Syllabus Year 1

Academic year 2018-2019

Document prepared by Christophe Pouet (Dean of International Affairs), last update october 15th ;
2018
Beware that this document is a first draft ! It needs to be checked by the academics in charge of the
1st year courses.
If you have any questions, please contact the Dean of International Affairs at
iaffairs@centrale-marseille.fr

Course unit Course unit code Contact hours ECTS

Languages and ING_1A_S5_LCI 48 2
international cultures
S5
Mechanics ING_1A_S5_MECA 72 4
Physics ING_1A_S5_PHYS 72 4
Economics, ING_1A_S5_ECOG 72 4
Management
Computer Science ING_1A_S5_INFO 72 4
Sports and artistic ING_1A_S5_APSA 15 1
activities S5
Train'Ing S5 ING_1A_S5_TRAINI 60 6 (or 7)
NG
Multidisciplinary ING_1A_S5_PJT 5
Project S5
Languages and ING_1A_S6_LCI 48 2
international cultures
S6
Mathematics ING_1A_S6_MATH 96 5
Chemistry, Process ING_1A_S6_CHIM 96 5
Engineering
Waves and signal ING_1A_S6_ONSI 96 5
Sports and artistic ING_1A_S6_APSA 15 1
activities S6
Train'Ing S6 ING_1A_S6_TRAINI 60 4 (or 3)
NG
Multidisciplinary ING_1A_S6_PJT 5
Project S6
1st-year internship 4 to 8 weeks 3
Total 60
The academic year is divided into two semesters:
1. Fall Semester (also called Semester 5 or 1st Semester) : from september to end of
january/beginning of february
2. Winter-Spring Semester (also called Semester 6 or 2nd Semester) : from beginning of
february to end of june for courses and up to the end of august in case of 1st-year
internship

Information for exchange students

The organization of the academic year is complex. Please inquiry at the International Mobility
Office if you consider to become an exchange student at Ecole Centrale de Marseille!
Exchange students are not advised to attend 1st-year courses as the engineering program for the 1st
year at Ecole Centrale de Marseille is generalist. If you still intend to come, please check the
contents of the available courses and their transferability at your home institution.
Here is some information:
At each semester, you can choose to attend only one group of course units (or part of it)::
1. Mathematics, Wave and Signal, Chemistry and Process Engineering
2. Mechanics, Physics, Economics and Management, Computer Science
All the courses above are taught during Fall semester (also called Semester 5 or 1st Semester) AND
during Winter-Spring Semester (also called Semester 6 or 2nd Semester).
For example, you can come as an exchange student for the fall semester and choose to attend
Mathematics, Wave and Signal, Chemistry and Process Engineering. but you cannot attend any
course from the second group (Mechanics, Physics, Economics and Management, Computer
Science).
Semester 5 refers to the 1st-semester (fall semester). So any course unit with « S5 » in the title is
offered during Semester 5. This does not apply to the group of course units: Mechanics, Physics,
Economics and Management, Computer Science as they are taught at both semesters.
Semester 6 refers to the 2nd semester (winter-spring semester). So any course unit with « S6 » in
the title is offered during Semester 6. This does not apply to the group of course units:
Mathematics, Wave and Signal, Chemistry and Process Engineering as they are taught at both
semesters.
 Langues et cultures internationales S5
Languages and international cultures S5

