Bachelor of Arts in Moral Sciences

Moral Studies offer insight into ethical behaviour and thought in the broadest sense possible. This requires a thorough theoretical approach as well as an understanding of specific ethical ideas, reasoning and behaviour of individuals and groups.

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3 year 180 credits

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1 General Courses

1.1 Faculty-specific Educational Requirements

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Philosophy	1	sem 1	nl	Tim De Mey	3

Historical Criticism	1	sem 1	nl	Jan Dumolyn	3

Introduction to World History	1	sem 2	nl	Eric Vanhaute	3

Introduction to Modern European Literature	1	sem 1	nl	Bart Keunen	3

Introduction to Psychology	1	sem 1	nl	Wim Notebaert	3

1.2 Philosophical Courses

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Methodology I	1	year	nl	Tom Claes	5

Epistemology I	1	sem 2	nl	Wim Vanrie	5

Logic and Argumentation	1	year	nl	Joke Meheus	5

Philosophy of Science I	1	sem 2	nl	Karim Zahidi	5

Political Philosophy	1	sem 2	nl	Patrick Loobuyck	5

1.3 Ethics and the Scientific Study of Morals

1.3.1 Ethics

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Ethics: Systematics	1	sem 1	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Philosophical Ethics: Methodology	1	sem 2	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

1.3.2 Moral Sciences

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Moral Science		1	sem 2	nl	Seppe Segers	5

1.3.3 Methods

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Statistics		1	sem 1	nl	Els Clays	5

1.4 Humanities and Auxiliary Sciences

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

The students decide based on the demands of their curriculum which other credits they take in the second or third standard learning path.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Introduction to Political Sciences	sem 1	nl	Carl Devos	5

Recent Theories on Developmental Psychology	sem 1	nl	Elien Mabbe	5

Introduction into Models in Clinical Psychology	sem 1	nl	Ernst Koster	6

Social Welfare Studies	sem 1	nl	Rudi Roose	6

Sociology	sem 2	nl	Timo Van Canegem	5

Social and Political Systems	sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

General Introduction to Law	sem 2	nl	Pieter Cannoot	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Biology, the Brain and Behaviour	sem 2	nl	Robrecht Raedt	5

2 Elective Courses

To subscribe to 10 credit units free choice. Courses to be chosen from:

The module 'Humanities and Auxiliary Sciences'
The chosen option under module 'Elective Window'
The study programmes offered by Ghent University (including the Ghent University Elective Courses)
The academic study programmes offered by other Institutions of Higher Education within the Flemish Community

Options 3 and 4: Subject to approval by the faculty. The student writes a motivation for the electives in Oasis.

3 Elective Window

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 module from the following list.

3.1 Elective Sets

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 elective set from the following list.

To be taken in year 2 or year 3.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum cannot be included as part of the elective set.

3.1.1 Elective Set African Studies
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Swahili I	sem 1	nl,en	Koen Bostoen	5

Swahili II	sem 2	nl,en	Koen Bostoen	5

Lingála I	sem 2	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Lingála II	sem 1	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Introduction to African Linguistics	sem 1	nl,en	Heidi Goes	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa	sem 1	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

African Historical Linguistics			Koen Bostoen	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

Themes and Regions in African History	sem 2	nl	Maarten Couttenier	5

Methods, Sources and Historiography in African History			Maarten Couttenier	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa	sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	5

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa	sem 1	nl,en	Peter Coutros	5

Fieldwork in Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Themes and Genres in African Literatures	sem 2	nl	Martina Vitackova	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa	sem 2	nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation			Inge Brinkman	5

Afrikaans: Linguistics and Literature	sem 1	nl	Yves T'Sjoen	5

3.1.2 Elective Set Archaeology
Elective Set

The courses with references +, ++, +++, ++++ may only be taken in combination with a basic course 'B' with the same reference (+, ++, +++ or ++++). They are taken after or simultaneously with the basic course.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
General Introduction to Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Philippe Crombé	5

Introduction to World Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Natural Sciences in Archaeology		sem 2	nl	Peter Vandenabeele	6

Introduction to Prospection and Excavation Techniques		sem 2	nl	Philippe Crombé	6

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Peter Coutros	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia		sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

Pre- and Protohistory	B+	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Near East	B++	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	B+++	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Archaeology of the Historical Periods	B++++	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Protohistory of Northwestern Europe	+	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Prehistory of Northwestern Europe	+			Hans Vandendriessche	5

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: from the Proto-Neolithic to the Bronze Age	++			Joachim Bretschneider	5

Phoenician and Punic Archaeology	++/+++	sem 1	nl	Vanessa Boschloos	5

Archaeology of Greece	+++			Roald Docter	5

Roman Archaeology: The Mediterranean World	+++	sem 1	nl	Devi Taelman	5

Archaeology of the Roman Provinces	++++			Michiel Dekoninck	5

Archaeology of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age	++++	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

3.1.3 Elective Set Business Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Credits for courses with reference 'vbp' or 'ma' may offer the basis for an exemption request for courses in ‘het voorbereidingsprogramma tot de master bedrijfseconomie (bedrijfseconomie)’ or in ‘de master bedrijfseconomie (bedrijfseconomie)’.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Marketing Management	vbp	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Research Methodology	vbp	sem 1	nl	Laurence Rijssegem	6

Introduction to Financial Reporting and Accounting Methods	vbp	sem 1	nl	Els De Wielemaker	4

Innovation Management	ma	sem 2	en	Katrien Verleye	3

Project Management	ma	sem 1	en	Mario Vanhoucke	6

Human Resource Management	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	3

Introduction to Entrepreneurship	ma	sem 1	en	Petra Andries	3

Corporate Social Responsibility	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Public Administration. An Introduction		sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

3.1.4 Elective Set Public Administration and Management
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Credits for courses with reference 'vbp' or 'ma' may offer the basis for an exemption request for courses in ‘het voorbereidingsprogramma tot de master in de bestuurskunde en het publiek management’.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Public Administration. An Introduction	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

Public Policy	vbp	sem 1	en	Bishoy Zaki	6

Public Management	vbp	sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

Introduction to Accounting in the Not-for-Profit and Public Sector	vbp	sem 2	nl	Johan Christiaens	5

Constitutional Law for Public Administration	vbp	sem 1	nl	Daan Bijnens	4

Introduction to Microeconomics		sem 1	nl	Stijn Goeminne	3

Introduction to Public Economics		sem 1	nl	Bart Defloor	3

European Union Politics and Policy		sem 1	en	Claire Dupont	3

Network Management in the Public Sector		sem 1	nl	Joris Voets	5

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

3.1.5 Elective Set Critical Perspectives on Culture
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Book History	sem 1	en	Kornee van der Haven	5

Comparative Study of Religions	sem 1	en	Jakob De Roover	5

Cross-Cultural Psychology	sem 2	en	Johnny Fontaine	4

History and Culture of the English-speaking World	sem 2	en	Brecht de Groote	4

Culture Studies	sem 1	en	Kris Rutten	5

European Overseas Expansion in Global History, 1500-1800	sem 1	en	Michael Limberger	5

Intellectual History	sem 2	en	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

Theories of Cultural History	sem 2	nl	Alexander Roose	5

Europe and Asia: Cultural Encounters and Differences	sem 2	en	Jakob De Roover	5

Conceptualizing Culture	sem 1	en	Jurgen Pieters	5

3.1.6 Elective Set Culture and Society
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Ethics: Systematics	sem 1	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Gender and Diversity Studies	sem 1	nl	Carine Plancke	5

Sexuality and Globalisation	sem 2	nl	Tom Claes	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Judaism	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Buddhism	sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India			Eva De Clercq	5

East Asian Ideologies			Christoph Anderl	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion			Anne Goddeeris	5

Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to the Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa	sem 2	en	Aymon Kreil	5

Society and Current Affairs: China	sem 2	en	Bart Dessein	5

Society and Current Affairs: South Asia	sem 2	nl,en	Tine Vekemans	5

Society and Current Affairs: Japan	sem 1	en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa	sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)	sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of China	sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia	sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia	sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of South East Europe			Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia	sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation			Inge Brinkman	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa			Michael Meeuwis	5

History and Culture of the German-speaking World	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Andreas Widoff	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe			Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

3.1.7 Elective Set The Classical Tradition
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Olivier Demerre	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Kristoffel Demoen	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

History of Ancient Greece and Rome	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of Ancient Philosophy	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Ancient Greek: Language Proficiency I	sem 1	nl	Floris Bernard	5

Latin: Language Proficiency I	sem 1	nl	Giovanbattista Galdi	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Latin Tradition in Europe	sem 2	nl	Wim Verbaal	5

Introduction to Greek and Latin Epigraphy: Inscriptions as a Historical Source	sem 2	nl	Thierry Oppeneer	5

3.1.8 Elective Set Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Credits for courses with reference 'vbp' or 'ma' may offer the basis for an exemption request for courses in ‘het voorbereidingsprogramma tot de master algemene economie’ or in ‘de master algemene economie’.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Markets and Prices	vbp	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	5

Methodology for Economic Research	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Financial Markets and Institutions	ma	sem 2	nl	Rudi Vander Vennet	6

Economic Globalisation	ma	sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Environmental Economics and Policy	ma	sem 2	nl	Brent Bleys	6

Labour and Employment	ma	sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Investment Analysis		sem 1	en	Michael Frömmel	6

Transport Economics		sem 2	nl	Jochen Maes	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

3.1.9 Elective Set History
Elective Set

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: History’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Arts and Humanities, preferably choose courses with reference °.
Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Arts in History.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Ancient Greece and Rome	vbp	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of the Middle Ages	vbp	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

History of Belgium	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History and Culture of the Netherlands		sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

History of the Ancient Near East	vbp	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Tendencies in Historiography	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp	year	nl	Els De Paermentier	5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians	vbp	sem 1	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

Global Developments in Historical Perspective	vbp	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History		sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

Visual Materials as Historical Sources	vbp	sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

Comparative Rural History		sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Historical Culture and Society	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Introduction to the History of Africa		sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia		sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of South East Europe		sem 2	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

History of the Americas		sem 2	nl,en	Eva Willems	5

3.1.10 Elective Set Art Studies
Elective Set

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historiography of Art: Introduction		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Architecture 1: a Long Modernity		sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

Aesthetics I		sem 2	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

Fashion and Textiles		sem 1	en	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1300-1789		sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	6

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1789 until today	B+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	6

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries I		sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	5

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries II				Koenraad Jonckheere	5

Historic Interior and Design	+			Marjan Sterckx	5

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta	+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

Contemporary Art: Ways of Worldmaking	+			Wouter Davidts	5

Avant-garde Film and Video	+	sem 1	nl	Steven Jacobs	5

History of Music: Until 1750	B++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	6

History of Music: 1750-1900	++			Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Western Theater from Antiquity until 1850		sem 2	nl	Bram Van Oostveldt	5

History of Modern Theatre	B+++	sem 1	nl	Christel Stalpaert	6

Repertoire Study of Theatre	+++	sem 1	nl,en	Christel Stalpaert	5

Cultural and Historical Aspects of Dance Theatre	+++			Annelies Van Assche	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa		sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	5

3.1.11 Elective Set Literature
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Literature	sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Theory of Literature I: Topics in European Literary History	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Theory of Literature II: Reading Theories	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Comparative Literature: Literature and Intermediality	sem 2	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Comparative Literature: Poetics	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Olivier Demerre	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Kristoffel Demoen	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia	sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Oriental Literature: China	sem 2	nl	Bart Dessein	5

Oriental Literature: Japan	sem 2	nl	Luc Van Haute	5

Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Overview of Russian Literature	sem 2	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

English Literature: Introduction	year	en	Andrew Bricker	5

Narratology and Discourse Analysis	sem 2	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Modern Theatre	sem 1	nl	Christel Stalpaert	6

