Preparatory programme
Dutch-taught Master of Social and Economic Sciences
2024-2025
Model Path
Courses to take in year one of model path (54 ECTS-credits)
42 ECTS-credits compulsory
Classical Sociological Theory
Statistics 2
Macroeconomics
'Economics' or 'Introduction to economics' (6 ECTS)
Microeconomics
'Economics' or 'Introduction to economics' (6 ECTS)
Sociology
Society, Facts and Problems
Mathematical methods and techniques
Domain economic analysis:
6 ECTS-credits to choose from
Economic policy
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
International economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
Issues in global economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
History of economic thought
'Economics' or 'Introduction to economics' (6 ECTS)
Public economics and public finances
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
Topics in public economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
Free choice
6 ECTS-credits to choose from
Social Demography
City and Space
Sociology of Inequalities: Class, Gender, Ethnicity
Sociology of Organizations
Sociology of the Family
Economic policy
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
International economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
Issues in global economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
History of economic thought
'Economics' or 'Introduction to economics' (6 ECTS)
Public economics and public finances
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
Courses to take in year two of model path
18 ECTS-credits compulsory
Introduction to econometrics
- 'Economics' or 'Introduction to economics' (6 sp.)
- 'Statistics II' or 'Multivariate analysis'
Social economic analysis
- 'Society, Facts and Problems' or 'Societies, facts and challenges'
- 'Microeconomics' (or include it in the study programme)
Bachelor project partim II: design of social economic research
-Bachelor thesis - Intro to soc-ec research
-Intro to econometrics (or include in study programme)
2023-2024
Model Path
Courses to take in year one of model path (54 ECTS-credits)
42 ECTS-credits compulsory
Classical Sociological Theory
Contemporary Sociological Theory
Statistics 2
- Leen Marynissen
- Wim Christiaens
- Danny Rouckhout
Macroeconomics
'Economics' or 'Introduction to economics' (6 ECTS)
Microeconomics
'Economics' or 'Introduction to economics' (6 ECTS)
Sociology
Society, Facts and Problems
Mathematical methods and techniques
Domain economic analysis:
6 ECTS-credits to choose from
Economic policy
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
International economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
Issues in global economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
History of economic thought
'Economics' or 'Introduction to economics' (6 ECTS)
Public economics and public finances
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
Topics in public economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
Free choice
6 ECTS-credits to choose from
Social Demography
City and Space
Sociology of Inequalities: Class, Gender, Ethnicity
Sociology of Organizations
Sociology of the Family
Economic policy
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
International economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
Issues in global economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
History of economic thought
'Economics' or 'Introduction to economics' (6 ECTS)
Public economics and public finances
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
Courses to take in year two of model path
18 ECTS-credits compulsory
Introduction to econometrics
- 'Economics' or 'Introduction to economics' (6 sp.)
