6 ECTS credits
154 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 1019924CNR voor alle studenten in het 1e en 2e semester met een gespecialiseerd bachelor niveau.
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
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Andere bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Andere dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
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.
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
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Bachelor in de agogische wetenschappen: profiel culturele agogiek
Bachelor in de agogische wetenschappen: Startplan
Bachelor in de wijsbegeerte en de moraalwetenschappen: Standaard traject
Bachelor in de toegepaste taalkunde: Nederlands-Frans
Bachelor in de toegepaste taalkunde: Nederlands-Engels
Bachelor in de toegepaste taalkunde: Nederlands-Duits
Bachelor in de toegepaste taalkunde: Nederlands-Spaans
Bachelor in de toegepaste taalkunde: Frans-Engels
Bachelor in de toegepaste taalkunde: Frans-Duits
Bachelor in de toegepaste taalkunde: Frans-Spaans
Bachelor in de toegepaste taalkunde: Engels-Duits
Bachelor in de toegepaste taalkunde: Engels-Spaans
Bachelor in de toegepaste taalkunde: Duits-Spaans
Master in de onderwijskunde: Standaard traject
Master in de psychologie: Afstudeerrichting arbeids- en organisatiepsychologie
Master in de criminologische wetenschappen: Standaard traject
Master in de communicatiewetenschappen: media, strategie en marketing
Master in de communicatiewetenschappen: media en samenleving
Master in de sociologie: Standaard traject
Master in de politieke wetenschappen: democratie en leiderschap
Master handelsingenieur: Standaard traject
Master in de toegepaste economische wetenschappen: Standaard traject
Master in de biologie: ecologie en biodiversiteit
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel letterkunde - 1 taal
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel taalkunde - 1 taal
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel letterkunde - 2 talen
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel taalkunde - 2 talen
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel intermedialiteit - 1 taal
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel intermedialiteit - 2 talen
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel neuro- en psycholinguïstiek - 1 taal
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel neuro- en psycholinguïstiek - 2 talen
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Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 1 Language (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 2 Languages (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 1 Language (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 2 Languages (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics 1 Language (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics 2 Languages (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition 1 Language (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition 2 Languages (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality - 1 language (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality - 2 languages (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 1 Language Double Degree (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 2 Languages Double Degree (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 1 Language Double Degree (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 2 Languages Double Degree (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycho- and Neurolinguistics 1 Language Double Degree (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycho- and Neurolinguistics 2 Languages Double Degree (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism & Foreign Language Acquisition 1 Language Double Degree (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism & Foreign Language Acquisition 2 Languages Double Degree (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality 1 Language Double Degree (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality 2 Languages Double Degree (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
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