ÉCOLE DES AFFAIRES INTERNATIONALES (PSIA) · Master in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action

MASTER IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN ACTION, SEMESTER 2, Spring 2026

Semestre de printemps 2025-2026

LIST OF COURSES TO BE CONFIRMED BY END OF DECEMBER 2025

Please check regularly until the day of course registration, as there may be some last-minute changes.

The link to access the course outlines will be provided by email in mid-December.

All courses will be delivered on-site in Paris unless the word "Online" appears in the course details box.

Sciences Po Common Courses

Please select ONE course - 24 hours.

Students must take ONE course in Semester 1 and ONE in Semester 2 from "Formation Académique Commune de Sciences Po".

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Enseignements
[FORMATION ACADEMIQUE COMMUNE (MASTERS) ] Formation Académique Commune (FAC) - Semestre de printemps 2025-2026

Quantitative Skills

Please select ONE course - 24 hours.

Students must take ONE Skills course in English or French, either in Semester 1 or in Semester 2.

Please note that students may obtain a waiver for the skills course upon presentation of the appropriate justifications (transcripts, syllabi and letter of explanation either in French or in English only) before the course registration. This decision will depend on the nature and number of relevant courses already taken, as well as the grades and credits awarded. Students who secure a waiver for the Skills course will attempt 4 fewer credits and therefore must take and validate an additional course (4 to 6 ECTS) within the list of "Optional" courses in order to make up for these missing credits.

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Enseignements	Nombre d'heures	Crédits ECTS
[ÉCOLE DES AFFAIRES INTERNATIONALES (PSIA) ] Skills, Semester 2 - Spring 2026	24	4

Core curriculum

All students (two-year Master Degree program, One-Year Master program, Joint Journalism and International Affairs program) must select the course "F1HH 4105 - Human Rights and Humanitarian Action: Actors and Mechanisms" from the mandatory "Block 3. Human Rights Foundations Part II".

You must also select ONE course from any of the following three blocks: "Block 4A. Advocacy & Negotiation", "Block 4B. Law & Security", and "Block 4C. Specific Challenges".

Students taking the Enhanced Master Option must select a SECOND course from any of the following three blocks: "Block 4A. Advocacy & Negotiation", "Block 4B. Law & Security", and "Block 4C. Specific Challenges". It is not allowed to select several courses in one block - please take this course from a different block.

Block 3. Human Rights Foundations Part II

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Enseignements	Nb. heures	Crédits ECTS	Enseignant principal	Créneau horaire	Détails
F1HH 4105 - Human Rights and Humanitarian Action: Actors and Mechanisms	24	6	Antoine BERNARD, William SCHABAS	WED 2:45-4:45pm	UP 54160

Block 4A: Advocacy & Negotiation

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Enseignements	Nb. heures	Crédits ECTS	Enseignant principal	Créneau horaire	Détails
F1HH 4305 - Advocacy: Philosophy and Practice	24	6	Lex PAULSON	FRI 12:30am-2:30pm & 2:45-4:45pm 30/01; 13/02; 20/02; 13/03 ; 03/04; 24/04	UP 54161
F1HH 4310 - Introduction to Negotiation	24	6	Tina ROBIOLLE	THU 5:00-7:00pm & 7:15-9:15pm 05/02; 12/02; 19/02; 12/03; 19/03; 26/03	UP 54162
F1HH 4315 - Documenting, Reporting and Campaigning on Human Rights	24	6	Salvatore SAGUES	MON 5:00-7:00pm	UP 54163

Block 4B: Law & Security

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Enseignements	Nb. heures	Crédits ECTS	Enseignant principal	Créneau horaire	Détails
OAGD 1005 - Women’s Resistance against Violence and Fight for Human Rights Protection	24	6	Sasha KOULAEVA, Tchérina JEROLON	FRI 8:00-10:00am	UP 54765
F1HH 4500 - The Impact of International Law in Fragile States of the MENA region	24	6	Alia AOUN	FRI 10:15-12:15am	UP 54229
F1HH 4520 - Gender in Emergencies: Rapid Gender Analysis	24	6	Isadora QUAY	In person: THU 5:00-7:00pm & FRI 8:00-10:00am : 29-30/01; 12-13/03; 02-03/04 Online: MON 2:45-4:45pm: 02/02; 09/02; 16/02; 23/02; 16/03; 23/03	UP 55214 PARTLY ONLINE
F1HH 4410 - Capstone Course: International Law in Action	24	6	Omer SHATZ	TUE 2:45-4:45pm	UP 54228
Year long course reserved for students who enrolled in this course in Fall 2025 - Students will be automatically registered before course registration
KDEC 9635 - Human rights, Economic development and globalization (HEDG)	24	6	Sylvain AUBRY Sandra COSSART Manon AUBRY	TUE 7:15-9:15pm	UP 52813
Year long course reserved for students who enrolled in this course in Fall 2025 - Students will be automatically registered before course registration
OCAM 2025 - Youth, Violence and Resistance in the Americas	24	6	Elena BUTTI	THU 2:45-4:45pm	UP 58993 ONLY for Enhanced Master Option

Block 4C: Specific Challenges

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Enseignements	Nb. heures	Crédits ECTS	Enseignant principal	Créneau horaire	Détails
F1HH 4505 - Gender & Conflict: a Human Rights Perspective	24	6	Elisabeth MARTEU	THU 12:30am-4:30pm	UP 54243
F1HH 4510 - Case Studies on Human Rights Protection: Through the Looking Glass of the UN Security Council	24	6	Bruno STAGNO UGARTE	THU & FRI 10:15-12:15am 29-30/01; 5-6/02; 12-13/02; 12-13/03; 19-20/03; 26-27/03	UP 54244
F1HH 4515 - Foundations and Challenges of Humanitarian Practice	24	6	Elodie ANDRAULT	FRI 10:15-12:15am	UP 54290
F1HH 5175 - International Aid and Global Health	24	6	Serge BREYSSE, Camille RUSSO	TUE 5:00-7:00pm	UP 58597

Concentration courses

All PSIA students must select ONE course in their chosen Concentration.

Students pursuing a two-year program exclusively at PSIA who have not selected the Enhanced Master Option must also choose ONE course in their second chosen Concentration.

For Dual Degrees and One-Year Programs: students must select TWO courses in their chosen concentration.

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Enseignements	Nb. heures	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

For students who opt to take an optional course (including students who obtained a waiver for the Skills course), please select ONE course: either a Language course or a Special Features course.

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

Intensive French Language Program (OPTIONAL)

All international PSIA students may register (on a first come, first served basis) for the week long Intensive French as a Foreign Language Program that will run from January 20 to January 22 2026.

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Enseignements	Nombre d'heures	Crédits ECTS
[ÉCOLE DES AFFAIRES INTERNATIONALES (PSIA) ] French as a Foreign Language Intensive Pre-Semester Program - January 2026	20	0

Total required ECTS - Semester 1: 28 or 32

Total required ECTS for the 1st year: 60

Total required ECTS at the end of program: at least 120

REMINDER:

Please find below the links to PSIA Degree Requirements and PSIA Student Assessment Policy: