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Master in Political Sciences: General [60.0]

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Retour en début de pageStudy objectives

This Master is designed to build on the initial foundations of a political science training by consolidating knowledge of the three main fields of the subject : political science/comparative politics, international relations and public policy. With this in mind, the programme :
- offers a series of courses as well as a seminar which build on what has already been covered at undergraduate level in the main areas of political science ;
- allows students to choose both courses with different perspectives (e.g. political science/comparative politics, international relations and public administration) and a first introduction to ‘area studies’ ;
- allows students to produce a final piece of work supported by innovative teaching methods .

Retour en début de pageGeneral presentation of the programme

 

Students must follow all the core subjects totalling 45 credits (15 of which are for the dissertation) and make up the rest of their programme with optional courses focused on regional subjects (e.g. Belgium, Europe or Asia) and language classes to reach the required  60 credits.

The core subjects concentrate on the different fields in political science (comparative politics, international relations, European studies, public policy and administration).

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Option

Retour en début de pagePositioning of the programme

120 credit Masters:
- 120 credit Master 120 in Political Science (general)
- 120 credit Master 120 in Political Science (international relations)
- 120 credit Master 120 in Public Administration
Students who successfully complete the programme will be able to enter the world of work. During the first semester, they may also decide to take advantage of the opportunity open to them to go on to the 120 credit Master in Political Science (either general or international relations) or the 120 credit Master in Public Administration.

Retour en début de pageCertificates

None
Admission
To have gained a first university degree including the following credits :

Courses which have not already been taken may be added to the Master study programme, up to a total of 15 credits. It is up to the  academic coordinator of the programme to agree the equivalences between different courses. If the total of the prerequisite subjects is more than 15 credits, entry to  the Master programme is subject to the satisfactory completion of a preparatory year and gaining a maximum of 60 credits.

University Bachelors
Diploma Special Requirements Access Remarks
UCL Bachelors
Bachelor in Political Sciences: General [180.0]   Direct access  
Bachelor in Human and Social Sciences [180.0]
Bachelor in Sociology and Anthropology [180.0] 		Si ils ont suivi la mineure en sciences politiques  Direct access  
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code   Direct access  
Belgian Bachelors of the French speaking Community
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code   Direct access  
Belgian Bachelors of the Dutch speaking Community
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code   Direct access  
Foreign Bachelors
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code   Direct access  
Non university Bachelors
Diploma Access Remarks
> Find out more about links to the university
 
> BA - assistant(e) social(e)
> BA - conseiller(ère) social(e)
> BA en communication
> BA en droit
> BA en sciences administratives et gestion publique		Accès au master moyennant réussite d'une année préparatoire de max. 60 créditsType court
> BA en communication appliquée - type long
> BA en gestion publique - type long
> BA en traduction et interprétation - type long		Après vérification de l'acquisition des matières prérequises, soit accès moyennant la réussite d'une année préparatoire de 60 crédits max, soit accès immédiat moyennant ajout éventuel de 15 crédits maxType long
Holders of a 2nd cycle University degree
Diploma Special Requirements Access Remarks
"Licenciés"
 
Licence en sciences politiques   Direct access  
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code   Direct access  
Masters
 
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code   Direct access  
Holders of a non-University 2nd cycle degree
Diploma Access Remarks
> Find out more about links to the university
 
> MA en communication appliquée spécialisée, animation socioculturelle et éducation permanente
> MA en communication appliquée spécialisée, publicité et communication commerciale
> MA en communication appliquée spécialisée, relations publiques
> MA en communication appliquée, animation socioculturelle et éducation permanente
> MA en communication appliquée, publicité et communication commerciale
> MA en communication appliquée, relations publiques
> MA en gestion publique
> MA en interprétation
> MA en presse et information
> MA en presse et informations spécialisées
> MA en sciences administratives
> MA en traduction		Accès direct au master moyennant ajout éventuel de 15 crédits maxType long
Adults taking up their university training
> See the website www.uclouvain.be/vae
 

Entry to all masters (with the exception of Advanced Masters) can be gained through the special procedure for accrediting prior learning and experience known as VAE (Valorisation des acquis de l'expérience)

Entry to this Master can be gained through this procedure. http://www.uclouvain.be/72954.html

Personalized access
Reminder : all Masters (apart from Advanced Masters) are also accessible on file.
Entry to all Masters (with the exception of Advanced Masters) can also be gained on submission of a special personal file.
Admission and Enrolment Procedures for general registration

See the general admission requirements

Specific procedures :

 

Requests for admission and further information should be addressed to the programme director (C. Herman).

