6 ECTS credits
177 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1015217BER for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Studenten die dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen, moeten geslaagd zijn voor 'Politicologie: algemene inleiding' en geslaagd zijn voor minstens 30 ECTS-credits op bachelorniveau.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Department
Political Science
Educational team
Herman Matthijs (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

39 contact hours Lecture
138 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Public finances educates the following items: history, the presentation; the budget principles, the revenues, the outlays, the budget cyclus and the internal/external audit of the budget systems from the federal state, the social security, the states and the local authorities.

Course material
Handbook (Required) : Overheidsbegrotingen, Federale staat, gemeenschappen en gewesten en bijzondere begrotingsstelsels, H.Matthijs, 6de, Die Keure, 9789048620777, 2015
Additional info

Guest speakers are invited.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

  • The students will have the knowledge about the structure and the presentation of all the public budgets in this country.
  • The students will have the capacity to analyse the actual items of the public finances and to make a critical view concerning the topics.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written Exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Not applicable.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Philosophy and Moral Sciences: default (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Political Science and Sociology: - afstudeerrichting politieke wetenschappen (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Political Science and Sociology: - afstudeerrichting sociologie, minor politieke wetenschappen (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Political Science and Sociology: - afstudeerrichting sociologie, minor organisatie en beleid (only offered in Dutch)