Semesters 7 to 9 - The Professional track

The last two years of the MSc in Geosciences & Environment are devoted to specialization courses.

The Professional track takes place over three semesters and is made up of majors and minors that enable you to personalize your curriculum according to your desires and projects.

It is completed at the end of semester 8 (end of 4th year) by a 4-month “assistant engineer” internship, which will give you hands-on experience of professional practice.

In the MSc in Geosciences & Environment, you can choose from three professional tracks, all offered on the Beauvais campus.

Choose your professional track 

• Landscaping and Environment course
• Geo-energies,Climatic risks and Territories
• Sustainable mineral resources course

Assistant engineer internship (4 months)

Carried out at the end of 4th year, the assistant engineer internship involves carrying out technical and operational assignments within a company or institutional organization.

Students are placed in a situation of autonomy: they familiarize themselves with the internship issues, are confronted with professional practice (adaptability, analytical skills, rigor in carrying out tasks, interpersonal skills), with a view to developing their personal and professional skills.

The following will be taken into account when assessing this internship

• the approach adopted in the search for an internship,
• adaptability (methods, tools, internal processes),
• ability to take a step back from the work carried out during the internship.

Semester 10 - Final year internship (6 months)

The final and decisive stage of engineering training at UniLaSalle, the final year internship enables students to experience a pre-professional situation in which they will have to respond to a problem posed by an organization. It is an essential part of the curriculum, and enables the jury to decide whether or not to award the engineering diploma.

It enables students to :

• become familiar with professional practice,
• develop personally and professionally,
• demonstrate their skills,
• facilitate integration into the profession.

The student/apprentice validates certain notions acquired in the academic context, grasping their meaning, scope and limits. The trainee/apprentice also has the opportunity to develop management skills, listening, communication and teamwork skills. They carry out concrete projects. Professional practice brings valuable expertise to the student/apprentice at the start of his or her career.

The internship leads to the writing and oral presentation of a final dissertation.

The Geology and Environment engineering program includes at least one mandatory four-month international stay through the Go-LaSalle program. For students entering the program through parallel admission, this stay at a Lasallian university is replaced by courses and an eight-week internship abroad.

Students can add a second international experience in the final year of the engineering program, in the form of a semester, a double degree, or a degree-granting stay at a partner university.

Double degree and dual degree programs

Longer than a single semester of study, double degree and dual degree programs offer a unique experience:

• at a university that has an agreement with UniLaSalle or at a university that does not have an agreement or partnership (upon the student's recommendation)
• allows you to obtain two degrees: one from the host university and one from UniLaSalle
• 12 to 24 months depending on the host university

Some examples of host universities:

• Imperial College de Londres (United Kingdom)
• Cranfield University (United Kingdom)
• Wageningen University (Netherlands)
• Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)
• Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (Canada)