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GEOG-F433

Brussels, reading the city

academic year
2023-2024

Course teacher(s)

Benjamin WAYENS (Coordinator), Serge JAUMAIN and Joost VAESEN

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

english

Course content

This course is the credited version of the "BrOOC" "Brussel decoded". "BrOOC"stands for Brussels Open Online Course. The objective of this course is to deconstruct preconceived ideas about Brussels for you to discover this city-region with its multiple historical, geographical, sociological, political, administrative and urban planning-related facets.

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

At the end of this course, the student will be able to take a contextualised look at the various phenomena and issues affecting the Brussels-Capital Region and its various actors.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The "Brussels Reading the City" course is largely designed for self-study (MOOC style). The course is mainly based on online content, partly interactive, from the Brussels Open Online Course (BrOOC), which was jointly developed by the ULB and the VUB under the direction of Serge Jaumain, Benjamin Wayens and Joost Vaesen. BrOOC is complemented  by walking/on field seminars.

Course notes

  • Université virtuelle

Other information

Campus

Outside campus ULB

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Project
  • Written report

Project

Written report

The assessment and certification of the 5 ECTS credits associated with this online course will be based on participation  (visits & seminars) and personal project work (see detailed assessment criteria on université virtuelle).

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

see detailed assessment criteria on université virtuelle

Language(s) of evaluation

  • english

Programmes