Pathways to success and career guidance (DU PARéO)

Cross-disciplinary skills

• Consolidating the Common Base of Knowledge
• Successful learning at university (methodology of university work, digital skills).
• English language reinforcement
• Pre-professional skills (defining professional and personal projects, professional meetings, immersion courses at university, finding work placements)
• Coaching

Scientific and technical skills

• Familiarise yourself with the academic world and its methods
• Strengthen your knowledge of core subjects (French, English, digital skills)
• Developing self-confidence and interpersonal skills
• Enrich your intellectual and cultural curiosity
• Discovering university knowledge for better targeted guidance
• Develop or refine your study and/or career plans

Subject-specific skills

• In semester 2, a choice of discovery courses:

• • Science pathway: Consolidating the common core of skills in science

• • LLSH pathway: Consolidating the common skills base in the Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences

Recruitment level : Bac + 1

Accessible in :  initial training.

Training required : Bins

Admission requirements :
The DU PAREO is aimed at baccalaureate holders who are undecided about their course of study, first-year students wishing to change direction and jobseekers wishing to return to their studies.

Registration form:
Admissions procedure via the platform Parcoursup for an initial admission phase (baccalaureate holders) and on file for the second admissions phase (students)

Semester 1: Common core

EU 1- Cross-disciplinary skills :

• Academic methodology
• Digital skills

EU 2- Subject-specific skills :

• Written and oral communication
• Refresher course in mathematics

EU 3- Language skills :

• English

EU 4- Pre-professional skills

• Clarifying your professional and personal plans
• Professional meetings and immersion courses
• Search for an internship

Semester 2. A choice of discovery courses

LLSH pathway

EU 1. Cross-disciplinary skills :

• Written and oral communication (mut STS path)
• Building and structuring arguments (mut STS path)
• 2 Subject-specific skills :
• Introduction to Law
• General culture for LLSH
• Introduction to modern and contemporary history
• French literature

EU 3- Language skills :

• English

EU 4- Pre-professional skills

• Define your career and personal plans (mut STS pathway)
• Professional meetings and immersion courses (mut STS pathway)
• Work placement (mut STS)

Science pathway

EU 1. Cross-disciplinary skills :

• Written and oral communication (mut STS path)
• Building and structuring arguments (mut STS path)

EU 2. Subject-specific skills

• Applied mathematics
• General chemistry
• Life and Earth Sciences

EU 3- Language skills

• English

EU 4- Pre-professional skills

• Clarifying your professional and personal plans
• Professional meetings and immersion courses
• Search for an internship

Internship

• Compulsory courses :
• Observation work placement: two weeks in January
• In-depth training course: two weeks in February/March

The DU PAREO does not lead to jobs and professions but to further studies.