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

MASTER IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, SEMESTER 4, Spring 2026

Semestre de printemps 2025-2026

Core Curriculum

Please select 2 courses - 48 hours - 1 course from block 5 and 1 course from block 6.

Students who opted for the Enhanced Master option , please select a 3rd core course from block 5 or block 6.

Students enrolled in the One-Year Master in Advanced Global Studies, please select 1 course from block 5 OR block 6.

Environmental Management - Block 5

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Enseignements	Nb. of hours	ECTS Credits	Main teacher	Timeslot	Course details
F1ES 4405 - Sustainable Transport	24	6	Michel NOUSSAN	THU 7:15 - 9:15pm FRI 8:00 - 10am 29-30/01,12-13/02, 26-27/02, 12-13/03, 26-27/03, 9-10/04	UP 55049
F1ES 4420 - Climate Adaptation: from concepts to collective action	24	6	Christophe BUFFET, Melody BRAUN	THU 5 - 7 pm	UP 54640
F1ES 4430 - Soils Matter: Examining Their Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals.	24	6	Jean-Luc CHOTTE	TUE 12:30 - 2:30 pm	UP 54641
F1ES 4435 - Environmental and Climate Litigation in the Global Governance	24	6	Marta TORRE SCHAUB	THU 12:30 - 2:30 pm	UP 57480
F1ES 4360 - Addressing Global Plastic Pollution	24	6	Nathalie GONTARD	12:15 - 4:45pm 4/02, 25/02, 17/03, 25/03, 8/04, 22/04	UP 59080

Sustainable Finance - Block 6

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Enseignements	Nb. of hours	ECTS Credits	Main teacher	Timeslot	Course details
F1ES 4505 - Financing Water for Sustainable Development. Recent Trends and Ways Forward.	24	6	Benjamin GESTIN, Xavier LEFLAIVE	TUE 8:00 -10:00 am	UP 54642
F1ES 4510 - A Practical Approach to Financing Environmental Projects	24	6	Pierre DECHAMPS	8am - 12:15 29/01, 12/02, 26/02, 12/03, 2/04, 23/04	UP 54643
F1ES 4515 - The Global Politics of Financing Low-Carbon & Climate-Resilient Development.	24	6	Pieter PAUW	THU 5 - 7pm FRI 8 -10am 5-6/02, 19-20/02, 12-13/03, 26-27/03, 9-10/04, 23-24/04	UP 54716
F1ES 4520 - Finance and Nature.	24	6	Camille MACLET Marine DE BAZELAIRE DE RUPIERRE	TUE 8:00 -10:00am	54717
F1ES 4525 - Urban Climate Finance : Notions and practice of local climate investments	24	6	Priscilla NEGREIROS, Emmanuelle NASSE BRIDIER	MON 2:45 - 4:45pm	UP 55151

Concentration Courses

(Please select two courses - total 48 hours).

Students must select two courses, one in each of their chosen concentrations.

Students who opted for the Enhanced Master Option must select one course in their ONE chosen concentration.

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Enseignements	Nombre d'heures	ECTS Credits
[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

Epreuves du diplôme: Grand Oral/ Master Thesis Defense

(Students will be manually registered during the semester).

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Enseignements	ECTS Credits
Grand Oral	6
Master Thesis Defense	6

Optional Courses

For students who opt to take an optional course, please select EITHER one language course OR one special feature course (or a maximum of two 2-ECTS courses).

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Enseignements	Nombre d'heures	ECTS Credits
[ÉCOLE DES AFFAIRES INTERNATIONALES (PSIA) ] Special Features (Optional), Semester 2 and 4 - Spring 2026		1-6
Modern Foreign Languages	24	4

Intensive French Language Pre-Semester 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, 2024.

Langues1 ligne

Enseignements	Nombre d'heures	ECTS Credits
[ÉCOLE DES AFFAIRES INTERNATIONALES (PSIA) ] French as a Foreign Language Intensive Pre-Semester Program - January 2026	15-18	0

Total required ECTS - Semester 4: 30 ECTS (including 4 courses x 6 ECTS each AND Grand Oral/Master Thesis Defense)
- At least 120 ECTS validated overall at the end of the program.