The trilingual French-English-Dutch bachelor's degree in sociology and anthropology is a first-cycle programme (a 'transition' bachelor's degree), consisting of 180 credits spread over three years (60 credits per year). It prepares students for a number of master's degree programmes in the second cycle, which they can take at another university (for further information, see the 'Access to further studies' page).
The first year of the degree is common to the political science, information and communication and sociology and anthropology programmes offered by the faculty. In addition to the educational commitment to providing a solid foundation for a multidisciplinary programme, which is one of the hallmarks of the programmes offered at UCLouvain Saint-Louis - Bruxelles, this shared first year facilitates reorientations at the beginning of the programme: students can change their orientation in year 2 to one of the other two programmes (political science or information and communication) without having to make up any course units.
The programme gradually becomes more specialised: the second year includes 20 credits in sociology and anthropology, and the third year includes 30 credits in sociology and anthropology.
The programme is made up of lecture-based course units, with introductory courses in the humanities and social sciences (philosophy, law, history, economics, psychology, sociology, political science, information and communication), as well as lessons in academic methodology accompanied by practical work (e.g. approaches and research methods in social sciences).
At the end of the programme, there is a workshop during which students work together in the field in small groups and present their work to a panel of experts.
Each year, the themes of the work are reviewed in the light of current events and research projects.