Law - Political science - Administration

MASTER - COMPARATIVE POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY - IDIL

Comparative policies
  • Target level of study

    BAC +5

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Duration

    2 years

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Law and Political Science

Presentation

Comparative Politics

  • Master in Politics and Comparative Public Action
    Coordinator: Laura MICHEL

The IDIL "Comparative Politics and Public Action" Master's degree is a selective, multi-disciplinary specialization in political science. It focuses primarily on the fields of political sociology and public policy analysis.

Offered by the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Montpellier, this Master's degree in political science (one of three at the university) is the only one in France to be offered under the heading of "Comparative Politics". In this respect, it emphasizes sensitivity to international comparative openness as a research approach, in the profile of students and lecturers and in the use of English as a working language.

Example of teaching units :

- International politics
- Political sociology of elites
- European political institutions

The "Comparative Politics and Public Action" Master's degree is a two-year program (120 ECTS as the only course in the "Comparative Politics" specialization) offering an in-depth program in political science, specializing in political sociology and public policy, with an international outlook.

It prepares students for all professions requiring intensive work, rigorous methods, critical synthesis, solid and convincing argumentation and advanced analysis, whether applied (public or private sector jobs) or fundamental (research training). For students wishing to pursue doctoral studies (at the University of Montpellier or other universities in France or abroad), it is the preferred course of study.
The working languages are French and English.

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Objectives

At the end of their training, Master's graduates have the ability to work intensively, the capacity to synthesize, the mastery of methods for analyzing complex situations, and knowledge of the world of politics and public action.

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Program

The program is organized into 4 semesters: 2 for teaching in M1 (lectures and tutorials, shared with other political science masters programs) (except in the case of international mobility for students from Montpellier's L3 Political Science program), 1 for teaching through research seminars (M2) and 1 for preparing the M2 dissertation (or internship).

 

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Master Politique et action publique comparées - Comparative Politics and Public Policy - IDIL

  • Master Politique et action publique comparées - Comparative Politics and Public Policy

The "Comparative Politics and Public Action" Master's degree is a two-year program (120 ECTS as the only course in the "Comparative Politics" specialization) offering an in-depth program in political science, specializing in political sociology and public policy, with an international outlook.

It prepares students for all professions requiring intensive work, rigorous methods, critical synthesis, solid and convincing argumentation and advanced analysis, whether applied (public or private sector jobs) or fundamental (research training). For students wishing to pursue doctoral studies (at the University of Montpellier or other universities in France or abroad), it is the preferred course of study.
The working languages are French and English.

 

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  • UE NON-CORE TRAINING UNITS IDIL (CHOICE)

    • Choice: 1 of 10

      • Innovations in clinical biomarkers, biotechnologies for pers

        2 credits
      • Challenges in chemistry for health and environment

        2 credits
      • Scientific openness to earth and water issues under global c

        2 credits
      • Why democracy is hard?

        2 credits
      • Defusing quantitative bullshit

        2 credits
      • Plant health 2.0: a global war

        2 credits
      • One health and eco-epidemiology

        2 credits
      • Mediterranean Terrestrial Ecosystems

        2 credits
      • The Bionic Man

        2 credits
      • Sustainable management basics

        2 credits20h
  • International policy

    3 credits
    • TD International politics

    • CM International politics

  • Public action and governance

    3 credits
    • TD Public action and governance

    • CM Public action and governance

  • Personal project: research project + English

    10 credits
    • Optional

      • Research Project

        8 credits
      • English

      • UE French as a foreign language

  • Choice of 3 UE out of 4

    • Choice of 3 out of 4

      • Political sociology of elites (ST)

      • European political institutions (ST)

      • Political anthropology (ST)

      • Environment & Policy (ST)

  • Transversal training units IDIL

    4 credits
  • UE Quantitative studies

  • In-Lab

    2 credits
  • Optional

    • Legal clinic (F)

    • Memory (F)

    • Internship (F)

    • Work integration workshops (F): CV/LM

    • Tutored project (F)

    • Apprenticeship (F)

    • Legal watch (F)

  • Research internship / mémoire de recherche M1

    20 credits
  • Complementary discipline political science

    • Your choice: 1 of 5

      • UE Qualitative methods

      • Development policy

        4 credits
      • Nations and nationalisms (ST)

      • Conflict and post-conflict (ST)

      • Sociology of partisan organizations(ST)

  • Research context (language)

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • English

      • UE French as a foreign language

  • Comparative politics (ST)

  • Environment and health

    2 credits
  • Multidisciplinary team project

    10 credits
  • Building research: epistemology and comparison

    2 credits
  • Research context: languages + institutions and economics

    2 credits
    • Institutions and the economics of research

    • Languages

  • Research in progress

    8 credits
  • Transversal units 2B IDIL

    4 credits
  • UE NON-CORE TRAINING UNITS IDIL (CHOICE)

    • Choice: 1 of 10

      • Innovations in clinical biomarkers, biotechnologies for pers

        2 credits
      • Challenges in chemistry for health and environment

        2 credits
      • Scientific openness to earth and water issues under global c

        2 credits
      • Why democracy is hard?

        2 credits
      • Defusing quantitative bullshit

        2 credits
      • Plant health 2.0: a global war

        2 credits
      • One health and eco-epidemiology

        2 credits
      • Mediterranean Terrestrial Ecosystems

        2 credits
      • The Bionic Man

        2 credits
      • Sustainable management basics

        2 credits20h
  • Choice 1

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Choice 2

        • Student involvement

        • Research internship : Mémoire de recherche

          28 credits
      • Research internship : Mémoire de recherche

        30 credits

Admission

Access conditions

Applications (pre-selection on the basis of files, followed by interviews) are open to holders of a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent foreign qualification) in political science or a related discipline.

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And then

Professional integration

- Careers in politics and public decision-making in the broad sense (private or public sector)
- A+/A category administrative competitions (State / local authorities)
- Higher education and research (France or abroad)

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