Dutch Literature: Benchmarks	sem 1	nl	Lars Bernaerts	4

3.1.12 Elective Set Teaching - Cultural Sciences
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Powerful Learning Environments	sem 1	nl	Bram De Wever	6

Teaching Methodology: Cultural Sciences	year	nl	Koen Aerts	6

Reference Internship: Cultural Sciences	year	nl	Koen Aerts	3

3.1.13 Elective Set Political Sciences
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Political Sciences	sem 1	nl	Carl Devos	6

Statistics	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Social and Political Systems	sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

History of Belgium	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History of International Politics	sem 2	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Structure and Conflict in the Global South	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Bogaert	6

Conflictstudies	sem 2	en	Koen Vlassenroot	6

Comparative Political Economy	sem 2	nl	Mattias Vermeiren	6

European Political Integration	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

European and Regional Integration Theories	sem 1	nl	Jan Orbie	6

The Policies of the European Union	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Politics and Society in a Global World	sem 2	en	Christopher Parker	6

Local Politics	sem 1	nl	Herwig Reynaert	6

Comparative Politics	sem 2	nl	Kristof Steyvers	5

Political Philosophy	sem 2	nl	Patrick Loobuyck	5

3.1.14 Elective Set Laws
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Basic Concepts of Law	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

History of Public Law and Politics	sem 1	nl	Georges Martyn	6

Introduction to International and European Law	sem 2	nl	Peter Van Elsuwege	4

Criminal Law	sem 1	nl	Tom Vander Beken	6

Legal Theory	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	4

Moral Philosophy and Philosophy of Law	sem 2	nl	Jan Verplaetse	5

Constitutional Law	sem 2	nl	Mathieu Leloup	7

Law of Obligations and Contracts	sem 2	nl	Ignace Claeys	6

Administrative Law and Environmental Law	sem 1	nl	Liesbeth Todts	8

Fundamental Rights	sem 1	nl	Yves Haeck	6

Criminal Procedure	sem 1	nl	Philip Traest	5

Economic Law and intellectual Property Rights	sem 2	nl	Reinhard Steennot	7

European Law	sem 2	nl	Inge Govaere	5

Property Law	sem 2	nl	Annelies Wylleman	4

Loss Compensation (Torts)	sem 2	nl	Marc Kruithof	5

Labour Law	sem 1	nl	Alexander De Becker	5

Public International Law	sem 1	nl	Nicolas Angelet	4

Family Law	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

Law and Technology	sem 1	en	Eva Lievens	3

Law of Business Organisations	sem 1	nl	Hans De Wulf	5

Procedure	sem 2	nl	Piet Taelman	7

Law and Society	sem 2	nl	Ellen Desmet	3

Social Security Law	sem 2	nl	Inger De Wilde	4

3.1.15 Elective Set Religion Studies
Elective Set

Subscribe to 5 credit units from the following list, with reference *.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Religious Studies	*	sem 1	nl	Annelies Lannoy	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Comparative Study of Religions		sem 1	nl,en	Jakob De Roover	5

Cultural Anthropology		sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Judaism		sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

East Asian Ideologies				Christoph Anderl	5

Buddhism		sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India				Eva De Clercq	5

Classical Mythology		sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion				Anne Goddeeris	5

3.1.16 Elective Set Sociology and Communication Sciences
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociology	sem 1	nl	Bart Van de Putte	6

Statistics	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Social and Political Systems	sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Sociology of Modernity	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	5

Historical Sociology	sem 2	nl	Bart Van de Putte	5

Social Inequality	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	3

Sociological Perspectives	sem 2	nl	Mieke Van Houtte	6

Contemporary Sociological Theories	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Communication Science	sem 1	nl	Edward De Vooght	6

Media Economy and Media Structures	sem 2	nl	Tom Evens	5

Journalism in Perspective	sem 2	nl	Sarah Van Leuven	5

Persuasive communication	sem 2	nl	Liselot Hudders	5

Media History	sem 2	nl	Daniël Biltereyst	5

Media Technology and Innovation	sem 2	nl	Lieven De Marez	5

3.1.17 Elective Set Linguistics
Elective Set

Students who intend to take the course ‘eaching Methodology: Dutch as a Foreign Language’in the Master of Science in Teaching in Languages,
preferably choose courses with reference °.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Text-Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	3

General Linguistics I: Theories and Methods		sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Literature		sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Qualitative Research Design		sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	3

Introduction Qualitative Analysis		sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	3

Introduction to Translation Studies		sem 2	nl	Lieve Jooken	3

Introduction to Digital Text Analysis		sem 1	nl	Els Lefever	3

Introduction to Translation Technology		sem 1	nl	Lieve Macken	3

Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning		sem 2	nl	June Eyckmans	3

Introduction to African Linguistics		sem 1	nl,en	Heidi Goes	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

African Historical Linguistics				Koen Bostoen	5

Dutch Linguistics: Grammar – Word Classes and Syntax of the Clause	°	sem 1	nl	Timothy Colleman	5

Dutch Linguistics: Introduction to Sociolinguistics	°	sem 1	nl	Ulrike Vogl	3

Introduction to Flemish Sign Language		sem 1	nl	Beatrijs Wille	5

English Linguistics: Introduction		sem 1	en	Ellen Simon	5

3.1.18 Elective Set Languages of Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe
Elective Set

Subscribe to minimum 5 credit units with reference * or a language acquisition course in line with the student's initial competences.
Languages may not be combined.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial I	*	sem 1	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial II	*	sem 2	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Modern Chinese I	*	sem 1	nl,zh	Bart Dessein	10

Modern Chinese II	*	sem 2	nl,zh	Bart Dessein	10

Classical Chinese I	*	sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

Classical Chinese II	*	sem 2	nl	Ann Heirman	5

Hindi I	*	sem 1	nl,hi	Daniela De Simone	10

Hindi II	*	sem 2	nl,hi	Daniela De Simone	10

Sanskrit I	*	sem 1	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Sanskrit II	*	sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Modern Japanese I	*	sem 1	ja,nl,en	Andreas Niehaus	10

Modern Japanese II	*	sem 2	ja,nl,en	Andreas Niehaus	10

Bungo I	*	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

Bungo II	*	sem 2	nl	Christian Uhl	5

Korean Language and Culture I	*	sem 1	ko,en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Korean Language and Culture II	*	sem 2	ko,en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Russian: Grammar I	*	sem 1	ru,nl	Johanna Hautekiet	4

Russian: Language Proficiency I	*	sem 1	nl	Bart Hendrickx	4

Russian: Grammar II	*	sem 2	ru,nl	Johanna Hautekiet	4

Russian: Language Proficiency II	*	sem 2	ru,nl	Bart Hendrickx	5

Turkish: Language Proficiency I	*	sem 1	nl,tr	Johan Vandewalle	6

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia		sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Politics of the Contemporary Middle East		sem 2	nl,en	Christopher Markiewicz	5

Society and Current Affairs: China		sem 2	en	Bart Dessein	5

Society and Current Affairs: South Asia		sem 2	nl,en	Tine Vekemans	5

Society and Current Affairs: Japan		sem 1	en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe		sem 1	nl,en	Aleksey Yudin	5

Oriental Literature: China		sem 2	nl	Bart Dessein	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia		sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Oriental Literature: Japan		sem 2	nl	Luc Van Haute	5

Overview of Russian Literature		sem 2	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

3.1.19 Elective Set Southeast-European Language
Elective Set

Students subscribe to at least 5 credit units with reference *, or a language acquisition course that is in line with the student’ starting competences.
Languages cannot be combined.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian I	*	sem 2	nl	Pieter Troch	10

Bulgarian I	*	sem 2	nl	Dieter Stern	10

Slovenian I	*	sem 2	nl,sl	Dieter Stern	10

New Greek: Language Proficiency I	*	year	nl	Katja De Herdt	5

New Greek: Language Proficiency II	*	sem 1	nl	Katja De Herdt	5

Turkish: Language Proficiency I	*			Johan Vandewalle	6

Turkish: Language Proficiency II	*	sem 2	nl	Johan Vandewalle	6

General Linguistics I: Theories and Methods		sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Theory of Literature I: Topics in European Literary History		sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Literature		sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Introduction to Translation Studies		sem 2	nl	Lieve Jooken	3

Introduction to Translation Technology		sem 1	nl	Lieve Macken	3

European Political Integration		sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

History and Culture of the German-speaking World		sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

Byzantine History		sem 1	en	Peter Van Nuffelen	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

3.2 Lists of Electives

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 list of electives from the following list.

To be taken in year 2 or year 3.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum cannot be included as part of the list of electives.

3.2.1 List of Electives Psychology

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the following Preparatory Courses: Master of Science in Psychology: Clinical Psychology ('vbp1'); Master of Science in Psychology: Personnel Management and Industrial Psychology ('vbp2'); Master of Science in Psychology: Theoretical and Experimental Psychology ('vbp3').

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Statistics I	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Jan De Neve	7

Statistics II	vbp1/2/3	sem 2	nl	Thierry Marchant	6

Methodology		sem 1	nl	Thierry Marchant	4

Developmental Psychology		sem 1	nl	Bart Soenens	5

Recent Theories on Developmental Psychology		sem 1	nl	Elien Mabbe	5

Models in Developmental Psychopathology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Lien Goossens	4

Social Psychology		sem 1	nl	Alain Van Hiel	4

Psychometrics	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Yves Rosseel	4

Neuropsychology	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Wim Fias	5

Introduction Cognitive Psychology I		sem 2	nl	Durk Talsma	5

Introduction Cognitive Psychology II	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Durk Talsma	5

Differential Psychology	vbp1/2/3	sem 2	nl	Filip De Fruyt	4

Learning Psychology	vbp1/2/3	sem 2	nl	Yannick Boddez	5

Introduction Industrial Psychology	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Bart Wille	5

Introduction into Models in Clinical Psychology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Ernst Koster	6

Introduction to Clinical Psychological Assessment	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Jasper Feyaerts	4

Models in Psychoanalysis	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Stijn Vanheule	4

Interpersonal Models in Psychology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Luc Van den Berge	4

Models in Health Psychology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Liesbet Goubert	4

Cognition and Emotion	vbp3	sem 1	en	Gilles Pourtois	5

Behavioral Economics	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Barbara Briers	3

Introduction to Psycholinguistics		sem 1	en	Louisa Bogaerts	3

3.2.2 List of Electives Natural Sciences

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Stars and Planets	sem 2	nl	Sven De Rijcke	6

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

Physics I	sem 1	nl	Bartel Van Waeyenberge	5

Physics II	sem 2	nl	Bartel Van Waeyenberge	5

Physics and Astronomy Laboratory 1	year	nl	Natalie Jachowicz	6

Chemistry	sem 1	nl	Zeger Hens	5

Biodiversity of Animals	sem 2	nl	Tom Moens	5

Biodiversity of Plants s.L. (sensu Linnaeo)	sem 1	nl	Annemieke Verbeken	5

Ecology	sem 2	nl	Luc Lens	5

Cell Biology and Genetics	sem 1	nl	Geert De Jaeger	5

Chemistry I: Structure of Matter	sem 1	nl	Klaartje De Buysser	5

Biogeography	sem 2	nl	Wim Vyverman	5

Biology, the Brain and Behaviour	sem 2	nl	Robrecht Raedt	5

Mathematics I	sem 1	nl	Koen Thas	5

Reasoning, Abstracting and Formulating	sem 1	nl	Eric Laermans	6

Programming	sem 1	nl	Kris Coolsaet	6

Discrete Mathematics	sem 1	nl	Bart De Bruyn	6

Object Oriented Programming	sem 2	nl	Kris Coolsaet	6

Algorithms and Data Structures 1	sem 2	nl	Veerle Fack	6

Linear Algebra and Geometry I	sem 1	nl	Arne Van Antwerpen	6

Analysis I	sem 1	nl	Jasson Vindas Diaz	6

Analysis II	sem 2	nl	Hans Vernaeve	8

Differential Geometry	sem 2	nl	Frederik Broucke	6

Discrete Mathematics I	sem 1	nl	Leo Storme	6

Second year

(version 21 )

