Majors at EUC
- At the end of their first year at EUC, students declare their Major, which is a central component of the curriculum. It consist of a comprehensive set of courses (75 EC) that builds a solid foundation in a particular discipline.
- To follow any Major, you need to be admitted into EUC. Please find admission requirements here. Additionally, some majors have prerequisites that require successful completion of specific courses during the 1st year of study.
- Each Major will be concluded with a capstone project, in which a Major-related topic of the student's choice will be explored under the guidance of a supervisor.
- In addition to the Major, students have the option to choose an EUC Minor (30 EC).
- For detailed information , please see the Course Catalogue. Current students, please always consult the Course Catalogue and ARR of the applicable year.
At EUC, you can choose from the following Majors:
The major in Business & Society provides students with a solid base of business knowledge and its applications and impact upon and interaction with society. Besides gaining insights into the core business disciplines, such as management and marketing, you also learn about the fascinating scientific fields of business strategy, organisational behaviour and entrepreneurship. In addition, the Business & Society major introduces you to data analysis, and therefore prepares you well for a future career in business, or a Master’s degree in business.
The Critical Humanities major combines history, philosophy, art studies and media studies
to offer students a comprehensive and immersive exploration of the human and more-thanhuman condition, equipping them with the skills to envision new ways of making worlds.
By fostering intellectual versatility, critical thinking, and developing strong analytical and
writing skills, the program prepares students for diverse careers in academia, government
and NGO's, media, the cultural sector, and the creative economy. Graduates can apply their
humanities education across various professions, from ethical decision-making in medicine
to strategic leadership in business and politics. Students in the Critical Humanities will be well
equipped to reflect on, and participate in, collaborative practices aiming at a more equal and
inclusive world.
In this Major, students learn to make sense of social and cultural dimensions of cross-cutting
themes such as social inequality, social cohesion, cultural representation, and the
construction of social and cultural identities. By integrating concepts and theories of
globalisation, postcolonialism, capitalism, patriarchy, environmentalism, migration,
performativity, among others students engage with concrete social practices and cultural
objects, to understand and interpret these complex sociocultural dynamics. Aided by
foundational knowledge of rigorous research methods, ranging from interviewing and
ethnography to discourse analysis and deconstruction, students with a major in Culture &
Society can independently explore the multiple layers of social phenomena and cultural life.
Upon successful completion of this Major, students will have a solid foundation to ask
relevant critical questions on contemporary issues and they will find ways to answer such
questions with sensitivity to the prevailing context. As such, this Major prepares for a broad
range of future careers, including (among others) research, journalism, publishing, the
development sector, and communications.
The International Law major provides students with tools to understand the working of the
global legal system and its relations with the social and political environment surrounding us.
The courses are designed to show the students – within an interdisciplinary environment –
that whatever they see around them has a legal aspect. Every political, social, natural or
economic process has a legal aspect, which may be driving that process or may be
constrained/motivated by that process.
The aim is to prepare students for masters of International or EU Law (or other masters
programmes in which a solid basis of law is required) at top universities in the Netherlands
and the world.
The Major in Molecular Life Sciences offers a dynamic, cross-disciplinary approach that
combines essential biological principles. Students will gain in-depth knowledge of
biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, genetics, microbiology, evolutionary biology
and human physiology, equipping them with a well-rounded understanding of life at the
molecular level. The programme goes beyond theory, delving into specialised areas like plant
biology, ecology, epidemiology, sustainable agriculture, and neuroscience ensuring students
are prepared to tackle real-world challenges in the biological sciences.
The major in Neuroscience: Cognition & Human Behaviour offers students a
multidisciplinary study of human behaviour and cognition and the way in which these are
governed by our brains and our genes. These topics are addressed from a variety of
disciplinary angles such as human and animal neurobiology, mental and
neurodevelopmental disorders, genetics, psychology, science communication, music and
economics. The major offers several possible avenues by offering several choices to tailor
the content to your interests.
The Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) major is designed for students who seek to
understand contemporary issues through multiple disciplinary lenses. Drawing from the
departments of Humanities, Economics & Business, and Social & Behavioural Sciences,
students explore how these fields analyse and interpret the social, economic, and political
forces that shape societies past and present.
The programme provides a strong foundation in classical approaches and canonical thinkers
while incorporating critical perspectives that challenge traditional viewpoints. Students
engage with fundamental questions about modernity, examining both its emergence and its
nature. The curriculum balances theoretical frameworks with practical applications,
demonstrating how both abstract thinking and concrete analysis deepen our understanding
of contemporary challenges. Key themes include modernity, economic systems,
globalisation, and political structures.
