ÉCOLE DES AFFAIRES INTERNATIONALES (PSIA) · Master in Environmental Policy

MASTER IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, SEMESTER 2, Spring 2026

Spring semester 2025-2026

Sciences Po Common Core Curriculum Courses

Students must take one course in Semester 1 and one in Semester 2 from "Formation commune de Sciences Po"

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Courses	Number of hours	Crédits ECTS
[FORMATION ACADEMIQUE COMMUNE (MASTERS) ] Formation Académique Commune (FAC) - Semestre de printemps 2025-2026	24	4

Quantitative Skills

Students must take one Skills course, either in Semester 1 or in Semester 2. Students may choose the language of instruction. Please note that students may apply to obtain a waiver for the skills course before course registration. To apply, a student must provide a letter and appropriate evidence (transcripts and syllabi) to their academic advisor, who makes the final decision. The decision will depend on the content of courses taken in the past and the grades and credits granted for these courses.

Students who have been granted a waiver for the Skills course must take and validate 4 additional ECTS from the "Special features" or "Language" curriculum either in Semester 1 or in Semester 2.

Reminder: students must validate a minimum of 60 ECTS during their 1st academic year.

Skills waiver request : requests for the Spring semester are no longer possible via the form (deadline : December 3rd).

Please contact your academic advisor.

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Courses	Nb. heures	Crédits ECTS	Enseignant principal	Créneau horaire	Détails
KOUT 2090 - Initiation to the Carbon Suite: from the Carbon Footprint to the Climate Roadmap	24	4	Floriane ORTEGA Constance LALOYE Nathan SCWAAR-LEBLANC Louis DELAGE	TUE 5 - 7pm	UP 55081
[ÉCOLE DES AFFAIRES INTERNATIONALES (PSIA) ] Skills, Semester 2 - Spring 2026	24	4

Core Curriculum

Please select 2 courses - 48 hours: 1 course from block 3 and 1 course from block 4 - mandatory.

Students who registered for the "Enhanced Master Core" Option (which allows students to take a 3rd core curriculum course instead of a second Concentration course), please select a 3rd Master Core Course from either the block 3 "Climate" or from the block 4 "Governance".

Students enrolled in the One-Year Master in Advanced Global Studies, please select 1 course from block 3, 1 course from block 4 and 1 course from block 5 or 6 (see semester 4 course offering).

Climate - Block 3

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Courses	Nb. heures	Crédits ECTS	Enseignant principal	Créneau horaire	Détails
F1ES 4125 - Climate Geopolitics: International Relations in a Warming World	24	6	François GEMENNE	MON 10:15am - 12:15	UP 54188
F1ES 4200 - Adaptation to Climate Change in Small Island Developing States	24	6	Carola KLOECK Ellen LEDGER	WED 12:30 - 2:30 pm	UP 54181
F1ES 4205 - Critical Political Ecology of Desalination.	24	6	Isabel RUCK	THU 8:00am - 10:00	UP 54182
F1ES 4330 - Global Warming: Identification and Mitigation of Climate Risks	24	6	Yamina SAHEB	TUE 12:30 - 2:30pm	UP 54714
F1ES 4215 - Interlinkages of Biodiversity and Climate Change: Science, Policy & Governance	24	6	Diana MANGALAGIU	TUE 8:00am - 12:15 27/01, 3/02, 10/02, 17/02, 10/03, 17/03	UP 54183

Governance - Block 4

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Courses	Nb. heures	Crédits ECTS	Enseignant principal	Créneau horaire	Détails
F1ES 4305 - Théories et politiques de la décroissance	24	6	Luc SEMAL	THU 5 - 7pm	UP 54185
F1ES 4310 - Ocean Governance and Marine Policy	24	6	Glen WRIGHT, Klaudija CREMERS	TUE 10:15am - 12:15	UP 54187
F1ES 4315 - Global Water Governance: Challenges and Dilemmas of Governing a Global Common Good	24	6	Xavier LEFLAIVE, Anna DUPONT, Virginie DUMOULIN	MON 7:15 - 9:15pm	UP 54189
KDEC 9785 - Clinique Justice Environnementale	24	6	Aurélien BOUAYAD Camille FROMENTIN Anaïs MORIN GUERRY Inès BOUCHEMA Sonia FODIL-CHERIF	TUE 7:15 - 9:15pm	UP 53784
Selective track for students with Law School - course in French (some project can be in English) - one year course - Students selected in semester 1 will be enrolled automatically. https://www.sciencespo.fr/psia/sciences-po-law-school-clinic.html
F1ES 4340 - Tackling Climate Negotiations	24	6	Duccio TENTI, Silvia Anna AINIO, Agostino INGUSCIO	THU 7:15 - 9:15pm, FRI 10:15am - 12:15 29-30/01,12-13/02, 26-27/02, 12-13/03, 26-27/03, 16-17/04	UP 55050
F1ES 4350 - Politics of the Anthropocene: Critical Perspectives.	24	6	Brendan COOLSAET	MON 12:30 - 4:45pm 9/02, 16/02, 23/02, 16/03, 23/03, 30/03	UP 56044
F1ES 4355 - Geopolitics and Global Governance of Sustainable Development	24	6	Duccio TENTI, Erik BURCKHARDT	MON 2:45 - 4:45pm TUE 10:15am - 12:15 26-27/1, 9-10/2, 23-24/2, 9-10/3, 23-24/3,13-14/4	UP 59079

Concentration Courses

(Please select 2 courses - 48 hours)

Students must select one course in EACH of their chosen concentrations.

Dual Degree students and One-Year Advanced Global Studies students : please select 2 courses in your ONE chosen concentration.

Students who opted for the "Enhanced Master Track" : please select 1 course in your chosen concentration.

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Courses	Number of hours	Crédits ECTS
[ÉCOLE DES AFFAIRES INTERNATIONALES (PSIA) ] Thematic Concentrations, Semesters 2 and 4 - Spring 2026	24	6
[ÉCOLE DES AFFAIRES INTERNATIONALES (PSIA) ] Regional Concentrations, Semesters 2 and 4 - Spring 2026	24	6

Optional Courses

Students who opt to take an optional course (including students who obtained a waiver for the skills course), please select EITHER one language course (4 ECTS) OR one special features course ( or a maximum of two 2-ECTS courses).

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Courses	Number of hours	Crédits ECTS
[ÉCOLE DES AFFAIRES INTERNATIONALES (PSIA) ] Special Features (Optional), Semester 2 and 4 - Spring 2026	24	1-6
Modern Foreign Languages	24	4

Intensive French Language Program (OPTIONAL)

All international PSIA students may register (on a first come, first served basis) for the pre-semester Intensive French as a Foreign Language Program that runs from Jan. 20th to Jan. 22nd, 2025.

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Courses	Number of hours	Crédits ECTS
[ÉCOLE DES AFFAIRES INTERNATIONALES (PSIA) ] French as a Foreign Language Intensive Pre-Semester Program - January 2026	15-18	0