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Programme profile

Employers today are seeking globally-minded employees who can take an interdisciplinary approach to problem-solving, reflecting their deep understanding of the key issues in today's society. More and more universities in Europe are embracing the concept of a liberal education at university level for exactly these reasons. A liberal education provides the competences needed to tackle the increasingly complex issues being presented by global society.

Tilburg University's BA Liberal Arts and Sciences is an interdisciplinary programme. This means that you will learn to examine issues using insights from multiple academic disciplines or schools of thought, whether they are insights from philosophy, culture, economics, or law. In doing so you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the whole social, cultural, and economic environment in which we live. With your ability to examine complex issues from a range of different angles, you'll have a more well-rounded understanding of the world, and be in a better position to help solve its most pressing issues.

Besides interdisciplinary modules, students will specialise in one of four diverse Majors: Business & Management, Law in Europe, Social Sciences, or Humanities: European History and Culture.

Programme content

Year 1:
Academic writing in English; Mind and Brain; Thinking about Science; Society, Culture and Economy; Rhetoric, Culture and Democracy; Qualitative Methods; European History: Politics and Culture; Researchers and their Fields; Introduction to Social Sciences and Business & Management; Introduction to Law and Humanities: European History & Culture; One Elective from: Law and Film, Religion & Democracy, Consumerism, Perception, Art & Culture

Years 2 & 3 - Your Major:
Of the ten modules you are required to take (five per semester), eight must be dedicated to your Major. Your Major should reflect your primary area of academic interest. It will determine the different Master's available to you, and steer your eventual career path. During your final year on the programme, the primary focus is on the writing of your Bachelor Thesis.

The following Majors are available:

BA in Arts and Humanities: Past - Presence – Future

BSc in Business & Economics

BSc in Social Sciences: Human Behavior

BA in Law in an International Context

BSc in Cognitive Neuroscience: Brain and Cognition

Progression

The university offers related Masters programmes, taught through English, in the following areas:

- International Management;
- Strategic Management ;
- International and European Labour Law;
- International and European Public Law;
- International Business Law;
- Law and Technology;
- European Urban Cultures;
- Human Resource Studies;
- Leisure Studies;
- Organisation Studies;
- Sociology;
- Management of Cultural Diversity;
- Human Aspects of Information Technology;
- Language and Communication;
- Theology

Entry Requirements