Master of Science in Teaching in Social Sciences (Laws)

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Master's Programmes in Teaching

2 year 90 credits

Faculty of Law and Criminology

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

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1.1 Elective Courses

36

Subscribe to 36 credit units from no less than 2 and no more than 3 from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

A minimum of 18 credits should be taken from the module 'General Program'

1.1.1 General Programme

Subscribe to no less than 18 credit units from the following list.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Alternative Conflict Resolution	sem 1	nl	Maud Piers	3

Insolvency, Security Interests and Enforcement	sem 1	nl	Diederik Bruloot	5

Private International Law	sem 1	nl	Cedric Vanleenhove	5

Comparative Law	sem 1	en	Cosmin Cercel	5

Estate Planning	sem 2	nl	Els Vyncke	5

Financial Law	sem 2	nl	Reinhard Steennot	5

1.1.2 Legal Courses A

Subscribe to no more than 18 credit units from the following list.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
The Autonomous EU Legal Order	sem 1	en	Peter Van Elsuwege	6

Remuneration and Other Employment Benefits	sem 1	nl	Inger De Wilde	6

VAT-Law	sem 1	nl	Bart Peeters	6

Selected Topics of International Human Rights Law	sem 1	nl	Eva Brems	6

Industrial Relations and Fundamental Rights in Companies	sem 1	en	Marc De Vos	6

Consumer Law	sem 1	nl	Reinhard Steennot	6

Diplomatic Law and Multilateral Negotiations	sem 1	en	Anemoon Soete	6

EU Institutional Law	sem 1	en	Erwoan Lannon	6

EU Tax Law	sem 1	nl	Bart Peeters	6

History of Social and Economic Law	sem 1	nl	Dirk Heirbaut	6

Commercial Contract Law	sem 1	nl	Christoph Van der Elst	6

International and European Environmental Law	sem 1	en	An Cliquet	6

International Tax Law	sem 1	nl	Bart Peeters	6

International Law and Sustainable Development	sem 1	en	An Cliquet	6

Capital Markets Law	sem 1	nl	Michel Tison	6

Migration Law	sem 1	nl	Ellen Desmet	6

Environmental Law	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Schoukens	6

Income Taxation	sem 1	nl	Inge Van De Woesteyne	6

EU External Relations Law	sem 1	en	Inge Govaere	6

EU Internal Market Law	sem 1	en	Inge Govaere	6

Registration and Estate Tax	sem 1	nl	Mark Delanote	6

Criminal Justice Policy	sem 1	nl	Tom Vander Beken	6

Corporate Taxation	sem 1	nl	Inge Van De Woesteyne	6

Advanced Constitutional Law	sem 1	nl	Toon Moonen	6

Advanced Criminal Law	sem 1	nl	Stéphanie De Coensel	6

Advanced Law of Obligations and Contracts	sem 1	nl	Ignace Claeys	6

Advanced Course on Human Rights	sem 1	en	José Gustavo Prieto Munoz	6

Insurance Law	sem 1	nl	Thomas Verheyen	6

Specific Criminal Offences	sem 2	nl	Wendy De Bondt	6

Selected Issues: Cybercrime, Technology and Surveillance	sem 2	en	Eva Lievens	6

Selected Issues: European and International Migration Law and Policy	sem 2	en	Ellen Desmet	6

Selected Issues: Sexual Offending, Prostitution and Human Trafficking	sem 2	en	Gert Vermeulen	6

EU Competition Law	sem 2	en	Stanislas Adam	6

European Criminal Policy	sem 2	en	Gert Vermeulen	6

Tax Procedure	sem 2	nl	Mark Delanote	6

International Criminal Law			Gert Vermeulen	6

Advanced Administrative Law	sem 2	nl	Liesbeth Todts	6

Advanced Civil Procedure	sem 2	nl	Piet Taelman	6

Advanced Intellectual Property Law	sem 2	nl	Hendrik Vanhees	6

Advanced Private International Law	sem 2	nl	Thijs Vancoppernolle	6

Advanced Environmental Administrative Law	sem 2	nl	Geert Van Hoorick	6

Advanced Family Law	sem 2	nl	Gerd Verschelden	6

Advanced Public Procedure	sem 2	nl	Ann-Sophie Vandaele	6

Advanced Loss Compensation (Torts)	sem 2	nl	Marc Kruithof	6

Advanced Company Law	sem 2	nl	Kristof Maresceau	6

Advanced Insolvency and Security Interests	sem 2	nl	Joke Baeck	6

Advanced Criminal Procedure	sem 2	nl	Philip Traest	6

Social Protection	year	nl	Alexander De Becker	6

Real Estate Law	year	nl	Maarten Dambre	6

1.1.3 Legal Courses B

Subscribe to no more than 18 credit units from the following list.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Data Ethics	sem 1	en	Griet Verhenneman	4