Course schedule 1st semester Course schedule 2nd semester

1 General Courses

1.2 Philosophical Courses

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Anthropology	2	sem 2	nl	Farah Focquaert	5

History of Contemporary Philosophy	2	sem 1	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

History of Modern Philosophy	2	sem 1	nl	Boris Demarest	5

1.3 Ethics and the Scientific Study of Morals

1.3.1 Ethics

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Normative Ethics	2	sem 1	nl	Seppe Segers	5

Contemporary Ethics: Continental Tradition	2	sem 2	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Contemporary Ethics: Anglo-American Tradition	2	sem 1	nl	Tom Claes	5

1.3.2 Moral Sciences

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Research in Moral Science: Introduction	2	sem 2	nl	Veerle Provoost	5

Moral Development and Education	2	sem 1	nl	Claudia Claes	5

1.3.3 Methods

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Research Methods Qualitative		2	sem 2	nl	Kaat De Pourcq	5

1.4 Humanities and Auxiliary Sciences

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

The students decide based on the demands of their curriculum which other credits they take in the second or third standard learning path.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Introduction to Political Sciences	sem 1	nl	Carl Devos	5

Recent Theories on Developmental Psychology	sem 1	nl	Elien Mabbe	5

Introduction into Models in Clinical Psychology	sem 1	nl	Ernst Koster	6

Social Welfare Studies	sem 1	nl	Rudi Roose	6

Sociology	sem 2	nl	Timo Van Canegem	5

Social and Political Systems	sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

General Introduction to Law	sem 2	nl	Pieter Cannoot	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Biology, the Brain and Behaviour	sem 2	nl	Robrecht Raedt	5

2 Elective Courses

To subscribe to 10 credit units free choice. Courses to be chosen from:

The module 'Humanities and Auxiliary Sciences'
The chosen option under module 'Elective Window'
The study programmes offered by Ghent University (including the Ghent University Elective Courses)
The academic study programmes offered by other Institutions of Higher Education within the Flemish Community

Options 3 and 4: Subject to approval by the faculty. The student writes a motivation for the electives in Oasis.

3 Elective Window

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 module from the following list.

3.1 Elective Sets

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 elective set from the following list.

To be taken in year 2 or year 3.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum cannot be included as part of the elective set.

3.1.1 Elective Set African Studies
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Swahili I	sem 1	nl,en	Koen Bostoen	5

Swahili II	sem 2	nl,en	Koen Bostoen	5

Lingála I	sem 2	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Lingála II	sem 1	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Introduction to African Linguistics	sem 1	nl,en	Heidi Goes	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa	sem 1	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

African Historical Linguistics			Koen Bostoen	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

Themes and Regions in African History	sem 2	nl	Maarten Couttenier	5

Methods, Sources and Historiography in African History			Maarten Couttenier	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa	sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	5

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa	sem 1	nl,en	Peter Coutros	5

Fieldwork in Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Themes and Genres in African Literatures	sem 2	nl	Martina Vitackova	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa	sem 2	nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation			Inge Brinkman	5

Afrikaans: Linguistics and Literature	sem 1	nl	Yves T'Sjoen	5

3.1.2 Elective Set Archaeology
Elective Set

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
General Introduction to Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Philippe Crombé	5

Introduction to World Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Natural Sciences in Archaeology		sem 2	nl	Peter Vandenabeele	6

Introduction to Prospection and Excavation Techniques		sem 2	nl	Philippe Crombé	6

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Peter Coutros	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia		sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

Pre- and Protohistory	B+	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Near East	B++	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	B+++	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Archaeology of the Historical Periods	B++++	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Protohistory of Northwestern Europe	+	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Prehistory of Northwestern Europe	+			Hans Vandendriessche	5

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: from the Proto-Neolithic to the Bronze Age	++			Joachim Bretschneider	5

Phoenician and Punic Archaeology	++/+++	sem 1	nl	Vanessa Boschloos	5

Archaeology of Greece	+++			Roald Docter	5

Roman Archaeology: The Mediterranean World	+++	sem 1	nl	Devi Taelman	5

Archaeology of the Roman Provinces	++++			Michiel Dekoninck	5

Archaeology of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age	++++	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

3.1.3 Elective Set Business Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Marketing Management	vbp	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Research Methodology	vbp	sem 1	nl	Laurence Rijssegem	6

Introduction to Financial Reporting and Accounting Methods	vbp	sem 1	nl	Els De Wielemaker	4

Innovation Management	ma	sem 2	en	Katrien Verleye	3

Project Management	ma	sem 1	en	Mario Vanhoucke	6

Human Resource Management	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	3

Introduction to Entrepreneurship	ma	sem 1	en	Petra Andries	3

Corporate Social Responsibility	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Public Administration. An Introduction		sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

3.1.4 Elective Set Public Administration and Management
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Public Administration. An Introduction	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

Public Policy	vbp	sem 1	en	Bishoy Zaki	6

Public Management	vbp	sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

Introduction to Accounting in the Not-for-Profit and Public Sector	vbp	sem 2	nl	Johan Christiaens	5

Constitutional Law for Public Administration	vbp	sem 1	nl	Daan Bijnens	4

Introduction to Microeconomics		sem 1	nl	Stijn Goeminne	3

Introduction to Public Economics		sem 1	nl	Bart Defloor	3

European Union Politics and Policy		sem 1	en	Claire Dupont	3

Network Management in the Public Sector		sem 1	nl	Joris Voets	5

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

3.1.5 Elective Set Critical Perspectives on Culture
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Book History	sem 1	en	Kornee van der Haven	5

Comparative Study of Religions	sem 1	en	Jakob De Roover	5

Cross-Cultural Psychology	sem 2	en	Johnny Fontaine	4

History and Culture of the English-speaking World	sem 2	en	Brecht de Groote	4

Culture Studies	sem 1	en	Kris Rutten	5

European Overseas Expansion in Global History, 1500-1800	sem 1	en	Michael Limberger	5

Intellectual History	sem 2	en	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

Theories of Cultural History	sem 2	nl	Alexander Roose	5

Europe and Asia: Cultural Encounters and Differences	sem 2	en	Jakob De Roover	5

Conceptualizing Culture	sem 1	en	Jurgen Pieters	5

3.1.6 Elective Set Culture and Society
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Ethics: Systematics	sem 1	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Gender and Diversity Studies	sem 1	nl	Carine Plancke	5

Sexuality and Globalisation	sem 2	nl	Tom Claes	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Judaism	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Buddhism	sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India			Eva De Clercq	5

East Asian Ideologies			Christoph Anderl	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion			Anne Goddeeris	5

Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to the Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa	sem 2	en	Aymon Kreil	5

Society and Current Affairs: China	sem 2	en	Bart Dessein	5

Society and Current Affairs: South Asia	sem 2	nl,en	Tine Vekemans	5

Society and Current Affairs: Japan	sem 1	en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa	sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)	sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of China	sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia	sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia	sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of South East Europe			Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia	sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation			Inge Brinkman	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa			Michael Meeuwis	5

History and Culture of the German-speaking World	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Andreas Widoff	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe			Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

3.1.7 Elective Set The Classical Tradition
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Olivier Demerre	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Kristoffel Demoen	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

History of Ancient Greece and Rome	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of Ancient Philosophy	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Ancient Greek: Language Proficiency I	sem 1	nl	Floris Bernard	5

Latin: Language Proficiency I	sem 1	nl	Giovanbattista Galdi	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Latin Tradition in Europe	sem 2	nl	Wim Verbaal	5

Introduction to Greek and Latin Epigraphy: Inscriptions as a Historical Source	sem 2	nl	Thierry Oppeneer	5

3.1.8 Elective Set Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Markets and Prices	vbp	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	5

Methodology for Economic Research	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Financial Markets and Institutions	ma	sem 2	nl	Rudi Vander Vennet	6

Economic Globalisation	ma	sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Environmental Economics and Policy	ma	sem 2	nl	Brent Bleys	6

Labour and Employment	ma	sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Investment Analysis		sem 1	en	Michael Frömmel	6

Transport Economics		sem 2	nl	Jochen Maes	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

3.1.9 Elective Set History
Elective Set

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Ancient Greece and Rome	vbp	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of the Middle Ages	vbp	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

History of Belgium	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History and Culture of the Netherlands		sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

History of the Ancient Near East	vbp	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Tendencies in Historiography	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp	year	nl	Els De Paermentier	5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians	vbp	sem 1	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

Global Developments in Historical Perspective	vbp	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History		sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

Visual Materials as Historical Sources	vbp	sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

Comparative Rural History		sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Historical Culture and Society	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Introduction to the History of Africa		sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia		sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of South East Europe		sem 2	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

History of the Americas		sem 2	nl,en	Eva Willems	5

3.1.10 Elective Set Art Studies
Elective Set

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historiography of Art: Introduction		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Architecture 1: a Long Modernity		sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

Aesthetics I		sem 2	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

Fashion and Textiles		sem 1	en	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1300-1789		sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	6

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1789 until today	B+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	6

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries I		sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	5

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries II				Koenraad Jonckheere	5

Historic Interior and Design	+			Marjan Sterckx	5

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta	+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

Contemporary Art: Ways of Worldmaking	+			Wouter Davidts	5

Avant-garde Film and Video	+	sem 1	nl	Steven Jacobs	5

History of Music: Until 1750	B++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	6

History of Music: 1750-1900	++			Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Western Theater from Antiquity until 1850		sem 2	nl	Bram Van Oostveldt	5

History of Modern Theatre	B+++	sem 1	nl	Christel Stalpaert	6

Repertoire Study of Theatre	+++	sem 1	nl,en	Christel Stalpaert	5

Cultural and Historical Aspects of Dance Theatre	+++			Annelies Van Assche	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa		sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	5

3.1.11 Elective Set Literature
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Literature	sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Theory of Literature I: Topics in European Literary History	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Theory of Literature II: Reading Theories	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Comparative Literature: Literature and Intermediality	sem 2	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Comparative Literature: Poetics	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Olivier Demerre	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Kristoffel Demoen	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia	sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Oriental Literature: China	sem 2	nl	Bart Dessein	5

Oriental Literature: Japan	sem 2	nl	Luc Van Haute	5

Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Overview of Russian Literature	sem 2	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

English Literature: Introduction	year	en	Andrew Bricker	5

Narratology and Discourse Analysis	sem 2	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Modern Theatre	sem 1	nl	Christel Stalpaert	6

Dutch Literature: Benchmarks	sem 1	nl	Lars Bernaerts	4

3.1.12 Elective Set Teaching - Cultural Sciences
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Powerful Learning Environments	sem 1	nl	Bram De Wever	6

Teaching Methodology: Cultural Sciences	year	nl	Koen Aerts	6

Reference Internship: Cultural Sciences	year	nl	Koen Aerts	3

3.1.13 Elective Set Political Sciences
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Political Sciences	sem 1	nl	Carl Devos	6

Statistics	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Social and Political Systems	sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

History of Belgium	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History of International Politics	sem 2	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Structure and Conflict in the Global South	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Bogaert	6

Conflictstudies	sem 2	en	Koen Vlassenroot	6

Comparative Political Economy	sem 2	nl	Mattias Vermeiren	6

European Political Integration	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

European and Regional Integration Theories	sem 1	nl	Jan Orbie	6

The Policies of the European Union	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Politics and Society in a Global World	sem 2	en	Christopher Parker	6

