Bachelor’s in International Relations
Bachelor’s degree in international relations
A solid analytic and critical understanding of global politics
The Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations is a comprehensive multidisciplinary programme that provides students with a solid analytical and critical understanding of international politics. The challenges involved in armed conflicts and peacekeeping, political violence and terrorism, economic growth and inequality, the environment, energy and migration lie increasingly beyond the regulatory scope of states and are raising a growing number of political and ethical issues for the future of the world. Global politics are so deeply embedded in historical, economic and legal structures, institutions and processes that they cannot be analysed from a single disciplinary perspective.
Overview
The goal is to develop students’ analytical and practical skills while providing them with an advanced understanding of global politics.
- A multidisciplinary approach combining different perspectives preparing for further studies in multiple disciplines.
- Primarily taught in English, this degree prepares students for the international job market and studies with an international outlook.
- Combination of theoretical reflection and practical skills
Programme
This Bachelor’s Degree programme is designed to enrich the analysis of international relations through historical, legal and economic perspectives and in terms of development through specialised courses. It also proposes classes on political issues specific to certain regions of the world, such as the Middle East, Latin America and Southeast Asia.
In order to encourage students to succeed, various mechanisms have been put in place:
- KHOLLES: This 30-minute oral examination generally includes a question from the course or a commentary on a text and is divided into three parts: presentation, discussion and debriefing.
- TUTORING: Possibility to ask a teacher for a meeting in order to submit a problematic seen in class or to deepen questions related to teaching.
- ROLE PLAYING: Theatrical situations conducive to oral expression during several courses, in particular EU Policy Making and Economic, Social & Political Ethics…
Career opportunities
The Bachelor’s degree in International Relations is a diploma at BAC +3 level (180 ECTS credits). It offers students the possibility of continuing their studies in France or abroad in a Master’s degree in several fields:
- Institutes of political studies.
- Journalism.
- Communication.
- International relations.
- Social sciences.
- Law.
- Economics,
- Urban planning.
- Sustainable development.
- Security.
- Governance.
- Agri-food.
Students can continue their studies by choosing one of the Masters offered at ESPOL:
- Master’s in Global and European politics
- Master’s in Food Politics and Sustainable Development
- Master’s in International and Security Politics
They can also take the European, national and local civil service exams.
Semester 1
Unités fondamentales
- Introduction aux relations internationales
- Introduction à la science politique (Travaux dirigés et khôlles)
- Global History
Unités d’approfondissement
Cours obligatoire
- Introduction à la sociologie
- Introduction à l’économie
Compétences fondamentales
- Professionnalisation
- Méthodologie du travail intellectuel et bases de l’argumentation
- LV1 Anglais / FLE
- LV2 au choix (allemand/espagnol/italien)
- LV3 au choix
Semester 2
Unités fondamentales
- Introduction aux relations internationales (Reading exam (khôlle))
- Histoire des idées politiques anciennes et modernes (Séminaires de lecture)
- Introduction to Public International Law (Travaux dirigés)
Unités d’approfondissement
Cours obligatoire
- Économie politique
- History of the 20th Century
Compétences fondamentales
- Journée européenne
- LV1 Anglais / FLE
- LV2 au choix (allemand/espagnol/italien)
- LV3 au choix
Semester 3
Unités fondamentales
- Theories of International Relations (travaux dirigés)
- Histoire des idées politiques contemporaines
- Epistémologie des sciences sociales
Unités d’approfondissement
Cours obligatoire
- International Political Sociology
- Politics of International Law
Cours électifs (1 au choix)
- Area Studies: Middle East
- Area Studies: Caucasus*
- The Role of the UN in Peacekeeping
- Introduction aux études de genre
- History, Geography, and Globalization
- Politique et religion
- Lecture d’œuvre: Le Léviathan (Hobbes)
- Sociologie de l’ethnicité
- Atelier de lecture et d’expression: littérature et politique
- Sports and Politics
- Regional Integration in Africa
Compétences fondamentales
- Professionnalisation
- Essay Writing Workshop
- LV1 Anglais/FLE
- LV2 au choix (allemand/espagnol/italien)
- LV3 au choix
Semester 4
Unités fondamentales
- Foreign Policy Analysis (travaux dirigés)
- International Political Economy (travaux dirigés)
- Europe et l’Union Européenne
Unités d’approfondissement
Cours au choix (1 au choix)
- War, Conflict, and Violence
Environment, Resources, and Food
Cours au choix (2 au choix)
- State Making in International Politics
- Area Studies: African Politics*
- Négociation diplomatique et identité(s)
- The Communist Century
- Introduction aux sociologies de la déviance et de la pénalité (sous réserve d’effectifs suffisants)
- Néoliberalisme et societé d’évaluation (sous réserve d’effectifs suffisants)
- Littérature et trauma
- Théories de la démocratie
- Music and Politics
- Model United Nations Course
Compétences fondamentales
- Study Trip
- Journée européenne
- LV1 Anglais/FLE
- LV2 au choix (allemand/espagnol/italien)
- LV3 au choix
Semester 5
Unités fondamentales
- Politics of Development (travaux dirigés)
- Comparative Politics (travaux dirigés)
- EU External Action
Unités d’approfondissement
Cours au choix (1 au choix)
- Security, Risk, and Uncertainty
- Borders, Boundaries, and Migration
Cours électifs (2 au choix)
- Lawfare: The Politics of Justifying Force (tbc)
- Humanitarian Law and Politics (sous réserve d’effectifs suffisants)
- Global Health
- Advanced International Relations Theory
- Marx’s Capital
- Political Philosophy of Migration
- “Una historia comparada de la Península Ibérica, siglos XX y XXI: repúblicas, fascismos,
- Europa” (sous réserve d’effectifs suffisants)
- Model United Nations Course (NB: only if not attended in L2)
Compétences fondamentales
- Professionnalisation
- LV1 Anglais/ FLE
- LV2 au choix (allemand/espagnol/italien)
- LV3 au choix
Semester 6
Unités fondamentales
- Dossier de recherche (DR)
- Diplomacy, Negotiation, Mediation (travaux dirigés)
- Global Governance and the UN System
Unités d’approfondissement
Cours obligatoire
- Political Science Research Methods
Cours électifs (1 au choix)
- Area Studies: East Asia*
- International Criminal Law
- Area Studies: South Asia*
- Power and Ethnicity in Latin America
- Qu’est-ce que le cosmopolitisme?
- Politics of the Anthropocene
- American Politics and Political Institutions: Continuity and Change (en ligne)
- Postcolonial Studies
Compétences fondamentales
- Journée européenne
- LV1 Anglais/FLE
- LV2 au choix (allemand/espagnol/italien)
- LV3 au choix
