BUT Carrières Sociales

The BUT Carrières Sociales specifically trains students for careers in social and socio-cultural work. This requires students to acquire knowledge in the human and social sciences, giving them the analytical skills needed to approach complex individual, social and institutional situations. At the end of the course, in the third year, students must be able to coordinate projects and professionals.

Training contributes to the quality of the work done by future professionals. It takes account of social changes and new forms of professional practice. It is underpinned by a solid general culture that supports a range of essential knowledge, know-how and interpersonal skills.

The general objectives are as follows:

• Manage and coordinate social and socio-cultural projects;
• Knowing how to combine theoretical knowledge and practical know-how;
• Be able to design, implement and manage educational and/or social action projects, whether political, institutional or associative;
• Understand the needs of different target groups so as to design projects that are suitable for everyone;
• Be able to coordinate players and manage socio-educational intervention programmes;
• Knowing how to analyse the issues at stake in the context of a project or intervention
• Understand how a structure works and the professional field in which it operates;
• Be able to build a network of partners ;
• Understanding contemporary democratic issues ;
• Getting involved with vulnerable groups by encouraging them to express their creativity.

5 blocks of skills structure the training for the Social and Sociocultural Animation diploma. These skills are developed throughout the 3-year course and evolve according to the level of mastery expected over the course of the three years. There are therefore three levels: Novice, Intermediate and Competent.

The 5 skills whose mastery evolves over 3 years are as follows:

Skill 1: Designing initiatives tailored to the challenges facing society

Skill 2: Building partnerships

Skill 3: Strengthen people's individual and collective capacity for action

Skill 4: Implement educational approaches and leadership techniques as part of a project-based approach

Skill 5: Contribute to the development of the professional field of animation

Recruitment level : Bins
Accessible in :  initial training.
Training required : No training conditions

Admission requirements :

Applicants are selected on the basis of their academic record, taking into account their results in the first and last years of secondary school, as well as the assessments of their head of school and/or main teachers, and above all the motivations expressed by the applicants themselves, as demonstrated by their involvement in cultural, sporting or charitable associations and/or their involvement in school life. Candidates' applications are then examined and an interview is held.

Registration form:

• Application deadline: mid-April (Parcoursup session)
• Initial selection of applications and motivation interviews: mid-May (Parcoursup session)
• Communication of admission results: early June (Parcoursup session)
• Registration (after bac results): early July

Courses start at the beginning of September

Applicants may also submit unsolicited applications outside the Parcoursup programme. Applications should be sent to the Head of the Social Careers Department (sebastien.chapellon@univ-guyane.fr) or to the pedagogical secretariat (cynthia.canavy@univ-guyane.fr).

Further studies

• Master's degree in the fields of social work, socio-educational work, management and urban policy.
• State diplomas: DECSF - DE de conseiller en économie sociale et familiale, DEJEPS

Career opportunities

Future professionals in social and socio-cultural work will be working with a variety of audiences, including teenagers, young children, the elderly and vulnerable people, etc.

Socio-cultural activity leaders work in the voluntary sector, social centres, local authorities, crèches, retirement homes, prevention organisations, the mediation sector and local authorities, etc.