Local Politics	sem 1	nl	Herwig Reynaert	6

Comparative Politics	sem 2	nl	Kristof Steyvers	5

Political Philosophy	sem 2	nl	Patrick Loobuyck	5

3.1.14 Elective Set Laws
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Basic Concepts of Law	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

History of Public Law and Politics	sem 1	nl	Georges Martyn	6

Introduction to International and European Law	sem 2	nl	Peter Van Elsuwege	4

Criminal Law	sem 1	nl	Tom Vander Beken	6

Legal Theory	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	4

Moral Philosophy and Philosophy of Law	sem 2	nl	Jan Verplaetse	5

Constitutional Law	sem 2	nl	Mathieu Leloup	7

Law of Obligations and Contracts	sem 2	nl	Ignace Claeys	6

Administrative Law and Environmental Law	sem 1	nl	Liesbeth Todts	8

Fundamental Rights	sem 1	nl	Yves Haeck	6

Criminal Procedure	sem 1	nl	Philip Traest	5

Economic Law and intellectual Property Rights	sem 2	nl	Reinhard Steennot	7

European Law	sem 2	nl	Inge Govaere	5

Property Law	sem 2	nl	Annelies Wylleman	4

Loss Compensation (Torts)	sem 2	nl	Marc Kruithof	5

Labour Law	sem 1	nl	Alexander De Becker	5

Public International Law	sem 1	nl	Nicolas Angelet	4

Family Law	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

Law and Technology	sem 1	en	Eva Lievens	3

Law of Business Organisations	sem 1	nl	Hans De Wulf	5

Procedure	sem 2	nl	Piet Taelman	7

Law and Society	sem 2	nl	Ellen Desmet	3

Social Security Law	sem 2	nl	Inger De Wilde	4

3.1.15 Elective Set Religion Studies
Elective Set

Subscribe to 5 credit units from the following list, with reference *.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Religious Studies	*	sem 1	nl	Annelies Lannoy	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Comparative Study of Religions		sem 1	nl,en	Jakob De Roover	5

Cultural Anthropology		sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Judaism		sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

East Asian Ideologies				Christoph Anderl	5

Buddhism		sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India				Eva De Clercq	5

Classical Mythology		sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion				Anne Goddeeris	5

3.1.16 Elective Set Sociology and Communication Sciences
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociology	sem 1	nl	Bart Van de Putte	6

Statistics	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Social and Political Systems	sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Sociology of Modernity	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	5

Historical Sociology	sem 2	nl	Bart Van de Putte	5

Social Inequality	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	3

Sociological Perspectives	sem 2	nl	Mieke Van Houtte	6

Contemporary Sociological Theories	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Communication Science	sem 1	nl	Edward De Vooght	6

Media Economy and Media Structures	sem 2	nl	Tom Evens	5

Journalism in Perspective	sem 2	nl	Sarah Van Leuven	5

Persuasive communication	sem 2	nl	Liselot Hudders	5

Media History	sem 2	nl	Daniël Biltereyst	5

Media Technology and Innovation	sem 2	nl	Lieven De Marez	5

3.1.17 Elective Set Linguistics
Elective Set

Students who intend to take the course ‘eaching Methodology: Dutch as a Foreign Language’in the Master of Science in Teaching in Languages,
preferably choose courses with reference °.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Text-Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	3

General Linguistics I: Theories and Methods		sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Literature		sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Qualitative Research Design		sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	3

Introduction Qualitative Analysis		sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	3

Introduction to Translation Studies		sem 2	nl	Lieve Jooken	3

Introduction to Digital Text Analysis		sem 1	nl	Els Lefever	3

Introduction to Translation Technology		sem 1	nl	Lieve Macken	3

Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning		sem 2	nl	June Eyckmans	3

Introduction to African Linguistics		sem 1	nl,en	Heidi Goes	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

African Historical Linguistics				Koen Bostoen	5

Dutch Linguistics: Grammar – Word Classes and Syntax of the Clause	°	sem 1	nl	Timothy Colleman	5

Dutch Linguistics: Introduction to Sociolinguistics	°	sem 1	nl	Ulrike Vogl	3

Introduction to Flemish Sign Language		sem 1	nl	Beatrijs Wille	5

English Linguistics: Introduction		sem 1	en	Ellen Simon	5

3.1.18 Elective Set Languages of Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe
Elective Set

Subscribe to minimum 5 credit units with reference * or a language acquisition course in line with the student's initial competences.
Languages may not be combined.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial I	*	sem 1	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial II	*	sem 2	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Modern Chinese I	*	sem 1	nl,zh	Bart Dessein	10

Modern Chinese II	*	sem 2	nl,zh	Bart Dessein	10

Classical Chinese I	*	sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

Classical Chinese II	*	sem 2	nl	Ann Heirman	5

Hindi I	*	sem 1	nl,hi	Daniela De Simone	10

Hindi II	*	sem 2	nl,hi	Daniela De Simone	10

Sanskrit I	*	sem 1	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Sanskrit II	*	sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Modern Japanese I	*	sem 1	ja,nl,en	Andreas Niehaus	10

Modern Japanese II	*	sem 2	ja,nl,en	Andreas Niehaus	10

Bungo I	*	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

Bungo II	*	sem 2	nl	Christian Uhl	5

Korean Language and Culture I	*	sem 1	ko,en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Korean Language and Culture II	*	sem 2	ko,en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Russian: Grammar I	*	sem 1	ru,nl	Johanna Hautekiet	4

Russian: Language Proficiency I	*	sem 1	nl	Bart Hendrickx	4

Russian: Grammar II	*	sem 2	ru,nl	Johanna Hautekiet	4

Russian: Language Proficiency II	*	sem 2	ru,nl	Bart Hendrickx	5

Turkish: Language Proficiency I	*	sem 1	nl,tr	Johan Vandewalle	6

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia		sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Politics of the Contemporary Middle East		sem 2	nl,en	Christopher Markiewicz	5

Society and Current Affairs: China		sem 2	en	Bart Dessein	5

Society and Current Affairs: South Asia		sem 2	nl,en	Tine Vekemans	5

Society and Current Affairs: Japan		sem 1	en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe		sem 1	nl,en	Aleksey Yudin	5

Oriental Literature: China		sem 2	nl	Bart Dessein	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia		sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Oriental Literature: Japan		sem 2	nl	Luc Van Haute	5

Overview of Russian Literature		sem 2	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

3.1.19 Elective Set Southeast-European Language
Elective Set

Students subscribe to at least 5 credit units with reference *, or a language acquisition course that is in line with the student’ starting competences.
Languages cannot be combined.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian I	*	sem 2	nl	Pieter Troch	10

Bulgarian I	*	sem 2	nl	Dieter Stern	10

Slovenian I	*	sem 2	nl,sl	Dieter Stern	10

New Greek: Language Proficiency I	*	year	nl	Katja De Herdt	5

New Greek: Language Proficiency II	*	sem 1	nl	Katja De Herdt	5

Turkish: Language Proficiency I	*			Johan Vandewalle	6

Turkish: Language Proficiency II	*	sem 2	nl	Johan Vandewalle	6

General Linguistics I: Theories and Methods		sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Theory of Literature I: Topics in European Literary History		sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Literature		sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Introduction to Translation Studies		sem 2	nl	Lieve Jooken	3

Introduction to Translation Technology		sem 1	nl	Lieve Macken	3

European Political Integration		sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

History and Culture of the German-speaking World		sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

Byzantine History		sem 1	en	Peter Van Nuffelen	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

3.2 Lists of Electives

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 list of electives from the following list.

To be taken in year 2 or year 3.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum cannot be included as part of the list of electives.

3.2.1 List of Electives Psychology

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Statistics I	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Jan De Neve	7

Statistics II	vbp1/2/3	sem 2	nl	Thierry Marchant	6

Methodology		sem 1	nl	Thierry Marchant	4

Developmental Psychology		sem 1	nl	Bart Soenens	5

Recent Theories on Developmental Psychology		sem 1	nl	Elien Mabbe	5

Models in Developmental Psychopathology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Lien Goossens	4

Social Psychology		sem 1	nl	Alain Van Hiel	4

Psychometrics	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Yves Rosseel	4

Neuropsychology	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Wim Fias	5

Introduction Cognitive Psychology I		sem 2	nl	Durk Talsma	5

Introduction Cognitive Psychology II	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Durk Talsma	5

Differential Psychology	vbp1/2/3	sem 2	nl	Filip De Fruyt	4

Learning Psychology	vbp1/2/3	sem 2	nl	Yannick Boddez	5

Introduction Industrial Psychology	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Bart Wille	5

Introduction into Models in Clinical Psychology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Ernst Koster	6

Introduction to Clinical Psychological Assessment	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Jasper Feyaerts	4

Models in Psychoanalysis	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Stijn Vanheule	4

Interpersonal Models in Psychology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Luc Van den Berge	4

Models in Health Psychology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Liesbet Goubert	4

Cognition and Emotion	vbp3	sem 1	en	Gilles Pourtois	5

Behavioral Economics	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Barbara Briers	3

Introduction to Psycholinguistics		sem 1	en	Louisa Bogaerts	3

3.2.2 List of Electives Natural Sciences

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Stars and Planets	sem 2	nl	Sven De Rijcke	6

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

Physics I	sem 1	nl	Bartel Van Waeyenberge	5

Physics II	sem 2	nl	Bartel Van Waeyenberge	5

Physics and Astronomy Laboratory 1	year	nl	Natalie Jachowicz	6

Chemistry	sem 1	nl	Zeger Hens	5

Biodiversity of Animals	sem 2	nl	Tom Moens	5

Biodiversity of Plants s.L. (sensu Linnaeo)	sem 1	nl	Annemieke Verbeken	5

Ecology	sem 2	nl	Luc Lens	5

Cell Biology and Genetics	sem 1	nl	Geert De Jaeger	5

Chemistry I: Structure of Matter	sem 1	nl	Klaartje De Buysser	5

Biogeography	sem 2	nl	Wim Vyverman	5

Biology, the Brain and Behaviour	sem 2	nl	Robrecht Raedt	5

Mathematics I	sem 1	nl	Koen Thas	5

Reasoning, Abstracting and Formulating	sem 1	nl	Eric Laermans	6

Programming	sem 1	nl	Kris Coolsaet	6

Discrete Mathematics	sem 1	nl	Bart De Bruyn	6

Object Oriented Programming	sem 2	nl	Kris Coolsaet	6

Algorithms and Data Structures 1	sem 2	nl	Veerle Fack	6

Linear Algebra and Geometry I	sem 1	nl	Arne Van Antwerpen	6

Analysis I	sem 1	nl	Jasson Vindas Diaz	6

Analysis II	sem 2	nl	Hans Vernaeve	8

Differential Geometry	sem 2	nl	Frederik Broucke	6

Discrete Mathematics I	sem 1	nl	Leo Storme	6

Third year

(version 21 )

Course schedule 1st semester Course schedule 2nd semester

1 General Courses

1.2 Philosophical Courses

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
The Philosophy of Religion	3	sem 2	nl	Freddy Mortier	5

Philosophy in Society	3	year	nl	Gertrudis Van de Vijver	5

1.3 Ethics and the Scientific Study of Morals

1.3.2 Moral Sciences

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociology of Morals	3	sem 1	nl	Tom Claes	5

Moral Science: Practical Issues	3	sem 1	nl	Veerle Provoost	5

Integration Seminar Moral Sciences	3	year	nl	Heidi Mertes	5

1.4 Humanities and Auxiliary Sciences

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

The students decide based on the demands of their curriculum which other credits they take in the second or third standard learning path.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Introduction to Political Sciences	sem 1	nl	Carl Devos	5

Recent Theories on Developmental Psychology	sem 1	nl	Elien Mabbe	5

Introduction into Models in Clinical Psychology	sem 1	nl	Ernst Koster	6

Social Welfare Studies	sem 1	nl	Rudi Roose	6

Sociology	sem 2	nl	Timo Van Canegem	5

Social and Political Systems	sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

General Introduction to Law	sem 2	nl	Pieter Cannoot	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Biology, the Brain and Behaviour	sem 2	nl	Robrecht Raedt	5

1.5 Research Project

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Bachelor's Dissertation		3	year	nl	Maarten Van Dyck	10

2 Elective Courses

To subscribe to 10 credit units free choice. Courses to be chosen from:

The module 'Humanities and Auxiliary Sciences'
The chosen option under module 'Elective Window'
The study programmes offered by Ghent University (including the Ghent University Elective Courses)
The academic study programmes offered by other Institutions of Higher Education within the Flemish Community

Options 3 and 4: Subject to approval by the faculty. The student writes a motivation for the electives in Oasis.

