Options available at other campuses of the LSM [0.0]

Apart from being able to do option courses from their original university, students are also able to do one or two option courses in a partner university of the Louvain School of Management, which allows them to take advantage of a wider programme. This mobility is mentioned in the annex to the degree. The option courses and special subjects provided by institutions which are partners of the LSM are organized in the following areas:

Audit and Accounting (FUCaM - Mons)  

This option course is designed to deepen students’ knowledge in the areas of accounting and financial information systems and the way they are checked by experts (auditors and accountants). The subjects dealt with concern both SMEs as well as large companies. Indeed, one part of the course is devoted to international aspects (taxation, accounting and audit standards) while the other focuses on the internal rules which enable the accounting system to become a management tool. Furthermore, this special subject is helpful for those wishing to join the Institutes of Auditors and Accountants.

Service Management (FUNDP-Namur)

Western economies are dependent on services by more than 70%.  This sector increasingly requires specific multidisciplinary skills relating to marketing, operations, computing, law or human resources. The aim of this special subject, the only one of its kind in Belgium, is to train students in a multidisciplinary way by combining managerial, technological and economic knowledge and skills.

Market finance (FUNDP-Namur)

This special subject is designed to give solid grounding in the main areas of finance with an emphasis on market finance. The training is structured around the main themes of modern finance such as business finance, credit management, risk management, portfolio management, investment strategies , interest rate management policy, the working of stock exchanges and financial markets, risk management or derivatives.

Operational Marketing (FUNDP-Namur)

This special subject is designed to train future managers who wish to take on one of the many marketing functions in businesses and organizations who put their customers and consumers at the centre of their operations. Tomorrow’s marketing executives face the challenges of knowing their customers, keeping them and attracting new customers, developing effective products and services, giving their customers the prices they expect and in the right places and standing out in the face of global, communication and technological competition.

Commercial law (FUNDP-Namur)

This special subject provides the opportunity to acquire training in a group of disciplines which make up the legal environment in which businesses and markets work. This thorough approach to commercial law enables students to build on their management training and acquire additional, specialized legal skills which are targeted towards their professional posts.

Approaches and Advanced Methods in Marketing (FUCaM- Mons)

This is by nature an advanced option course which is designed to provide training in the methods, approaches and models which help to understand the multiple facets of marketing (qualitative and quantitative ; strategic and operational ; covering both the analysis of consumer behaviour and decision taking in marketing) and finishes with a seminar which brings students up to date with the most current research themes in marketing.

Portfolio and Financial Risk Management (FUCaM - Mons)

This option course is designed to introduce the concepts and techniques for modelling financial products (including derivatives), their application in portfolio management and, more widely, in financial risk management.