Requests for exemption and equivalence between courses and admission on submission of a special personal file should be addressed to the  academic coordinator from whom agreement for each individual programme must also be sought.



Contact

Retour en début de pageCurriculum management

Gestion du programme

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Retour en début de pageUseful contacts

Chantal Herman
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Responsable du programme

M. Benoît Rihoux, professeur

SSH/ESPO - Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales, politiques et de communication
PSAD - Ecole des Sciences politiques et sociales / Louvain School of Political and Social Sciences (PSAD)
SSH/SPLE - Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe (ISPOLE)

Adresse courrier
  SPLE - Place Montesquieu 1 bte L2.08.07 à 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Email
 
SPLE
  Téléphone : 010 47 41 90
  Bâtiment : Collège Jacques Leclercq; Etage 02; Local A 245; Site Louvain-la-Neuve

Secrétariat

Mme Chantal Magritte-Herman

SSH/ESPO - Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales, politiques et de communication
PSAD - Ecole des Sciences politiques et sociales / Louvain School of Political and Social Sciences (PSAD)

Adresse courrier
  PSAD - Place Montesquieu 1 bte L2.08.05 à 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Email
 
PSAD
  Téléphone : 010 47 41 09
  Secrétariat : 010 474119
  Télécopie : 010 47 27 36
  Bâtiment : Collège Jacques Leclercq; Etage 00; Local B 089; Site Louvain-la-Neuve



Teaching method

Retour en début de pageStrong points of the pedagogical approach

o Methods which reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the course :
there is interdisciplinarity in both the courses on the different fields of political science as well as the area studies

o Variety of teaching strategies (including e-learning) :
- Most of the teaching staff are familiar with new multi-media technology and innovations introduced by the University Teaching Institute (l’Institut de pédagogie universitaire) . The overall rhythm and workload of the programme is carefully coordinated each year.
- The seminars are primarily designed to help students with the methodological structure of their final piece of work.

o Different learning situations :
- the seminars bring together cross-disciplinary elements. The tutoring system helps students to combine the different subjects in order to produce their dissertation.

Retour en début de pageEvaluation

It is up to each member of the teaching staff to decide on the most appropriate method(s) of assessment according to the objectives of the course : oral or written examinations, work to be done throughout the year (e.g. reviews of literature, case studies or essays) or exercises.


Internationalisation
Students are able to take advantage of various international elements of the course :
- Each year, UCL students can attend lecturers given by the Chair of Political, Administrative and International Reform. Given by internationally renowned researchers, these lectures are given in French or English ;
- area studies courses.


Core courses
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Year
1
Mandatory LPOLS2900

Mémoire N. 15credits  x

MandatorySciences politiques (30credits)
Mandatory LSPRI2000

Public Policy Analysis  David Aubin30h 5credits 2q x
Mandatory LSPRI2050

Comparative Politics of Western States  Lieven De Winter30h 5credits 1q x
Mandatory LSPRI2020

Geopolitics and the International contemporary System  Claude Roosens30h 5credits 1q x
Mandatory LSPRI2005

International Administrativ and Political Reforms Chair  Wolfgang Drechsler, Christophe Wasinski30h 5credits 2q x
Mandatory LSPRI2090

International, Administrative and Political Issues Seminar  Claude Roosens15h + 15h 5credits 1q x
Mandatory LEUSL2010

Political Theories and Regime of the European Union Tom Delreux30h 5credits 1q x
 


Option [15.0]
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MandatoryChamps
L'étudiant choisit 2 cours de champs (dans un champ spécifique) et 1 cours d'Area Studies, soit 1 cours de champs et 2 cours d'Area studies

OptionalScience politique et Politique comparée
Optional LSPRI2085

Decision Making Theories and Methods  Min Reuchamps30h 5credits 1q x

OptionalRelations internationales
Optional LSPRI2080

International relations theory Michel Liegeois30h 5credits 1q x
Optional LSPRI2045

International Organizations  Amine Ait-Chaalal30h 5credits 2q x
Optional LSPRI2070

International Economic relationships  Guy Ertz30h 5credits 2q x

OptionalAdministration publique
Optional LSPRI2015

Public Organization Law  Philippe Bouvier30h 5credits 1q x
Optional LSPRI2040

Public Management: Stategies, Organization and Management Control  Christian de Visscher30h 5credits 1q x

OptionalEtudes régionales

OptionalBelgique
Optional LSPRI2630

Federalism and Local Administration  Christian de Visscher, Kris Wauters30h 5credits 2q x
Optional LSPRI2670

