Bachelor of Business Administration 2014-2015 Peter Teirlinck & Maarten Hulselmans
Who is who
• Prof. Dr. Tom Van Puyenbroeck, campus dean • Prof. Dr. Peter Teirlinck, BBA and MBA programme director • Maarten Hulselmans, BBA and MBA programme coordinator / Teacher English o
[email protected], 02/210.16.34, T’Serclaes, 5th floor (B-05-25) o office hours 1st sem: Tue 11:00-12:00 + appointment by email
Student services Student Administration
[email protected] Office: 1st floor, B (T’Serclaes building) Social Services Department Marieke Steurs:
[email protected] Els Jacobs:
[email protected] 02/609.88.16 Office: A01-04,1st floor (T’Serclaes building)
Student services Ombuds Office Marc Ophalvens:
[email protected] Erica Mechelmans:
[email protected] Maarten Kindt:
[email protected]
Leen De Wolf:
[email protected] 02/609.88.21 Office: A01-03/03, 1st floor (T’ Serclaes building)
Study coaches Krista Van Winkel:
[email protected] Annelies De Winter:
[email protected] 02/210.16.07 Office: A01-07, 1st floor (T’ Serclaes building)
Student portal http://feb.kuleuven.be/eng/brussels/Students
• Contact hours teaching staff • Course schedules • Education and Exam regulations • Academic calendar • ECTS files • And much more …
Campus Brussels 1 Campus – 4 buildings -
Hermes classrooms cafeteria
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T’Serclaes Library Restaurant Course Material Centre
Student Administration International Office -
Terranova
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Erasmus
Course Material Course material centre Ground floor T’ Serclaes building Course material list & opening hours http://feb.kuleuven.be/eng/brussels/Students
Digital learning environment See https://toledo.kuleuven.be/
Important dates Important dates • 22/9/2014: 10:00-11:00 - Study and Learning Path Coaches, Student Counselling & STUVO - 2201 • 22/9/2014: 11:00-12:00 - Information session digital learning environment - 2201 • 25/09/2014: 12:30–13:30 - Information session library (entrance library) - 1201 • 02/10/2014: 12:30 – assessment test mathematics (for the students who haven’t taken it) – ‘grote aula’ (1k216) • 27/11/2014: 09:00 – 14:30 Global village XL (Erasmus/Exchange – fair) - 2215 • 30/09/2014: 12:30 – 13:30 Information and registration session insurances (Euromut) - 1201
Library & restaurant Library Located in T’ Serclaes building
Restaurant & cafetaria Cafetaria: Hermes building Restaurant: T’Serclaes building
Communication & student associations Communication - KU Leuven e-mail - Notice boards online (Toledo) main entrance Hermes building Unofficial: www.facebook.com/FEBBrussels
Lunch & workshops Lunch offered by KU Leuven - drinks on table - own drinks to be paid (no cash) - ROOM 1119
Walking tours start at 12:30
Agenda
•Programme BA •Evaluation & testing •Outcomes •What’s new?
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BA: mission statement • Science as foundation, practice as orientation • International orientation + diversity and multiculturality in Brussels • Focus on the student’s learning process • Quality of and innovation in education
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Science as foundation, practice as orientation
Proper contacts with business Cases, exercises, examples Guest lecturers
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correction via cyclus
Plan ideal situation
Program outcomes Competence profile bachelor and master Business Administration
Competence growth model
Learning contents Business orientation
Trajectory ‘Entrepreneurial learning’
intermediate (enlarge & going more profound)
Study material
Forms of evaluation
(interactive) Lecture
Basic handbook
Understanding and reproducing in a simple context
Academic bases
Businessbased trajectory
Research oriented trajectory
Research based trajectory
Seminar Case study
basic (instruct & explore)
Learning methods
Research projects with practical finality From simple (fragmentary) towards complex (interdisciplinary) practices
From conceptual frameworks towards applications
From simple towards complex (own) research
enhanced (business-) economic expertise
Growth in methodological, statistical and information skills
advanced
Interpretation of research results Methods of economic subdisciplines
Critical reflection on (own) research
(integrate & specialize)
Individual & group work paper Portfolio self reflection plenary discussion
Technical literature Apply and analyse International peer-reviewed articles
Searching and interpreting relevant literature
Company screening – project work
Integrate, critical evaluation and remediation Being creative in a complex context
Master thesis
Do Xxxx
Check Current situation
instruments
Act Future situation
ECTS-file = translation at the level of each course
Competence schedule (competences + levels)
Schedule learning methods
Schedule study material
Xxxx
Schedule evaluation methods
Points of attention & possibilities for improvement of study program, learning methods, study material and methods for evaluation
Business orientation -
