Learning outcomes

Dutch-taught Bachelor of Applied Economics: Business Economics

1. The Bachelor will be able to define and distinguish the basic concepts and main theoretical schools of the economic, exact and human sciences.

2. The Bachelor will be able to define and distinguish the basic concepts and main theoretical schools of various functional areas of management and will be able to indicate their relevance within an organisation.

3. The Bachelor will be able to describe the most important methods and techniques of business economic research and will be able to select and apply the appropriate methodological and technological approach for solving business economic problems.

4. The Bachelor will be able to analyze the causes, consequences and interrelationships of important national and international social and business economic developments within a globalising society. The Bachelor can take a position about this analysis and report it convincingly.

5. The Bachelor will be able to translate unstructured problems into concrete research questions.

6. The Bachelor will be able to respectfully apply the basic knowledge acquired in various national and international contexts.

7. The Bachelor will be able to cope critically and responsibly with a variety of (inter)national information sources and will be able to distil reliable and relevant information from them.

8. The Bachelor will be able to communicate respectfully on business economic and socially relevant topics, both orally and in writing, at an academic level in Dutch, as well as in at least two foreign languages.

9. The Bachelor will possess general academic skills, including logical reasoning, analytical thinking and the ability to argue and recognise the importance of lifelong and life-wide learning.

10. The Bachelor will be able to distinguish the ethical dimension of (inter)national business economic and social problems and will be able to reflect upon them. The Bachelor will be able to deal with technological applications in an ethically responsible manner.