Professional Ethics	sem 1	nl	Karen Broeckx	4

EU Trade Policy	sem 1	en	Guillaume Van der Loo	4

European and Comparative Company Law and Corporate Governance	sem 1	en	Hans De Wulf	4

European Media Law	sem 1	en	Eva Lievens	4

European Private Law (Ius Commune)				4

Health Law	sem 1	nl	Sylvie Tack	4

Law of Armed Conflict	sem 1	en	Christian De Cock	4

History of Public Law	sem 1	nl	Rik Opsommer	4

Law of the Sea	sem 1	en	Klaas Willaert	4

International Business Transactions			Hans De Wulf	4

Youth Law	sem 1	nl	Wendy De Bondt	4

Transitional Justice and Human Rights	sem 2	en	Tine Destrooper	4

Differentiated EU Legal Integration	sem 1	nl	Peter Van Elsuwege	4

Social Criminal Law	sem 1	nl	Yves Jorens	4

Sports Law	sem 1	nl	An Vermeersch	4

Transport Law	sem 2	en	Klaas Willaert	4

Occupational Risks and Well-Being			Alexander De Becker	4

Accountancy Law	sem 2	nl	Inge Van De Woesteyne	4

Corporate Governance and Finance	sem 2	en	Christoph Van der Elst	4

Animals and the Law	sem 2	nl	Elien Verniers	4

Economic Analysis of Intellectual Property	sem 2	en	Ben Depoorter	4

Energy Law	sem 2	nl	Frederik Vandendriessche	4

EU and the Wider World: Americas, Africa and Asia	sem 2	en	Erwoan Lannon	4

EU Social Law and International Employment	sem 1	en	Yves Jorens	4

EU Banking and Capital Market Law	sem 2	en	Michel Tison	4

European Law & ICT	sem 2	en	Eva Lievens	4

Philosophical Foundations of Law	sem 2	nl	Jan Verplaetse	4

Fundamentals of Innovation Law and Economics	sem 2	en	Ben Depoorter	4

Data Protection Law	sem 1	nl	Gert Vermeulen	4

Judicial Expertise	sem 2	nl	Philip Traest	4

Healthcare, Innovation and Law				4

Constitutional Aspects of EU Integration	sem 2	en	Erwoan Lannon	4

The European Convention on Human Rights: Theory and Practice	sem 2	en	Eva Brems	4

International and European Biodiversity Law	sem 2	en	An Cliquet	4

International and European Procedure	sem 2	en	Wannes Vandenbussche	4

International Economic Law	sem 2	en	Diederik Bruloot	4

International Commercial Arbitration	sem 2	en	Maud Piers	4

Air and Space Law	sem 2	en	Mia Wouters	4

Critical perspectives on human rights	sem 2	en	Marie-Benedicte Dembour	4

Human Rights in the Americas			Clara Burbano Herrera	4

EU Mergers and Acquisitions	sem 2	en	Hans De Wulf	4

Law and Multiculturalism			Pieter Cannoot	4

Education Law			Sabien Lust	4

Banking Law	sem 2	nl	Reinhard Steennot	4

Law and Gender	sem 2	nl	Pieter Cannoot	4

Children's Rights	sem 2	nl	Wendy De Bondt	4

Spatial Planning Law	sem 2	nl	Tom De Waele	4

Traffic Regulation	sem 2	nl	Philip Traest	4

Capital Taxation			Mark Delanote	4

Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in International Law	sem 2	en	Nicolas Angelet	4

The State as Employer	sem 2	nl	Alexander De Becker	4

Hospital Legislation			Tom Balthazar	4

For courses without indication of the standard learning path, the student can choose whether to take the course in the first or second year, depending on the rest of his/her curriculum. Students must complete the corresponding teaching methodology course before entering into an internship, or at least take the teaching methodology course simultaneously.

