International Master in Armenian Studies by distance learning
The degree awarded is the Master's degree in Foreign and Regional Languages, Literatures and Civilizations (LLCER) Eurasia/Armenian, "International Master's in Armenian Studies", with 120 credits recognized at European level.
The IMAS Master's program meets a demand for high-level Armenological degree courses, online and without French prerequisites. It makes the skills and experience of a prestigious interdisciplinary teaching team accessible to a large number of students worldwide. It is a unique opportunity for experienced Armenian speakers to practice their intellectual and professional skills in Western Armenian (a diaspora language) in a class of students from all over the world. The degree awarded is the Master Langues, littératures et civilisations étrangères et régionales (LLCER) Eurasie/Arménien, course "International Master in Armenian Studies" of 120 credits recognized at the European level.
Target audience
Target audience
This course is aimed in particular at professionals or future professionals in the socio-cultural and educational milieu of the Armenian diaspora.
Admission requirements (including prerequisites) are specified in the brochure available on the Inalco website. In particular, a level of Armenian (Eastern or Western) competence C1 (autonomous) from the European Language Portfolio is required. No other language prerequisites are imposed.
Program
Program
Start of courses: see university-calendar
Master 1 Semester 7
UE1 – Foundations (4 mandatory courses)
Advanced Armenian 1
Sociolinguistics and transmission of Western Armenian
Armenian Literature 1
Armenian Arts
UE2 – Regional specialisation (3 elective courses)
Armenian Christianity: church, society and politics, 19th–20th centuries
Post-Ottoman Armenians: Exile, Cultural Legacy, and Reconstruction
Didactics of Western Armenian (Teaching Specialisation)
Personal Project
Classical Armenian (advanced level – course taught in French)
UE3 – Tools and methodology (2 mandatory courses)
Internship Search and methodology 1
Digital tools for Armenian studies
Master 1 Semester 8
UE1 – Foundations (3 mandatory courses)
Advanced Armenian 2
Language of the Armenian Media
Linguistic Grammar of Modern Armenian
UE2 – Regional specialisation / broadening horizons (4 elective courses)
Literary Translation from/into Armenian
Armenians in Turkey: Sociology and Anthropology
Armenia-Diaspora, Geopolitical Issues
History of Armenian Writing and Books (Manuscripts and Printed Works)
Active pedagogy in the Western Armenian classroom (Teaching Specialisation)
UE3 – Tools and methodology (2 elective courses)
Internship Search and methodology 2
Reflective Learning of an Unknown Language
Master 2 Semester 9
UE1 – Foundations (3 mandatory courses)
Advanced Armenian 3
Creative Writing in Armenian
Armenian Literature 2
Corpus Linguistics: Issues and Applications
UE2 – Regional Specialisation (3 elective courses)
Armenian Literature 2
Corpus Linguistics: approaches and applications
Armenian Diaspora : institutions, identity and culture
Armenians facing Modernity: Philosophies and Thinkers
Didactics of Armenian: Practical implementation
Supervised Observation (summer placement for teachers) (teaching specialisation)
Current issues in armenology
UE3 – Tools (1 elective course)
Digital Humanities for Armenian Studies
Digital Tools for Language Teaching (Teaching specialisation)
Master 2 Semester 10
Internship / Project and internship report (thesis)
Placement and placement report
Personal project (individual or group)
Research dissertation
Teaching method
Teaching method
The program is delivered in the Armenian language, mostly Western. It is accessible entirely by distance learning (synchronous and asynchronous), or in hybrid distance + face-to-face mode depending on the course. Course materials, recordings and associated resources are available to students registered for each course on Inalco's Moodle platform. Asynchronous courses are combined with a variable number of synchronous meetings. For synchronous courses, schedules are intended to be compatible with UTC -7 (California) to UTC +4 (Armenia) time zones, i.e., as far as possible, between 3pm and 8pm Paris time.
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Evaluation method
Evaluation method
Assessment is mainly by continuous assessment; in the case of final exams, a session is scheduled in January (semester 1) and a session at the end of May-beginning of June (semester 2), as well as a make-up session (second chance) at the end of June.