6 ECTS credits
154 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1019924CNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (C) Bachelor - specialised level.
Course description:
Reason and Engage is a multidisciplinary elective that aims to encourage critical reflection and engagement on current issues in society. Principles such as free inquiry, civic engagement, sense of responsibility, engaged science, inter- and multidisciplinarity and sustainability are guiding.
The course explores one overarching theme each year and aims to connect theoretical knowledge and societal engagement.
Students work in group on a project following the approach of Community Engaged Research and Learning (CERL).
At the end of the academic year the project is presented to a wider public.
All concrete information can be found on the website of Reason and Engage and on Canvas.
Organisation:
Reason and Engage consists of a series of lectures wherein speakers from various disciplines and expert domains discuss a different aspect of the overarching theme. The lectures take place at diverse locations in Brussels and are open to the public.
In addition, a series of seminars are scheduled. In the seminars we discuss the lectures before and after, and explain the approach of the assignments and CERL.
Reason and Engage is programmed in the first semester and second semester. All lectures and seminars take place in the evening from 6 to 8 pm.
Students' presence is required, absences are noted.
The course Reason and Engage is taught in English.
The course material consists of introductory texts and other source material for the lectures, assignments and CERL-approach.
Only students who have already obtained 120 credits in their bachelor's programme are eligible to take this course.
Learning outcomes:
-The students distinguish and know the different arguments presented in the academic debates on the overarching theme
-The students reflect critically and can formulate in a theoretically sound, informed and substantiated way their own ideas and opinions
-The students can involve the knowledge from other disciplines on their own expertise, field of knowledge and environment
-The students can collect arguments in the scientifc literature independently to strengthen their opinion
-The students can collaborate in a multidisciplinary team
-The students have knowledge of the relevant social actors
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
There is no final exam for Reason and Engage.
The evaluation follows the pass/fail-principle.
The evaluation implies both process and product evaluation.
Process evaluation concerns presence, participation and input in the lectures and seminars.
Product evaluation relates to the quality of the assignments to be completed, and the CERL project.
Any use of Generative AI must be within the general guidelines drawn up by the VUB on this subject. For each use, the student must state very clearly whether and how generative AI was used and must reflect on this in writing.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
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Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Cultural Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Initial track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Philosophy and Moral Sciences: default (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Nederlands-Frans (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Nederlands-Engels (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Nederlands-Duits (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Nederlands-Spaans (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Frans-Engels (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Frans-Duits (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Frans-Spaans (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Engels-Duits (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Engels-Spaans (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Duits-Spaans (only offered in Dutch)
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Master of Psychology: Afstudeerrichting arbeids- en organisatiepsychologie (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Criminology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Communication Studies: Media, Strategy and Marketing (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Communication Studies: Media and Society (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Sociology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Political Science: Democracy and Leadership (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Business Engineering: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Business Economics: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Biology: Ecology and Biodiversity (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Intermediality - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Intermediality - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Educational Sciences: Standaard traject
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality - 1 language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality - 2 languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 1 Language Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 2 Languages Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 1 Language Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 2 Languages Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycho- and Neurolinguistics 1 Language Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycho- and Neurolinguistics 2 Languages Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism & Foreign Language Acquisition 1 Language Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism & Foreign Language Acquisition 2 Languages Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality 1 Language Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality 2 Languages Double Degree
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