Course unit Lectures Tutorials Lab Personal Total ECTS

code work credits
ING_1A_S5 48 2
_LCI

Language of instruction
French or the studied foreign languages
Prerequisites
« Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles » level
German (non-beginners) : at least B1-B2
Spanish : all levels welcome
French as a Foreign Language (for international students) : level B1 validated as requested at the
entrance, otherwise the students have to attend 40 supplementary hours in september.
Description
Foreign language 1 (20h) : English mandatory
Foreign language 2 (20h)
For international students : French as a Foreign Language (40 hours during the semester) is taught
instead of Foreign Language 1 and Foreign Language 2 and is mandatory depending on the level.
Therefore there are 3 possible choices
1 English for Foreign Language 1 (20h) and another language already studied for Foreign
Language 2 (20h)
2 English for Foreign Language 1 (20h) and another language as beginner for Foreign
Language 2 (20h)
3 French as a Foreign Language for Foreign Language 1 & 2 (40h)
3 groups are created according to the French proficiency evaluated by a test at the beginning
of the academic year.
3.1 Basic level : French as a daily language, a formal language and an academic
language ; basic skills for FOS (French for Sciences) ; supplementary hours for students
with level lower than level B1
3.2 Intermediate to advanced level : development of communication skills and
recognition of cultural behaviours and formal modes of communication ; advanced
French for Sciences
3.3 Advanced level : the student does not need to attend French as a Foreigne
Language and can choose according to choice number 1 above.
Objectives
The levels must be certified :
• English : level B2 mandatory (Common European Framework of References for Languages
- CEFRL), C1 recommended
• French as a Foreign Language : level B2 mandatory (CEFRL) ; certificate DELF B2 or
DALF C1-C2
• other languages : certification is not mandatory but recommended
Remark : mandatory means that it is the level requested for the graduation (in accordance with the
rules settled by the french accredition agency for engineering diploma « Commission des Titres de
l'Ingénieur »)
 Informatique
Computer Science

Course Lectures Tutorials Computer Self- Personal Total ECTS

unit code Lab learning work credits
ING_1A_S
10 16 28 18 TBA 72 4
5_INFO

Language of instruction
French
Prerequisites
2nd year of Bachelor (such as Mathematics, Computer Science, Mechanics, Physics) or « Classses
Préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles » level in computer science
Description
Algorithmics
Introduction to fundamental principles of algorithmics (definition of a program, complexity,...).
Three large classes of problems will be studied in order to introduce several types of programming
along several types of data structures.
1. Basics
1. Basic algorithm (iterative, recursive)
2. Complexity
3. Program proofs
4. Elementary data structures
2. Sorting methods
1. Greedy algorithms, Divide-and-Conquer algorithms
2. Average complexity and worst-case complexity
3. Scheduling methods
1. Graph paths, topological sorting
2. Trees, graphs and heaps
Object-oriented modelling and programming
Three large classes of problems will be studied in order to introduce several types of programming
along several types of data structures.
1. Object modelling and UML
1. Description of a system: components, functionalities and dynamical behaviour
2. Logical, functional and physical models
3. Graph representation with diagrams (cases, sequences, components, states, objects,
collaborations)
4. Stereotypes and conception patterns
2. Object-oriented programming with Python
1. Class, object
2. Composition, inheritance, interfaces
3. Standard library
Data storage and processing
1. Digital data: types, formats, data structures
2. Digital storage media, file management systems, basic operations (writing, reading,...)
3. Indexation and data access: H-tables, B-trees
4. Data modelling: entity-relationship models, relational model
5. Queries and query languages: relational algebra
 6. SQL : standard language for data creation and access
7. Aggregation and data formatting
Objectives
During this course, the student will understand the basic principles of algorithmics in order to be
able to write a computer program to solve a given problem, to prove that this program correctly
behaves and to compute its complexity. Several types of algorithms (greedy divide-and-conquer,
dynamical programming,...) will be studied and the student will be able to choose the most adequate
to solve a given problem. The student will be able to implement the algorithms using the
programming language Python.
The student will learn the basics of object-oriented programming.
The last part devoted to Data storage and processing is an introduction to computational methods
(algorithmics and programming) to store and process data. Its scope is broad from logical and
algebraic models to practical implementation using Python programming language.
 Mécanique
Mechanical engineering

Course Lectures Tutorials Lab Self- Personal Total ECTS

unit code learning work credits
ING_1A_S
28 26 0 18 TBA 72 4
5_MECA

Status (internal information for update management)