Guest lecturers: Persons having specialised expertise in work field Guest speakers Business Seminars Company visits Excellence rewards Company projects – master thesis
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Context-driven research: integration academic foundation and business orientation:
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Research questions situated within a realistic business environment Teamwork and multidiciplinary approach in business projects Scientifically correct performance in a business context Conceptual solutions which are added value for the academic world
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Analyses: programmecompetence profile 100% 90% 80% 70% 60%
Advanced Intermediate
50%
Basic 40% 30% 20% 10%
0% 1ste bachelor
2de bachelor
3de bachelor
master
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Didactic concept: targets and quality check
• Targets: process of curriculum development • Internal and external follow-up
ECTS = translation of the didactic concept
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Programme coherence Global construct – learning tracks o
5 learning tracks : • Social analysis & policy • Methodology & Academic Training • Economics & International Business • Strategy, Management & Entrepreneurship • Business Sciences
– Learning track = content based cluster of courses constructing a coherent set of knowledge domains and competences - Increased number of choices in the latest phases of the programme
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Programme coherence Common competences, to be acquired by all students: Learning track Methodology & Academic Training o Learning track Social analysis & Policy o
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Options in the other learning tracks: Orientations in BBA 3 (12 credits): Business Information Management, International Business Management and International Relations o Further differentiation in master to approx. 50% of credits in 3 majors o
Evaluation & testing o
Guidelines: • Link between competences and the way they are tested • Progressive approach • Sufficient variation
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Different kinds of tests
• Cognitive learning: mainly by means of traditional test formats, e.g. 23 written exam • Integrated learning: application of knowledge and skills, e.g. in a paper • Process oriented learning: self-reflection and monitoring, e.g. peerassessment, portfolio o
Organizational aspects: • Administrative organisation: Student administration and Planning • Formal determination of results by exam commission
Outcomes
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Attained level: work field (incl. alumni) Resonance council Alumni-surveys After 1 year: less than 5% unemployed 25
Global satisfaction BA: high => your vision counts: evaluations !! Question
2010-14
Would you choose a degree programme within the field of economics again?
90,9 %
Would you choose HUB again?
92,3 %
Altogether, are you satisfied with what your degree programme at HUB offered you? (score op 5)?
3,70
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Results master thesis
Attained level: master thesis
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Attained level: master thesis - projects •
Satisfaction work field
Only 57% defends thesis within year t (2012)!!! (+8% compared to 2011)
Question Score (on 5) (Absolutely) agree Research question answered 4,43 89,1% Thesis well-founded by scientific data 4,39 89,1% Robust answers on the research question 4,33 87,0% Adoptable answers in practice 4,11 82,2%
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Attained level: internationalisation •
Foreign experience (20% norm) Year 2008 2009 2010 2011
Bachelor Total % 59 3,4% 20 35,0% 29 20,7% 35 57,1%
Master Total % 13 23,1% 34 14,7% 66 18,2% 76 19,7%
Percentage of successful BA students with foreign experience
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Education efficiency 1 BA
2BA
3BA
1MA
2006-2007
50,9%
2007-2008
48,1%
60,6%
79,0%
77,3%
2008-2009
50,7%
57,4%
68,9%
78,6%
2009-2010 48,2% 57,4% 68,9% 71,4% 2010-2011 45,9% 51,1% 66,1% 75,4%
Average success rate BA students per education year
However, is going up and for first time in 2012-13 higher than in HW
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Study time
Average study time Bachelor HW
Average study time Bachelor BA
Average study time Master HW
Average study time Master BA
2010-2011 3 years and 9 months
3 years and 8 months
1 year and 8 months
1 year and 7 months
2009-2010 3 years and 4 months
3 years and 7 months
1 year and 6 months
1 year and 6 months
2008-2009 3 years and 3 months
3 years and 2 months
1 year and 4 months
1 year and 1 month
2007-2008 3 years and 7 months
2 years and 11 months
1 year and 2 months
1 year
Measurement of study effort - ongoing
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What’s new? • Partnership USL • Internship – extra curriculum 31
• Increased efforts for job opportunities
Questions?
