Bac 2022 specialty tests: which subjects can fall?

SPECIALTY SUBJECTS 2022. The final exams for the 2022 baccalaureate start this Wednesday, May 11, with the specialty exams. Here are some subject themes that are already highlighted…

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The subjects of specialties have therefore already fallen in Polynesia. For the specialty test in history, geography, geopolitics and political science, students had the choice between three subjects: two dissertations (Judging genocides and mass crimes since 1945 / Space conquest, an ideological and power issue) and a review of documents (The stages of the action of human beings on their environment since the Neolithic). As for the economic and social science specialty test, Polynesians could choose to deal with the dissertation (How can we explain international exchanges?) or one of the two composite tests based on the study of documents. Those who chose the specialty test in Earth Sciences and Life had the choice between two subjects for the first exercise, then had to work on a dissertation (The weakening of the immune response of severe burn victims. Explain the role cortisol, a stress hormone, in the weakening of the immune response of severe burn victims). Discover all the subjects by specialty:

However, be careful not to be influenced. Each specialty test, whether specific to the general baccalaureate or a technological baccalaureate, corresponds to a dedicated program. The candidate is therefore likely to be assessed on all the subjects studied during the year. The workload can be heavy, too, for the 2022 baccalaureate, the ministry has decided to lighten the revisions of the candidates a little. In each specialty teaching, he has divided the themes of the program into three categories: subjects reserved for examinations in even years, those assessed only during odd years and the essential and/or main themes which may fall in the final examinations each year. To find it, the Ministry of National Education website shared his new subject-by-subject classification.

What do the baccalaureate specialty exams correspond to?

The specialty tests are a first in this 2022 baccalaureate. This novelty of twelve tests, one per specialty education, was introduced by the reform of the baccalaureate which abolished the S, ES and L streams in high school. Candidates are assessed on two subjects they have chosen to study during their year of first year and that of final year. The specialty tests normally take place in March, but the calendar has been adjusted to 2022 with a postponement to May due to the health crisis.

This short session of specialty tests only represents the first half of the exams that make up the baccalaureate. After May 13, candidates will have to go back to classes and revisions to prepare for the philosophy and major oral tests scheduled between mid-June and early July. The pupils of first year will have to rub shoulders with the written and oral French tests.

As a reminder, the specialty tests such as the final baccalaureate tests represent 60% of the final mark. For the remaining 40%, corresponding to the “common base” of knowledge, the games of each candidate are already made since it is a continuous assessment assessment (the old E3C or “common continuous assessment tests”).

The specialist courses are chosen in several stages by the candidate. Three specialties are first selected by each first year high school student. In the final year, he only keeps two and takes written tests on them before the end of the year.

The list of specialties is rich and their choice has become a headache for candidates as well as for their parents or teachers. Students have the choice between: arts; history-geography, geopolitics and political science; humanity, literature, philosophy; literature and languages ​​and cultures of Antiquity; Foreign and regional languages, literatures and cultures; math ; digital and computer science; chemical Physics ; economics and social sciences; engineering Sciences ; Life and earth sciences ; biology-ecology sciences.

What are the dates of the 2022 baccalaureate specialty exams?

Once again, the calendar of bac exams has been turned upside down in 2022, due to the health crisis. While the specialty tests were to be anticipated and take place between March 14 and 16, they were finally postponed from Wednesday May 11 to Friday May 13. The Ministry of National Education justified its decision by the consequences of the Covid-19 epidemic on the start of the school year. By shifting the tests by two months, the ministry wanted to “preserve equal treatment between candidates and allow everyone to calmly prepare for these tests”.

If the tests are spread over three days, each candidate will only take two exams, those corresponding to the specialty courses selected in first and final year. Between the 11th and 13th, the high school students will all have either a day to breathe between the tests, or an additional one-day period to revise before the exams or they will leave with a day in advance of the test session. This detail is to be taken into account to get in good condition before the exams and especially to manage your stress. Here are the scheduled time slots for each written test:

Dates of the specialty examinations for the general baccalaureate:

It should be noted that for the scientific specialties Biology-ecology, Digital and computer sciences, Physics-chemistry and Life and Earth sciences, a practical test is scheduled in the days following the written exam.

Dates of the specialty tests for the technological baccalaureates:

In ST2S

• Chemistry, biology and human physiopathologies: Wednesday May 11 between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
• Health and social sciences and techniques: Thursday May 12 between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

In STL

• Physics-chemistry and mathematics: Wednesday May 11 between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
• Biochemistry-biology-biotechnology or Physical and chemical sciences in the lab: Thursday May 12 between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

In STD2A

• Analysis and methods in design: Wednesday, May 11 between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
• Conception and creation in design and crafts: Thursday May 12 between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.

In STI2D

• Physics-chemistry and mathematics: Wednesday May 11 between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
• Engineering, innovation and sustainable development: Thursday May 12 between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.

In STMG

• Management, management and digital sciences: Wednesday May 11 between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
• Law and economy: Thursday May 12 between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.

In STHR

• Economy-hotel management: Wednesday May 11 between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
• Culinary sciences and technologies and services: not specified

In S2TMD

• Culture and choreographic, musical or theatrical sciences: Wednesday May 11 between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
• Choreographic or musical theater practice: not specified

In STAV

• Power resource management: not specified
• Territories and technology: not specified

Candidates will have between three and four hours to compose on each specialty test, but, for once, the course and content of the exams are specific to each subject. For all the written tests and depending on the teaching assessed, the candidates will have to answer questions, solve problems, carry out various exercises or even write essays.

One thing is certain “these specialty tests will include adjustments to their subjects, which will always guarantee the candidate a choice, whether between questions or between exercises”, promised the Ministry of National Education on January 28 by presenting this novelty. Concretely, the subjects will submit several questions or several exercises to the candidate and the latter will have to choose to answer or to carry out a certain number of them. Be careful, because some subjects will provide compulsory exercises for all candidates and others optional.

Most specialties are assessed on a single written test, but some subjects, particularly science, include a practical exam which will take place a few days after the final test according to the timetables of each high school. For these practical exams, candidates must choose a theme at random from those proposed and demonstrate their mastery of the subject and/or their practical skills in front of a jury of professors.

The Arts specialty test includes an oral test which is organized under the same conditions as the practical scientific tests. Find the details of the course of each test in our papers dedicated to the twelve specialty courses listed above.

When will the results of the specialty tests be published?

Given the postponement of the specialty tests to May, the results of these exams will be published at the same time as the other results of the baccalaureate, namely on July 5, 2022. The marks obtained in the written tests of the specialty courses, and normally known in March, had to be taken into account in the Parcoursup file. As a result of the postponement of the tests, it is ultimately the averages of each candidate in these lessons over the three terms of the first class and the first two terms of the final class that have been entered in the orientation files.