Presentation of the programme
A Tailor-Made Programme
The WOCC program is based on the principle of international student mobility.
Students have the opportunity to adapt their mobility choices to their academic plan, depending on the courses offered at partner universities. Mobility choices are made in consultation with the master’s programme teaching team.
The mobility scheme is designed to offer students a range of options allowing them to tailor their studies to their career goals. To this end, we offer three professional tracks (specializations) covering the two years of the Master’s programme.
After the first semester, students must define their mobility plan:
- Work, Health, Environment (Lille–Quebec–Brussels–Lille)
- Global Value Chains, Production Models, and Professional Relations (Lille–Buenos Aires–Madrid–Lille)
- Labor Regulation and Sustainable and Inclusive Organization Management (Lille–Rome–Quebec–Lille)
Each track includes a sub-programme dedicated to analyzing public policies and the network of actors involved in the various fields of expertise, tailored to labor market needs and future employment trends. These three tracks were developed according to the academic specialization of each university and their connections with the professional world.
A Programme Through Fieldwork
The consortium has developed innovative, research-focused learning methodologies.
In the first semester, students will participate in a one-week collective internship in a Northern European region, such as Dunkirk, Liège, or Rotterdam, for collaborative research activities.
In the fourth semester, they will go on a study trip to Brussels, Geneva, or Paris, where they will meet officials from regulatory institutions, providing insights into labor policies in Europe.
Students will also complete mandatory individual internships in various organizations, consolidating their experience and knowledge.
Additionally, a Summer School is organized in rotation each year by one of the partners, offering another opportunity to deepen knowledge and strengthen student connections.
Multiple degree upon completion
The WOCC Master's program offers multiple degrees. Thus, upon completion of their studies, after having validated the four semesters of training (120 ECTS), students will hold an International Master's degree in Sociology WOCC awarded by the University of Lille as well as the degrees from the Universities in which they were enrolled and where they completed their mobility pathway (Université Laval, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and Università di Roma).
Supervised Professional Intervention Project
In the second year, students of the WOCC Master’s program undertake a Supervised Professional Intervention Project, which is directly linked to a mandatory internship and based on a field experience in the social sciences. This project integrates academic analysis, professional practice, and reflection on interventions.
Students complete a two-month internship, starting from the fourth semester (S4), within a professional, institutional, or research organization. This internship constitutes the main framework for fieldwork and for the intervention project. It may take place in one of the consortium universities’ countries or in another country, provided that safety conditions allow it.
The Supervised Professional Intervention Project aims to:
- analyze a concrete problem identified during the internship;
- critically apply theoretical and methodological frameworks from the social sciences;
- design, document, and assess an intervention, a program, or recommendations directly related to the host environment.
Semester 4 is largely devoted to the internship, as well as to the design, analysis, and writing of the Supervised Professional Intervention Project, which takes the form of a written document of approximately 80 to 100 pages.
The project is supervised by two co-advisors from the consortium. It may be written in English, French, or Spanish, according to agreement with the supervisors. It culminates in an oral defense in Lille, organized during the first week of September, at the start of the new academic year and the arrival of the new cohort.
