3 | Third year

Presentation

Presentation

Occurring halfway through the five-year degree program, the third year is a pivotal year. The proposed training consolidates the fundamental knowledge introduced during the first year, opens up new horizons and opportunities for students to further expand their skills.  It marks the start of the process of specialisation and professionalisation, at the heart of the 4th and 5th years.

Organisation

Organization

• Compétences transversales
  • General knowledge (5.0 ECTS credits)
  • Law and public institutions (5.0 ECTS credits)
  • Economics (5.0 ECTS credits)
  • Social Science Methods (5.0 ECTS credits)
  • Foreign language A (LVA) - English (5.0 ECTS credits)
  • LVB (5.0 ECTS credits)
    Langues1 option (s) to choose from 7
    • Foreign language B (LVB) - German (5.0 ECTS credits)
    • Foreign language B (LVB) - Spanish (5.0 ECTS credits)
    • Foreign language B (LVB) - Italian (5.0 ECTS credits)
    • Foreign language B (LVB) - Portuguese (5.0 ECTS credits)

    • Foreign language B (LVB) - Chinese (5.0 ECTS credits)

    • Foreign language B (LVB) - Russian (5.0 ECTS credits)

• Connaissances fondamentales
  • History of international relations (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • European institutions (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Institutions of the Fifth Republic (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Multidisciplinary introduction to gender studies (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Macroeconomics (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Monetary macroeconomics (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Political sociology (2.0 ECTS credits)
• Savoirs spécifiques4 option (s) to choose from 15
  • African Actors in World Politics (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Fundamental rights and freedoms in Europe (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Contemporary issues in political sociology (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Economic challenges in Africa (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • State and government in Africa (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • History and geopolitics of Latin America (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Global history (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Introduction to political economics (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Introduction to environmental politics: ideas and policies (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Problems in International Politics (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Economic socio-anthropology (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Organizational strategies (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Introduction to administrative law (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • The EU as a Security Actor (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Political theory (2.0 ECTS credits)
• Ouvertures
  • Individual work (4.0 ECTS credits)
  • Outward-looking course or validation of student engagement (1.0 ECTS credits)
  • Sport (2.0 ECTS credits)
  • Professional pathways (1.0 ECTS credits)

Training content

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Admission

Access condition

Students may be admitted directly in Third Year at Sciences Po Bordeaux, provided they either possess a diploma certifying that they have successfully completed a two-year higher education program, or have completed the two-year program in a classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles (CPGE or Higher School Preparatory Classes), or hold a degree equivalent to 120 ECTS credits.

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