From reasoning and writing to psychology, research methods, societies, international politics and education. ≈ 10 h a week over 40 weeks.
Understand, build and evaluate arguments, avoid fallacies, and write clear, structured and well-sourced texts.
Project: A 2,000-word argumentative essay on a social question, with an argument map, a formatted bibliography and two rounds of revision.
Open the semesterS2 · 177 hDiscover scientific psychology: well-being, cognition, emotion and decision-making, mental disorders, and the philosophical questions raised by science.
Project: A small study on yourself or a group: test a positive psychology intervention for three weeks and report on it like a research article.
Open the semesterS3 · 209 hDesign a study, collect data through questionnaires and interviews, and analyse it with descriptive and inferential statistics.
Project: A complete survey: research question, piloted questionnaire, sample of at least one hundred respondents, statistical analysis and a ten-page report.
Open the semesterS4 · 225 hUnderstand how public policy and law organise society, and how archaeology and history reconstruct the past.
Project: A four-page policy brief on a local problem, grounded in the applicable law and in the problem’s history.
Open the semesterS5 · 191 hUnderstand foreign policy and relations between major powers, and study society with networks, simulation and AI.
Project: A five-page analysis of an international issue, complemented by a network study (alliances, trade or online debates).
Open the semesterS6 · 198 hSpeak in public to inform, persuade and inspire, understand education systems and design learning experiences.
Project: A final dissertation (15 to 20 pages) on a humanities or social science question, presented orally in fifteen minutes.
Open the semesterFrom reasoning and writing to psychology, research methods, societies, international politics and education.