3 Elective Window

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 module from the following list.

3.1 Elective Sets

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 elective set from the following list.

To be taken in year 2 or year 3.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum cannot be included as part of the elective set.

3.1.1 Elective Set African Studies
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Swahili I	sem 1	nl,en	Koen Bostoen	5

Swahili II	sem 2	nl,en	Koen Bostoen	5

Lingála I	sem 2	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Lingála II	sem 1	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Introduction to African Linguistics	sem 1	nl,en	Heidi Goes	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa	sem 1	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

African Historical Linguistics			Koen Bostoen	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

Themes and Regions in African History	sem 2	nl	Maarten Couttenier	5

Methods, Sources and Historiography in African History			Maarten Couttenier	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa	sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	5

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa	sem 1	nl,en	Peter Coutros	5

Fieldwork in Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Themes and Genres in African Literatures	sem 2	nl	Martina Vitackova	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa	sem 2	nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation			Inge Brinkman	5

Afrikaans: Linguistics and Literature	sem 1	nl	Yves T'Sjoen	5

3.1.2 Elective Set Archaeology
Elective Set

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
General Introduction to Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Philippe Crombé	5

Introduction to World Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Natural Sciences in Archaeology		sem 2	nl	Peter Vandenabeele	6

Introduction to Prospection and Excavation Techniques		sem 2	nl	Philippe Crombé	6

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Peter Coutros	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia		sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

Pre- and Protohistory	B+	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Near East	B++	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	B+++	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Archaeology of the Historical Periods	B++++	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Protohistory of Northwestern Europe	+	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Prehistory of Northwestern Europe	+			Hans Vandendriessche	5

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: from the Proto-Neolithic to the Bronze Age	++			Joachim Bretschneider	5

Phoenician and Punic Archaeology	++/+++	sem 1	nl	Vanessa Boschloos	5

Archaeology of Greece	+++			Roald Docter	5

Roman Archaeology: The Mediterranean World	+++	sem 1	nl	Devi Taelman	5

Archaeology of the Roman Provinces	++++			Michiel Dekoninck	5

Archaeology of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age	++++	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

3.1.3 Elective Set Business Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Marketing Management	vbp	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Research Methodology	vbp	sem 1	nl	Laurence Rijssegem	6

Introduction to Financial Reporting and Accounting Methods	vbp	sem 1	nl	Els De Wielemaker	4

Innovation Management	ma	sem 2	en	Katrien Verleye	3

Project Management	ma	sem 1	en	Mario Vanhoucke	6

Human Resource Management	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	3

Introduction to Entrepreneurship	ma	sem 1	en	Petra Andries	3

Corporate Social Responsibility	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Public Administration. An Introduction		sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

3.1.4 Elective Set Public Administration and Management
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Public Administration. An Introduction	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

Public Policy	vbp	sem 1	en	Bishoy Zaki	6

Public Management	vbp	sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

Introduction to Accounting in the Not-for-Profit and Public Sector	vbp	sem 2	nl	Johan Christiaens	5

Constitutional Law for Public Administration	vbp	sem 1	nl	Daan Bijnens	4

Introduction to Microeconomics		sem 1	nl	Stijn Goeminne	3

Introduction to Public Economics		sem 1	nl	Bart Defloor	3

European Union Politics and Policy		sem 1	en	Claire Dupont	3

Network Management in the Public Sector		sem 1	nl	Joris Voets	5

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

3.1.5 Elective Set Critical Perspectives on Culture
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Book History	sem 1	en	Kornee van der Haven	5

Comparative Study of Religions	sem 1	en	Jakob De Roover	5

Cross-Cultural Psychology	sem 2	en	Johnny Fontaine	4

History and Culture of the English-speaking World	sem 2	en	Brecht de Groote	4

Culture Studies	sem 1	en	Kris Rutten	5

European Overseas Expansion in Global History, 1500-1800	sem 1	en	Michael Limberger	5

Intellectual History	sem 2	en	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

Theories of Cultural History	sem 2	nl	Alexander Roose	5

Europe and Asia: Cultural Encounters and Differences	sem 2	en	Jakob De Roover	5

Conceptualizing Culture	sem 1	en	Jurgen Pieters	5

3.1.6 Elective Set Culture and Society
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Ethics: Systematics	sem 1	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Gender and Diversity Studies	sem 1	nl	Carine Plancke	5

Sexuality and Globalisation	sem 2	nl	Tom Claes	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Judaism	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Buddhism	sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India			Eva De Clercq	5

East Asian Ideologies			Christoph Anderl	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion			Anne Goddeeris	5

Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to the Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa	sem 2	en	Aymon Kreil	5

Society and Current Affairs: China	sem 2	en	Bart Dessein	5

Society and Current Affairs: South Asia	sem 2	nl,en	Tine Vekemans	5

Society and Current Affairs: Japan	sem 1	en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa	sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)	sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of China	sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia	sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia	sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of South East Europe			Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia	sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation			Inge Brinkman	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa			Michael Meeuwis	5

History and Culture of the German-speaking World	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Andreas Widoff	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe			Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

3.1.7 Elective Set The Classical Tradition
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Olivier Demerre	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Kristoffel Demoen	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

History of Ancient Greece and Rome	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of Ancient Philosophy	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Ancient Greek: Language Proficiency I	sem 1	nl	Floris Bernard	5

Latin: Language Proficiency I	sem 1	nl	Giovanbattista Galdi	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Latin Tradition in Europe	sem 2	nl	Wim Verbaal	5

Introduction to Greek and Latin Epigraphy: Inscriptions as a Historical Source	sem 2	nl	Thierry Oppeneer	5

3.1.8 Elective Set Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Markets and Prices	vbp	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	5

Methodology for Economic Research	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Financial Markets and Institutions	ma	sem 2	nl	Rudi Vander Vennet	6

Economic Globalisation	ma	sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Environmental Economics and Policy	ma	sem 2	nl	Brent Bleys	6

Labour and Employment	ma	sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Investment Analysis		sem 1	en	Michael Frömmel	6

Transport Economics		sem 2	nl	Jochen Maes	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

3.1.9 Elective Set History
Elective Set

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Ancient Greece and Rome	vbp	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of the Middle Ages	vbp	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

History of Belgium	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History and Culture of the Netherlands		sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

History of the Ancient Near East	vbp	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Tendencies in Historiography	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp	year	nl	Els De Paermentier	5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians	vbp	sem 1	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

Global Developments in Historical Perspective	vbp	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History		sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

Visual Materials as Historical Sources	vbp	sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

Comparative Rural History		sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Historical Culture and Society	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Introduction to the History of Africa		sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia		sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of South East Europe		sem 2	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

History of the Americas		sem 2	nl,en	Eva Willems	5

3.1.10 Elective Set Art Studies
Elective Set

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historiography of Art: Introduction		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Architecture 1: a Long Modernity		sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

Aesthetics I		sem 2	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

Fashion and Textiles		sem 1	en	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1300-1789		sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	6

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1789 until today	B+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	6

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries I		sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	5

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries II				Koenraad Jonckheere	5

Historic Interior and Design	+			Marjan Sterckx	5

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta	+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

Contemporary Art: Ways of Worldmaking	+			Wouter Davidts	5

Avant-garde Film and Video	+	sem 1	nl	Steven Jacobs	5

History of Music: Until 1750	B++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	6

History of Music: 1750-1900	++			Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Western Theater from Antiquity until 1850		sem 2	nl	Bram Van Oostveldt	5

History of Modern Theatre	B+++	sem 1	nl	Christel Stalpaert	6

Repertoire Study of Theatre	+++	sem 1	nl,en	Christel Stalpaert	5

Cultural and Historical Aspects of Dance Theatre	+++			Annelies Van Assche	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa		sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	5

3.1.11 Elective Set Literature
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Literature	sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Theory of Literature I: Topics in European Literary History	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Theory of Literature II: Reading Theories	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Comparative Literature: Literature and Intermediality	sem 2	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Comparative Literature: Poetics	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Olivier Demerre	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Kristoffel Demoen	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia	sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Oriental Literature: China	sem 2	nl	Bart Dessein	5

Oriental Literature: Japan	sem 2	nl	Luc Van Haute	5

Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Overview of Russian Literature	sem 2	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

English Literature: Introduction	year	en	Andrew Bricker	5

Narratology and Discourse Analysis	sem 2	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Modern Theatre	sem 1	nl	Christel Stalpaert	6

Dutch Literature: Benchmarks	sem 1	nl	Lars Bernaerts	4

3.1.12 Elective Set Teaching - Cultural Sciences
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Powerful Learning Environments	sem 1	nl	Bram De Wever	6

Teaching Methodology: Cultural Sciences	year	nl	Koen Aerts	6

Reference Internship: Cultural Sciences	year	nl	Koen Aerts	3

3.1.13 Elective Set Political Sciences
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Political Sciences	sem 1	nl	Carl Devos	6

Statistics	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Social and Political Systems	sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

History of Belgium	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History of International Politics	sem 2	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Structure and Conflict in the Global South	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Bogaert	6

Conflictstudies	sem 2	en	Koen Vlassenroot	6

Comparative Political Economy	sem 2	nl	Mattias Vermeiren	6

European Political Integration	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

European and Regional Integration Theories	sem 1	nl	Jan Orbie	6

The Policies of the European Union	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Politics and Society in a Global World	sem 2	en	Christopher Parker	6

Local Politics	sem 1	nl	Herwig Reynaert	6

Comparative Politics	sem 2	nl	Kristof Steyvers	5

Political Philosophy	sem 2	nl	Patrick Loobuyck	5

3.1.14 Elective Set Laws
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Basic Concepts of Law	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

History of Public Law and Politics	sem 1	nl	Georges Martyn	6

Introduction to International and European Law	sem 2	nl	Peter Van Elsuwege	4

Criminal Law	sem 1	nl	Tom Vander Beken	6

Legal Theory	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	4

Moral Philosophy and Philosophy of Law	sem 2	nl	Jan Verplaetse	5

Constitutional Law	sem 2	nl	Mathieu Leloup	7

Law of Obligations and Contracts	sem 2	nl	Ignace Claeys	6

Administrative Law and Environmental Law	sem 1	nl	Liesbeth Todts	8

Fundamental Rights	sem 1	nl	Yves Haeck	6

Criminal Procedure	sem 1	nl	Philip Traest	5

Economic Law and intellectual Property Rights	sem 2	nl	Reinhard Steennot	7

European Law	sem 2	nl	Inge Govaere	5

Property Law	sem 2	nl	Annelies Wylleman	4

Loss Compensation (Torts)	sem 2	nl	Marc Kruithof	5

Labour Law	sem 1	nl	Alexander De Becker	5

Public International Law	sem 1	nl	Nicolas Angelet	4

Family Law	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

Law and Technology	sem 1	en	Eva Lievens	3

Law of Business Organisations	sem 1	nl	Hans De Wulf	5

Procedure	sem 2	nl	Piet Taelman	7

Law and Society	sem 2	nl	Ellen Desmet	3

Social Security Law	sem 2	nl	Inger De Wilde	4

3.1.15 Elective Set Religion Studies
Elective Set

Subscribe to 5 credit units from the following list, with reference *.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Religious Studies	*	sem 1	nl	Annelies Lannoy	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Comparative Study of Religions		sem 1	nl,en	Jakob De Roover	5

