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Licence en sciences économiques (Diploma of the Second Cycle (Licence) in Economic Sciences ) [ECON2]
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Programme management

ECON Département des sciences économiques

Coordinateur : Vincent Vandenberghe (1ère année)

Coordinateur : Marthe Nyssens (2ème année)

Study objectives

This programme addresses either students just coming out of the 1st study cycle ("candidature") of Economic Sciences whose aim is a career in business or in administration, or students who already have prior training in another subject. The first year of course covers foundation studies. The second year helps students to specialise within the main subject areas, depending on their interests and under the supervision of a tutor.

In order to deepen their studies, once graduated, students may further their training by registering for a 3rd cycle diploma (DES or DEA). They also have the possibility of opting for a three year programme leading to a master diploma. This decision must therefore be taken after the successful completion of the first year of the programme.

Admission conditions

The following students are entitled access to the "licence"programme in Economic Sciences (ECON 2) and to the "maîtrise" in Economic Sciences (ECON 2M) :

A. Holders of a university degree on the following conditions :

  • Holders of the first study cycle diploma " candidat" in Economic Sciences or Management delivered by a university of the French-speaking Community in Belgium, as well as holders of an equivalent diploma, delivered by another university, subject to any necessary additions of a limited number of complementary courses to the first year of the programme.
  • Holders of other "candidat"," licencié" or "maître" diplomas obtained from another faculty or department in a Belgian or foreign university, subject to the acceptation of their application by the department and the adding of any necessary complementary courses to their first year programme. This acceptation may possibly be subject to the condition of successfully completing a preparatory test which may take the form of a single year of "candidature" studies in Economic Sciences and Management.

B. Holders of a non-university higher education diploma on the following conditions :

  • Holders of a " licencié" diploma in the economic category, subject to the possible addition of complementary courses to their first year programme.
  • Holders of a " candidat" diploma in the economic category, subject to successfully completing an entrance exam and possibly adding a limited number of complementary courses to their first year programme.
  • Holders of a non-university higher education programme, " gradué", in accountancy, marketing, transport management, external commerce or computer studies, as well as holders of the lower secondary school teacher-training certificate, subject to successfully completing a prior year of studies .

C. Non-university diploma holders from a non-economic category have access to the "licence" programme in Economic Sciences on the basis of a "candidat" diploma in Economic Sciences and Management. This may be obtained, in certain cases, by way of a single "candidature" year .

Questions concerning applications or complementary information should be addressed to the secretary's office of the Department of Economic Sciences. Questions concerning admission and information linked to the single year of "candidature" should be addressed to the secretary's office for the "Candidature" in Economic, Social and Political Sciences.

Admission procedure

The regular conditions and admission procedures are detailed on the web page "Access to studies":
http://www.ucl.ac.be/etudes/libres/acces.html

Programme content

ECON 21 First year of studies

The first year of the programme is developed on four levels, without any options :

- foundation studies in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Econometrics,

- two courses in specific study domains,

- an English course,

- two theme-based workshops

1. Foundation studies (36 credits)

ECON2115

Micro-economics[60h+30h] (12 credits) (in French)

Pierre Dehez, Jacques-François Thisse

ECON2125

Macro-economics[60h+30h] (12 credits) (in French)

David De la Croix, Frédéric Docquier

ECON2135

Econometrics: methods and applications[45h+45h] (12 credits) (in French)

Luc Bauwens, Fatemeh Shadman Valavi

The subject matter of these courses is spread over the two quadrimesters.

2. Specific studies (12 credits)

ECON2151

Economics and monetary institutions[30h+15h] (6 credits) (in French)

Chantal Kegels

ECON2152

Economics and Public Finances[30h+15h] (6 credits) (in French)

Jean Hindriks

These studies include the supervised reading of a given work (or part of one) or articles, which are not covered in the strict sense of the word during the lectures but rather "commented on" here. Study of these texts is therefore complementary to the lectures. The 15 hours of exercises scheduled for these studies, help with the assimilation and discussion of those texts. This time, therefore, does not constitute "review" but rather hours of group work. A personal succinct report is required and part of the final marks is especially reserved for the evaluation of these complementary readings.

3. English course (4 credits)

ANGL2430

English: Interactive communication[30h] (4 credits)

Claudine Grommersch, Philippe Neyt

4. Workshops (8 credits)

ECON2198

Workshop 1[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Bernard Delbecque, Bernard Hanin, Henri Sneessens, Vincent Van Steenberghe

ECON2199

Workshop II[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Marc Germain, Francis Martin, Philippe Monfort, Daniel Weiserbs

These workshops confront the students with specific questions or topics, with the aim of helping them to read, summarise, analyse, present and write. These workshops therefore constitute the preparation for the thesis.

Those students who wish to anticipate lightening their second year programme have the possibility of adding one of the two reflexive courses offered in the second year to their first year programme.