Validated by Prof. Bruno Cochelin in October 2018
Language of instruction
French
Prerequisites
Two years of higher education in sciences/engineering/technology, « Classes Préparatoires aux
Grandes Ecoles » programmes in physics and mechanics.
Description
General concepts of continuum mechanics
• tensor analysis and algebra
• fundamental concepts in continuum mechanics
• deformation of continuous material: deformation tensors
• internal forces in continuous material: stress tensors
• general equations for continuum mechanics: mass conservation, fundamental principle of
dynamics, first and second principles of thermodynamics
Main applications in engineering
• Incompressible fluid flows
◦ general equations of continuum mechanics for the flow of fluids
◦ behaviour of newtonian fluids
◦ solution of classical problems in fluid mechanics
◦ hydraulic systems
• Linear elasticity
◦ derivation of elasticity equations from general equations of continuum mechanics
◦ constitutive relation of a linear elastic solid
◦ numerical solution with finite elements method
• Waves in fluids and solids
◦ derivation of acoustics equations from general equations of continuum mechanics
◦ velocity of waves in solids
Lab work
◦ Fluid mechanics
◦ Solid mechanics
◦ Process engineering (distillation absorption, extraction liqui-liquid or heat exchanger)
Objectives
The objective of this course is to introduce the concepts and methods for continuum mechanics.
This field deals with motion and deformation of solids and fluids under the action of forces. This
field is larger than mechanics for points and rigid body. It allows students to model most of the
problems in mechanics. Examples of modelling are the prediction of deformation and resistance for
a wind-turbine blade, the analysis of the air flow around a wind-turbine blade to optimize its
performances and to reduce noise pollution.
 Physique
Physics

Course Lectures Tutorials Lab Self- Personal Total ECTS

unit code learning work credits
ING_1A_S
34 20 0 18 TBA 72 4
5_PHYS

Language of instruction
French
Prerequisites
Undergraduate level. Physics programme for « Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles »
Description
This course is divided into two parts.
The first part is devoted to Quantum physics.
• Limits of the classical approach
• Wave-particle duality
• Probabilistic description, fundamental postulates and quantum measure theory
• Angular momentum and spin
• Fermionic and bosonic statistics
• Entanglement and non-locality
We illustrate these concepts through practical examples such as hydrogen atom, harmonic oscillator,
tunnel effect and quantum dots.
The second part deals with Statistical physics.
• Random walks and diffusion : construction of fundamental equations
• Introduction to complexity : bifurcations, attractors, fractals and dissipative chaos
• Basic principles and microcanonical and canonical distributions
• Application to computation and characterization of thermodynamical fluctuations
• Introduction to phase transition
• Introduction to grand canonical distributions and quantum distributions.
Objectives
To allow the students to integrate fundamentals of quantum physics and among others to understand
microscopic physics in a probabilistic (stochastic) approach.
At the end of the course, the student should
• master diffusion mechanisms and associated concepts,
• know the origins of classical stratistical distributions, distributions in quantum physics,
distributions for thermodynamical and chemical potentials
• be able to describe the thermodynamical fluctuations and basics about collective behaviours
• understand the basics of chaotic dynamics
• be able to identify the consequences in engineering sciences
 Economie et Gestion
Economics and Management

Course Lectures Tutorials Lab Self- Personal Total ECTS

unit code learning work credits
ING_1A_S
32 16 6 18 TBA 72 4
5_ECOG

Status (internal information for update management)

Validated by the team of instructors in September 2018
Language of instruction
French
Prerequisites
Undergraduate. « Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles » programme.
Description
This course unit is divided into 3 parts :
1. Economics
1. Basics of microeconomics : model for the law of supply and demand, main results for
the general equilibrium theory, critiques and extensions (imperfect competition theories,
public economics)
2. Basics of macroeconomics : main agregates, equations of macroeconomics, introduction
to unemployment and economic growth theory
2. Accounting and management audit
1. General accounting of a company : profit and loss account, balance sheet
2. Introduction to financial analysis : financial indicators, investment choices
3. Analytical accounting and management audit : methods for cost evaluation, budget
preparation, control of discrepancies between expected and observed operations
4. Lab work : Fa Stratège serious game (software developed by Strat&Logic)
3. Company oganization and management
Objectives
This course ia aimed at engineering students who want to learn the basics in economics and
management in order to understand company activity.
The goal of this course unit is to explain how the economy operates and its consequences on the
operations conducted by companies. The students will learn about accounting in order to be able to
understand how the company activity is recorded and monitored. The basics of company
organization and manageemnt will also be described.
 Activités physiques sportives et artistiques S5
Sports and artistic activities S5