Cultural Anthropology		sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Judaism		sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

East Asian Ideologies				Christoph Anderl	5

Buddhism		sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India				Eva De Clercq	5

Classical Mythology		sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion				Anne Goddeeris	5

3.1.16 Elective Set Sociology and Communication Sciences
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociology	sem 1	nl	Bart Van de Putte	6

Statistics	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Social and Political Systems	sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Sociology of Modernity	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	5

Historical Sociology	sem 2	nl	Bart Van de Putte	5

Social Inequality	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	3

Sociological Perspectives	sem 2	nl	Mieke Van Houtte	6

Contemporary Sociological Theories	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Communication Science	sem 1	nl	Edward De Vooght	6

Media Economy and Media Structures	sem 2	nl	Tom Evens	5

Journalism in Perspective	sem 2	nl	Sarah Van Leuven	5

Persuasive communication	sem 2	nl	Liselot Hudders	5

Media History	sem 2	nl	Daniël Biltereyst	5

Media Technology and Innovation	sem 2	nl	Lieven De Marez	5

3.1.17 Elective Set Linguistics
Elective Set

Students who intend to take the course ‘eaching Methodology: Dutch as a Foreign Language’in the Master of Science in Teaching in Languages,
preferably choose courses with reference °.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Text-Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	3

General Linguistics I: Theories and Methods		sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Literature		sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Qualitative Research Design		sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	3

Introduction Qualitative Analysis		sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	3

Introduction to Translation Studies		sem 2	nl	Lieve Jooken	3

Introduction to Digital Text Analysis		sem 1	nl	Els Lefever	3

Introduction to Translation Technology		sem 1	nl	Lieve Macken	3

Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning		sem 2	nl	June Eyckmans	3

Introduction to African Linguistics		sem 1	nl,en	Heidi Goes	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

African Historical Linguistics				Koen Bostoen	5

Dutch Linguistics: Grammar – Word Classes and Syntax of the Clause	°	sem 1	nl	Timothy Colleman	5

Dutch Linguistics: Introduction to Sociolinguistics	°	sem 1	nl	Ulrike Vogl	3

Introduction to Flemish Sign Language		sem 1	nl	Beatrijs Wille	5

English Linguistics: Introduction		sem 1	en	Ellen Simon	5

3.1.18 Elective Set Languages of Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe
Elective Set

Subscribe to minimum 5 credit units with reference * or a language acquisition course in line with the student's initial competences.
Languages may not be combined.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial I	*	sem 1	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial II	*	sem 2	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Modern Chinese I	*	sem 1	nl,zh	Bart Dessein	10

Modern Chinese II	*	sem 2	nl,zh	Bart Dessein	10

Classical Chinese I	*	sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

Classical Chinese II	*	sem 2	nl	Ann Heirman	5

Hindi I	*	sem 1	nl,hi	Daniela De Simone	10

Hindi II	*	sem 2	nl,hi	Daniela De Simone	10

Sanskrit I	*	sem 1	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Sanskrit II	*	sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Modern Japanese I	*	sem 1	ja,nl,en	Andreas Niehaus	10

Modern Japanese II	*	sem 2	ja,nl,en	Andreas Niehaus	10

Bungo I	*	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

Bungo II	*	sem 2	nl	Christian Uhl	5

Korean Language and Culture I	*	sem 1	ko,en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Korean Language and Culture II	*	sem 2	ko,en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Russian: Grammar I	*	sem 1	ru,nl	Johanna Hautekiet	4

Russian: Language Proficiency I	*	sem 1	nl	Bart Hendrickx	4

Russian: Grammar II	*	sem 2	ru,nl	Johanna Hautekiet	4

Russian: Language Proficiency II	*	sem 2	ru,nl	Bart Hendrickx	5

Turkish: Language Proficiency I	*	sem 1	nl,tr	Johan Vandewalle	6

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia		sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Politics of the Contemporary Middle East		sem 2	nl,en	Christopher Markiewicz	5

Society and Current Affairs: China		sem 2	en	Bart Dessein	5

Society and Current Affairs: South Asia		sem 2	nl,en	Tine Vekemans	5

Society and Current Affairs: Japan		sem 1	en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe		sem 1	nl,en	Aleksey Yudin	5

Oriental Literature: China		sem 2	nl	Bart Dessein	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia		sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Oriental Literature: Japan		sem 2	nl	Luc Van Haute	5

Overview of Russian Literature		sem 2	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

3.1.19 Elective Set Southeast-European Language
Elective Set

Students subscribe to at least 5 credit units with reference *, or a language acquisition course that is in line with the student’ starting competences.
Languages cannot be combined.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian I	*	sem 2	nl	Pieter Troch	10

Bulgarian I	*	sem 2	nl	Dieter Stern	10

Slovenian I	*	sem 2	nl,sl	Dieter Stern	10

New Greek: Language Proficiency I	*	year	nl	Katja De Herdt	5

New Greek: Language Proficiency II	*	sem 1	nl	Katja De Herdt	5

Turkish: Language Proficiency I	*			Johan Vandewalle	6

Turkish: Language Proficiency II	*	sem 2	nl	Johan Vandewalle	6

General Linguistics I: Theories and Methods		sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Theory of Literature I: Topics in European Literary History		sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Literature		sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Introduction to Translation Studies		sem 2	nl	Lieve Jooken	3

Introduction to Translation Technology		sem 1	nl	Lieve Macken	3

European Political Integration		sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

History and Culture of the German-speaking World		sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

Byzantine History		sem 1	en	Peter Van Nuffelen	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

3.2 Lists of Electives

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 list of electives from the following list.

To be taken in year 2 or year 3.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum cannot be included as part of the list of electives.

3.2.1 List of Electives Psychology

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Statistics I	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Jan De Neve	7

Statistics II	vbp1/2/3	sem 2	nl	Thierry Marchant	6

Methodology		sem 1	nl	Thierry Marchant	4

Developmental Psychology		sem 1	nl	Bart Soenens	5

Recent Theories on Developmental Psychology		sem 1	nl	Elien Mabbe	5

Models in Developmental Psychopathology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Lien Goossens	4

Social Psychology		sem 1	nl	Alain Van Hiel	4

Psychometrics	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Yves Rosseel	4

Neuropsychology	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Wim Fias	5

Introduction Cognitive Psychology I		sem 2	nl	Durk Talsma	5

Introduction Cognitive Psychology II	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Durk Talsma	5

Differential Psychology	vbp1/2/3	sem 2	nl	Filip De Fruyt	4

Learning Psychology	vbp1/2/3	sem 2	nl	Yannick Boddez	5

Introduction Industrial Psychology	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Bart Wille	5

Introduction into Models in Clinical Psychology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Ernst Koster	6

Introduction to Clinical Psychological Assessment	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Jasper Feyaerts	4

Models in Psychoanalysis	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Stijn Vanheule	4

Interpersonal Models in Psychology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Luc Van den Berge	4

Models in Health Psychology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Liesbet Goubert	4

Cognition and Emotion	vbp3	sem 1	en	Gilles Pourtois	5

Behavioral Economics	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Barbara Briers	3

Introduction to Psycholinguistics		sem 1	en	Louisa Bogaerts	3

3.2.2 List of Electives Natural Sciences

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Stars and Planets	sem 2	nl	Sven De Rijcke	6

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

Physics I	sem 1	nl	Bartel Van Waeyenberge	5

Physics II	sem 2	nl	Bartel Van Waeyenberge	5

Physics and Astronomy Laboratory 1	year	nl	Natalie Jachowicz	6

Chemistry	sem 1	nl	Zeger Hens	5

Biodiversity of Animals	sem 2	nl	Tom Moens	5

Biodiversity of Plants s.L. (sensu Linnaeo)	sem 1	nl	Annemieke Verbeken	5

Ecology	sem 2	nl	Luc Lens	5

Cell Biology and Genetics	sem 1	nl	Geert De Jaeger	5

Chemistry I: Structure of Matter	sem 1	nl	Klaartje De Buysser	5

Biogeography	sem 2	nl	Wim Vyverman	5

Biology, the Brain and Behaviour	sem 2	nl	Robrecht Raedt	5

Mathematics I	sem 1	nl	Koen Thas	5

Reasoning, Abstracting and Formulating	sem 1	nl	Eric Laermans	6

Programming	sem 1	nl	Kris Coolsaet	6

Discrete Mathematics	sem 1	nl	Bart De Bruyn	6

Object Oriented Programming	sem 2	nl	Kris Coolsaet	6

Algorithms and Data Structures 1	sem 2	nl	Veerle Fack	6

Linear Algebra and Geometry I	sem 1	nl	Arne Van Antwerpen	6

Analysis I	sem 1	nl	Jasson Vindas Diaz	6

Analysis II	sem 2	nl	Hans Vernaeve	8

Differential Geometry	sem 2	nl	Frederik Broucke	6

Discrete Mathematics I	sem 1	nl	Leo Storme	6

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1.1 Faculty-specific Educational Requirements

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Philosophy	1	sem 1	nl	Tim De Mey	3

Historical Criticism	1	sem 1	nl	Jan Dumolyn	3

Introduction to World History	1	sem 2	nl	Eric Vanhaute	3

Introduction to Modern European Literature	1	sem 1	nl	Bart Keunen	3

Introduction to Psychology	1	sem 1	nl	Wim Notebaert	3

1.2 Philosophical Courses

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Methodology I	1	year	nl	Tom Claes	5

Epistemology I	1	sem 2	nl	Wim Vanrie	5

Logic and Argumentation	1	year	nl	Joke Meheus	5

Philosophy of Science I	1	sem 2	nl	Karim Zahidi	5

Political Philosophy	1	sem 2	nl	Patrick Loobuyck	5

Philosophical Anthropology	2	sem 2	nl	Farah Focquaert	5

History of Contemporary Philosophy	2	sem 1	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

History of Modern Philosophy	2	sem 1	nl	Boris Demarest	5

The Philosophy of Religion	3	sem 2	nl	Freddy Mortier	5

Philosophy in Society	3	year	nl	Gertrudis Van de Vijver	5

1.3 Ethics and the Scientific Study of Morals

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1.3.1 Ethics

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Ethics: Systematics	1	sem 1	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Philosophical Ethics: Methodology	1	sem 2	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Normative Ethics	2	sem 1	nl	Seppe Segers	5

Contemporary Ethics: Continental Tradition	2	sem 2	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Contemporary Ethics: Anglo-American Tradition	2	sem 1	nl	Tom Claes	5

1.3.2 Moral Sciences

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Moral Science	1	sem 2	nl	Seppe Segers	5

Research in Moral Science: Introduction	2	sem 2	nl	Veerle Provoost	5

Moral Development and Education	2	sem 1	nl	Claudia Claes	5

Sociology of Morals	3	sem 1	nl	Tom Claes	5

Moral Science: Practical Issues	3	sem 1	nl	Veerle Provoost	5

Integration Seminar Moral Sciences	3	year	nl	Heidi Mertes	5

1.3.3 Methods

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Statistics	1	sem 1	nl	Els Clays	5

Research Methods Qualitative	2	sem 2	nl	Kaat De Pourcq	5

1.4 Humanities and Auxiliary Sciences

15

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

The students decide based on the demands of their curriculum which other credits they take in the second or third standard learning path.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Introduction to Political Sciences	sem 1	nl	Carl Devos	5

Recent Theories on Developmental Psychology	sem 1	nl	Elien Mabbe	5

Introduction into Models in Clinical Psychology	sem 1	nl	Ernst Koster	6

Social Welfare Studies	sem 1	nl	Rudi Roose	6

Sociology	sem 2	nl	Timo Van Canegem	5

Social and Political Systems	sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

General Introduction to Law	sem 2	nl	Pieter Cannoot	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Biology, the Brain and Behaviour	sem 2	nl	Robrecht Raedt	5

1.5 Research Project

10

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Bachelor's Dissertation		3	year	nl	Maarten Van Dyck	10

2 Elective Courses 10

To subscribe to 10 credit units free choice. Courses to be chosen from:

The module 'Humanities and Auxiliary Sciences'
The chosen option under module 'Elective Window'
The study programmes offered by Ghent University (including the Ghent University Elective Courses)
The academic study programmes offered by other Institutions of Higher Education within the Flemish Community

Options 3 and 4: Subject to approval by the faculty. The student writes a motivation for the electives in Oasis.

