For the second semester, students choose four out of the optional courses below taught on the Bruges campus. These explore selected topics from the areas of security and justice, foreign economic relations, bi- and multilateral diplomacy, or professional skills in more detail and emphasise active student participation. In order to cover a broad range of issues within the EU’s external relations, while allowing for some specialisation, participants choose the four courses from at least three different thematic clusters.

Cluster 1: Security, Justice and Values

• CADIER D. - Les politiques étrangères nationales et l’action extérieure de l’Union européenne (25h)

• MORENO-LAX V. - The EU’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice : Internal and External Dimensions (25h)

• SMITH H. - Invisible Security Challenges : Hybrid Threats and the EU (25h)

• SMITH S.J. - Drivers of European Defence Cooperation and the Transatlantic Alliance (25h)

• TARDY T. - Politique de sécurité et de défense commune de l'Union européenne : stratégie, partenariats, opérations (25h)

• YOUNGS R. - EU Democracy Promotion and Human Rights Policy (25h)

Cluster 2: Foreign Economic Relations and Sustainable Development

• GOLDTHAU A. - EU External Energy Policy (25h)

• MACKIE J. - The EU and International Development (25h)

• PERIDY N. - Négociations et politiques commerciales de l’Union européenne : outils et études de cas (25h)

• SCHUNZ S. - The EU and the Global Politics of Climate Change and the Environment (25h)

• SOTTILOTTA C.E. - Political Risk Analysis in a European Perspective (25h)

Cluster 3: Bi- and Multilateral Diplomacy

• ALLWOOD G. & GUERRINA R. -  Gendering EU External Affairs : Towards a more Inclusive Diplomacy ? (25h)
• DE WILDE D’ESTMAEL T. - Les relations de l'Union européenne avec les grandes puissances (25h)
• FRÖHLICH S. - TThe Transatlantic Partnership : Renewal and Global Challenges (25h)
• GEURTS C.-M. & GSTÖHL S. - Speaking with one Voice? The EU's External Representation (25h)

• MICHALSKI A. -  The Evolving Relations between the EU and China : Partnership and Competition in a Changing World Order (25h)

• PHINNEMORE D. - EU Enlargement … and UK Withdrawal (25h)

Cluster 4: Specific Professional Skills

• BANIM G. & HERRBERG A. - The EU and Peace Mediation (25h)
• COLOMINA SALO C. - Public Relations and Communications Management (25h)

• DELPHIN H. & GAUB F. - Prospective et planification stratégiques dans le cadre de la politique étrangère de l’Union européenne (25h)

• KOULAIMAH A. - Le rôle de l’aide humanitaire dans l’action extérieure globale de l’Union européenne : cadre et pratique (25h)

• RÊGO H. - European Intelligence Analysis in Practice (25h) 

• WAGNER K. -  Project Management in Development Cooperation (25h)