Electives

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Students from outside Erasmus School of Economics  who wish to study elective courses at our School , can choose either Bachelor-2 and/or Bachelor-3 courses. Per student, there is a maximum of 12 ECTS (credits) you can take as an elective. It is the student’s responsibility to have sufficient prior knowledge for taking this course and he/she is to have a letter in which his/her Examination Board confirms that this elective course can be incorporated in his/her bachelor curriculum.

However, the options for non-Dutch students are limited due to the exemptions.
For all students (Dutch and non-Dutch) it is not possible to:

  • Choose a bachelor-1 course
  • Choose courses which are part of the bachelor Fiscale Economie
  • Choose major seminars
  • Choose master courses
  • Choose master seminars

Academic system

Erasmus School of Economics uses blocks as the academic system, which means the academic year is divided into five blocks. Each block consists of eight weeks. The first seven weeks of the block are lectures and tutorials, in week number eight the examination takes place.

Each student is to be enrolled as an elective-student at Erasmus School of Economics at least one week prior the start of the relevant block in which your elective course is offered.

BlockStarts onDeadline to be enrolled
Block 1Monday, 2 September 202426 August 2024
Block 2Monday, 28 October 202421 October 2024
Block 3Monday, 6 January 202509 December 2024 (due to Christmas)
Block 4Monday, 3 March 202524 February 2025
Block 5Monday, 5 May 202521 April 2025

At all times it is the responsibility of the student to have completed his/her enrolment prior to the above mentioned deadline(s).