Optional Courses and Minors

3rd-year economics and management students must take a minimum of 20 ECTS credits of optional courses, and a 3rd-year student’s total course load must be a minimum of 60 ECTS credits.

Students may choose their programme of optional courses according to one of three models:

Open choice of optional courses : in this case, students are entirely free to choose the courses that will constitute their programme of optional courses. They are also free to determine the number of courses and ECTS credits to be taken during the first and second terms. They may choose any course from the list below unless a similar course has previously been taken as a compulsory course in their main degree programme or if they do not satisfy a course’s prerequisites.

The specialisation minor: in this case, students choose courses totalling 20 ECTS credits from among a specific group of courses in their main field of study.

The diversification minor: in this case, students choose courses totalling 20 ECTS credits from among a specific group of courses in a given field other than their main field of study.

Due to scheduling constraints, the University cannot guarantee the schedule compatibility of the various minors, nor of the open-choice model. Students who wish to follow the second term of their third year in another university, in the framework of an exchange programme, may not choose to work towards a minor.

Complete list of open-choice and minor optional courses for students enrolled in economics and management

Discipline: management (if students choose courses amounting to 20 ECTS credits in this discipline, they work towards a specialisation minor in management)

ECGE1321 - Organizational studies (Q1, 30h, 4 ECTS)

ECGE1316 - Ethics and the economy (Q1, 30h, 4 ECTS)

HDDR1315 - Labour law (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS) (HD)

ECGE1233 - Game theory (Q2, 30h+15h, 4 ECTS)

ECGE1317 - European economics (Q2, 30h, 4 ECTS)

OU ECGE1311 - Industrial Economy (Q2, 30h+7,5h, 4 ECTS)

ECGE1323 - Business management and taxation (Q2, 30h, 4 ECTS)

INGE1312 - Operations research (Q2, 30h+15h, 4 ECTS)

INGE1311 - Information management system (Q1, 30h+15h, 5 ECTS)

Discipline: economics (if students choose courses amounting to 20 ECTS credits in this discipline, they work towards a specialisation minor in economics)

ECGE1316 - Ethics and the economy (Q1, 30h, 4 ECTS)

ECGE1310 - Money and financial markets (Q1, 30h+7,5h, 4 ECTS)

ECGE1312 - History of the economic theories (Q1, 30h, 4 ECTS)

ECGE1311 - Industrial Economy (Q2, 30h+7,5h, 4 ECTS)

ECGE1233 - Game theory (Q2, 30h+15h, 4 ECTS)

INGE1312 - Operations research (Q2, 30h+15h, 4 ECTS)

ECGE1314 - International Trade (Q2, 30h, 4 ECTS)

ECGE1317 - European economics (Q2, 30h, 4 ECTS)

DROI1272 - Special questions of economic law (Q2, 30h, 4 ECTS)

ECGE1313 - Environmental Economics (Q2, 30h, 4 ECTS)

Discipline: political sciences (if students choose courses amounting to 20 ECTS credits in this discipline, they work towards a diversification minor in political science)

SPOL1322 - Public Policy Analysis (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)

HDPO1312 - Analysis of international relations (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS) (HD)

SPOL1312 - International Relations (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)

HDPO1316 - Transformations and contemporary urban politics (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS) (HD)

SPOL1214 - (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)

SPOL1315 - (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)

SPOL1310 - Special issues of political sociology  (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

POLS1320 - Media and politics (Q2, 30h, 4 ECTS)

SPOL1316 - (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

POLS1112 - The Political Institutions of Belgium (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

SPOL1311 - Seminar of Analysis of international relations (Q2, 30h, 4 ECTS)

SPOL1210 - Political sociology (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

SPOL1313 - Comparative politics (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS) (HD)

HDDR1361 - (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS) (HD)

HDPO1315 - EU Politics (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS) (HD)

SPOL1215 - International organizations (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

