Sciences Po is an international research and leading university in the social sciences. The Sciences Po Summer School is a unique opportunity for participants to study alongside other students from around the world and connect to an international community that transcends continents and even time zones! Summer courses are offered in the following areas of study: international relations, political science, economics, history, and others.
- Application: Instructions for application found here (Application found here)
- Application deadline:
- June session: Application Closed
- July session: Application Closed
- There is a 40 EUR (50 USD) non-refundable application fee.
- Program Cost: 2000 EUR (2400 USD)
- Course Dates:
- June Session: June 7 – July 1, 2021
- July Session: July 5 – July 30, 2021
*NOTE: The courses below are offered for credit by the host university, but are not eligible for Baruch credit transfer and will not count towards your degree. We offer Marxe Study Away Awards to offset the cost of the course attendance. See more under the Marxe Study Away Award section.
June Session:
Economic Development and Globalization: Processes, Strategies, and Outcomes – The main objective of this course is to provide students with updated theoretical and empirical material on the development process and emerging economies, as well as an excellent knowledge of the current organization of the world economy and an understanding of the key drivers of structural change
Fighting Inequalities and Social Risks in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective – Divided into two parts, students will discuss the role of public policy in fighting inequalities across OECD, Latin American, Eastern European and East Asian countries. In the second part, this course will clarify how the massive political economy changes that took place since the end of the 1960s are conditioning the capacity of different countries to fight against inequality and insure citizens against social risks.
Media and Politics - The goal of this course is to provide participants with a good-working knowledge of the role of media in contemporary politics. Students will develop a better understanding and conceptual grasp of this relationship, which will also involve studying techniques to systematically analyze media discourse.
World Politics – This course offers an interdisciplinary approach to World Politics, combining conceptual tools, historical insight, and empirical evidence. The course will use different levels of analysis – from the local to the global. Through major themes in international politics, students will develop analytical skills grounded in both theoretical and empirical knowledge.
July Session:
Economics for a Better World: Issues and Policies in Low-Income Countries – This course seeks to introduce pressing issues in contemporary public policies, aiming at improving the living conditions and life outcomes in low-income countries. Students enrolled in this course are required to have validated one university-level course in microeconomics.
Global Diplomacy: Theory and Practice – This course investigates the discourses, theories and practices associated with diplomacy, across different levels and within a wide range of areas. The course will equip students with the basic vocabulary of diplomacy and provide them with clear applications of its concepts to a wide range of subjects.
Human Rights and Global Development – This class will seek to address a number of related questions through a multidisciplinary lens, including: Is development too often conducive to human rights violations, or is it a means to realize human rights? Does a focus on realizing human rights hinder development, or does it help generate more – and “better” – development? Is development a human right?
Migration Issues in Comparative Perspective – This course offers a comparative analysis of Europe’s and America’s distinct responses to the recent challenges posed by international migration flows, as well as, the reciprocal effects of migrant responses.
A Rising Invisible Majority? Capital, Labour and the Welfare State in Contemporary Political Economy – This course offers critical tools to understand the crisis of modern capitalism (through the study of Marx, Polanyi and Thompson) and the transformation of the welfare state, and also how to approach contemporary issues, such as the potential of basic income to transform social protection and the regulation of platform workers and automation.
