International Affairs and Development - Master's Year 1

Syllabus

Majeure Développement Durable - Obligatoire à choix - 6 ECTS

  • Econométrie I
  • Économétrie des séries temporelles

Majeure Développement Durable - Obligatoire - 12 ECTS

  • Enjeux environnementaux au XXè siècle (obligatoire Majeure Économie et Majeure Pré-Doctorale Économie et Majeure Développement Durable et Majeure Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies)
  • Ethique et déontologie en milieu académique (obligatoire Majeure Economie et Majeure Pré-Doctorale Economie et Majeure Développement Durable et Majeure Conflict transformation and peace studies)
  • Méthodologie de la démonstration (obligatoire Majeure Economie et Majeure Pré-Doctorale Economie et Majeure Développement Durable et Majeure Conflict transformation and peace studies)
  • Projets développement durable I
  • Mondialisation et environnement
  • Management et Transition

Majeure Développement Durable - Optionnel - 9 ECTS à choisir

  • Macroéconomie
  • Sociology of Armed Conflicts I
  • Espagnol
  • Éducation et développement
  • Cycle de conférences sur les organisations internationales

Anglais - Obligatoire (3ECTS)

  • Oral and written communication skills (Groupe 1)
  • Oral and written communication skills (groupe 2)
  • The Economic Press in English (Groupe 1)
  • The Economics Press in English (groupe 3)
  • Culture and practice of entrepreneurship
  • Pop Art and Consumer Society

Majeure Développement Durable - Obligatoire - 30 ECTS

  • Économie de l'énergie et l'environnement
  • Droit de l'environnement
  • Philosophie du développement durable
  • Microfinance
  • Sustainable Finance
  • Natural Resource Economics
  • Projets Développement durable II
  • Organization Theory
  • Socio-économie de l'environnement
  • Corporate Social Responsability

Academic Training Year 2025 - 2026 - subject to modification


Teaching Modalities

The first year of the Master’s program in International Affairs and Development is divided into two semesters. It runs from September to April or May.

When they apply, students choose the first-year major that best prepares them (out of the three offered) for the program they wish to take in the second year of the Master’s program. Students have the option to change their major at the end of the first semester.
The first year of the Master’s program consists of a combination of required courses and electives. Both theoretical courses and applied courses are available. Each major offers its own specific courses, even if they are open to students in other majors as electives (e.g. Econometrics; Practicing Peace).
Examples of courses: International Economics, Economics of Development, Social and Environmental Responsibility, and Conflict Management and Peace Building.

Languages are important to our program: English is a required subject, and students can take the TOEIC exam in the spring. Sustainable Development majors can take Spanish as an elective.
Students in this major do a group field project dealing with the topics of sustainable development and CSR, which is spread out over the school year.


Internships and Supervised Projects

Students may do an internship or take a gap year between the first and second years of the Master’s degree.