International Master's 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.
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Open House 2026
If you are interested in this program, we invite you to attend our information session at 5 p.m. on Saturday, February 7, 2026, on Zoom: Zoom link (Meeting ID: 996 4672 509, Passcode: 553704).
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 - advanced language proficiency > 2 compulsory courses
Advanced Armenian 1
Text synthesis in modern Armenian
UE2 - Armenian studies > 5 electives
Armenian literature 1
Western Armenian sociolinguistics and transmission
Armenian Christianity, society and politics
Post-Ottoman Armenians: exile, cultural heritage and reconstruction
Armenian arts
Challenges in the didactics of Western Armenian
UE3 - tools > 1 compulsory course
Digital tools and Armenian studies
Master 1 Semester 8
UE1 - advanced language proficiency > 2 compulsory courses
Advanced Armenian 2
Media language
UE2 - Armenian studies > 5 elective courses
Linguistic grammar of modern Armenian
Challenges of literary translation into Armenian
Armenians in Turkey: sociology and anthropology
Armenia-Diaspora, major geopolitical issues
History of Armenian writing and the Armenian book
Active pedagogy in the Western Armenian classroom
UE3 - tools > 1 compulsory course
Internship research and project design
Reflective learning of an unknown language
Master 2 Semester 9
UE1 - advanced language proficiency > 2 compulsory courses
Advanced Armenian 3
Creative writing in Armenian
UE2 - Armenian studies > 5 electives or 4 courses and a personal project
Armenian literature 2
Corpus linguistics: issues and applications
Armenian diaspora: institutions, identity, culture
Armenians facing modernity: philosophies in thinkers
Didactics of Armenian: practice
Collective memory and Armenian identity
Personal project (society-oriented)
Framed observation (partnership)
UE3 - tools > 1 elective course
Digital humanities for Armenian studies
Digital tools for teaching
Master 2 Semester 10
UE1 - Internship and internship report (subject to prerequisites and agreement of a research supervisor: 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.