STUDY PROGRAMME
MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT (DAY)
(with reservations)
Access with preparatory programme:
o Students with a master degree but a different Flemish bachelor degree than politieke wetenschappen, politieke en sociale wetenschappen, economische wetenschappen of bestuurskunde en
publiek management
o Students with non-economical bachelor or master degrees
YEAR 1 – 2nd semester
Master programme
YEAR 1 - 1st semester
Preparatory programme
Credits
Principles of Managerial Economics
Macro-economics and Economic Policy A
Introduction to Management
Introduction to Financial Reporting
Human Resource Management
Principles of Marketing
Business Research Methods
Research Proposal Master Thesis
3
3
3
6
3
3
6
3
YEAR 2 – 1st semester
Master programme
Credits
Business Economics
International Economics
Corporate Social Responsibility
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ELECTIVE1:
- International Study Visit2
- Recent Advances in European Business
Management
Strategic International HRM
International Marketing
Managerial Accounting3
International Corporate Finance3
5
3
3
5
5
5
5
Credits
Business Economics
ECONOMICS ELECTIVE1:
Advanced Micro-economics/ Culture and
Economies/ Economics of Innovation/ Public
Economics/ Environmental Economics/
Economics of Social Security and Social Insurance
?
Strategy
International Business and Strategy
Research and Practice
Business Game3
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30
5
Research and Practice
3
Project Management
Master Thesis4
Total Credits
3
34
Credit: an international unit for the time that a student will spend on a course unit and corresponds with 25 to 30 hours educational/learning/evaluation activities. In practice: a course unit of 3credits supposes at least 75 hours study
time of which 26 hours educational time (each week 2 hours over 13 weeks = 1 semester) and + 50 hours study- and exam time ---> average study time required: + 40 hours each week
Students choose one of the courses
2
For the course International Study Visit there is a maximum number of participants
3
This course can also be registered in the 1st semester of year 2. The course is then planned at 17h30!
4
Students start to work on their master thesis in the second semester of the first year, but officially it is part of the second year. So only in the second year is the master thesis part of the ISP.
3
15
26
STUDY PROGRAMME
MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT (DAY)
(with reservations)
If you have obtained one of the following Flemish degrees, you have direct access to the programme
Direct access:
o Bachelor in de politieke wetenschappen
o Bachelor in de politieke en sociale wetenschappen
o Bachelor in de economische wetenschappen
o Bachelor in de bestuurskunde en publiek management
Credits 1st semester
Business Economics
ECONOMICS ELECTIVE1:
Advanced Micro-economics/ Culture and Economies/ Economics of Innovation/ Public Economics/ Environmental Economics/
Economics of Social Security and Social Insurance
International Economics
Corporate Social Responsibility
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ELECTIVE1:
International Study Visit2 / Recent Advances in European Business
3
5
3
3
Management
Managerial Accounting3
International Corporate Finance3
Strategic International HRM
International Marketing
Strategy
International Business and Strategy
Research and Practice
Business Game3
Project Management
Master Thesis
Totaal SP
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Credits 2nd semester
?
5
5
5
5
5
3
3
7,5/15
7,5/15
18,5
41,5
Credit: an international unit for the time that a student will spend on a course unit and corresponds with 25 to 30 hours educational/learning/evaluation activities. In practice: a course unit of 3credits supposes at least 75 hours study
time of which 26 hours educational time (each week 2 hours over 13 weeks = 1 semester) and + 50 hours study- and exam time ---> average study time required: + 40 hours each week
x/x: division of a course onto two semesters, e.g. Master Thesis: the 2nd semester of the first year you start working on it, to finish in the first semester of the second year.
Students choose one of the courses
2
For the course International Study Visit there is a maximum number of participants
3
This course can be registered in the 1st semester. The course is then planned at 17h30!