Summer Programme 2011
Textbook List
The 2011 Summer textbook list is available here. If your course is not listed, this means there is no textbook for it.
Schedules
The classroom schedule is available here.
The final exam schedule is available here.
Courses on Offer
ART 107E, Modernism and After: A Belgian and European Perspective – Leon Lock
6 ECTS
Discusses a selection of modern and postmodern works of art – with an emphasis on contributions by Belgian artists – placed in a international, comparative frame. Modern and postmodern art for which the notions "abstraction", "expression", “conceptualization” and “narrative” will act as a foil. Includes field trips.
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ART 181E, Introduction to Design - Damien Bihr
6 ECTS
When function and technologic answers are equally international, when only the price makes the difference in production, the design by its cultural approach makes the market decision. Designing a drinkable water bottle is a cultural knowledge. The act of drinking, how objects are used is cultural.
My design courses explore the potential of the individual diversity to enhance once own capacity to develop a personal cultural power and teach how to communicate by discovering or creating a universal language through the objects. 5 weeks and 3 steps to experiment and produce a new design concept that creates a future market without any knowledge in design or production. ©Damien Bihr
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BUS 214E European Business Law - Bruno De Vuyst
6 ECTS
This course provides an introduction to and overview of the so-called 'first pillar' of the European Union on the basis of the European treaties as currently established, and with some reference to the Lisbon text in a forward perspective. Included are components on the institutions, competition law, agriculture, the 'four freedoms' that are at the core of the internal market (movement of goods, persons, capital and establishment rights), the customs union, social security and external relations. Teaching is done on the basis of the actual treaty provisions: students receive these in electronic format and learn how to interpret and use these articles.
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BUS 288E, Management of Art and Culture - D. De Corte
6 ECTS
The pressing need for a high standard knowledge of art management forms the foundations of this course, which captures the essentials of management for culture and arts organizations both in profit and not for profit contexts. Students get acquainted with modern day strategic management issues posed to arts organizations and learn to view such issues both from a general as well as an operational perspective. Financial and marketing management provide for an in depth approach, whereby a strong theoretical framework offers firm links to present day practices and cases.
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BUS 326E, European Portfolio Management - Jean Bellemans & Bruno De Vuyst
6 ECTS
This course covers the "building blocks" of international portfolios (equities, bonds, financial derivatives), the main markets for these investments (Europe, U.S.A., the largest Asian markets), the main types of international portfolios marketed, and the construction, the management and the valuation of these portfolios.
Prerequisite: BUS241E (Financial Accounting)
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BUS 388E, Introduction to Sports Management - Alea Fairchild & VUB-LK
6 ECTS
This course will feature a number of experts in sports management from the VUB, with a focus on the principles of sport marketing and management. Discussions will include the topics of quality and high performance management, organisational aspects of positive youth development initiatives through sport, career and lifestyle management of talented athletes in competitive sport, marketing communication in sport and sport economics.
Prerequisite: An introductory undergraduate business course
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CMM 289E, Topics in European Film History – Wouter Hessels
6 ECTS
This course offers an illustrated survey of the most important currents, schools, films and filmmakers within the European Film History (early cinema in Europe, European avant-garde cinema during twenties, propaganda and poetic realism, beginning of sound film, Italian neorealism, French New Wave, British New Cinema, modernist and contemporary author’s cinema). The main emphasis will be placed on seeing and understanding films as texts (with story and style) operating in their differents contexts (social, cultural, economic, political, technological,...). Each class will concentrate on a specific current and will be followed by a screening in Cinematek/ Filmmuseum Brussels (www.cinematek.be).
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CMM 346E, Lobbying in the EU – David Zaruk
6 ECTS
With Brussels the home of thousands of lobby organisations employing numerous public affairs specialists whose task is to facilitate dialogue between private or public organisations and the decision-makers of the European Union, this course focuses on the ways in which lobbyists help these organisations to follow, analyse and even influence the decisions of the European Union.
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INT 381E, Internship
6 ECTS
Working in a sponsoring firm or organisation, students undertake a 150-hour project on a theme or topic related to their major. The list of internships available in Summer 2011 will be available in March.
POL 289E, Understanding the European Union: Institutions, Policies and Partnerships - Dominik Tolksdorf
6 ECTS
This introductory course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the European Union’s core institutions, internal and foreign policies as well as the key ‘strategic partnerships the EU has been trying to foster with international organizations (such as the United Nations, NATO, the African Union and the Bretton Woods institutions) and major states (including EU-US relations and the EU’s relations with the BRICs). Lectures will be delivered by a mix of academic experts and policy-makers from the EU’s major institutions, such as the Commission, the Council and the Parliament, in order to provide students with both theoretical and policy-oriented perspectives. By the end of the course, students will be able to critically assess the EU’s role and track-record in promoting political and socio-economic integration within, as well as development and stability beyond its own borders.
Students who already took POL231E (Introduction to the European Union) cannot take this course for credit.
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POL 334E, The European Union in the World – Amie Kreppel & Zachary Selden (University of Florida)
6 ECTS
This course explores the changing role of the European Union (EU) on the global stage. This course will examine the evolution of the EU’s global influence through an analysis of several key areas of influence, including enlargement, trade and economic policy and the development of defence policy.
Pre-requisite: at least one course in political science
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POL 342E, Nations and Ethnicity: Political Conflicts in Europe – Tomasso Chiamparino
6 ECTS
This course explores the relationship between nationalism, ethnicity and politics. In the first part of the course, the students will be familiarized with the contemporary theoretical debates in the study of nationalism. They will acquire the necessary analytical perspectives, concepts and tools for the investigation of the phenomenon in particular cases. The second part of the course will apply these theories and concepts in the analysis of several nationalist movements and ethnonationalist conflicts.
Pre-requisite: at least one course in political science
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LFR 101E, Elementary French I - K. Bellemans
6 ECTS
This course focuses on listening and understanding, vocabulary and basic practical grammar. After this course, students should be able to manage living in a French-speaking environment, to participate in everyday conversations, to read and understand basic French texts and to compose simple written work. No prior knowledge of French is necessary.
MTH 140E, Mathematics for Business and Economics - Koen Lefever
6 ECTS
Teaches the mathematical skills required for problem solving and decision making in business through use of mathematical models and specialised techniques. Topics include functions as mathematical models, equation-solving techniques, calculus, exponential growth and time-value of money and partial derivatives and their applications in economic functions.
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STA 101E, Introduction to Statistics – Koen Lefever
6 ECTS
Statistical concepts and skills needed for problem solving and decision-making in real-world situations. Topics include describing data with graphs and numbers, correlation and simple linear regression, probability, random variables and probability distributions, distributions, estimation and testing hypotheses.
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Students may register for a maximum of two courses during the Summer 2011 programme.
The class schedule is available here.