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.
The goal is to develop students’ analytical and practical skills while providing them with an advanced understanding of global politics.
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:
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:
Students can continue their studies by choosing one of the Masters offered at ESPOL:
They can also take the European, national and local civil service exams.
Introduction aux relations internationales | 24h | 4 ECTS |
Introduction à la science politique | 24h | 4 ECTS |
Travaux dirigés d’introduction à la science politique | 16h | 2 ECTS |
Khôlles | 2 ECTS | |
Global History | 24h | 4 ECTS |
Travaux dirigés de Global History | 16h | 2 ECTS |
Introduction à la sociologie | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Introduction à l’économie | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Professionnalisation | 4h | |
Méthodologie du travail intellectuel et bases de l’argumentation | 16h | 1 ECTS |
Ateliers de sensibilisation aux Violences Sexistes et Sexuelles | 4h | |
LV1 | 30h | 2 ECTS |
LV2 | 16h | 2 ECTS |
LV3 | 15h | 1 ECTS |
Introduction aux relations internationales | 24h | 4 ECTS |
Khôlle | 2 ECTS | |
Histoire des idées politiques anciennes et modernes | 24h | 4 ECTS |
Séminaire de lecture | 16h | 2 ECTS |
Introduction to Public International Law | 24h | 4 ECTS |
Introduction to Public International Law tutorials | 16h | 2 ECTS |
Economie politique | 18h | 3 ECTS |
History of the 20th Century | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Journée européenne | 10h | / |
Study trip | 10h | / |
LV1 | 16h | 2 ECTS |
LV2 | 16h | 2 ECTS |
LV3 | 15h | 2 ECTS |
Theories of International Relations | 24h | 4 ECTS |
Theories of International Relations tutorials | 16h | 2 ECTS |
Histoire des idées politiques contemporaines | 24h | 4 ECTS |
Epistémologie des sciences sociales | 24h | 4 ECTS |
Politics of International Law | 18h | 3 ECTS |
International Political Sociology | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Area Studies: Middle East | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Area Studies: Caucasus | 18h | 3 ECTS |
History, Geography, and Globalization | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Introduction aux études de genre | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Sociologie de l’ethnicité | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Sports and Politics | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Lecture d’oeuvre : Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Lecture d’oeuvre : De la démocratie en Amérique, Alexis de Tocqueville | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Lecture d’oeuvre : La littérature écrite par des politiques, de J. César à V. Havel | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Professionnalisation | 10h | / |
Essay Writing Workshop | 16h | 1 ECTS |
LV1 | 16h | 2 ECTS |
LV2 | 16h | 2 ECTS |
LV3 | 15h | 2 ECTS |
Foreign Policy Analysis | 24h | 4 ECTS |
Foreign Policy Analysis tutorials | 16h | 2 ECTS |
International Political Economy | 24h | 4 ECTS |
International Political Economy tutorials | 16h | 2 ECTS |
Europe and the European Union | 18h | 3 ECTS |
International Organisations | 18h | 3 ECTS |
State Making in International Politics | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Area Studies: East Asia | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Ethics in International Relations | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Relations internationales et anarchisme | 18h | 3 ECTS |
The Communist Century | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Introduction aux sociologies de la déviance et de la pénalité | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Qu’est-ce que le cosmopolitisme ? | 18h | 3 ECTS |
MUN | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Music and Politics | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Littérature et trauma | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Humanisme européen | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Néoliberalisme et societé d’évaluation | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Journée européenne | 10h | / |
LV1 | 16h | 2 ECTS |
LV2 | 16h | 2 ECTS |
LV3 | 15h | 2 ECTS |
Politics of Development | 24h | 4 ECTS |
Politics of Development tutorials | 16h | 2 ECTS |
Comparative Politics | 24h | 4 ECTS |
Comparative Politics tutorials | 16h | 2 ECTS |
EU External Action | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Security, Risk, Uncertainty | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Borders, Mobility and Migration | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Advanced International Relations Theories | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Cinéma et Relations Internationales | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Political Philosophy of Migration | 18h | 3 ECTS |
“Una historia comparada de la Península Ibérica, siglos XX y XXI: repúblicas, fascismos, Europa” | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Images et scènes du politique : la souveraineté | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Outer Space Law and Policy | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Professionnalisation | 10h | / |
LV1 | 16h | 2 ECTS |
LV2 | 16h | 2 ECTS |
LV3 | 15h | 2 ECTS |
Dossier de recherche | 8 ECTS | |
Diplomacy, Negotiation, Mediation | 24h | 4 ECTS |
Diplomacy, Negotiation, Meditation tutorials | 16h | 2 ECTS |
Global Governance and the UN System | 24h | 4 ECTS |
Political Science Research Methods | 18h | 3 ECTS |
American Political Institutions and Their Role in U.S. Foreign Policy | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Area Studies: South Asia | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Area Studies: Amérique Centrale | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Global Health | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Politics of the Anthropocene | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Power and Ethnicity in Latin America | 18h | 3 ECTS |
Journée européenne | 10h | / |
LV1 | 16h | 2 ECTS |
LV2 | 16h | 2 ECTS |
LV3 | 15h | 2 ECTS |