Program Overview

Study Programmes

The Université catholique de Louvain offers a Bachelor in Economics and Management, denoted as ECGB1BA, located in Bruxelles Saint-Louis.

Programme Details

Teaching Profile

• Learning outcomes
• Programme structure

Programme

• Detailed programme by annual block
• Detailed programme by subject
• Course prerequisites
• The programme's courses and learning outcomes

Access Requirements

• Access Requirements

Benefits and Organisation

• Pedagogy
• Course evaluation methods
• Mobility and/or Internationalisation outlook
• Then after Further degree programmes

Detailed Programme by Subject

The programme is divided into several subjects, including Economics, Management, Law, Other Human and Social Sciences, Computer Science and Quantitative Methods, and Languages.

Economics

• BECGE1110: Economics I (FR, q1, 45h+15h, 5 credits)
  • Teacher: Bertrand Hamaide (compensates Hélčne Latzer)
• BECGE1111: Economics II (FR, q2, 45h+22.5h, 6 credits)
  • Teacher: Jean-François Fagnart
• BECGE1210: Microeconomics (FR, q1, 45h+15h, 6 credits)
  • Teacher: Xavier Wauthy
• BECGE1212: Public economics (FR, q2, 45h+15h, 5 credits)
  • Teacher: Gilles Grandjean
• BECGE1211: Macroeconomics (FR, q2, 45h+15h, 6 credits)
  • Teacher: Jean-François Fagnart
• BECGE1311: Industrial Economy (FR, q2, 45h, 5 credits)
  • Teacher: Gilles Grandjean

Management

• BECGE1112: Basis of accounting (FR, q1, 45h+15h, 5 credits)
  • Teachers: Oscar Bernal Diaz, Alexandre Girard
• BECGE1115: Introduction to financial markets (FR, q2, 30h+15h, 4 credits)
  • Teacher: Jean-Yves Gnabo (compensates Alexandre Girard)
• BECGE1214: Human management (FR, q2, 30h+7.5h, 5 credits)
  • Teacher: Laurianne Terlinden
• BECGE1213: Financial Statement Analysis (FR, q1, 30h+15h, 4 credits)
  • Teacher: Yves De Rongé
• BECGE1322: Marketing (FR, q1, 30h+15h, 5 credits)
  • Teacher: Julie Masset
• BECGE1320: Management and strategy (FR, q1, 30h, 5 credits)
  • Teachers: Isabelle Callens, Pierre Hermant
• BECGE1327: Corporate Finance (EN, q2, 45h, 5 credits)
  • Teacher: Anouk Claes
• BECGE1329: Firm's management - simulation game (FR, q2, 45h, 6 credits)
  • Teacher: Alexandre Girard
• BINGE1310: Operations management (FR, q1, 30h+15h, 5 credits)
  • Teacher: Gerd Van Den Eede (compensates Wim Laurier)

Law

• BESPO1176: Law (FR, q1, 45h+15h, 5 credits)
  • Teacher: Thibaut Slingeneyer de Goeswin (compensates Diane Bernard)
• BECGE1220: Commercial law (FR, q1, 45h, 5 credits)
  • Teachers: Gabriela de Pierpont, Yannick Ninane

Other Human and Social Sciences

• BINGE1161: Global Economic History (FR, q2, 30h, 4 credits)
• BESPO1160: Sociology (FR, q1, 30h, 5 credits)
  • Teacher: Benedikte Zitouni
• Choose one course among:
  • BESPO1162: Political science (FR, q1, 30h, 5 credits)
    • Teacher: Olivier Paye
  • BPOLS1110: Communication science (FR, q1, 30h+6h, 5 credits)
    • Teacher: Geoffroy Patriarche
  • BESPO1163: Philosophy (FR, q2, 30h, 5 credits)
    • Teacher: Valérie Aucouturier
• BECGE1316: Ethics and the economy (FR, q1, 30h, 5 credits)
  • Teacher: Nicolas Cuneen (compensates Yannick Vanderborght)

