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 international and interdisciplinary teams of 3–6 students on a project for an external client. Assignments are usually broad, so there is room for creativity and the involvement of different disciplines. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X79s1WsSI2U for an example of a previous project. Students learn to learn and to take responsibility for their learning and project work. Additionally, they develop their intercultural competences, their communication skills and their interpersonal skills.

In this minor, you will learn the following:  

• To evaluate your knowledge on different cultures in an international group of students 

• To express yourself well in business English during oral presentations 
   
• To write a structured research report in English 

• To demonstrate a critical and investigative attitude, including: 
  - to be able to formulate relevant research questions
  - to be able to apply relevant search strategies 
  - to select and apply relevant theories  

• To clearly describe research results in a research report 

• To be able to bridge cultural differences in order to carry out a project successfully 

• To apply your own disciplinary knowledge to the project and to respect and value the input of people from other disciplines 

• To combine relevant disciplinary knowledge from different group members (including your own) to develop an innovative solution for a company's problem. 

• To demonstrate your progress in three selected 21st century skills  

• To apply Scrum appropriately to develop the final solution

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               20

Portfolio (IC)           15%              10             20

Verslag (English)      15%              8              20

Assessment (project) 60%           18             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 19 European higher education institutes. Assignments students can choose from are offered by the vitality lab, research groups or other companies.