- 'Statistics II' or 'Multivariate analysis'
Social economic analysis
- 'Society, Facts and Problems' or 'Societies, facts and challenges'
- 'Microeconomics' (or include it in the study programme)
Bachelor project partim II: design of social economic research
2022-2023
Model Path
Courses to take in year one of model path (57 ECTS-credits)
45 ECTS-credits compulsory
Descriptive statistics and probability theory
Classical Sociological Theory
Contemporary Sociological Theory
Statistics 2
- Karel Neels
- Wim Christiaens
- Danny Rouckhout
Macroeconomics
- 'Economics'
- 'Mathematics with applications in (business) economics 1' or 'Mathematics with applications in (business) economics and technology 1' or 'Mathematical methods and techniques'
Microeconomics
- 'Economics'
- 'Mathematics with applications in (business) economics 1' or 'Mathematics with applications in (business) economics and technology 1' or 'Mathematical methods and techniques'
Sociology
Society, Facts and Problems
Mathematical methods and techniques
Domain economic analysis:
6 ECTS-credits to choose from
Economic policy
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
International economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
Issues in global economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
History of economic thought
'Economics'
Public economics and public finances
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
Free choice
6 ECTS-credits to choose from
Social Demography
City and Space
Sociology of Inequalities: Class, Gender, Ethnicity
Sociology of Organizations
Sociology of the Family
Economic policy
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
International economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
Issues in global economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
History of economic thought
'Economics'
Public economics and public finances
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
Courses to take in year two of model path
18 ECTS-credits compulsory
Introduction to econometrics
- 'Descriptive statistics and probability theory'
- 'Economics'
Social economic analysis
- 'Macroeconomics'
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Bachelor project partim II: design of social economic research'
Bachelor project partim II: design of social economic research
- 'BP partim I'
- '(General) economics'
- 'Society, facts and problems'
- 'Descr. stat and prob theory' & 'Inferential stat' or 'Stat I'
- 'Intr econometrics' or 'Stat II' (or included in study programme)
2021-2022
Model Path
Courses to take in year one of model path (57 ECTS-credits)
45 ECTS-credits compulsory
Descriptive statistics and probability theory
Classical Sociological Theory
Contemporary sociological theory
Statistics 2
- Karel Neels
- Wim Christiaens
- Danny Rouckhout
Macroeconomics
- 'Economics' or 'General economics'
- 'Mathematics', 'Mathematics 1' or 'Mathematical methods and techniques'
Microeconomics
- 'Economics' or 'General Economics'
- 'Mathematics', 'Mathematics 1' or 'Mathematical methods and techniques'
Sociology
Society, facts and problems
Mathematical methods and techniques
Domain economic analysis:
6 ECTS-credits to choose from
Economic policy
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
International economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
- Mewael Tesfaselassie
Issues in global economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
- Kenneth De Beckker
History of economic thought
- 'Economics' or 'General economics'
Public economics and public finances
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
Free choice
6 ECTS-credits to choose from
Social demography
City and Space
Sociology of Labour
Sociology of inequalities: class, gender, ethnicity
Sociology of Organizations
Sociology of the Family
Economic policy
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
International economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
- Mewael Tesfaselassie
Issues in global economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
- Kenneth De Beckker
History of economic thought
- 'Economics' or 'General economics'
Public economics and public finances
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
Courses to take in year two of model path
18 ECTS-credits compulsory
Introduction to econometrics
- 'Descript. stat. and prob. theory' or 'Statistics I'
- 'Statistics II'
- 'Microeconom.' (or included in study programme)
- 'Macroeconom.' (or included in study programme)
Social economic analysis
- 'Macroeconomics'
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Bachelor thesis partim II: Topics of social and economic policy'
Bachelor project partim II: design of social economic research
- 'BP partim I'
- '(General) economics'
- 'Society, facts and problems'
- 'Descr. stat and prob theory' & 'Inferential stat' or 'Stat I'
- 'Intr econometrics' or 'Stat II' (or included in study programme)
2020-2021
Model Path
Courses to take in year one of model path (57 ECTS-credits)
45 ECTS-credits compulsory
