At the end of their bachelor's degree in sociology and anthropology, students will have acquired the following skills:
I. A grounding in the core teachings and methods of the discipline
- A command of the fundamentals of sociology and anthropology, and their epistemological grounding, with a view to addressing the key research issues of the discipline
- A thorough grounding in sociology and anthropology, through general and specialised courses: sociology, anthropology, analysis of sociological theories, political sociology, cultural sociology, special anthropological issues, socio-anthropology of symbolics, sociology of collective action, etc.
II. Basic knowledge in fields complementary to sociology and anthropology
- The ability to draw on interdisciplinary knowledge from various fields of the humanities and social sciences in order to analyse contemporary or historical social phenomena
- General knowledge of the humanities and social sciences, based on an understanding of the main postulates and teachings of the various disciplines, as well as their methods and the related ethical issues
III. A grounding in the scientific method
- The ability to apply the rules and ethical principles of the scientific approach in sociology and anthropology
- The ability to gather and analyse quantitative and qualitative empirical data with discernment
- The ability to research, read, understand, question and summarise academic texts
- The gradual ability to produce analytical work on contemporary social phenomena, on their own or as part of a team
- The gradual ability to gather information using the most relevant quantitative and qualitative data collection methods (statistics, questionnaire surveys, interviews, observation methods, etc.)
- The ability to carry out an analysis independently as well as jointly with peers
- Critical thinking and independent judgement
- The ability to communicate in a structured, relevant and reasoned manner, using the concepts and methods of the discipline
- The ability to communicate the results of an analysis in a clear, coherent, structured and well-presented manner, in both written and oral form
- The ability to analyse information, based on a review of the relevant literature and the most appropriate analytical methods
IV. High-level written and oral communication skills
- The ability to communicate in at least one foreign language
- Fluency in spoken and written English and Dutch or Spanish; more specifically, the ability to carry on an everyday conversation and to communicate about the subjects and analyses of the social sciences
- A sufficient command of English and/or Dutch in order to take a course and the oral or written exam in the target language (choice of a course in Dutch or English in the third year)
- A familiarisation with an environment in a language other than their own (ERASMUS exchange in the third year)