Economics - Sociology

This double master's degree in economics and sociology consists of following two courses emanating from the same discipline. These courses overlap on the issue of behavior analysis, on the complementarity of both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, and both degrees relate to the digital field. Students graduating from this double master will therefore cover a broad spectrum of skills in order to integrate into employment.

The course CODEEN (Comportements et Décisions Economiques à l’Ere du numérique) offers training focused on the analysis and prediction of individual behavior, paired with an introduction to the main digital issues on economic and social relations. The training provides a knowledge at the intersection of economics, behavioral sciences, and digital technologies. It aims to train decision scientists, endowed with rigorous theoretical foundations in behavioral economics, and able to independently conduct experimental protocols and interventions in their entirety, from design to data analysis.

Throughout the training - and in addition to the core of fundamental skills centered on the analysis, the prediction of behaviors, and the design of intervention protocols provided by the courses - the students will also follow courses covering different fields such as finance, social networks, professional relations... in order to familiarize them with different sectors and promote their professional integration at the end of the training. They will also have to take at least one “minor” course each semester offered by the Graduate School of Economics and Management in order to strengthen their skills in the areas of their choice. (quantitative techniques, economic theory, methodology and history, professional skills, etc.)

As to the course CESUN (Chargé d’études sociologiques et usages du numérique), it aims to train specialists in social science methodologies (interviews, observations, focus groups, statistical analyzes, etc.). They work in research offices, observatories or specialized institutes. The methodologies taught are adapted to the recent developments, in particular through the ever greater digitization of data. In a complementary way, this training allows to take this in consideration this evolutions generated by the multiplication of the digital devices in the company, by apprehending more particularly the fields of work and health. Within them, the issue of the role granted to uses and users is deciphered, which corresponds to the emerging profession that is called “user researcher”. The course also contributes to learning how to respond to study orders, with an aim to study scheduled or more experimental changes, in order to make to evaluations, production of social impact indicators, etc. Finally, the specificity of this course is to train in the management of projects involving the deployment of digital devices, in all its phases (collection of needs, monitoring and communication, animation, evaluation, readjustment), which corresponds to the jobs of project managers in the digital field and community managers.