3 Elective Window 15

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 module from the following list.

3.1 Elective Sets

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 elective set from the following list.

To be taken in year 2 or year 3.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum cannot be included as part of the elective set.

3.1.1 Elective Set African Studies
Elective Set
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Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Swahili I	sem 1	nl,en	Koen Bostoen	5

Swahili II	sem 2	nl,en	Koen Bostoen	5

Lingála I	sem 2	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Lingála II	sem 1	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Introduction to African Linguistics	sem 1	nl,en	Heidi Goes	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa	sem 1	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

African Historical Linguistics			Koen Bostoen	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

Themes and Regions in African History	sem 2	nl	Maarten Couttenier	5

Methods, Sources and Historiography in African History			Maarten Couttenier	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa	sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	5

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa	sem 1	nl,en	Peter Coutros	5

Fieldwork in Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Themes and Genres in African Literatures	sem 2	nl	Martina Vitackova	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa	sem 2	nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation			Inge Brinkman	5

Afrikaans: Linguistics and Literature	sem 1	nl	Yves T'Sjoen	5

3.1.2 Elective Set Archaeology
Elective Set
15

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
General Introduction to Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Philippe Crombé	5

Introduction to World Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Natural Sciences in Archaeology		sem 2	nl	Peter Vandenabeele	6

Introduction to Prospection and Excavation Techniques		sem 2	nl	Philippe Crombé	6

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Peter Coutros	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia		sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

Pre- and Protohistory	B+	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Near East	B++	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	B+++	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Archaeology of the Historical Periods	B++++	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Protohistory of Northwestern Europe	+	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Prehistory of Northwestern Europe	+			Hans Vandendriessche	5

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: from the Proto-Neolithic to the Bronze Age	++			Joachim Bretschneider	5

Phoenician and Punic Archaeology	++/+++	sem 1	nl	Vanessa Boschloos	5

Archaeology of Greece	+++			Roald Docter	5

Roman Archaeology: The Mediterranean World	+++	sem 1	nl	Devi Taelman	5

Archaeology of the Roman Provinces	++++			Michiel Dekoninck	5

Archaeology of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age	++++	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

3.1.3 Elective Set Business Economics
Elective Set
15

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Marketing Management	vbp	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Research Methodology	vbp	sem 1	nl	Laurence Rijssegem	6

Introduction to Financial Reporting and Accounting Methods	vbp	sem 1	nl	Els De Wielemaker	4

Innovation Management	ma	sem 2	en	Katrien Verleye	3

Project Management	ma	sem 1	en	Mario Vanhoucke	6

Human Resource Management	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	3

Introduction to Entrepreneurship	ma	sem 1	en	Petra Andries	3

Corporate Social Responsibility	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Public Administration. An Introduction		sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

3.1.4 Elective Set Public Administration and Management
Elective Set
15

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Public Administration. An Introduction	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

Public Policy	vbp	sem 1	en	Bishoy Zaki	6

Public Management	vbp	sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

Introduction to Accounting in the Not-for-Profit and Public Sector	vbp	sem 2	nl	Johan Christiaens	5

Constitutional Law for Public Administration	vbp	sem 1	nl	Daan Bijnens	4

Introduction to Microeconomics		sem 1	nl	Stijn Goeminne	3

Introduction to Public Economics		sem 1	nl	Bart Defloor	3

European Union Politics and Policy		sem 1	en	Claire Dupont	3

Network Management in the Public Sector		sem 1	nl	Joris Voets	5

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

3.1.5 Elective Set Critical Perspectives on Culture
Elective Set
15

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Book History	sem 1	en	Kornee van der Haven	5

Comparative Study of Religions	sem 1	en	Jakob De Roover	5

Cross-Cultural Psychology	sem 2	en	Johnny Fontaine	4

History and Culture of the English-speaking World	sem 2	en	Brecht de Groote	4

Culture Studies	sem 1	en	Kris Rutten	5

European Overseas Expansion in Global History, 1500-1800	sem 1	en	Michael Limberger	5

Intellectual History	sem 2	en	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

Theories of Cultural History	sem 2	nl	Alexander Roose	5

Europe and Asia: Cultural Encounters and Differences	sem 2	en	Jakob De Roover	5

Conceptualizing Culture	sem 1	en	Jurgen Pieters	5

3.1.6 Elective Set Culture and Society
Elective Set
15

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Ethics: Systematics	sem 1	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Gender and Diversity Studies	sem 1	nl	Carine Plancke	5

Sexuality and Globalisation	sem 2	nl	Tom Claes	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Judaism	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Buddhism	sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India			Eva De Clercq	5

East Asian Ideologies			Christoph Anderl	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion			Anne Goddeeris	5

Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to the Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa	sem 2	en	Aymon Kreil	5

Society and Current Affairs: China	sem 2	en	Bart Dessein	5

Society and Current Affairs: South Asia	sem 2	nl,en	Tine Vekemans	5

Society and Current Affairs: Japan	sem 1	en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa	sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)	sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of China	sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia	sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia	sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of South East Europe			Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia	sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation			Inge Brinkman	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa			Michael Meeuwis	5

History and Culture of the German-speaking World	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Andreas Widoff	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe			Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

3.1.7 Elective Set The Classical Tradition
Elective Set
15

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Olivier Demerre	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Kristoffel Demoen	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

History of Ancient Greece and Rome	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of Ancient Philosophy	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Ancient Greek: Language Proficiency I	sem 1	nl	Floris Bernard	5

Latin: Language Proficiency I	sem 1	nl	Giovanbattista Galdi	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Latin Tradition in Europe	sem 2	nl	Wim Verbaal	5

Introduction to Greek and Latin Epigraphy: Inscriptions as a Historical Source	sem 2	nl	Thierry Oppeneer	5

3.1.8 Elective Set Economics
Elective Set
15

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Markets and Prices	vbp	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	5

Methodology for Economic Research	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Financial Markets and Institutions	ma	sem 2	nl	Rudi Vander Vennet	6

Economic Globalisation	ma	sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Environmental Economics and Policy	ma	sem 2	nl	Brent Bleys	6

Labour and Employment	ma	sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Investment Analysis		sem 1	en	Michael Frömmel	6

Transport Economics		sem 2	nl	Jochen Maes	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

3.1.9 Elective Set History
Elective Set
15

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Ancient Greece and Rome	vbp	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of the Middle Ages	vbp	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

History of Belgium	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History and Culture of the Netherlands		sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

History of the Ancient Near East	vbp	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Tendencies in Historiography	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp	year	nl	Els De Paermentier	5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians	vbp	sem 1	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

Global Developments in Historical Perspective	vbp	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History		sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

Visual Materials as Historical Sources	vbp	sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

Comparative Rural History		sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Historical Culture and Society	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Introduction to the History of Africa		sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia		sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of South East Europe		sem 2	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

History of the Americas		sem 2	nl,en	Eva Willems	5

3.1.10 Elective Set Art Studies
Elective Set
15

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historiography of Art: Introduction		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Architecture 1: a Long Modernity		sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

Aesthetics I		sem 2	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

Fashion and Textiles		sem 1	en	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1300-1789		sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	6

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1789 until today	B+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	6

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries I		sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	5

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries II				Koenraad Jonckheere	5

Historic Interior and Design	+			Marjan Sterckx	5

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta	+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

Contemporary Art: Ways of Worldmaking	+			Wouter Davidts	5

Avant-garde Film and Video	+	sem 1	nl	Steven Jacobs	5

History of Music: Until 1750	B++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	6

History of Music: 1750-1900	++			Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Western Theater from Antiquity until 1850		sem 2	nl	Bram Van Oostveldt	5

History of Modern Theatre	B+++	sem 1	nl	Christel Stalpaert	6

Repertoire Study of Theatre	+++	sem 1	nl,en	Christel Stalpaert	5

Cultural and Historical Aspects of Dance Theatre	+++			Annelies Van Assche	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa		sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	5

3.1.11 Elective Set Literature
Elective Set
15

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Literature	sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Theory of Literature I: Topics in European Literary History	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Theory of Literature II: Reading Theories	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Comparative Literature: Literature and Intermediality	sem 2	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Comparative Literature: Poetics	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Olivier Demerre	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Kristoffel Demoen	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia	sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Oriental Literature: China	sem 2	nl	Bart Dessein	5

Oriental Literature: Japan	sem 2	nl	Luc Van Haute	5

Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Overview of Russian Literature	sem 2	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

English Literature: Introduction	year	en	Andrew Bricker	5

Narratology and Discourse Analysis	sem 2	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Modern Theatre	sem 1	nl	Christel Stalpaert	6

Dutch Literature: Benchmarks	sem 1	nl	Lars Bernaerts	4

3.1.12 Elective Set Teaching - Cultural Sciences
Elective Set
15

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Powerful Learning Environments	sem 1	nl	Bram De Wever	6

Teaching Methodology: Cultural Sciences	year	nl	Koen Aerts	6

Reference Internship: Cultural Sciences	year	nl	Koen Aerts	3

3.1.13 Elective Set Political Sciences
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Political Sciences	sem 1	nl	Carl Devos	6

Statistics	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Social and Political Systems	sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

History of Belgium	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History of International Politics	sem 2	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Structure and Conflict in the Global South	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Bogaert	6

Conflictstudies	sem 2	en	Koen Vlassenroot	6

Comparative Political Economy	sem 2	nl	Mattias Vermeiren	6

European Political Integration	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

European and Regional Integration Theories	sem 1	nl	Jan Orbie	6

The Policies of the European Union	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Politics and Society in a Global World	sem 2	en	Christopher Parker	6

Local Politics	sem 1	nl	Herwig Reynaert	6

Comparative Politics	sem 2	nl	Kristof Steyvers	5

Political Philosophy	sem 2	nl	Patrick Loobuyck	5

3.1.14 Elective Set Laws
Elective Set
15

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Basic Concepts of Law	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

History of Public Law and Politics	sem 1	nl	Georges Martyn	6

Introduction to International and European Law	sem 2	nl	Peter Van Elsuwege	4

Criminal Law	sem 1	nl	Tom Vander Beken	6

Legal Theory	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	4

Moral Philosophy and Philosophy of Law	sem 2	nl	Jan Verplaetse	5

Constitutional Law	sem 2	nl	Mathieu Leloup	7

Law of Obligations and Contracts	sem 2	nl	Ignace Claeys	6

Administrative Law and Environmental Law	sem 1	nl	Liesbeth Todts	8

Fundamental Rights	sem 1	nl	Yves Haeck	6

Criminal Procedure	sem 1	nl	Philip Traest	5

Economic Law and intellectual Property Rights	sem 2	nl	Reinhard Steennot	7

European Law	sem 2	nl	Inge Govaere	5

Property Law	sem 2	nl	Annelies Wylleman	4

Loss Compensation (Torts)	sem 2	nl	Marc Kruithof	5

Labour Law	sem 1	nl	Alexander De Becker	5

Public International Law	sem 1	nl	Nicolas Angelet	4

Family Law	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

Law and Technology	sem 1	en	Eva Lievens	3

Law of Business Organisations	sem 1	nl	Hans De Wulf	5

Procedure	sem 2	nl	Piet Taelman	7

Law and Society	sem 2	nl	Ellen Desmet	3

Social Security Law	sem 2	nl	Inger De Wilde	4

3.1.15 Elective Set Religion Studies
Elective Set
15

Subscribe to 5 credit units from the following list, with reference *.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Religious Studies	*	sem 1	nl	Annelies Lannoy	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Comparative Study of Religions		sem 1	nl,en	Jakob De Roover	5

