Study objectives in terms of acquisition of skills :

The bachelor's programme of Human and Social Sciences aims to :

• provide the students with a pluri-disciplinary grounding in Human Sciences
• develop the student's capacities of critical analysis, reasoning and personal judgement
• initiate the student in autonomous and individual study and lay the foundation stones for approaching scientific research
• initiating the student in written and oral communication skills.

On a general level :

• one year is dedicated to the acquisition of basic knowledge in the main disciplines of Human and Social Sciences and to a seminar on university study approaches and methods
• one year is dedicated to the acquisition of primordial methodological tools and the conceptual foundations of Human and Social Sciences
• and one year is dedicated to the pursuit of the acquisition of methodological tools and the approach of certain subjects from Work Science and Human Resource Management.

In the first year, the bachelor's programme comprises a pool of subjects common to the Faculty and to specific courses in Human and Social Sciences. Thanks to this pool of common subjects, after the January session, the student may re-orient his studies if so desired, towards another programme in the Faculty.

The three year programme corresponds to 180 credits and consists of a major, an ensemble of courses, seminars and exercies, totalling 150 credits.

To widen his intellectual and professional horizons, the student may likewise choose to go more deeply into his major, via an ensemble of options (30 credits), or opt for a period of work experience (10 credits) and some options (20 credits). These choices must be approved by the Programme Supervisor.

The choice of the minor also facilitates re-orientation when it comes to choosing a master's programme. The role of the Programme Supervisor and Study Advisor is important with respect to subject choice (information, advice, etc.).

The student will complete his programme by choosing :

corresponding to 15 credits in the 2nd year and 15 credits in the 3rd

• a minor (30 credits) to be selected from the ensemble of minors offered at UCL

or

• a period of work experience (max. 10 credits) plus some options (for at least 20 credits).

The choice of the minor or options must be approved by the Programme Supervisor.

Ongoing evaluation : exercices and personal pieces of work.

Written and oral exams

The programme is accessible to those in possession of a secondary school-leaving certificate (c.f. the "Access to Studies" part of the study programme for a precise description of the admission conditions and their particular cases).

The conditions and regular admission requirements are specified on the web page "Access to Studies": http://www.ucl.ac.be/etudes/libres/en/acces.html

The bachelor's degree entitles direct access to the master's of Work Science, the master's of Human Resource Management and the master's of Population Science and Development (at UCL).

Subject to possible prerequisites, the bachelor's degree in Human and Social Sciences entitles access to the master's of Human Sciences : Sociology, Anthropology, Political Sciences.

Program Supervisor : Professor C. de Visscher

Contact person for the ESPO: Anne-Françoise Mariscal, Chantal Herman

Cécile Delannay

President : Michel Dorban

Secretary : Jean-Marie Yante

• Minor in Theology
  
• Minor in Philosophy
  
• Minor in Law
  
• Minor in Criminology
  
• Minor in Information and Communication (*)
  
• Minor in Political Sciences
  
• Minor in Sociology and Anthropology
  
• Minor in Economics
  
• Minor in Economics (opening)
  
• Minor in Business Studies
  
• Minor in Linguistics
  
• Minor in Hispanics (*)
  
• Minor in Italian Studies (*)
  
• Minor in French Studies (*)
  
• Minor in Latin Studies
  
• Minor in Greek Studies
  
• Minor in Oriental Studies
  
• Minor in Literature Studies
  
• Minor in History
  
• Minor in Medieval Studies
  
• Minor in History of Art and Archaeology (*)
  
• Minor in Musicology
  
• Minor in Psychology and Education (*)
  
• Minor in Human Nutrition (*)
  
• Minor in General Biomedical Sciences (*)
  
• Minor in Clinical Biomedical Sciences (*)
  
• Minor in Medication Sciences (*)
  
• Minor in Physical Activity, health and Culture of Movement (*)
  
• Minor in Geography (*)
  
• Minor in Statistics
  
• Minor in Urban Architecture
  
• Minor in Mathematics and Mathematical Applications
  
• Minor in Scientific Culture
  
• Minor in Gender Studies
  
• Minor in Culture and Creation
  
• Minor in European Studies
  

(*) Minor with access criteria.