First technical cycle diploma – Wikipedia

The First technical cycle diploma ( DPCT ), registered at level III of the RNCP (current level 5), was issued by the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (CNAM) until 2008.

This diploma was approved at level III (Bac+2) by decree of 08 April 1981 and published in the Official Journal of the French Republic of April 10, 1981 ^{[ first ]} . This diploma was approved until December 31, 2006 For CNAM DPCT diplomas whose registration of the specialty was requested from the RNCP and December 31, 2007 For non-inscribed ^{[ 2 ]} . It was planned to no longer deliver the DPCT of the CNAM from the end of 2009 ^{[ 3 ]} , but statistics from the Ministry of National Education show that the latest CNAM DPCT diplomas were issued in 2008 ^{[ 4 ]} As an establishment diplomas ^{[ 2 ]} .

The courses are those of higher education, it sanctions 3 to 4 years of study after a bac level.

The diploma is obtained by the capitalization of values ​​(U.V.) units organized in progress and/or practical work.

Each teaching unit gives rise to knowledge control, either by an annual examination, or by the combination: annual examination – continuous control. After success to the exams (note> = 10/20), certificates of values ​​or half-values ​​for the acquired units are established.

Conditions for obtaining the DPCT ^{[ 5 ]} :

• To be at least 21 years old,
• Have acquired all the UVs planned (generally 7 to 8 Cycle A, a UV representing 100 hours of lessons on average, the overall hourly volume of the courses in this diploma is 700 hours is as much as a university deg ^{[ 6 ]} ),
• Fulfill the professional experience conditions,
• The listener must not have been exempt from more than 5 U.V. (value unit).

Professional experience required ^{[ 7 ] , [ 8 ]} :

• If the professional activity of satisfactory level corresponds to the specialty of the diploma prepared, the minimum duration required is 2 years full time. If professional activity does not correspond in kind and level to the specialty of the diploma prepared, the minimum duration required is 2 years full time.
• If professional experience is nonexistent or insufficient, the person will have to do a 3 to 6 month internship in the specialty to obtain their diploma. In the absence of this internship, the request for a diploma will be refused and it will only be issued a certificate of the values ​​obtained.
• To be sure to meet professional experience requirements, any file must be validated by the schooling service of the regional center or the arts and trades teaching center.

Recommended level of studies:

• Building, civil engineering
• Biochemistry, Biology
• Chemistry
• Electronic
• Electrical engineering
• Energetic
• Analytical engineering
• Geotech
• Computer science
• IT (option: Company IT engineering)
• IT applied to digital modeling and analysis
• Industrial data
• Industrial hygiene and safety
• Instrumentation- Measurement
• Materials
• Polymers
• Mechanical
• Metallurgy
• Organisation
• Organization of productions
• Physique
• Physics (analytical engineering orientation)
• Sciences and techniques of agricultural productions

Modification following the Reform LMD (license-master-doctorate) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Today, and since the LMD reform, some DPCT specialties have been replaced by license and master’s degrees. Other DPCT specialties have been replaced by “professional titles” or “RNCP titles”. These titles registered in the RNCP are approved by the State which thus recognizes the professional dimension of the diploma and the seriousness of the institution which prepares it. This approval also allows the diploma to be recognized throughout the national territory, in the various collective agreements and by most administrative competitions ^{[ 9 ] , [ ten ] , [ 11 ] , [ twelfth ] , [ 13 ]} .

Correspondence between the specialties of the DPCT (Bac+2) and the “RNCP titles” or professional title registered in the RNCP – Level III (Bac+2) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Industry [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Computer science [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• The DPCT IT has become:
  • Analyst-programmer (Java programming course)
  • Analyst-programmer (mobile programming course)
  • Analyst-programmer (web programming course)

Until fall 2011, the diploma or RNCP title of Analyst Programmer is a title issued by the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (CNAM) and registered in the RNCP. In the fall of 2011, he became a CNAM establishment diploma. This diploma was approved, for a period of 5 years (of the October 24, 2006 until October 24, 2011 ), at level III (bac+2) by decree of October 2, 2006 and published in the Official Journal of the French Republic of October 24, 2006 ^{[ 14 ] , [ 15 ] , [ 16 ]} .

Correspondence between the specialties of the DPCT (Bac+2) and the CNAM establishment diplomas (Bac+2) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Certain specialties of the DPCT have not been renewed in “RNCP titles” or professional title registered in the RNCP – Level III (Bac+2), on the other hand they were transformed into a CNAM establishment diploma (Bac+2).

CNAM establishment diploma (Bac+2) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Industry [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Computer science [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• The DPCT IT has become:
  • Analyst-programmer (Java programming course)
  • Analyst-programmer (mobile programming course)
  • Analyst-programmer (web programming course)

Since fall 2011, the diploma of Analyst Programmer is an establishment diploma issued by the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (CNAM) ( Computer DEPARTMENT SITE LINK ) And ( CNAM training site link) .

DPCT specialties of which no equivalence has been found for the moment [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Analytical engineering
• IT (option: Company IT engineering)
• IT applied to digital modeling and analysis
• Industrial data
• Industrial hygiene and safety
• Instrumentation- Measurement
• Polymers
• Metallurgy
• Organisation
• Organization of productions
• Physique
• Physics (analytical engineering orientation)
• Sciences and techniques of agricultural productions

Privileges or exemptions granted to DPCT holders for competitions or studies [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• By decree of August 25, 1969 , the DPCT diploma is in the list of titles admitted as an exemption from the second degree teaching baccalaureate for registration in universities for scientific and pharmaceutical studies ^{[ 17 ]} .