Academic program year 1

Compulsory courses

Fundamental courses - 7ECTS : 

• Comparative Political Economy - Semester 1 - 3ECTS
• Geopolitics - Semester 1 - 2 ECTS
• Economic globalization - Semester 2 - 2ECTS

Conférences de méthode (CM) - 32ECTS :

• France : State, institutions, society (FEIS) - Semester 1 - 4ECTS
• Change in global politics (CMINT) - Semester 1 - 4ECTS
• Policy lab 1 - Semester 1 - 4ECTS
• Comparative regionalism (CMINT) - Semester 2 - 4ECTS
• Methods of social sciences - Semester 2 - 4ECTS
• Foreign and security policies - Semester 2 - 4ECTS
• Policy lab 2 - Semester 2 - 4ECTS

Languages, Sport, CS, Student Involvement - 21ECTS :

• IEP French as a Foreign Language (FLE*) - Semesters 1 & 2 - 5ECTS
• French as a Foreign Language CUEF (FLE*) - Semesters 1 & 2 - 4ECTS
• Academic English - Semesters 1 & 2 - 6ECTS
• Sport - Semesters 1 & 2 - 2ECTS
• 1 Specialized course (CS) of your choice - 2 ECTS
• 1 Specialized course (CS) of your choice - 2 ECTS

(CS and/or sport can be replaced by: engagement étudiant**)

*Forstudents with a C1/C2 level in French: subject to validation by the Director of the International Course, students with a very advanced level of French must replace FLE teaching with CS/CF/CM. Replacement courses must represent a number of ECTS at least equivalent to that of the courses replaced.

**Student involvement can take the form of an internship, associative commitment, civic service or a module organized by the Accueil Handicap service.
All associative commitments require the student to be a member of the board or an active member of an association, and to present a substantial activity report orally before a jury.

Electives and Student Engagement

Optional courses (maximum 2 per semester) :

• CS (specialized courses)
• Student commitment, internship, SAH module, civic service, active participation in an association
• 3rd foreign language (German, Spanish, Italian - B1 level minimum) or UGA language course (24 hours - 90 euros per semester)
• Tutoring
  NB: No ECTS credits, but all points above 10/20 in an optional course earn a bonus added to the final grade point average .