MASTER SCIENCE POLITIQUE - PARCOURS MIGRATION STUDIES OPTION « POLITICAL STUDIES »

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MASTER SCIENCE POLITIQUE - PARCOURS MIGRATION STUDIES OPTION « POLITICAL STUDIES »
Diplôme national de master contrôlé par l'État
Diplôme national de master contrôlé par l'État

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Résumé

The Master program in Migration Studies focuses on a crucial issue in today’s world: the impact of migration and diversity on contemporary societies. Read more

Objectifs

Initial training / Executive Education Program / Accessible for resumption of studies /
2 years
École Universitaire de Recherche Société et Environnement / Ecole Universitaire de Recherche Faculté de droit et science politique
Nice / Campus Saint Jean d'Angély / Campus Trotabas
English

Details

The + of training

  •     Interdisciplinary approach
  •     Active teaching combining lectures, seminars, and practical application
  •     Excellence in education
  •     A network of international partners for exchange programs in Europe (EuMigs network) and outside Europe

Targeted occupations

  •  Research and advocacy officer for international organizations (UNHCR, IOM, etc.) and national organizations (CIMADE, etc.)
  • Project manager in the field of migration and international mobility (intercultural relations sector, public and private international structures)
  • Research officer for local authorities

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Introduction

The Master program in Migration Studies focuses on a crucial issue in today’s world: the impact of migration and diversity on contemporary societies. The movement of people, ideas and practices and the growing diversification of societies have had very significant effects on legislations, on public policies as well as on individual and collective social experiences.

The programs benefit from an important tradition of research in the history and sociology of migration in Nice, a cosmopolitan border city, as well as from a rich professional and associative environment connected to migration.

The program combines a strengthening of the knowledge and tools of political science at the M1 level, with a multidisciplinary approach (law, political science, and social sciences) and international perspective on migration during the M2 year. In France, this is the only M2 level Master in Migration Studies taught in English.

This program is based on active pedagogy and hands-on methodologies combining lectures, seminars and practical applications with an aim at acquiring skills to conduct empirical research, to produce and promote rigorous analyses and to lead and carry out projects in either public, international or nonstate organizations.

The Master in Migration Studies is an excellent training preparing for careers in international and European organizations, local, national, and international administrations, NGOs and the media.

 


 

Strengths of this Master:

  • An extended expertise in political science
  • A combination of contributions from the perspective of law, political science, and social sciences.
  • M2 level entirely taught in English.
  • Small classes for a personalized monitoring
  • Guest seminars with invited professionals and academics specialized in migration.
  • Invited lectures with internationally recognized academics.
  • A local environment affected and shaped by migratory processes.
  • Hands-on training (field visit, legal clinic, and so on) which includes a period of internship.
  • Direct connections with research activities of three research centers (URMIS, ERMES, LADIE)
  • Opportunities for study, research, and internship experiences abroad.
  • An international network for studying migrations abroad in Europe (https://www.eumigs.eu) and outside Europe.

Double degree programme 


The Migration studies Master is part of the EuMIGS Double Degree programme.

Students enrolled in one of the participating master programmes, in their first semester, can apply for the EuMIGS Double Degree programme, or for a EuMIGS exchange semester.

 

Formation accessible aux personnes en situation de handicap.
Consultez le site Mission Handicap

Cette offre de formation est éligible à MON COMPTE FORMATION
moncompteformation.gouv.fr

CAMPUS SAINT JEAN D'ANGELY 1 & 2
5 rue du 22ème BCA
06300 Nice

CAMPUS TROTABAS
Avenue Doyen Louis Trotabas
06000 Nice

Partnership

ERMES (Research Team on the Mutations of Europe and its Societies, linked to the Department of Political Science) brings together political scientists, public law specialists and legal historians, who question the construction and transformation of territories and political identities, and the evolutions of the European political and legal space, especially in relation to migration processes.

LADIE (Research Center in International and European Law) focuses on migrants and refugees’ rights, international humanitarian law, human rights law, security issues, the fight against transnational crime, the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, EU immigration policy. It took part in several European projects, including an INTERREG program funded by the European Union on “The EU and the Law of Migrants and Refugees”, in collaboration with the Institute of International Humanitarian Law of San Remo-Geneva (2008-2012).

