The problems we are facing today are often complex and constantly changing. Strong disciplinary knowledge alone does not suffice to solve these problems; we need professionals who are prepared to look at problems from different perspectives and who have learned to collaborate with professionals from other disciplines. The European Project Semester (EPS) is crafted to prepare students with all the necessary skills to face the challenges of today’s world economy. 
 
Students work in an international and intercultural team of 3-6 members on a project for an external client. Assignments are usually broad, so there is room for creativity and the involvement of different disciplines. Courses involved are Design thinking, Doing research, Scrum, Intercultural communication and Academic English. Students learn take responsibility for their learning and project work and develop their intercultural competences, communication skills and interpersonal skills. 

In this minor, you will learn the following: 

• apply your own disciplinary knowledge to the project
• collaborate effectively in multidisciplinary project by respecting and giving values to the input of people from other disciplines
• develop an innovative solution for a dedicated project by combining relevant disciplinary knowledge from different group members (including his/her own)
• bridge cultural differences in order to carry out a project successfully 
• use Scrum appropriately to develop interdisciplinary and intercultural project
• conduct research and reflect the results in a structural research report in English
• demonstrate the progress in three selected 21st century skills by developing a portfolio
• improve your business English and presentation skills

Completed the first two years of your major. 

Target group:

The target group consists of third and fourth year students from all disciplines who are interested in an international and intercultural challenge and who are keen on personal development. 

Literature will be made available through Brightspace.

The module has the following teaching methods:

* Workshop

* Project

Contact hours per week:

30 per week (over 10 weeks)

The module has the following tests:

Testform           Percentage          week          Retry

Verslag (Research)  10%               8               wk 19-20

Portfolio (IC)           15%              10             wk 19-20

Verslag (English)      15%              8              wk 19-20

Assessment (project) 60%           18             wk 19-20

Requirements: All exams must be at least 4,5; The total average must be at least 5,5.

Partners:

European Project Semester is taught in more than 20 European higher education institutes. Assignments students can choose from are offered by the companies and research groups.