Detailed programme by subject

Mandatory Content:
Mandatory Information and Communication
Mandatory BPOLS1114  Communication science
EN q1  30h+15h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h+4h  5 credits      
EN q2  30h  5 credits      
Mandatory BCOMU1310  Semiotics  
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
FR q1  15h+30h  5 credits      
FR q1  30h+14h  5 credits      
FR q1  45h  5 credits      
FR q1  30h+15h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Mandatory BCOMU1212  Social-history of media  
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
EN q1  30h  5 credits      
EN q2  30h  5 credits      
Mandatory Law
Mandatory BESPO1176  Law
FR q1  45h+15h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Mandatory Economics and management
EN q1  30h+15h  5 credits      
EN q2  30h+15h  5 credits      
Mandatory Other Human and Social Sciences
Mandatory BESPO1160  Sociology
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
Mandatory BESPO1165  Political Science
EN q1  30h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Mandatory BPOLS1111  Anthropology
FR q2  30h+9h  5 credits      
Mandatory BESPO1164  Geopolitics
EN q2  30h  5 credits      
Mandatory BESPO1360  Ethics and the economy  
EN q1  30h  5 credits      
FR q2  45h  5 credits      
Optional BPOLS1322  Mental health, individualism and society  
The student enrolled in their block 3 program can take this teaching unit or replace it with an optional teaching unit (with constant credits).
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
Mandatory Computer Science and Quantitative Methods
FR q1  22.5h+15h  5 credits      
FR q2  22.5h+15h  5 credits      
FR q1  30h+22.5h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h+22.5h  5 credits      
FR q1  30h+7.5h  5 credits      
Mandatory Group Project
Mandatory Languages
Mandatory BANGL1192  English I
EN q1+q2  0h+30h  5 credits      
Mandatory BNEER1183  Dutch I
Will benefit from a course unit of Dutch for Beginners or Spanish in first year: 1) The student who has had less than two hours of Dutch per week throughout the year in one of the last four years of high school; 2) The student who have completed high school in 2022-2023 or earlier and who has not been trained in Dutch between the end of high school and its registration in St. Louis. Additional informations and forms to fill out are available at the Faculty secretariat.
NL q1+q2  0h+30h  5 credits      
Astrid De Munter (coord.)


Mandatory BANGL1292  English II  
EN q1+q2  0h+60h  5 credits      
Mandatory BNEER1282  Dutch II  
Student who replaced the course unit of Dutch I the Fisrt Year by Dutch for Beginners I or Spanish I should follow the Second Year, the same course unit, higher level (Dutch for Beginners II or Spanish II). Additional informations are available at the Faculty secretariat.
NL q1+q2  0h+60h  5 credits      
Astrid De Munter (coord.)


Mandatory Choose one course among the following :
Optional BANGL1392  English III  
EN q1  0h+30h  5 credits      
Optional BNEER1382  Dutch III  
NL q1  0h+30h  5 credits      
Isolde Boutsen (coord.)
, Astrid De Munter (coord.)


Mandatory Optional Courses
Students must choose optional course totalling 5 credits.
If the student chose to replace course unit  "Mental health, individualism and society", he/she must register to one additional optional course.
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Optional BSPOL1322  Public Policy Analysis  
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
Optional BSOCA1210  Sociology of culture  
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
Optional BSPOL1214  Political Doctrines  
FR q1  30h+15h  5 credits      
Optional BSPOL1315  Political Systems  
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
EN q1  30h  5 credits      
FR q1  45h  5 credits      
Raphaël Gély (coord.)


Optional Optional choice of one course unit among :
Optional BECGE1321  Organisational studies  
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
Optional BECGE1326  Humans and organization  
NL q1  30h  5 credits      
Optional Optional choice of one course unit among :
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
Optional BSPOL1312  International relations  
EN q1  30h  5 credits      
Optional Optional choice of one course unit among :
EN q1  30h  5 credits      
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
Optional Optional choice of one course unit among :
For students who wish to later enroll in the Master's program in communication strategy and digital culture, it is strongly recommended to opt for this marketing course.
Optional BECGE1322  Marketing
FR q1  30h+15h  5 credits      
Optional BECGE1324  Marketing
NL q1  30h+15h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h+12h  5 credits      
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Optional BSPOL1313  Comparative politics  
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Optional BHDPO1315  EU politics  
EN q2  30h  5 credits      
EN q2  30h  5 credits      
Optional BPOLS1320  Media and politics  
NL q2  30h  5 credits      
EN q2  30h  5 credits      
FR q2  45h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Optional BROMA1215  Literary theories
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Optional Choose one course among the following :
Optional BECGE1214  Human management
FR q2  30h+7.5h  5 credits      
EN q2  30h  5 credits      
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
EN q2  30h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Optional BPOLS1331  Quantitative methods II: Data Analysis  
Course offered on a transitional basis for students in block 3 who wish to deepen their knowledge of quantitative methods and who have not previously taken this course. 
FR q2  30h+22.5h  5 credits      
Optional BSPOL1210  Political sociology  
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Optional BPOLS1321  Society and Environment  
EN q2  30h  5 credits      
NL q2  30h  5 credits      
NL q1  30h  5 credits