Economic structures of Belgium  Guillaume Pierre Wunsch30h 5credits 2q x
Optional LSPRI2640

Regional Development  Alain Schoon30h 5credits 1q x

OptionalAsie du Nord (Chine, Japon, Corée)
Optional LSPRI2650

Strategic and Economic Analysis of the Pacific Basin N.15h 5credits 1q x
Optional LSPRI2660

China and World Politics Tanguy Struye de Swielande30h 5credits 2q x
Optional LASI1301

Analysis of Contemporary Chinese Society I Paul Servais30h 3credits 1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year x
Optional LASI2302

Analysis of contemporary Chinese society Paul Servais30h 5credits 2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year x
Optional LASI2303

Analysis of contemporary Japanese society Elena Atanassova30h 4credits 2q x
Optional LASI1302

Chair Chiang Ching-Kuo I N.15h 3credits 1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year x
Optional LGLOR2839

Satsuma Chair N.15h 5credits Periodic courses taught this academic year x
Optional LGLOR2849

Satsuma Chair N.15h 5credits Periodic courses not taught this academic year x
Optional LSPRI2620

Geopolitics and Security in North East Asia  Elena Atanassova15h 5credits 1q x

OptionalInde
Optional LGLOR2543

Culture and Civilization of India and the Far East II Robert Deliège30h 5credits 1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year x
Optional LGLOR2544

History and society of India and the Far East II Paul Servais30h 5credits 1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year x
Optional LGLOR2942

Questions of Indian and Far Eastern Philosophy and Spirituality Philippe Cornu30h 5credits 1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year x
Optional LASI2304

Analysis of contemporary Indian Society Robert Deliège30h 4credits 1q x

OptionalAfrique
Optional LDVLP2626

Socio-political analysis of Africa Philippe De Leener30h 5credits 2q x
Optional LDVLP2625

Socio-economic analysis of Africa Philippe De Leener30h 5credits 1q x

OptionalAmérique Latine
Optional LDVLP2630

Socio-economic analysis of Latin America Raul Gonzalez Meyer, Isabel Yépez Del Castillo30h 5credits 1q x
Optional LDVLP2631

Socio-political analysis of Latin America Isabel Yépez Del Castillo30h 5credits 2q x

OptionalMonde arabo-musulman
Optional LDVLP2640

Socio-economic analysis of the Arab world Vincent Legrand30h 5credits 2q x
Optional LDVLP2641

Socio-political analysis of the Arab World Bichara Khader, Vincent Legrand30h 5credits 1q x
Optional LGLOR2534

Culture and Civilization of Islam and the Arab World II Godefroid De Callatay30h 5credits Periodic courses taught this academic year x
Optional LGLOR2533

History and Society of Islam and the Arab World II Godefroid De Callatay30h 5credits 2qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year x

OptionalGrande Europe

OptionalDroit européen
Optional LEUSL2020

Institutional Law of the European Union N.45h 6credits 1q x
Optional LEUSL2021

Substantive Law of the European Union Marc Fallon, Anne-Lise Sibony (supplée Marc Fallon)45h 6credits 1q x

OptionalEurope centrale et orientale
Optional LSPRI2700

Central and Eastern European Contries Political Analysis  Tanguy de Wilde d'Estmael15h 5credits 1q x

OptionalRelations extérieures de l'Union européenne
Optional LEUSL2030

Economic and social integration in Europe N.30h 5credits 1q x
Optional LEUSL2105

Social model and employment N.30h 5credits 1q x
Optional LEUSL2308

IBL Chair: The Euro-Russian partnership: challenges and processes  Laetitia Spetschinsky30h 5credits 1q x
Optional LEUSL2310

IBL Chair - Seminar - Conflict and cooperation between the EU and Russia in the Former Soviet Union Tanguy de Wilde d'Estmael (coord.), Xavier Follebouckt (coord.)30h 5credits 2q x
Optional LEUSL2011

Actors of the European political system N.30h 5credits 2q x
Optional LEUSL2012

External Action of the European Union Tom Delreux30h 5credits 2q x

OptionalSciences religieuses
L'étudiant qui n'a pas suivi de cours de scienxes religieuses est tenu d'en choisir un parmi :
Optional LTECO2201

Questions of religious sciences: biblical readings Jean-Pierre Delville15h 2credits 2q x
Optional LTECO2202

Questions of religious sciences: reflections about christian faith Benoît Bourgine15h 2credits 1q x
Optional LTECO2203

Questions of religious sciences: questions about ethics Walter Lesch, Emil Piront (supplée Walter Lesch)15h 2credits 2q x