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Master in Labour Sciences [60.0]

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Retour en début de pageStudy objectives

The Master in Labour Sciences (60 credit Master)  is designed to give those who successfully complete it a general training, concentrated in 60 credits, in the human and social problems in the world of work. This involves developing students’ abilities to tackle, in a multidisciplinary way, issues relating to employment and work, social policies and professional relationships (e.g. training, employment and unemployment, social security and collective labour relations).
The Work and Society option is really designed for those already working, who wish to acquire a short general professional qualification in labour sciences.  It builds on students’ previous training or professional experiences to enable them to be better able to tackle labour issues, both in theory and methodology.
As regards the European Master in Labour Sciences option, priority is given to those who have already completed  a Masters and who wish to build on what they have already learnt with a multidisciplinary and European training programme over one year. This includes a semester abroad at one of the European partner universities which offer a joint programme.

Retour en début de pageGeneral presentation of the programme

The programme comprises 60 credits, spread between the core subjects (35 credits) which includes the rudiments of each discipline and the dissertation, together with the option (25 credits) :

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Retour en début de pagePositioning of the programme

In theory, it is possible to move up from the 60 credit Master to the 120 credit Master providing all the core subjects from the 120 credit Master are added to the programme (including a new dissertation of 28 credits and the dissertation seminar) together with two courses from the research focus of the 120 credit Master which have not already been taken for the 60 credit programme.  75 additional credits are necessary.  

In practice, however, this really does not represent the best way of moving up and will also be very difficult to achieve in terms of both the organization of each semester and of timetabling. For these reasons, students are strongly discouraged from moving up in this way.


Retour en début de pageCertificates

None

Admission
Students must have gained a higher education certificate of the short variety which permits entry via the bridging programme (see table below) or have gained a first university degree which includes a minimum of 15 credits in the following subjects : sociology, political economy, statistics, law, psychology, research methods in human sciences.  (If there are not enough prerequisite subjects, a maximum of 15 extra credits may be added to the Master programme) . Alternatively students may provide evidence of prior learning and experience.

University Bachelors
Diploma Special Requirements Access Remarks
UCL Bachelors
Bachelor in Human and Social Sciences [180.0]   Direct access  
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code   Direct access  
Belgian Bachelors of the French speaking Community
Bachelier en sciences humaines et sociales   Direct access  
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code   Direct access  
Belgian Bachelors of the Dutch speaking Community
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code   Direct access  
Foreign Bachelors
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code   Direct access  

Non university Bachelors
Diploma Access Remarks
> Find out more about links to the university
 

Holders of a 2nd cycle University degree
Diploma Special Requirements Access Remarks
"Licenciés"
 
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code   Direct access  
Masters
 
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code   Direct access  

Holders of a non-University 2nd cycle degree
Diploma Access Remarks
> Find out more about links to the university
 

Adults taking up their university training
> See the website www.uclouvain.be/vae
Entry to all Masters (with the exception of Advanced Masters) can be gained through the special procedure for accrediting prior learning and experience known as VAE (validation des acquis de l'expérience).

As well as entry to this Master through this procedure  (www.uclouvain.be/vae.html), entry may also be gained on submission of a special personal file.  


Personalized access
Reminder : all Masters (apart from Advanced Masters) are also accessible on file.
Entry to all Masters (with the exception of Advanced Masters) can also be gained on submission of a special personal file.  

Admission and Enrolment Procedures for general registration


Contact
Gestion du programme

Retour en début de pageCurriculum management

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Retour en début de pageUseful contacts

Joseph Godeau

Françoise Ledant

Patricia Badoux



Teaching method

Retour en début de pageStrong points of the pedagogical approach

Part-time schedule, balanced workload and dynamic teaching : the entire programme is organized on a part-time basis to encourage students already involved in a professional situation to join. At the Institute of Labour Sciences, the teaching methods used have always made extensive use of many different kinds of training methods which put students firmly at the centre of their own learning, whilst taking account of theoretical and practical perspectives : individual and group work, reading, case studies, observations and empirical analyses etc.  This requires special attention to be paid to the workload since an excessive amount of work and examinations may prevent students from actively taking responsibility for their learning, especially if they are trying to combine their studies with a job. Each semester, the academic secretary, together with student representatives and the Institute office, has the task of coordinating the overall workload.

