Study programme

At University College Roosevelt, you can follow courses within four different departments, namely Arts & Humanities (A&H), Engineering (ENG), Science (SCI) and Social Science (SSC). To finish the program within three years, you take four courses per semester, each of which is worth 7.5 ECTS. There are 15 weeks of classes, with two meetings per course every week. In total, you will have 30 classes of two hours per course during the semester. In order to allow you to be broadly educated and have deep knowledge within a few disciplines, the program follows a three-level course-structure:

100-level (introductory): These courses have no prerequisites and, unless specified otherwise, are open to all students.
200-level (intermediate): These courses are generally only open to students who have successfully completed one or more prerequisite courses at the 100-level.
300-level (advanced): These courses are only open to students who have successfully completed one or more prerequisite courses at 200-level.

A 100, 200, and 300 level course together form a full track in one of the departments. There are two mandatory academic competencies courses that each student needs to complete in the first year. Moreover, the department(s) that you major in determines what skill specific course you need to take. Apart from the mandatory courses, you are free to craft your own program. You can learn more about on the UCR website.

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Class format

The 16 hours of classes that you are required to follow each week, contain a mixture of (guest) lectures, debates, student presentations, fieldwork, and individual work. All classes are taught in English. Outside of class, students are required to do a substantial amount of homework, up to a maximum of ten hours per course per week. This high pace ensures that, although the semesters are only 15 weeks long, students can still excel academically and be well-prepared for postgraduate programs.