Academic Programme

Your first year provides you with basic skills in planning and conducting (interdisciplinary) research, as a part of our Research and Methodology learning line.

All students  take the courses ‘Academic Skills’ and ‘Introduction to Academic Research’  and then select a discipline-specific research methods course of their choice. Students explore the multidisciplinary fields of the Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities, starting in semester one with Challenges of Modern Society as well as two LAS electives.

These electives introduce you to interesting societal issues and at the same time gives a broad introduction to the majors. Tutor meetings help you consider courses and reflect on ‘the bigger picture’ of your LAS programme.

Last but not least, you will conduct your first project in year one.

In year two you gain more specialised knowledge in Research and Methodology.

All students take Philosophy of Science, offering students opportunities to discuss, explore and reflect on histories, perspectives and methodologies in the different disciplines.

Students have declared a major or specialisation and are filling out their programme with electives. Students will apply methods and knowledge gained from the electives in a research-based project.

In semester 1, you may choose to do a University Minor, a Personal Minor, an Internship or go on Study Abroad.

The Minor can help you expand your profile within a discipline (if required to access a Master programme),  or provide more breadth by exploring different disciplines or explicitly societal issues such as the Minors Entrepreneurship, Public Health, Gender and Diversity in Science, Society and Culture.

Instead of taking a Minor, you may choose to undertake an Exchange experience in one of our Univerisity partners scattered around the world (e.g. Waseda University in Japan or University of Valencia in Spain).

Would you like to put into practice what you learned in the first years of your Bachelor? Are you keen to explore the labor market as an intern? That is also possible in the Internship program of UCG!

In semester 2, you will have the chance to take a few elective courses out of your Major and further develop and finalise your profile by working on your Bachelor thesis. Lastly, you will carry out your third year project in collaboration with either UCG students or societal partners.

What an engaging last year of your Bachelor before graduation!