Learning outcomes

By the end of their bachelor's degree, students will have acquired:

I. The disciplinary and methodological foundations of economics and management

• A practical command of the fundamental concepts and models of economics and management
  • The ability to model economic phenomena
  • A command of the foundational fields of management
    All economics and management CUs in years 1 and 2
  • The ability to analyse real economic and management issues
    The Economics I and II CUs, the Public economics CU, with part of the lecture hours and/or practical work devoted to this; The Company management simulation CU
  • An in-depth understanding of the ethical and political dimensions of economic analysis
    Year 3 CUs in the field of economics, in their reflective dimension
     
• The basic methodological tools needed for an academic approach to economics and management
  • The ability to apply mathematical modelling to economic and social issues
  • The ability to use mathematical and statistical tools to solve economic and management problems
    All CUs in mathematics and statistics
  • The ability to use computer software and model simple problems in algorithmic form
    All CUs in computer sciences
  • The ability to produce abstract reasoning using a formalised language and adopt a critical distance with respect to this process
    All courses in quantitative methods

II. A grounding in areas which are complementary to economics and management

• A practical command of core knowledge in the human, legal and social sciences which are essential for the analysis of economic and management issues
  • A knowledge of the major areas of thought underlying the social sciences and humanities
    Choice of CUs from philosophy, history, sociology, political science and communication science; CU in law
  • The ability to see the connections between the different disciplinary skills and identify their complementarities
    Introductory interdisciplinary CUs: Ethics and the economy, Economic history, Special issues in economic law

III. A grounding in the scientific method

• The ability to demonstrate intellectual rigour in their academic work and analytical skills
• The ability to critically compare theoretical insights with real situations
• The ability to use the knowledge resources available at university, notably by acquiring expertise in the use of the methods and tools of documentary research
  • The ability to make use of the models presented in lectures to solve real problems
    LO of the practical work associated with CUs in economics, management and econometrics
  • The ability to manipulate and present quantitative data to illustrate economic and social phenomena
    LO of the practical work in statistics, empirical LO of the Economics II and Public economics CUs
  • The ability to maintain a critical distance with respect to theory and develop the ability to critically review and analyse academic texts
    History of economic thought, Ethics and the economy, Economic history, year 3 advanced economics courses, Economics: interdisciplinary perspective CU

IV. High-level written and oral communication skills

• The ability to demonstrate written and oral communication skills in two languages in addition to French, while defending a scholarly argument or presenting a piece of research in accordance with academic ethics
  • The ability to carry out university-level research work, notably through the use of statistical data
  • The ability to write a report in accordance with the standards of academic writing
  • The ability to produce intellectually rigorous personal reasoning, and to defend it both in written and oral forms
    LO for the practical work for all economics and management courses; the Company management simulation CU
  • Oral and written (passive and active) communication skills in English and Dutch
  • The ability to converse in both everyday and specialised language (in the social sciences and humanities) in these two languages
  • The ability to understand, examine and reproduce a theoretical concept learnt in class in these two languages
    All CUs in Dutch and English in years 1,2 and 3; Management courses in a foreign language in year 3
  • A familiarisation with an environment in a language other than their own
    ERASMUS exchanges in year 3

Specific learning outcomes of students in the bilingual programme

• The ability to take a course and the oral or written exam in English
• Knowledge of the cultural environment, particularities and ways of thinking associated with the English language
• The ability to conduct research in the field of economics and write a substantial academic paper in English