud in their penultimate year of high school, and then with Mr. Balandier in their final year. This is the 4th consecutive year that students following this networked teaching between the Sévigné, Chanzy and Bazin high schools have won an award at the NSI trophies!


    Mr. BALANDIER (NSI teacher)

    On 04/07/2025