ECON 22 Second year of studies

The second year comprises :

- two compulsory courses,

- one "historical" orientated course

- one "reflective" orientated course

- four options,

- a seminar,

- a thesis.

Some of the courses may be given in English.

During the course of the first fortnight following the start to the academic year , the student will choose a tutor from the list established by the department, together with whom he will prepare his programme. He must also have his thesis subject approved at the beginning of the first quadrimester.

1. Compulsory courses (12 credits)

ECON2207

Labour economics[30h+15h] (6 credits) (in French)

Bart Cockx, Bruno Van der Linden

ECON2208

International Trade[30h+15h] (6 credits) (in French)

Philippe Monfort

These sessions each comprise 30 hours of lectures, as well as 15 hours of exercises, aimed at covering the supervised readings (cfr 1st year).

2. Historical and reflective courses (8 credits)

The student will choose a "historical" oriented course from among the following subjects :

ECON2251

History of Economic Theories[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Michel De Vroey

or

ECON2252

History of Economic and Social Development[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Isabelle Cassiers

The student will choose a "reflective" oriented course from among the following subjects :

ECON2253

Philosophy and epistemology of economic science[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Christian Arnsperger

or

ECON2254

Economic and Social Ethics[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Philippe Van Parijs

3. Options (16 credits)

The student will choose four courses (each course is worth 4 ECTS) from the following list and from the list of the historical and reflective courses which feature in point 2, above :

ECON2231

International monetary relations[30h] (in French)

Bernard Delbecque

ECON2232

Economics and industrial policies[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Elisabeth Van Hecke

ECON2233

Economics of education[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Vincent Vandenberghe

ECON2234

Growth and economic structures in Belgium[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Isabelle Cassiers, Luc Denayer (supplée Isabelle Cassiers)

ECON2235

Non-commercial economics[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Marthe Nyssens

ECON2236

Economics of health[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Marie-Christine Closon

ECON2237

Applied macro-economics[30h] (4 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Daniel Weiserbs

ECON2238

Financial economics[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Pierre Giot

ECON2240

Economy of the public sector[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Bart Cockx, Jean Hindriks

ECON2242

Conjunctural Fluctuations and Cycles[30h] (4 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

N.

ECON2243

Game and Information Theory[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Hylke Vandenbussche

ECON2244

General Equilibrium Theory[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

François Maniquet

ECON2245

Econometrics[30h+15h] (4 credits) (in French)

Luc Bauwens

ECON2247

Growth and Development[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Raouf Boucekkine

ECON2249

Regional Economics[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Jacques-François Thisse

ESPO2103

Environnement et économie globale[30h] (5 credits) (in French)

Thierry Bréchet

and one additional course, from among the following courses taught on other programmes.

AUCE2461

A préciser (in French)

BAPA2350

A préciser (in French)

DVLP3120

Development policies[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Frédéric Lapeyre

BIR1343

Economy of natural resources and the environment[37.5h+7.5h] (3.5 credits) (in French)

Frédéric Gaspart

ESPO2103

Environnement et économie globale[30h] (5 credits) (in French)

Thierry Bréchet

EURO3501

Intégration monétaire et financière européenne[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Ivo Maes

QANT2100

Elements of operational research[45h+15h] (6 credits) (in French)

Michel Herman

DPRI3104

Problèmes économiques et financiers de l'assurance[30h] (5 credits) (in French)

Christian Jaumain

The students also have the possibility to include a course from the third study cycle (masters) on their programme. A tutor will guide them in their choice of programme.

4. Course on Religious Sciences (2 credits)

The students enrolled for the ECON 22 exam, must include one of the courses on Religious Sciences, except if they have already followed such a course during their previous studies.

ESPO2201

Issues of religious sciences: Christian faith[15h] (2 credits) (in French)

Jean-François Grégoire (supplée Gabriel Ringlet), Gabriel Ringlet

ESPO2202

Issues of religious sciences: the Bible and its message[15h] (2 credits) (in French)

Jean-Pierre Delville

ESPO2203

Special issues of religious sciences: the Christian ethic[15h] (2 credits) (in French)

Walter Lesch, Henri Wattiaux (supplée Walter Lesch)

5. Seminar (4 Credits)

The student will choose a seminar from the following list :

ESPO2104

Séminaire de gestion des questions environnementales[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Thierry Bréchet

ECON2801

Seminar of public and social economy[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Jean Hindriks

ECON2802

Seminar of microeconomy[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Vincent Vannetelbosch

ECON2803

Seminar on macroeconomy[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Daniel Weiserbs

CIDE2110

Séminaire: droit-économie[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Christian Huveneers, Bernard Remiche

6. Thesis (18 Credits)

Evaluation

The courses generally conclude in oral exam sessions and the final mark takes into account the quality of any projects accomplished by the students. The thesis will be presented orally and defended before a jury.

Positioning of the degree within the University cursus

This "licence" degree entitles access to the various specialised programmes in Economics and Management (DES) or to prepare for research in Economics (DEA).



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