Targeted level of study
BAC +5
ECTS
120 credits
Duration
2 years
Training structure
Faculty of Law and Political Science
Presentation
Mention Comparative politics
- Master in Politics and Comparative Public Action
Coordinator: Laura MICHEL
The IDIL Master's degree "Comparative Politics and Public Action" is a selective Master's degree in political science open to multidisciplinarity. It focuses mainly on the fields of political sociology and public policy analysis.
Offered at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the University of Montpellier, this master's degree in political science (one of three in the institution) is the only one in France to be placed 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 teachers and in the use of English as a working language.
Example of teaching units:
- International politics
- Political sociology of elites
- European political institutions
The Master's degree in "Comparative Politics and Public Action" is a two-year Master's degree (120 ECTS as a single course in the "Comparative Politics" field) that offers an in-depth program in political science specialized in political sociology and public policy with an international outlook.
It offers preparation for all professions requiring intensive work, mastery of rigorous methods, critical synthesis, development of solid and convincing arguments, and advanced analysis, both at the applied level (public or private sector professions) and at the fundamental level (research training). For students wishing to pursue their studies in doctoral studies (at the University of Montpellier or in other universities in France or abroad), it constitutes the preferred training.
The working languages are French and English.
Objectives
At the end of their training, Master's graduates have the ability to work intensively, the capacity to synthesize, the mastery of methods allowing for the analysis of complex situations and the knowledge of the political world and public action.
Program
The program is organized in 4 semesters: 2 teaching semesters in M1 (lectures and tutorials, shared with the other political science masters) (except in the case of international mobility for students from the L3 Political Science program in Montpellier), 1 teaching semester for research seminars (M2) and 1 semester for the completion of 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 Master's degree in "Comparative Politics and Public Action" is a two-year Master's degree (120 ECTS as a single course in the "Comparative Politics" field) that offers an in-depth program in political science specialized in political sociology and public policy with an international outlook.
It offers preparation for all professions requiring intensive work, mastery of rigorous methods, critical synthesis, development of solid and convincing arguments, and advanced analysis, both at the applied level (public or private sector professions) and at the fundamental level (research training). For students wishing to pursue their studies in doctoral studies (at the University of Montpellier or in other universities in France or abroad), it constitutes the preferred training.
The working languages are French and English.
UE NON-CORE TRAINING UNITS IDIL (CHOICE)
Choice of 1 out of 10
Innovations in clinical biomarkers, biotechnologies for pers
2 creditsChallenges in chemistry for health and environment
2 creditsScientific openness to earth and water issues under global c
2 creditsWhy democracy is hard?
2 creditsDefusing quantitative bullshit
2 creditsPlant health 2.0: a global war
2 creditsOne health and eco-epidemiology
2 creditsMediterranean Terrestrial Ecosystems
2 creditsThe Bionic Man
2 creditsSustainable management basics
2 credits20h
International policy
3 creditsPublic action and governance
3 creditsPersonal project: research project + English
10 creditsOptional
Choice of 3 UE out of 4
Transversal training units IDIL
4 creditsUE Quantitative studies
In-Lab
2 credits
Optional
Research internship / mémoire de recherche M1
20 creditsComplementary discipline political science
Research context (language)
Your choice: 1 of 2
Comparative politics (ST)
Environment and health
2 creditsMultidisciplinary team project
10 creditsBuilding research: epistemology and comparison
2 creditsResearch context: languages + institutions and economics
2 creditsResearch in progress
8 creditsTransversal units 2B IDIL
4 creditsUE NON-CORE TRAINING UNITS IDIL (CHOICE)
Choice of 1 out of 10
Innovations in clinical biomarkers, biotechnologies for pers
2 creditsChallenges in chemistry for health and environment
2 creditsScientific openness to earth and water issues under global c
2 creditsWhy democracy is hard?
2 creditsDefusing quantitative bullshit
2 creditsPlant health 2.0: a global war
2 creditsOne health and eco-epidemiology
2 creditsMediterranean Terrestrial Ecosystems
2 creditsThe Bionic Man
2 creditsSustainable management basics
2 credits20h
Choice 1
Your choice: 1 of 2
Admission
Conditions of access
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.
And then
Professional integration
- Politics and public decision making in the broadest sense (private or public sector)
- Administrative competitions category A+/A (State / local authorities)
- Higher education and research (France or abroad)