Specialty tests: dates, fallen subjects, arrangements?

Specialty courses aim to prepare high school students for the success of their higher education. Followed during high school, from the second, these specialties will thus teach the basics of a field or a profession which will then be deepened at the end of high school by the choice of an appropriate orientation. This year is the first time that Terminale students have taken these new 2022 Baccalaureate exams. For students, students will be assessed on subjects taken by choice, from the second year, according to their centers of interest. and their academic and/or professional ambitions. In fact, knowledge of a dozen subjects is tested between May 11 and 13, at the rate of one subject per day for high school students who have opted for two specialties.. In total this year, 523,199 candidates sit the specialist education exams in France (including 7,762 individual candidates). Among these students, there are 381,221 candidates for the general route and 141,978 candidates for the technological route, specifies the Ministry of National Education in a press release dated May 9, 2022. Here are the specialty dates chosen by future graduates as well as the modalities of these tests, which depending on the speciality, are supplemented by oral tests or evaluation of experimental skills.

What are the dates of the specialty courses?

This year, the specialty tests take place:

• May 11, 12 and 13 for mainland France, Reunion, Antilles-Guyana;
• May 18, 19 and 20 for Mayotte.
• Note that the specialty lessons have already taken place in French Polynesia, from May 4 to 6, 2022.

What are the test times for each specialty?

Here are the schedules for this Thursday and Friday for the specialty tests which continue until Friday, May 13. Note that students from Mayotte will take these tests from May 18 to 20, 2022.

Specialty tests: what subjects fell?

here are the subjects of the 5 major specialties which were unveiled in the afternoon of this Wednesday, May 11:

• Mathematics: Exponential functions and sequences, probabilities and numerical functions
• Economics and social sciences: Is the accumulation of factors of production the only source of economic growth?
• Chemistry physics: Dye + juggling physics, and horseshoe cooling
• History, geography, geopolitics and political science: The conquest of space from 1957 to the present day: rivalries and cooperation & The United States and the environment at different scales
• SVT life and earth sciences: Muscular contraction and Carboniferous climate variation
• Humanities, literature and philosophy: Philosophical essay – To know oneself, is it to discover oneself as a “unique piece”?

What are the fallen subjects in French Polynesia?

The students of French Polynesia having already passed these tests between May 4 and 6, here is the opportunity to discover dropped topics, and to guide final revisions.

• Students who have opted for physics and chemistry worked on the study of a “gravitational tractor to deflect an asteroid” or on the “synthesis of an ester with a floral smell”.
• In SVT, high school students had to analyze the “advantages and limitations of the two modes of plant reproduction”. They also had a choice on the subject of “mechanisms allowing a muscle to contract from a nervous message”;
• In History-Geography, Geopolitics and Political Science (HGGSP), the subject to be detailed related to “the action of human beings on their environment since the Neolithic era” or to choose from two dissertation subjects: “the conquest of space as an ideological and power issue” or “judging genocides and war crimes since 1945”.
• In Economics and Social Sciences (SES), the pupils had to present their opinion on international and commercial exchanges, as well as on the “objectives of European competition policy in a composite test”.

What are the arrangements for the specialty tests this year?

This year, due to Covid-19, the specialty tests have been postponed, with some adjustments to allow each student to benefit from the same chances of success in the baccalaureate:

• All subjects are laid out so that everyone, according to their specialty, can have a choice of questions or exercises
• The two days preceding the tests are devoted, in the establishments, to exam revisionsfinal year students having only their specialty courses;
• The tests specific to the language level certificate are cancelled, exceptionally for this year.

At last, “instead of the marks obtained by the candidates in the written specialty tests, the averages obtained by the candidates in these courses over the three quarters of the first class and the two first trimesters of the final class“, adds the ministry.

Invitation and day of the event: how is the EDS going?

Initially scheduled for March, the specialty education tests have been postponed due to the health crisis, to allow all students to pass them fairly. However, the program has not been extended, the students thus having additional time for their revisions. According to a press release from the Ministry of National Education on May 11, these first tests will be held “for the first time in the intended format”. Thus, it is recommended to arrive at the examination center 30 minutes before the start of the test. . Beyond the start time of the test, only the head of the center can authorize, on an exceptional basis, access to the composition room, without overtime.

Each candidate has chosen two specialty courses which are the subject of one test per day. The high school student is therefore convened over two days (one day per event). “The subjects comply with the limiting program of each discipline and with the expectations of the final year class” explains the ministry. This year, given the health situation, the government has decided to adjust the specialty subjects for this 2022 season, so that “candidates can have a choice of questions or exercises”.

What are the different specialties for the general baccalaureate?

• Arts: Circus arts, Visual arts, Cinema-audiovisual, Dance, History of the arts, Music, Theater
• History-geography, geopolitics, political science
• Humanity, literature, philosophy: Literature and languages ​​and cultures of Antiquity, Foreign and regional languages, literatures and cultures
• Math : Algebra and geometry, Analysis, Probability, Algorithms and programming
• Numerical and computer science
• Chemical Physics
• Economics and social sciences
• Engineering Sciences
• Life and earth sciences
• Physical Education, Sports Practices and Culture

New teaching gradually implemented since 2021 from the first class, the specialty “Physical Education, Sports Practices and Culture” will combine practical and theoretical content. It will offer broader perspectives than sports education by also allowing you to learn about health and well-being professions in particular.

What are the specialties for the technological baccalaureate?

ST2S

• Human Chemistry, Biology and Pathophysiology
• Health and social science and technology

STL

• Physics-chemistry and mathematics
• Biochemistry-biology- biotechnology
• Physical and chemical sciences in the laboratory

STD2A

• Analysis and methods in design
• Conception and creation in design and crafts

STI2D

• Engineering, innovation and sustainable development (2I2D)
• Physics-chemistry and mathematics

STMG

• Management, management sciences and digital
• law and economics

STHR

• Culinary Science and Technology (STC) and Services (STS)
• Scientific education in food and environment (ESAE)
• Economy – hotel management

S2TMD

• Culture and science
• Practice

How are the corrections of the specialty tests carried out?

The correctors in charge of evaluating the copies of the teaching of specialties will be able to benefit froma discharge time with four half-days as much as possible to make the corrections. This package will be usable, at the choice of the teacher after agreement of the head of the establishment, between May 17 and June 3.

When to choose your specialty courses?

In both general and technological pathways, 3 specialties must be chosen by the students during the second year. These 3 specialties are also practiced during the year of first then the student will have to keep 2 of them which will count among the exams of the baccalaureate.

Their selection is made according to their appetite for the specialties offered but also according to their degree of motivation. Similarly, the knowledge that your child wishes to deepen and his orientation project in higher education. will guide him in his choice. Finally, of course, getting information beforehand and discussing it with their main teacher will allow them to make more informed choices. Also practical, Onisep has developed an application called Horizons21.com for second graders. These latter can “to test the combinations of specialist teaching and the fields of training and professions on which these teachings can lead”, assures the Ministry of Education on its website. Finally, rest assured, the choice of a specialty does not in any way prevent access to training, the specialties are used to experiment first and foremost with what he likes or not.