Elective Courses of the University Programmes
Elective Courses
In addition to their core studies in the social sciences or French language track, students in the June & July University Programme may take an optional elective course.
Elective classes are an opportunity for students to discover Paris and French culture from a local perspective. Some elective classes include site visits.
Students may take one elective class per session:
- Course hours: Elective courses represent a total of 24 hours per session
- ECTS credits: Students who received a passing grade of at least 10/20 and respect the Summer School academic rules and regulations will be awarded 3 ECTS
- How to enrol: Students can select their elective course while applying to the core course in either the social sciences or French language track, or add it after completing their registration to the Summer School. It is not possible to take an elective course as a stand-alone class. Admitted students are able to sign up for an elective course when they complete their registration
- Tuition fees: 500 € per session (including entrance tickets for visits)
June Session 2025
- Professor: Guillaume Piketty
- Language of instruction: English
This course intends to address the successive narratives, representations and uses of various conflicts that have taken place in the Parisian area, by individuals, by organized groups, and by people in power since the beginning of the 19th century. Seminars are complemented with field visits and research on the city’s streets and museums.
JULY SESSION 2025
- Professors: Jan Rovny & guests (TBA)
- Language of instruction: English
This elective courses serves as an all-in-one academic and professional toolbox. Students will test and acquire vital skills associated with impactful public speaking, the central components of academic writing in English, as well as the main concepts and strategies of quantative data description. Theory will be put into action to allow students to gain hands-on experience in each area of the course, with an aim to equip students with effective methods to enhance their academic or professional journeys.
- Professor: Flavia Canestrini
- Language of instruction: English
This course will offer students an overview of French history since the French Revolution in 1789 up to the present day. Seminars are complemented with field visits and research on the city’s streets and museums to demosntrate why Paris has been, and continues to be, a nexus for global change.