URMIS (Migrations and Society Research Unit, linked to the Department of Sociology), was one of the first research centers in France to develop social science approaches to migrations and interethnic relations. It is a joint research center of the University of Nice, the University of Paris Diderot, the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). URMIS brings together researchers from various disciplines and is a unique space for debate and comparison, while also sharing a common theoretical understanding of national, ethnic and racial groups as social constructions.

Admission

Prerequisite

Undergraduate level

Training(s) required (diplomas recommended or preferred):

The requirements are the same for national and international students.

• Admission to M1 (first year): Bachelor's degree in political science. Level C1 in French; B2 level in English.

• Admission to M2 (second year): One year of post-graduate studies in political science (or social sciences related to migration or the political), or Bachelor's degree + professional experience in the fields of migration.
Level C1 in English (no level required in French).

Conditions of applications

Application and procedures:

Applications are to be completed online on the web platform: https://univ-cotedazur.fr/formation/candidater-et-s-inscrire

  • Choose your Master's program (either social sciences, political science or European and international law) and select the Migration studies specialization (please note that for M1 in European and international law, it is only in your application file that you will specify your choice of the Migration studies specialization)
  • Complete your application file with all the requested documents
  • If you are admitted into one of these two programs, you have to confirm your decision online. Then you will receive an email that will direct you to a new platform where you can proceed to registration.

Capacité d'accueil : 10 étudiants
 

Campus France pour les étudiants étrangers :

Depending on your country of citizenship/residence, you may have to apply through Campus France : here is the list of countries affected 

If you are not affected by Campus France, application modalities are the same as for national students : Mon Master for admission in the first year, ECandidat  to apply for the second year.

Find out more about your eligibility for the France Excellence Eiffel scholarship.

Program

  • Master 1 (M1) 

Semesters 1 & 2 offer in-depth training in political science. These courses, taught in French, are shared with the Master's EPAP program (Expertise du politique et action publique). They aim to consolidate skills in the major fields of the discipline: political sociology, public policy, comparative politics, methods, etc. These are explored from the local to the international level.

The M1 offers a first specialization in the field of migration through multidisciplinary courses taught in French and English, and through the research dissertation. The dissertation is a first experience in conducting empirical surveys and managing independent projects. Students are encouraged to focus their dissertations on subjects related to migration in Nice and the Alpes-Maritimes region (different waves of migration, border practices, associative actions, etc.). The annual "Introduction to Migration Studies" cycle also supports the exploration of these themes. Finally, the two "Switch" courses chosen can be used to explore related topics (among the options: Migrating through the ages, Gender and inequalities...).

The English module allow you to prepare for the transition to English courses in M2.


 

  • Master 2 (M2) 

Semesters 3 & 4 offer in-depth training entirely focused on migration issues. All courses are taught in English. The M2 addresses migration-related topics through disciplinary courses and interdisciplinary thematic seminars. Students will acquire methodological skills in research, data production and analysis. They will develop skills in leading and carrying out professional projects through dedicated training courses and experiences.

Both courses and seminars rely on the active participation of students. Hence, the assessment methods are based on assignments during terms or final individual works.

 

MASTER 1
SEMESTRE 1

UE - Action publique et politique
Inégalités, redistribution, lutte contre les discriminations (CM+TD)
Introduction to Migration Studies 1 (TD)
 - Introduction to Migration Law
- Introduction to Border Studies
- Migrations and Political Mobilizations)

UE - Institutions politiques
Politique comparée : États et systèmes politiques dans les Suds (CM+TD)
Anglais appliqué au politique 1 (TD)

UE - Construire une recherche en sciences sociales
Méthodes de l'enquête et analyses de données (CM)
Construire un mémoire en Science politique (CM)

UE - « Switch »
 Un cours à choisir au sein de l’EUR Odyssee (sciences sociales et sciences de l’environnement)

SEMESTRE 2

UE - Savoirs de l'action publique
Mutations de l'État et de l'action publique (CM+TD)
Pouvoir local et territoires (CM)

UE - Union européenne
Union européenne : Institutions, acteurs, pratiques (CM)
Introduction to migration studies 2 (CM+TD)
Historical Approaches to Migration
Sociology of Contemporary Migrations
Ethnicity Race and Migration

