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Elective sets

From academic year 2024-2025, we will refer to 'elective sets' instead of 'minors'.

In most study programmes at our faculty (all bachelor's programmes, except for the study programmes Linguistics and Literature and Applied Language Studies), you choose an elective set from the second or third bachelor's year onwards. Elective sets are clusters of course units from a different discipline than your own to develop broader knowledge within your study programme.

Depending on the study programme you are following, an elective set is spread over one or two bachelor years.

Each study programme offers several elective sets. Often, a number of the course units in an elective set will grant you an exemption if you later wish to obtain an additional degree in the subject of the chosen elective set.

Guidelines for making a choice

  • The study guide specifies for each study programme how many ECTS credits of course units you must take from an elective set and how you must distribute them across Bachelor 2 and/or Bachelor 3.
  • Always check the starting competencies of the various course units in a selective set. If in doubt, it is best to contact the lecturer-in-charge.
  • Once you have made your choice, you must stick to it. It is not possible to take (course units from) another elective set in the following academic year. If you still want a different elective set, please contact your learning track counsellor.
  • If you have failed one or more course units from an elective set, you can take different or the same course units from that elective set in the following academic year.
  • Because the number of ECTS credits per course unit sometimes varies, the total number of ECTS credits in your elective set may not be exactly 15, 25 or 30. This is not a problem, as long as you obtain at least the required number of ECTS credits.
  • It is not permitted to include additional course units. For example: you have to choose an elective set of 15 ECTS credits. You have a total of 18 ECTS credits, but you have included one course unit worth 3 ECTS credits. You are not allowed to include this extra course unit worth 3 ECTS credits. Without this course unit, you already have a total of 15 ECTS credits.

Questions?

Contact the learning track counsellor of your study programme.