Course unit Lectures Tutorials Lab Personal Total ECTS

code work credits
ING_1A_S5 15 1
_APSA

Language of instruction
French
Prerequisites
Highschool level.
Description
Three types of activities are offered
• sports and competition: the students are involved in competition. It can be in team sports or
individual sports with a team spirit.
• regular physical training: for those who do not want to compete but just want to discover
new sport activities or improve from a personal point of view.
• artistics activities such as theatre
Objectives
The goal for the students is to develop skills related to the engineering curriculum. It will help the
students to integrate in a group and develop his/her feeling of membership. It will also help the
students to maintain or develop his/her physical well-being.
 Train'Ing S5
Train'Ing S5

Course unit Lectures Tutorials Lab Personal Total ECTS

code work credits
ING_1A_S5 6 or 7
_TRAININ
G

Language of instruction
French
Prerequisites
Highschool level.
Description
Train'Ing takes place one week every three weeks. Each Train'Ing week is different. Here are some
proposed activites:
• team projects,
• creativity, innovation and design project,
• laboratory work,
• crash course in management for engineers,
• conferences and meetings with companies,
• crash courses to introduce engineering problems and solutions.
Objectives
There are several goals for the Train'Ing course unit. First, it introduces new ways of learning in
order to make students pro-active and to enhance their ability to learn by themselves (e.g. MOOC,
learning by doing). The second goal is to develop their ability to work in a team structure (e.g. team
management, soft-skill development such as inside and outside communication, project
presentation). The last goal is to stimulate students' curiosity and creativity.
 Projet Transverse S5
Multidisciplinary Project S5

Course unit Lectures Tutorials Lab Personal Total ECTS

code work credits
Projet 5
Transverse
S5

Language of instruction
French
Prerequisites
Highschool level.
Description
TBA
Objectives
TBA
 Langues et cultures internationales S6
Languages and international cultures S6

Course unit Lectures Tutorials Lab Personal Total ECTS

code work credits
ING_1A_S6
40 2
_LCI

Language of instruction
French or the studied foreign languages
Prerequisites
« Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles » level
German (non-beginners) : at least B1-B2
Spanish : all levels welcome
French as a Foreign Language (for international students) : level B1 validated as requested at the
entrance, otherwise the students have to attend 40 supplementary hours in september.
Description
Foreign language 1 (20h) : English mandatory
Foreign language 2 (20h)
For international students : French as a Foreign Language (40 hours during the semester) is taught
instead of Foreign Language 1 and Foreign Language 2 and is mandatory depending on the level.
Therefore there are 3 possible choices
4 English for Foreign Language 1 (20h) and another language already studied for Foreign
Language 2 (20h)
5 English for Foreign Language 1 (20h) and another language as beginner for Foreign
Language 2 (20h)
6 French as a Foreign Language for Foreign Language 1 & 2 (40h)
3 groups are created according to the French proficiency evaluated by a test at the beginning
of the academic year.
6.1 Basic level : French as a daily language, a formal language and an academic
language ; basic skills for FOS (French for Sciences) ; supplementary hours for students
with level lower than level B1
6.2 Intermediate to advanced level : development of communication skills and
recognition of cultural behaviours and formal modes of communication ; advanced
French for Sciences
6.3 Advanced level : the student does not need to attend French as a Foreigne
Language and can choose according to choice number 1 above.
Objectives
The levels must be certified :
• English : level B2 mandatory (Common European Framework of References for Languages
- CEFRL), C1 recommended
• French as a Foreign Language : level B2 mandatory (CEFRL) ; certificate DELF B2 or
DALF C1-C2
• other languages : certification is not mandatory but recommended
Remark : mandatory means that it is the level requested for the graduation (in accordance with the
rules settled by the french accredition agency for engineering diploma « Commission des Titres de
l'Ingénieur »)
 Mathématiques
Mathematics