Cultural Anthropology		sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Judaism		sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

East Asian Ideologies				Christoph Anderl	5

Buddhism		sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India				Eva De Clercq	5

Classical Mythology		sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion				Anne Goddeeris	5

3.1.16 Elective Set Sociology and Communication Sciences
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociology	sem 1	nl	Bart Van de Putte	6

Statistics	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Social and Political Systems	sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Sociology of Modernity	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	5

Historical Sociology	sem 2	nl	Bart Van de Putte	5

Social Inequality	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	3

Sociological Perspectives	sem 2	nl	Mieke Van Houtte	6

Contemporary Sociological Theories	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Communication Science	sem 1	nl	Edward De Vooght	6

Media Economy and Media Structures	sem 2	nl	Tom Evens	5

Journalism in Perspective	sem 2	nl	Sarah Van Leuven	5

Persuasive communication	sem 2	nl	Liselot Hudders	5

Media History	sem 2	nl	Daniël Biltereyst	5

Media Technology and Innovation	sem 2	nl	Lieven De Marez	5

3.1.17 Elective Set Linguistics
Elective Set
15

Students who intend to take the course ‘eaching Methodology: Dutch as a Foreign Language’in the Master of Science in Teaching in Languages,
preferably choose courses with reference °.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Text-Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	3

General Linguistics I: Theories and Methods		sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Literature		sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Qualitative Research Design		sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	3

Introduction Qualitative Analysis		sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	3

Introduction to Translation Studies		sem 2	nl	Lieve Jooken	3

Introduction to Digital Text Analysis		sem 1	nl	Els Lefever	3

Introduction to Translation Technology		sem 1	nl	Lieve Macken	3

Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning		sem 2	nl	June Eyckmans	3

Introduction to African Linguistics		sem 1	nl,en	Heidi Goes	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

African Historical Linguistics				Koen Bostoen	5

Dutch Linguistics: Grammar – Word Classes and Syntax of the Clause	°	sem 1	nl	Timothy Colleman	5

Dutch Linguistics: Introduction to Sociolinguistics	°	sem 1	nl	Ulrike Vogl	3

Introduction to Flemish Sign Language		sem 1	nl	Beatrijs Wille	5

English Linguistics: Introduction		sem 1	en	Ellen Simon	5

3.1.18 Elective Set Languages of Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe
Elective Set
15

Subscribe to minimum 5 credit units with reference * or a language acquisition course in line with the student's initial competences.
Languages may not be combined.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial I	*	sem 1	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial II	*	sem 2	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Modern Chinese I	*	sem 1	nl,zh	Bart Dessein	10

Modern Chinese II	*	sem 2	nl,zh	Bart Dessein	10

Classical Chinese I	*	sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

Classical Chinese II	*	sem 2	nl	Ann Heirman	5

Hindi I	*	sem 1	nl,hi	Daniela De Simone	10

Hindi II	*	sem 2	nl,hi	Daniela De Simone	10

Sanskrit I	*	sem 1	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Sanskrit II	*	sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Modern Japanese I	*	sem 1	ja,nl,en	Andreas Niehaus	10

Modern Japanese II	*	sem 2	ja,nl,en	Andreas Niehaus	10

Bungo I	*	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

Bungo II	*	sem 2	nl	Christian Uhl	5

Korean Language and Culture I	*	sem 1	ko,en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Korean Language and Culture II	*	sem 2	ko,en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Russian: Grammar I	*	sem 1	ru,nl	Johanna Hautekiet	4

Russian: Language Proficiency I	*	sem 1	nl	Bart Hendrickx	4

Russian: Grammar II	*	sem 2	ru,nl	Johanna Hautekiet	4

Russian: Language Proficiency II	*	sem 2	ru,nl	Bart Hendrickx	5

Turkish: Language Proficiency I	*	sem 1	nl,tr	Johan Vandewalle	6

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia		sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Politics of the Contemporary Middle East		sem 2	nl,en	Christopher Markiewicz	5

Society and Current Affairs: China		sem 2	en	Bart Dessein	5

Society and Current Affairs: South Asia		sem 2	nl,en	Tine Vekemans	5

Society and Current Affairs: Japan		sem 1	en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe		sem 1	nl,en	Aleksey Yudin	5

Oriental Literature: China		sem 2	nl	Bart Dessein	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia		sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Oriental Literature: Japan		sem 2	nl	Luc Van Haute	5

Overview of Russian Literature		sem 2	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

3.1.19 Elective Set Southeast-European Language
Elective Set
15

Students subscribe to at least 5 credit units with reference *, or a language acquisition course that is in line with the student’ starting competences.
Languages cannot be combined.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian I	*	sem 2	nl	Pieter Troch	10

Bulgarian I	*	sem 2	nl	Dieter Stern	10

Slovenian I	*	sem 2	nl,sl	Dieter Stern	10

New Greek: Language Proficiency I	*	year	nl	Katja De Herdt	5

New Greek: Language Proficiency II	*	sem 1	nl	Katja De Herdt	5

Turkish: Language Proficiency I	*			Johan Vandewalle	6

Turkish: Language Proficiency II	*	sem 2	nl	Johan Vandewalle	6

General Linguistics I: Theories and Methods		sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Theory of Literature I: Topics in European Literary History		sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Literature		sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Introduction to Translation Studies		sem 2	nl	Lieve Jooken	3

Introduction to Translation Technology		sem 1	nl	Lieve Macken	3

European Political Integration		sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

History and Culture of the German-speaking World		sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

Byzantine History		sem 1	en	Peter Van Nuffelen	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

3.2 Lists of Electives

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 list of electives from the following list.

To be taken in year 2 or year 3.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum cannot be included as part of the list of electives.

3.2.1 List of Electives Psychology

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Statistics I	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Jan De Neve	7

Statistics II	vbp1/2/3	sem 2	nl	Thierry Marchant	6

Methodology		sem 1	nl	Thierry Marchant	4

Developmental Psychology		sem 1	nl	Bart Soenens	5

Recent Theories on Developmental Psychology		sem 1	nl	Elien Mabbe	5

Models in Developmental Psychopathology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Lien Goossens	4

Social Psychology		sem 1	nl	Alain Van Hiel	4

Psychometrics	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Yves Rosseel	4

Neuropsychology	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Wim Fias	5

Introduction Cognitive Psychology I		sem 2	nl	Durk Talsma	5

Introduction Cognitive Psychology II	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Durk Talsma	5

Differential Psychology	vbp1/2/3	sem 2	nl	Filip De Fruyt	4

Learning Psychology	vbp1/2/3	sem 2	nl	Yannick Boddez	5

Introduction Industrial Psychology	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Bart Wille	5

Introduction into Models in Clinical Psychology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Ernst Koster	6

Introduction to Clinical Psychological Assessment	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Jasper Feyaerts	4

Models in Psychoanalysis	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Stijn Vanheule	4

Interpersonal Models in Psychology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Luc Van den Berge	4

Models in Health Psychology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Liesbet Goubert	4

Cognition and Emotion	vbp3	sem 1	en	Gilles Pourtois	5

Behavioral Economics	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Barbara Briers	3

Introduction to Psycholinguistics		sem 1	en	Louisa Bogaerts	3

3.2.2 List of Electives Natural Sciences

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Stars and Planets	sem 2	nl	Sven De Rijcke	6

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

Physics I	sem 1	nl	Bartel Van Waeyenberge	5

Physics II	sem 2	nl	Bartel Van Waeyenberge	5

Physics and Astronomy Laboratory 1	year	nl	Natalie Jachowicz	6

Chemistry	sem 1	nl	Zeger Hens	5

Biodiversity of Animals	sem 2	nl	Tom Moens	5

Biodiversity of Plants s.L. (sensu Linnaeo)	sem 1	nl	Annemieke Verbeken	5

Ecology	sem 2	nl	Luc Lens	5

Cell Biology and Genetics	sem 1	nl	Geert De Jaeger	5

Chemistry I: Structure of Matter	sem 1	nl	Klaartje De Buysser	5

Biogeography	sem 2	nl	Wim Vyverman	5

Biology, the Brain and Behaviour	sem 2	nl	Robrecht Raedt	5

Mathematics I	sem 1	nl	Koen Thas	5

Reasoning, Abstracting and Formulating	sem 1	nl	Eric Laermans	6

Programming	sem 1	nl	Kris Coolsaet	6

Discrete Mathematics	sem 1	nl	Bart De Bruyn	6

Object Oriented Programming	sem 2	nl	Kris Coolsaet	6

Algorithms and Data Structures 1	sem 2	nl	Veerle Fack	6

Linear Algebra and Geometry I	sem 1	nl	Arne Van Antwerpen	6

Analysis I	sem 1	nl	Jasson Vindas Diaz	6

Analysis II	sem 2	nl	Hans Vernaeve	8

Differential Geometry	sem 2	nl	Frederik Broucke	6

Discrete Mathematics I	sem 1	nl	Leo Storme	6

Learning outcomes

Competence field 1: Competences in one/more scientific discipline(s)

To know the key concepts (such as moral values and norms, virtue and duty, motivation, moral emotions), theories and theoretical frames of reference, methods and techniques (such as qualitative, quantitative and experimental research) of moral sciences, and to use them correctly.
To know and understand related sciences (such as, e.g., history, economics, political science, law, cultural antropology, psychology), and their importance for ethical and moral reflection (interdisciplinarity).
To be familiar with both traditional and contemporary ethical issues (such as sexuality, justice) and their structure and importance.
To be familiar with the history and main discussions in the field of philosophy in general, in the field of ethics (such as, for example, consequentialism, deontology, contract theory, virtue ethics), and in the field of moral sciences in particular (interaction between ethics on the one hand, and cultural studies and behavioural sciences on the other hand).
To estimate the growth, uncertainty and ambiguity and the possibilities and limits of human knowledge and of (scientific and philosophical) knowledge acquisition.
To know and understand the presuppositions of (standard) methods in philosophical, ethical and moral research, and their importance

Competence field 2: Scientific competences

To initiate problem-oriented ethical and moral research and to critically apply relevant research methods and techniques.
To identify internationally valued philosophical, ethical and moral research, and acknowledge and use its scientific value.
To display creativity in one's philosophical, ethical and moral reflections.
To interpret, report and assess the results of existing and one's own initial ethical and moral research.
To develop an awareness of the evolutions in the research processes and the way of thinking in the field of philosophy, ethics and moral sciences.
To work on different philosophical and scientific levels of abstraction.

Competence field 3: Intellectual competences

To identify and analyse abstract and concrete ethical problems.
To identify and apply academically correct argumentations, in order to adopt a stance in abstract and concrete ethical issues.
To form a well-reasoned judgement on the basis of philosophical insights and scientific knowledge and insights that are relevant to thought processes in abstract and concrete ethical issues and topics.
To critically reflect on one's own thinking, learning, decisions and actions, and to use these critical reflections as a basis for lifelong learning.

Competence field 4: Competences in cooperation and communication

To report on one's own exploratory research, and on the results of learning, thinking and decisions to experts and lay people, orally and in writing.
To be capable of task-oriented cooperation and independent work.

Competence field 5: Societal competences

To acknowledge the social (economic, social, cultural) and existential consequences and relevance of philosophical, ethical and moral and related knowledge.
To display a sense of social responsibility, cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity.