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Second year civic engagement project
Second year civic engagement project

The civic engagement project is a compulsory part of the Undergraduate College Civic Learning Programme. Students work on individual or group projects over the two semesters of study, complementing the experience gained during their first-year civic internship. The civic engagement project module counts for 3 ECTS credits and is an essential component of the Bachelor degree.
SPECIFICS AND EDUCATIONAL GOALS
1. Have students develop their thinking on the citizenship issues they have chosen for their Civic Learning Programme (arts and culture, education, equality, employment, environment, justice, housing, health, solidarity, etc.).
2. Consolidate disciplinary, multidisciplinary and methodological learning in the humanities and social sciences.
3. Actively participate in the design and implementation of a civic or community-service project
Examples of partner institutions :
Paris Regional Education Authority, National Institute for Sight-Impaired Youth, Gendarmerie Nationale, National Institute for Hearing-Impaired Youth, Restos du Coeur, Secours Catholique...
CONDITIONS FOR THE CIVIC independent project INTERNSHIP
- This project is compulsory for second-year Undergraduate College students
- The project must be carried out between September and April
- It is asked that you complete 50 hours minimum of civic engagement
- Independent civic project internship completed within a single organization
- With a non-partisan, non-trade union, non-proselytising, non-profit or public interest organisation, whether public or private
- In the form of an internship, volunteer work, fixed-term contract or group project
STEPS AND COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS
Step 1: Declare your civic engagement project online
Regardless of the form it takes — internship, voluntary work or fixed-term contract — it is compulsory to declare your project on the student portal. Your campus’s civic programme coordinator will review the proposed project.
Step 2: Submit the following documents on the Civic Learning Programme online workspace, section “04. Civic engagement project” :
- Critical Reflection that follows on from your civic engagement project report
- An internship or engagment agreement to be completed, signed and stamped by the host organisation
- A copy of your payslip if you completed your civic engagement project under a fixed-term contract
Visit Moodle to find the academic calendar for the civic course.
CIVIC PROGRAMME COORDINATORS
- Dijon campus: Ismaël Combette
- Le Havre campus: Alexandra Gravier
- Menton campus: Anne-Hélène Lecomte
- Nancy campus: Alexandra Brun
- Paris campus: Albane de Pompery
- Poitiers campus: Yvonnick Nibaudeau
- Reims campus: Lorraine Debelenet
Last modified 2025-02-12
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