Course Lectures Tutorials Computer Self- Personal Total ECTS

unit code Lab learning wok credits
ING_1A_S
32 30 10 24 TBA 96 5
6_MATH

Language of instruction
French
Prerequisites
Mathematics programmes studied during « Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles » (MP, PSI,
PC, TSI, PTSI)
Description
This course unit is divided into four parts
1. Fundamental mathematics : basics of complex analysis, Lebesgue integration theory, Hilbert
spaces, Fourier analysis
2. Numerical analysis : introduction to several usual methods for numerical approximation ;
interpolation methods, polynomial approximation methods, methods to solve linear and non-
linear systems, methods to approximate solutions of differential equations and optimization
problems. Practical classes will illustrate concepts studied during lectures through real-life
examples
3. Probability : Lebesgue measure theory, axioms of probability, random variables, usual
tranforms (characteristic function, cumulative distribution function), random vectors,
Gaussian random vectors, convergences for random variables (definitions, law of large
numbers, central limit theorem, Slutsky theorem), inequalities (Jensen, Markov, Cauchy-
Schwarz)
4. Statistics : pointwise estimation, confidence interval estimation, maximum likelihood
estimator
Objectives
Introduction to fundamental mathematics theories needed to pursue a generalist engineering
curriculum at Master level and introduction to numerical techniques useful for a generalist engineer
student.
Introduction to problems involving randomness: probability theory and modelling. Basics of
statistics.
 Chimie et Génie des Procédés
Chemistry and Process Engineering

Course Lectures Tutorials Lab Self- Personal Total ECTS

unit code learning work credits
ING_1A_S
32 32 8 24 TBA 96 5
6_CHIM

Language of instruction
French
Prerequisites
Highschool level in chemistry. Physics and mathematics studied in « Classes Préparatoires aux
Grandes Ecoles » or undergraduate level. Some parts of the course unit in Quantum Physics (see
this course unit below in this syllabus) will be needed.
Description
The main focus is on chemical phenomena at the molecular scale. Many results in petrochemistry or
in chemistry for life sciences can be explained at this scale. Most properties and the related models
will be studied: atoms, molecules (geometry, deformation, vibration, motion, electronic properties,
polarization, polarizability, spectrocopic properties, color, conductive properties, reactivity).The
students will also write summaries on the topic Chemistry and Society in order to develop kowledge
about chemical industry (ressources, products, relationships with society).
The studied methods will be easily extended to more complex problems at advanced level, such
examples are surface reactivity for solid materials, media with several components.
Introduction
• Objectives of the course and pedagogy
• Main aspects of chemical industry
Description of a molecular system
• Description of atom properties
• Theory of symmetry fields
• Electronic description of molecular systems (chemical bonds, symmetry)
• Electronic description of fundamental molecular interactions
• Introduction to band theory
Spectroscopy
• General principles for the wave-matter interaction
• Pratical aspects of spectroscopy (emitters and detectors)
• Description of standard molecular spectroscopies and application to the extraction of
structural and dynamical properties of molecules.
• Introduction to other specific spectroscopic techniques
Organic reactivity
1. Halogenation of alkanes (relative reactivity and selectivity, radicalar chemistry)
2. Stereochemistry : conformations and chirality
3. Unimolecular and bimolecular nucleophilic substitution, consequences for
stereochemistry
4. Reactions with alkenes and for strucures with delocalized electrons
5. Benzene and aromaticity : electrophilic aromatic substitution
6. Aldehydes and ketones : aldol condensation and unsaturated ketones
7. Carboxylic acids and derivatives
Organometallic reactivity and catalysis
1. Organometallic compounds : introduction and history
2. Electronic structure of organometallic complexes
3. Metal-Ligand bonding
4. Reaction mechanisms : susbsitution of ligands
5. Oxidative addition and reductive elimination
6. Insertion and elimination
7. Applications to industrial catalysis : hydrogenation and hydroformylation
Lab work : organic synthesis, theoretical computation, reaction kinetics
Heat and mass transfer
1. Global mass and energy balance (with or without chemical reaction)
2. Heat transfer: conduction, convection (natural and forced), radiation
3. Mass transfer (with or without chemical reaction). Transfer coupling.
Objectives
The first objective is to introduce concepts and methods of the heat transfer theory (conduction,
convection, radiation) and of the mass transfer theory (with or without chemical reactions). The
coupling between these two types of transfer will be studied. The student should be able to write
and solve the equations need to describe a given system; he/she will be able to choose between a
local approach (variation equations) and a global approach (transfert coefficients) according to the
expected results and the data.
 Ondes et signal
Waves and signal

