Bachelor Honours Programme

The bachelor honours programme is a 30 ECTS extracurricular programme with a total duration of 1.5 years (6 quartiles). Students can choose between five different tracks, each accessible for students from all study programme backgrounds. The programme starts annually at the start of the third quartile. More information about the programme and the application process can be found on the official website of the honours programmes.

Entrepreneurship and Business Development

The Entrepreneurship & Business Development track trains students to become real-time entrepreneurs. The focus is on different ways students can run their own companies and how they can ensure that their businesses are relevant for society. We work in close cooperation with Novel-T to support students in their ventures and the track is focused on the student’s personal growth as entrepreneurs. The main perspective of the Entrepreneurship and Business Development track is the effectuation approach. This is a relatively new way to look at entrepreneurship. In the more traditional approaches, starting your business is a stepwise, planned action mostly focused on writing a business plan. However, expert entrepreneurs hardly follow this approach. Effectual entrepreneurs work with the means available to them and are actively searching for partners to cooperate and share risks by pre-commitment to the new venture. Co-creation is important; it is not a one-way trajectory but together with partners you will establish two-way cooperation where means are exchanged to create synergy. You will, therefore, focus a lot on networking and working together with your fellow entrepreneurs.

Mathematics

The Mathematics track goes far beyond equations and variables by teaching students how to solve problems using a mathematical approach. Aside from delving deeper into challenging and engaging mathematical topics, students will develop skills that go hand-in-hand with mathematics such as computer coding and signal processing. During the track, students will develop a structured yet creative way of problem-solving. The track will deepen and broaden your understanding and knowledge of mathematical skills. It is partly aligned with mathematics curricula of engineering studies, but also new and challenging disciplines in this field of science will be discussed, such as Coding Theory and Geometry. The track is divided into six modules, running from fundamental to applied mathematics. We offer this track through (guest) lectures and tutorials alongside challenging assignments and final projects. The intended learning outcome is a new creative way of problem-solving with the aid of mathematical tools.

Philosophy

For students specializing in technology, managerial or behavioural sciences, an apprenticeship in the broad scope of philosophy is a valuable prerequisite to keep High Tech in touch with the Human Touch. After all, philosophy, and certainly its major representatives, can be considered as best practices of creative and self-critical thought that proved its fecundity in science, ethics, politics, literature and art. The Philosophy track guides students into an encounter with philosophic primary sources. It is not an introduction in applied ethics or philosophy of a specific discipline, but it aims at students acquiring a Socratic attitude - for Socratic wisdom entails the insight that if one asks long enough about the presuppositions, the legitimations and consequences of current scientific, ethical and political ideas, they turn out to be apt for philosophical reflection.

Processes of Change

The Processes of Change track teaches students to understand change and to help affect change in the world around them. Change and its desirability will be analysed at various levels: society at large, organisations, teams and individuals. Change at one level will induce change at other levels; innovation and reform imply change at various levels. Leaders and those who want to contribute to positive change need to know about these relationships. Students are stimulated to become more creative in their leadership and to think independently. Students will, for instance, develop new theories about organisations (without reading any literature), and they will design and execute real-life change interventions. Social skills like presenting, consulting, coaching and leading will be taught and trained, together with individual skills including self-assessment and self-improvement. The obtained insights and skills will be put into practice during the execution of an individual project at the end of the course, to be presented during a final seminar. This track focuses on the students’ ability to let themselves, other people and the groups and organisations they are part of, turn to new views, attitudes, behaviours and policies.

Shaping the Future

How would it be to explore the world from a scientist's point of view? If this question triggers you, Honours Shaping The Future might be your right track! During this course, you'll get to chance to reflect on the past, solve present problems and anticipate the future world. In order to achieve these, analytical thinking and a multidisciplinary approach will be your go-to methods. You'll most likely find yourself contemplating various topics like origins of science, the Manhattan Project, the Delta Works, or future technologies, and come up with unique products. Freedom on finding yourself as an upcoming scientist or a designer will be the cherry on top. Once you have gained all the skills, you'll be ready to take part in shaping the future!