Descriptive statistics and probability theory
Classical Sociological Theory
Contemporary sociological theory
Statistics 2
- Karel Neels
- Wim Christiaens
- Danny Rouckhout
Macroeconomics
- 'Inleiding tot de algemene economie' of 'Economie'
- 'Wiskunde met (bedrijfs)economische toepassingen' of 'Wiskunde' of 'Wiskundige methoden en technieken'
Microeconomics
- 'Inleiding tot de algemene economie' of 'Economie'
- 'Wiskunde met (bedrijfs)economische toepassingen' of 'Wiskunde' of 'Wiskundige methoden en technieken'
Sociology
Society, facts and problems
Mathematical methods and techniques
Domain economic analysis:
6 ECTS-credits to choose from
Economic policy
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
- Roland Winkler
International economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
- Roland Winkler
Issues in global economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
History of economic thought
- 'Inleiding tot de algemene economie' of 'Economie'
Public economics and public finances
- 'Inleiding tot de algemene economie' of 'Economie'
Free choice
6 ECTS-credits to choose from
Social demography
City and Space
- Ilse Loots
- Clemens de Olde
Sociology of Labour
- Nele Cannaerts
- Erik Henderickx
- Annelies Haaren
Sociology of inequalities: class, gender, ethnicity
Sociology of Organizations
Sociology of the Family
Economic policy
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
- Roland Winkler
International economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
- Roland Winkler
Issues in global economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
History of economic thought
- 'Inleiding tot de algemene economie' of 'Economie'
Public economics and public finances
- 'Inleiding tot de algemene economie' of 'Economie'
Courses to take in year two of model path
18 ECTS-credits compulsory
Introduction to econometrics
- 'Beschrijvende statistiek en kansrekenen' or 'Statistiek I'
- 'Statistiek II'
- 'Micro-economie' (or included in study programme)
- 'Macro-economie' (or included in study programme)
- Sunčica Vujić
- Sofie Cabus
Social economic analysis
- 'Macroeconomics'
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Bachelor thesis partim II: Topics of social and economic policy (Seminar)'
Bachelor project partim II: Topics of social and economic policy (seminar)
- 'BP I: Sem. Economisch Beleid'
- 'Inl. tot de alg. economie' of 'Economie'
- 'Samenleving, feiten en problemen'
- 'Statistiek met (bedrijfs)econ. toep. 1 & 2' of 'Statistiek I'
2019-2020
Model Path
Courses to take in year one of model path (57 ECTS-credits)
45 ECTS-credits compulsory
Descriptive Statistics and Probability Theory
Classical Sociological Theory
Contemporary sociological theory
Statistics 2
- Karel Neels
- Wim Christiaens
- Danny Rouckhout
Macroeconomics
- 'Inleiding tot de algemene economie' of 'Economie'
- 'Wiskunde met (bedrijfs)economische toepassingen' of 'Wiskunde' of 'Wiskundige methoden en technieken'
Microeconomics
- 'Inleiding tot de algemene economie' of 'Economie'
- 'Wiskunde met (bedrijfs)economische toepassingen' of 'Wiskunde' of 'Wiskundige methoden en technieken'
Sociology
Society, facts and problems
Mathematical Methods and Techniques
Domain economic analysis:
6 ECTS-credits to choose from
Economic Policy
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
International Economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
- Roland Winkler
Issues in Global Economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
History of Economic Thought
- 'Inleiding tot de algemene economie' of 'Economie'
Public Economics and Public Finances
- 'Inleiding tot de algemene economie' of 'Economie'
Free choice
6 ECTS-credits to choose from
Social demography
City and Space
- Ilse Loots
- Clemens de Olde
Sociology of Labour
- Nele Cannaerts
- Erik Henderickx
- Annelies Haaren
Sociology of inequalities: class, gender, ethnicity
Sociology of Organizations
Sociology of the Family
Economic Policy
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
International Economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
- Roland Winkler
Issues in Global Economics
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Macroeconomics'
History of Economic Thought
- 'Inleiding tot de algemene economie' of 'Economie'
Public Economics and Public Finances
- 'Inleiding tot de algemene economie' of 'Economie'
Courses to take in year two of model path
18 ECTS-credits compulsory
Introduction to Econometrics
- 'Stat met (bedrijfs)econ toep 1 & 2' or 'Statistiek I'
- 'Micro-economie' (or included in the study programme)
- 'Macro-economie' (or included in the study programme)
- Sofie Cabus
- Sunčica Vujić
Social Economic Analysis
- 'Macroeconomics'
- 'Microeconomics'
- 'Bachelor thesis partim II: Topics of social and economic policy (Seminar)'
- Frank Vandenbroucke
Bachelor Project Partim II: Topics of Social and Economic Policy (Seminar)
- 'BP I: Sem. Economisch Beleid'
- 'Inl. tot de alg. economie' of 'Economie'
- 'Samenleving, feiten en problemen'
- 'Statistiek met (bedrijfs)econ. toep. 1 & 2' of 'Statistiek I'