Computer Science and Quantitative Methods

• BECGE1130: Mathematics for economics and management I (FR, q1, 30h+22.5h, 4 credits)
  • Teacher: Koen Declercq
• BECGE1131: Mathematics for economics and management II (FR, q2, 30h+30h, 5 credits)
  • Teacher: Cédric Heuchenne
• BECGE1132: Descriptive Statistics and probability (FR, q2, 30h+22.5h, 4 credits)
  • Teacher: Nathan Uyttendaele
• BECGE1232: Applied statistics (FR, q1, 45h+22.5h, 6 credits)
  • Teacher: Cédric Heuchenne
• BECGE1230: Foundations of business information systems (FR, q2, 30h+30h, 4 credits)
  • Teacher: Wim Laurier
• BECGE1231: Mathematics for economics and management III (FR, q2, 30h+15h, 4 credits)
  • Teacher: Thierry Lavendhomme
• BECGE1330: Econometrics (FR, q1, 45h+15h, 6 credits)
  • Teacher: Anouk Claes

Languages

• BANGL1191: English I (EN, q1+q2, 0h+30h, 4 credits)
  • Teachers: Marleen Cré, Julie George Garkov, David Leisterh, Françoise Longrée (coord.), Erwin Ochsenmeier (coord.)
• BNEER1181: Dutch I (NL, q1+q2, 0h+30h, 4 credits)
  • Teachers: Isolde Boutsen (coord.), Astrid De Munter (coord.), Pauline Heyvaert, Nadine Kayobotsi, Gatien Florian Ricourt, Arzu Tatli
• BANGL1291: English II (EN, q1+q2, 0h+60h, 5 credits)
  • Teachers: Julie George Garkov, Françoise Longrée (coord.), Erwin Ochsenmeier (coord.)
• BNEER1281: Dutch II (NL, q1+q2, 0h+60h, 5 credits)
  • Teachers: Isolde Boutsen (coord.), Astrid De Munter (coord.), Guy Sirjacobs
• BANGL1391: English III (EN, q2, 0h+30h, 4 credits)
  • Teachers: Gerlanda Cipolla, Julie George Garkov, Françoise Longrée (coord.), Erwin Ochsenmeier (coord.), Madeline Riordan
• BNEER1381: Dutch III (NL, q2, 0h+30h, 4 credits)
  • Teachers: Isolde Boutsen (coord.), Astrid De Munter (coord.), Barbara Fraipont

Optional Courses

The student must choose optional courses for 15 credits.

• BECGE1340: Seminar in Economic History (EN, q1, 30h, 5 credits)
  • Teachers: Jean Lacroix, Kim Oosterlinck
• BECGE1233: Game theory (FR, q1, 30h+15h, 5 credits)
  • Teacher: Ana Mauleon
• BECGE1313: Environmental Economics (FR, q1, 30h, 5 credits)
  • Teacher: Bertrand Hamaide
• BECGE1317: European Economics (EN, q2, 30h, 5 credits)
  • Teacher: Caroline Buts (compensates Jean-Christophe Defraigne)
• Optional choice of one course unit among:
  • BECGE1321: Organisational studies (FR, q1, 30h, 5 credits)
    • Teacher: Karine Dejean
  • BECGE1326: Humans and organization (NL, q1, 30h, 5 credits)
    • Teacher: Ludo Struyven
  • BDROI1272: Special questions of economic law (FR, q2, 30h, 5 credits)
    • Teachers: Alain Strowel, Xavier Wauthy
  • BECGE1314: International Economics (EN, q2, 30h, 5 credits)
    • Teacher: Jean-François Fagnart
  • BECGE1341: Public policy seminar (EN, q1, 30h, 5 credits)
    • Teachers: Gilles Grandjean (coord.), Hélčne Latzer
• Choose one course unit among:
  • EKULB1329: ICT Management (NL, q1, 52h, 5 credits)
  • EKULB1328: ICT Management (EN, q2, 52h, 5 credits)
  • BINGE1311: Analysis and Design of Information Systems (FR, q2, 30h+15h, 5 credits)
    • Teacher: Wim Laurier
  • BDURA1000: Environmental Challenges and Issues (FR, q2, 30h, 5 credits)
    • Teacher: Christine Frison