UE - Techniques d'enquête en sciences sociales -
Enquêtes et pratiques de recherche
Méthodes de l'enquête et analyses de données 2 (TD)
Anglais appliqué au politique 2 (TD)
Finaliser un mémoire (CM)

UE - Mémoire de recherche
Défendre un mémoire de recherche

UE -  « Switch »
Un cours à choisir au sein de l’EUR Odyssee (sciences sociales et sciences de l’environnement)
 
MASTER 2
SEMESTRE 3

UE : Contemporary Migration Policies
The Implementation of Migration and Border Control: Actors, Processes and Effects (CM)
 Fieldwork visit in Ventimiglia (TD)

UE : Citizenship, Vote and Migration
Citizenship, Vote and Migration (CM)

UE : Migration Law
French Immigration Law (CM)
European Migration Law (CM)

UE : Thematic seminars
Thematic seminars (TD)

UE : Legal Aspects of NGOs and migrants' rights
Legal Aspects of NGOs and migrants' rights (TD)

UE : Research and professional project
Qualitative and quantitative methods in social sciences (TD)
Legal clinic- 9 h CM
Preparation of research/internship project (TD)

UE : “Switch” - a class to be chosen within the social sciences and environmental sciences graduate school (Odyssée) :
a class to be chosen within the social sciences and environmental sciences graduate school (Odyssée)
SEMESTRE 4

UE : Race, Class, Gender and Migration
Race, Class, Gender and Migration (CM)

UE : Contemporary Migration Politics
Contemporary Migration Politics (CM)

UE : Asylum Law
Asylum Law (CM)

UE : Thematic seminars
Thematic seminars (TD)

UE : Research and Professional Project
Qualitative and quantitative methods in social sciences (TD)
Legal clinic (TD)
Research dissertation or Internship Report
 
Formation susceptible d’être modifiée (ouverture/fermeture) à la rentrée 2024.

Mandatory internship of at least 3 months, to be completed between April and October of the M2 year.
Students wishing to pursue a career in research may write a research thesis instead of completing an internship.

Full time

Number of training hours per year:
  •     M1: 426 hours (excluding thesis)
  •     M2: 270 hours (excluding internship or thesis)

The Master's program relies on students active participation. Therefore, presence in Nice is required from September to June (M1- first year) and from September to the end of March (M2-second year).

What's next ?

Level of education obtained after completion

Degree equivalent to 4 or 5 years' higher education (Bac +4 & Bac +5)

RNCP URL of content

Master Migrations : https://www.francecompetences.fr/recherche/rncp/36848/


RNCP36848BC01 - Mettre en œuvre les usages avancés et spécialisés des outils numériques
RNCP36848BC02 - Mobiliser et produire des savoirs hautement spécialisés
RNCP36848BC03 - Mettre en œuvre une communication spécialisée pour le transfert de connaissances
RNCP36848BC04 - Contribuer à la transformation en contexte professionnel
RNCP36848BC05 - Produire des analyses hautement spécialisées sur les phénomènes migratoires
RNCP36848BC06 - Mettre en œuvre des protocoles de recherche et sur les migrations
RNCP36848BC07 - Piloter des projets dans les secteurs liés à l’accueil des migrants, à la solidarité internationale et à l’interculturalité
RNCP36848BC08 - Valoriser, diffuser et communiquer sur les migrations
RNCP38175BC06 - Contribuer à la prise de décision, mettre en place et évaluer des actions publiques
RNCP38175BC07 - Assurer la communication et l'animation d'acteurs, institutions ou instances publiques au sein de l'espace public

Target activities / attested skills

Équivalence :  Master (Bac + 5)

Possibilité de valider un/des blocs de compétences : non

Doctorat

Information et inscription sur  École doctorale DESPEG

Job(s)

Business sector or job

Local authorities (cabinet jobs or civil service) and their cooperation establishments (intercommunalités, Pays)

Para-public organizations (development agencies, urban planning agencies, resource centers, territorial observatories), territorial operators (social housing organizations)

Public structures and independent administrative authorities

Private consulting sector

Education, research

 

Type of jobs available :

- Research and advocacy officer for international (UNHCR, IOM, etc.) and national organizations (CIMADE, etc.)

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Tuition fees for non-UE students are about 4000€ / year.
Please consult : Tuition fees