HDPO1317 - Political parties and lobby groups (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS) (HD)

Discipline: information and communication (if students choose courses amounting to 20 ECTS credits in this discipline, they work towards a diversification minor in information and communication)

POLS1110 - Information and communication (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

COMU1210 - Analysis of the theories of information and communication (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

COMU1310 - Semiology (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)

COMU1211 - Corporate communication and public relations (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)

COMU1315 - Communication and organizations (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

HDPO1314 - Public space, knowledge and media (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

HIST1310 - Images, films and society (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

COMU1313 - International Communications (Q2, 30h, 4 ECTS)

COMU1312 - Socio-economics of media (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

COMU1212 - Social-history of media (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

Discipline: sociology and anthropology (if students choose courses amounting to 20 ECTS credits in this discipline, they work towards a diversification minor in sociology and anthropology)

SOCA1311 - Socio-anthropology of the sexual and affective field (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)

SOCA1312 - (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)

SOCA1211 - Analysis of sociological theories (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

HDPO1316 - Transformations and contemporary urban politics (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS) (HD)

POLS1111 - Social and cultural anthropology (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

HDPO1319 - Intercultural relations and migrations (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS) (HD)

SPOL1310 - Special issues of political sociology  (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

SOCA1310 - (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

SPOL1210 - Political sociology (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

SOCA1210 - Sociology of culture (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

Discipline: law (if students choose courses amounting to 20 ECTS credits in this discipline, they work towards a diversification minor in law)

DROI1261 - Intellectual Property Law (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)

SPOL1321 - Law of the European institutions (Q1, 45h, 6 ECTS) (HD)

HDDR1315 - Labour law (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS) (HD)

SPOL1314 - Introduction to the Law and Institutions of the European Union (Q1, 45h, 6 ECTS)

SPOL1320 - Special Topic in Public Law (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)

DROI1213 - Criminal Law (Q1, 60h, 6 ECTS)*

DROI1214 - Criminal procedure (if have followed DROI1213 - Criminal Law) (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

HDDR1310 - Administrative law (Q2, 60h, 6 ECTS) (HD)*

POLS1120 - Public Law (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

Discipline: history (if students choose courses amounting to 20 ECTS credits in this discipline, they work towards a diversification minor in history)

HIST1117 - (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

HIST1221 - History of the Middle Ages I: Political and institutional aspects (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

HIST1219 - History of Modern Times I: political and institutional aspects (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

HIST1314 - (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

POLS1121 - Contemporary History (if have followed Geopolitics) (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

HIST1312 - Historical anthropology (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

COMU1212 - Social-history of media (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

HIST1216 - History of Antiquity I : Political and institutional aspects (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

Discipline: philosophy (if students choose courses amounting to 20 ECTS credits in this discipline, they work towards a diversification minor in philosophy)

FILO1213 - Epistemology of human sciences (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

FILO1217 - Philosophy of art and literature (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

FILO1313 - Ethical special Issues (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

FILO1216 - Philosophy of Religion (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

FILO1311 - Philosophy of history (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

FILO1210 - Philosophical anthropology (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

POLS1124 - Moral Philosophy (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

FILO1318 - Political philosophy (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

Discipline: European studies (if students choose courses amounting to 20 ECTS credits in this discipline, they work towards a diversification minor in European studies)

HIST1122 - The History of European Integration (Q1, 30h, 3 ECTS)*

SPOL1321 - Law of the European institutions (Q1, 45h, 6 ECTS) (HD)

OU SPOL1314 - Introduction to the Law and Institutions of the European Union (Q1, 45h, 6 ECTS)

SPOL1316 - (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS)

SOCA1313 - (Q2, 22,5h, 3 ECTS)

HDPO1315 - EU Politics (Q2, 30h, 3 ECTS) (HD)

ECGE1317 - European economics (Q2, 30h, 4 ECTS)*

Courses followed by "*" may not be taken as open-choice optional courses.