Retour en début de pageEvaluation

Given the wide variety of learning strategies in the programme, there is also a range of methods of assessment  which are designed to evaluate elements such as grasp of theory, capacity for analysis (both individually and in a group), group work and written and oral expression. These may include written and oral examinations, individual and group work, individual and group presentation in lesson time or in the presence of the teaching staff.


Internationalisation

The Work and Society option offers students the opportunity to spend a semester as an exchange student at the School of Industrial Relations (l’Ecole des Relations Industrielles -ERI) at the University of Montreal or the School of Industrial Relations at Laval University in Quebec (in french).

 

The European Master in Labour Sciences (Master européen en sciences du travail - MEST) includes a compulsory exchange which lasts a semester with a partner institution among 13 european partners. 



Core courses
Legend
MandatoryOptional
Courses not taught this academic yearPeriodic courses not taught this academic year
Periodic courses taught this academic yearTwo year courses

Click on the course code to see detailed informations (objectives, methods, evaluation...)

MandatoryMémoire (15credits)
Mandatory TRAV2950

Mémoire  (in French) N. 15credits  x

MandatoryFondements disciplinaires (20credits)
 

MandatoryCours obligatoires (10credits)
Mandatory TRAV2210

Labour law  (in French) François Vandamme30h 5credits  x
Mandatory TRAV2240

Labour economics  (in French) Muriel Dejemeppe, Béatrice Van Haeperen (supplée Muriel Dejemeppe)30h 5credits  x

MandatoryCours au choix (10credits)
2 parmi :
Optional TRAV2200

Sociology of work  (in French) Bernard Francq30h 5credits  x
Optional TRAV2230

Psychology of work  (in French) Michaël Dubois30h 5credits  x
Optional TRAV2250

Philosophy of work  (in French) Mark Hunyadi-Buzas30h 5credits  x
Optional TRAV2260

Psycho-sociological analysis of labour relations  (in French) Thomas Périlleux30h 5credits  x
Optional TECO2203

Questions of religious sciences: questions about ethics  (in French) Walter Lesch15h 2credits 2q x
 


Options

Option European Master in Labour Sciences [0.0]

MandatoryApproches comparatives
Mandatory TRAV2700

Contextual factors of work in Europe  (in French) Evelyne Léonard15h 5credits  x
Mandatory TRAV2710

Comparative training and employment systems  (in French) Béatrice Van Haeperen, Marc Zune45h 5credits  x
Mandatory TRAV2720

Comparative social protection systems  (in French) Yannick Vanderborght, Pascale Vielle45h 5credits  x
Mandatory TRAV2730

Comparative systems of salaries and human resource manage-ment  (in French) Marc Fourny, Evelyne Léonard30h 5credits  x
Mandatory TRAV2740

Comparative industrial relations systems  (in French) Bernard Francq45h 5credits  x
 


Option Work and Society [0.0]

MandatoryEntreprise et dynamiques organisationnelles
Mandatory TRAV2600

Staff and organization  (in French) Laurent Taskin30h 5credits  x
Mandatory TRAV2610

Business economics  (in French) Alain Vas30h 5credits  x
Mandatory TRAV2620

The development of human resources  (in French) Nathalie Delobbe30h 5credits  x
Mandatory TRAV2630

Wellbeing at work  (in French) Bénédicte Schepens30h 5credits  x
Mandatory TRAV2640

Bargaining theory and practice  (in French) Pascal De Sutter, Stéphanie Demoulin25h 5credits  x