2.1 Programme Pathway Theoretical Education

12

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
The Teacher within School and Society	sem 1	nl	Melissa Tuytens	4

Classroom Management and Reflection	sem 2	nl	Tijs Rotsaert	4

Psychology of Adolescence	sem 1	nl	Wim Beyers	4

2.2 Programme Pathway Teaching Methodology

6

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Teaching Methodology Law			year	nl	Tom Decorte	6

2.3 Programme Pathway Internship

12

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Internship A: Social Sciences	year	nl	Tony Valcke	4

Internship B: Law	year	nl	Tom Decorte	4

Internship C: Law	year	nl	Tom Decorte	4

2.4 Elective Courses

6

Subscribe to 6 credit units from one or different modules from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

2.4.1 Module 1: elective course list

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Movement and Sports: Now and Later		sem 2	nl	Veerle Segers	4

Culture, Media and Education		sem 2	nl	Kris Rutten	4

Methods to Facilitate Socratic Group Discussions in the Educational Context		sem 2	nl	Veerle Provoost	4

Motivational Psychology		sem 1	nl	Joachim Waterschoot	5

Linguistic Proficiency in Content and Language Integrated Learning: Dutch	b	sem 2	nl	Bart Deygers	3

Linguistic Proficiency in Content and Language Integrated Learning: English	b	sem 2	en	June Eyckmans	3

Linguistic Proficiency in Content and Language Integrated Learning: French	b	sem 2	fr	Pascale Hadermann	3

Linguistic Proficiency in Content and Language Integrated Learning: German	b	sem 2	de	Gunther Martens	3

Theory and Practice of Content and Language Integrated Learning	a	sem 1	nl	Ulrike Vogl	3

Teaching Methodology: General Subjects for Technical and Vocational Education, including Internship		sem 2	nl	Katrien Strubbe	6

2.4.2 Module 2: Additional Course Teaching Methodology

Taking an additional Teaching Methodology Course implies taking the corresponding Internship in the Programme Pathway Internship.

Students who are able to demonstrate that they have acquired at least 30 academic credits in another specific domain (60 credits if it concerns a language), can submit a request to the Curriculum Manager for the Master of Education to take the corresponding teaching methodology course. If the Curriculum Manager agrees, the Programme Pathway Internship needs to be revised allowing a student to follow an "Internship C" in this additional teaching methodology.

2.4.3 Module 3: Additional Internship

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Short Additional Internship	year	nl	Tony Valcke	3

Extended Additional Internship	year	nl	Tony Valcke	6

2.4.4 Module 4: an Elective Course related to Education

Subscribe to a course of no less than 6 credit units, related to education, and lectured at a university belonging to the Flemish Community (see also: Enlight Elective Courses), subject to approval by the faculty.

3 Master's Dissertation 18

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Master's Dissertation			year	nl	Tom Decorte	18

Learning outcomes

Final Competences of the Study Programme

Area of competence 1: competence in one or more academic disciplines

1. Mastering, expanding, updating, broadening, deepening specialized theoretical and practical discipline-specific knowledge.

2. Mastering, expanding, updating, broadening, deepening specialized theoretical and practical (subject) teaching knowledge.

3. Independently unlocking (inter)national academic research on teaching in general and the discipline in particular and applying the insights in one's own classroom and school context.

Area of competence 2: academic competence

4. Knowing the possibilities and limits of different theoretical paradigms in educational and (subject)-didactic research, questioning them critically and approaching them from a multitude of perspectives.

5. Completing a full research cycle on an educationally relevant topic and reporting on it according to academic criteria.

Area of competence 3: intellectual competence

6. Critical-reflective handling of (dissonant) information, teaching practices, methodologies and learning resources based on academic evidence.

7. Contributing to professional innovation, school policy and school development on the basis of an active and investigative attitude towards the educational reality.

8. Through research-based learning and critical self-evaluation, adjusting one's own functioning as a teacher and thus giving direction and innovation to his or her professional practice and development.

Area of competence 4: competence in cooperation and communication

9. Communicating from a pluralistic basic attitude with pupils, parents or caregivers with various language backgrounds in various linguistic situations with a view to exchanging information, stimulating involvement and participation, and jointly developing constructive solutions to support and stimulate learning.

10. Cooperating constructively with external partners with a view to enriching the education and training opportunities and facilitating the flow between educational levels and into the labour market.

11. Cooperating constructively in a school team and taking initiative for, participating in and leading (inter)disciplinary team meetings between teachers.

12. Communicating about educational themes, the teaching profession and self-developed solutions for teaching practice with colleagues and other stakeholders in the field of education.

Area of competence 5: social competence

13. Connecting knowledge with current social themes and developments where the confrontation with other perspectives enriches one's own teaching practice.

14. Participating in the social debate based on a personal social commitment and with a view to broadening perspectives.

Area of competence 6: specific additional competencies for the teaching profession

15. Creating a positive, safe and powerful evidence-informed learning environment that is in line with the initial situation of the learners and responsive to the diversity in the learning group.

16. Using knowledge, skills and attitudes to create challenging learning environments for learners and developing new ideas for teaching practice and testing them against reality.

17. Creating a positive living environment and supporting the broad personal, intellectual and social development of pupils through targeted activities and formal and informal interactions, while respecting their social, cultural and philosophical background.

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