6 ECTS credits
162 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4022159ENR for all students in the 2nd semester
at
a (E) Master - advanced level.
- Semester
- 2nd semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Impossible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Taught in
- Dutch
- Faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
- Department
- Political Science
- Educational team
- Didier Caluwaerts
(course titular)
- Activities and contact hours
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6 contact hours Lecture
16 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
140 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
- Course Content
The Leadership Forum complements the other courses from the Master in Political Science: Democracy and Leadership, and tries to provide students with insight into the major debates about the challenges of our society. In addition to this substantive finality, it also contributes to the network capacities of the students by bringing them in direct contact with leaders.
Students will develop leadership skills through participation in various workshops, and will also have to fulfill assignments on the theme of "leadership".
- Course material
- Digital course material (Required) : Referentielijst met voorbereidende documenten
- Additional info
The Leadership Forum includes a diverse range of teaching methods. The workshops are one central element, but students also have to gain insight into the dynamics of leadership through self-study and their own research.
All documents in preparation for the workshops will be made available via Canvas. Background literature is provided at the beginning of the semester.
- Learning Outcomes
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General Competences
After completing this course, students must have achieved the following objectives:
- Students can independently follow developments within one or more sub-domains of political science.
- Students can analyze concrete cases on the basis of their insight into the functioning of institutions and policy and decision-making processes.
- Students can position themselves in a critical manner with regard to international political science literature.
- Students can independently reflect analytically, nuancedly and critically about current problems and policy developments.
- Students can independently and on the basis of their own research develop a balanced argumentation and formulate and defend a reasoned standpoint.
- Students are not guided in their research by political or ideological dogmas.
- Students can use their political insights to make critical comments about stereotypes, platitudes and rushed generalizations.
- Grading
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The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Practical Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Practical Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Practical Assignments
with a relative weight of 14
which comprises 70% of the final mark.
- Participation
with a relative weight of 6
which comprises 30% of the final mark.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
Students are evaluated on the basis of two forms of evaluation:
- Participation 30%: students are expected to attend the workshops and participate actively.
- Paper 70%: students must carry out various practical assignments on the theme "Leadership". A list of possible assignments will be made available at the beginning of the semester.
Participation in the workshops cannot be resumed in the second examination period. The partial result for this exam part is transferred to the second examination period.
- 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:
Master of Political Science: Democracy and Leadership (only offered in Dutch)