Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Admission Requirements

Enrolling for this study plan is possible after having obtained one of the following degrees:

Master's programme

You may also be asked to provide additional documents so we may evaluate your application.

APPLICATION LETTER

Overview of the study plan

The programme is taught entirely in English and lasts for one academic year (two semesters from October to June).
The participation is open to both stationary and non stationary students. It requires the in-person, physical presence for two and a half days per month and about three to five days per month of the additional individual and group work, which can be scheduled in a flexible manner and carried out on distance.

In total, this academic plan comprises 27 ECTS credits.


Thinking About Thinking

Module:
- The brain
- What is thinking
- Worldviews and identities
- Embodied cognition
- Symbolic cognition
- Intelligence

To complete this module, students must obtain 6 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - Thinking About Thinking

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Thinking Toolkit (12 study points)

Module:
- Logical thinking and reasoning
- Fallacies and biases
- Critical thinking
- Extended mind
- Divergent and lateral thinking
- Co-thinking
- Ethical thinking
- Dialectical thinking
- Systems thinking
- Complexity thinking
- Design thinking and research
- Game thinking

To complete this module, students must obtain 12 ECTS credits.

12ECTS credits - Thinking Toolkit

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Engaged Thinking (3 study points)

Component:
- On-campus engagement - Participation in a selected VUB seminar series
- On-campus engagement - Observation report and consultation

To complete this module, students must obtain 3 ECTS credits.

3ECTS credits - Engaged Thinking

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Beautiful Minds (3 study points)

Component:
- Beautiful minds - workshops
- Beautiful minds - Interview assignement and consultation

To complete this module, students must obtain 3 ECTS credits.

3ECTS credits - Beautiful Minds

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Thinking studio (5 study points)

Module:
- Thinking studio - Workshops
- Thinking studio - Co-thinking observation assignement
- Thinking studio - Co-thinking observation report and consultation
- Thinking studio - Individual observation assignement
- Thinking studio - Individual observation report and consultation

To complete this module, students must obtain 5 ECTS credits.

5ECTS credits - Thinking studio

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