Course Lectures Tutorials Lab Self- Personal Total ECTS

unit code learning work credits
ING_1A_S
32 32 8 24 TBA 96 5
6_ONSI

Language of instruction
French
Prerequisites
Physics: electromagnetism in vacuum
Mathematics: Fourier transform, distributions, convolution, Green function (this part will be quickly
introduced at the beginning of the course)
Description
Waves
The first part of the course unit is dedicated to lab work: holography, diffraction and spatial
filtering.
The second part is devoted to theory: basics of electromagnetic optics, electrostatics and
magnetostatics in vacuum and in a media. The microscopic approach will link matter polarization
with applied field and will help to describe dielectric and conductive materials. Isotropic and
anisotropic media will be defined. The polarization state will be introduced (eigen state of field,
propagation, index ellipsoids, birefringent material).
Fourier transform is used to solve Maxwell coupled differential equations. The consequences of the
dependence with time and frequency for electromagnetic fields are studied. Coherence definition is
introduced.
I, the case of spatial dependency of the electromagnetic fields, spatial Fourier transform is also
used. Spatial pulsations, spatial wave packet, propagation and evanescent fields are studied as well
as their consequences in optics problems (evanescent wave filtering). The spatial wave packet
approach is applied to optic properties of planar components: interferential optic filters and
diffraction networks.
Then images formation in an optical system will be studied in the case of Fresnel approximation
(transfer function, Fresnel propagator). The transmission function of a perfect thin lens is
determined as well as the point spread function (PSF), pupil, Fourier filtering of an optical system.
Then the student will learn the basics of optical aberrations. The principle of the measurement
(interferometry method, Shack-Hartmann sensor) is studied. Adaptive optics for perturbed systems
is described.
Signal
• Representation of signals and of linear time-invariant systems
• Sampling
• Noise and random signals
• Filtering of stochastics processes
• Fundamentals of optimal processing
• Basics of information theory
• Lab works: from analogic to digital (acquisition and analysis of signals); spectral analysis;
deconvolution; optimal filtering (evaluation of the method and quality criteria)
Objectives
The goal of this course is to link electromagnetic optics and images.
The main tool under study is the spatial and frequency wave train using Fourier transforme
formalism.
This course presents the foundations of signal theory and in particular the importance of the choice
of representation of the information in function of a given task. It covers basic filter theory,
stochastic process analysis and tackle the notion of optimality on several examples.
 Activités physiques sportives et artistiques S6
Sports and artistic activities S6

Course unit Lectures Tutorials Lab Personal Total ECTS

code work credits
ING_1A_S6 15 1
_APSA

Language of instruction
French
Prerequisites
Highschool level.
Description
Three types of activities are offered
• sports and competition: the students are involved in competition. It can be in team sports or
individual sports with a team spirit.
• regular physical training: for those who do not want to compete but just want to discover
new sport activities or improve from a personal point of view.
• artistics activities such as theatre
Objectives
The goal for the students is to develop skills related to the engineering curriculum. It will help the
students to integrate in a group and develop his/her feeling of membership. It will also help the
students to maintain or develop his/her physical well-being.
 Train'Ing S6
Train'Ing S6

Course unit Lectures Tutorials Lab Personal Total ECTS

code work credits
ING_1A_S6 3 or 4
_TRAININ
G

Language of instruction
French
Prerequisites
Highschool level.
Description
Train'Ing takes place one week every three weeks. Each Train'Ing week is different. Here are some
proposed activites:
• team projects,
• creativity, innovation and design project,
• laboratory work,
• crash course in management for engineers,
• conferences and meetings with companies,
• crash courses to introduce engineering problems and solutions.
During the second semester, this course unit also includes a work placement (one or two months).
Objectives
There are several goals for the Train'Ing course unit. First, it introduces new ways of learning in
order to make students pro-active and to enhance their ability to learn by themselves (e.g. MOOC,
learning by doing). The second goal is to develop their ability to work in a team structure (e.g. team
management, soft-skill development such as inside and outside communication, project
presentation). The last goal is to stimulate students' curiosity and creativity.
During this semester, the students also discover work in companies as interns.
 Projet Transverse S6
Multidisciplinary Project S6

Course unit Lectures Tutorials Lab Personal Total ECTS

code work credits
Projet 5
Transverse
S6

Language of instruction
French
Prerequisites
Highschool level.
Description
TBA
Objectives
TBA