The major Political Science & International Relations (POLIR) offers an interdisciplinary
perspective on politics and global affairs by focusing on how states, non-state actors, social
movements and international organisations are organised, and engage with key issues today.
The major will familiarise you with the main fields within Political Science: Comparative
Politics, International Relations, Public Policy, and Political Philosophy.
Courses included in the major offer a critical outlook across local and global spheres, while
diverse assessment methods allow you to develop skills in research, writing, communication,
policy analysis, data visualisation, negotiation, and news literacy. Since politics can be studied
in a multitude of ways, elective courses allow you to tailor your curriculum by combining
disciplinary perspectives on offer at EUC.
Theoretical and practical insight into politics is important in a wide range of postgraduate
programmes and careers in, for instance, government, academia, advocacy, diplomacy,
legal work, consultancy, and journalism.
The Pre-Med major is a programme that will prepare you for admission to the premaster programme (in Dutch) offered by the Erasmus Medical Center (EMC), or another Biomedical master programme. The premaster programme of EMC is open for up to 36 Pre-Med graduates per year (see below). EUC and EMC have agreed that students from EUC should be able to enter the EMC Medical Master (MMSc). In order to do so, students are required to follow the Pre-Med major at EUC, and they will have to participate in a 1-year premaster programme at EMC after graduating from EUC and before entering the MMSc programme. The Pre-Med major does not guarantee access to the premaster programme as there are entry requirements regarding:
- the number of students; 36 Pre-Med graduates/year are allowed to enter the premaster
programme; - mastery of the Dutch language (at least B2 level, certified with the NT-2 exam or a pass
for Dutch on a ‘VWO’ diploma), because both the premaster programme and the MMSc
are taught in Dutch; - the GPA obtained for the Pre-Med courses;
- the extra-curricular activities performed besides the EUC Bachelor diploma;
- the results from a limited number of premaster entry tests, which will have to be taken
during the final semester at EUC.
In the Pre-Med major students will obtain a basic knowledge of the Life Sciences as well as
the Medical Sciences. Fields of study include:
- fundamental biology, including human anatomy and physiology;
- selected issues of health and disease;
- the medical process and the scientific basis of medicine;
- epidemiology and research methodology;
- medical statistics;
- general clinical skills, including anamnesis, physical examination, clinical reasoning and
therapeutic skills; and - (medical) professional behaviour.
In the major Psychology & Global Health, students explore mental, physical and social health from an individual, societal and global perspective. Students will gain a deep understanding of the psychological factors that shape behavior, emotions, and cognition; while also addressing broader public health challenges such as disease prevention and health disparities. Students will be equipped with the tools to analyse health problems at various - individual, societal, and global level -, and learn to select and/or develop appropriate diagnoses, therapies, and prevention strategies. Scientific research and methods play a central role in the programme, helping students develop the skills to improve individual health through changes in behaviour, cognition, and emotion, as well as evaluate prevention strategies and therapies. Students who major in this programme can pursue a master’s degree in various fields, including psychology, pedagogy, health policy and health sciences. Depending on the specific master programme chosen, a student may have to complete a pre-master programme before being eligible for a master’s degree.
The achievement of sustainability, or ‘the requirement of our generation to manage resources such that the average quality of life that we ensure ourselves can potentially be shared by all future generations’ (Asheim and Brekke, 1993) can be considered one of the main challenges of our times. For sustainability to be achieved, environmental, social and economic aspects all need to be in balance. However, the application of an interdisciplinary approach to sustainability can be hindered by the mono-disciplinary approach of today’s highly specialised world. In this major, you will acquire the tools to think critically about the most pressing challenges of our time and the skills to find creative solutions for such challenges. Each course of the major is embedded in an interdisciplinary framework that will guide you through different perspectives, from Life Sciences and Social Sciences to Economics and Humanities. In this major, you will develop research-oriented skills with a strong focus on solving complex multiperspective and multi-disciplinary issues. In particular, thanks to the emphasis given to the intrinsic relationships between humans and the natural environment, you will learn how natural and ecological systems work, how cities can be smart and sustainable, how policies and organisations contribute to sustainability, how the current ethical and historical perspectives influence the climate crisis, how plants are a foundation for people and life on our planet, how to generate prevention plans for health problems, how to include multiple perspectives when developing solutions and, finally, how laws and policies to protect the common environmental are generated.
EUC Minors
A minor is more! Combine your major with one minor to explore a different field of knowledge or to specialise within your area of study.
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