At the end of the course the student will improve following skills:

• organize research on various contents,
• rephrase the gathered information and formulate arguments on various contents
• discuss and present various contents
• write papers on various contents
• give feedback to their own team members as well as to other EPS teams

Teachers:

• Iris Vanderavert (iris.vanderavert@ap.be – 0032 3 220 35 18): course coordinator (= your main contact person)
• Lieven Vercauteren (lieven.vercauteren@ap.be): teambuilding & cross cultural exploration (on Monday, February 4th 2019)

This course will be an integrated project in which you as a team of Belgian and international students will discover a lot of different characteristics of Antwerp, Flanders and Belgium:

1.)  In consultation with the sponsors, the coaches and the teacher(s) each of the EPS teams will organize a field visit that is directly related to their specific project. Since all EPS students are expected to attend these different field visits, they have to be relevant and interesting for non-experts as well.

2. A) On top of these field visits all Dutch-speaking EPS-students will attend all four (English or Dutch) spoken lectures that are planned in the context of Studium Generale (https://www.ap.be/en/studium-generale):

• Tuesday, February 19 (7pm – 9 pm)
  • Lecturer: Anke Brouwers, film historian at KASK School of Arts
  • Topic: ‘The Lusty Men: Stardom and Masculinity in Hollywood of the 1950s’
  • Language: English
• Tuesday, March 12 (7 pm – 9 pm)
  • Lecturer: Kurt Van Eeghem, TV and radio host
  • Topic: ‘Lust voor het oor’
  • Language: Dutch
  • Read the abstract: https://www.ap.be/sites/default/files/users/user663/VANEEGHEM-lustvoorhetoor.pdf
• Tuesday, April 2 (7 pm – 9 pm)
  • Lecturer: Sepideh Sedaghatnia, sommelier
  • Topic: “Wines, The Ultimate Lust ‘’
  • Language: English
• Tuesday, April 30 (7 pm – 9 pm)
  • Lecturer: Gerbert Bakx, founder Academie voor Levenslust
  • Topic: De strategie van het geluk
  • Language: Dutch
  • Read the abstract: https://www.ap.be/sites/default/files/users/user663/BAKX-strategievanhetgeluk.pdf

2. B) On top of these field visits all non-Dutch-speaking EPS-students will attend two English spoken lectures that are planned in the context of Studium Generale (https://www.ap.be/en/studium-generale):

• Tuesday, February 19 (7pm – 9 pm)
  • Lecturer: Anke Brouwers, film historian at KASK School of Arts
  • Topic: ‘The Lusty Men: Stardom and Masculinity in Hollywood of the 1950s’
  • Language: English
• Tuesday, April 2 (7 pm – 9 pm)
  • Lecturer: Sepideh Sedaghatnia, sommelier
  • Topic: “Wines, The Ultimate Lust ‘’
  • Language: English

Subscribing for these lectures is obligatory! You can subscribe yourself by clicking this link:
https://surveys.ap.be/limesurvey/index.php/659798?lang=en

All lectures of Studium Generale take place at Campus deSingel - Desguinlei 25
2018 Antwerp – you can find a route description here: https://desingel.be/en/info/how-to-get-there

All Dutch-speaking EPS students produce a paper in which they reflect on the Studium Generale lectures. We expect the following of this paper:

• +- 2500 words
• Language: English (when reflecting on English and Dutch spoken lectures) Nederlands (wanneer jullie reflecteren over Nederlandstalige lezingen). Een volledig Engelstalige paper is eveneens toegestaan, een uitsluitend Nederlandstalige paper evenwel niet.
• The paper is not merely an abstract, but a reflection that reflects the views of the student on the topics that were discussed substantiated by relevant literature collected from libraries, Internet and other media. This reflection is a personal, original text in which quotes and sources are listed according to the required protocol. Cheating and plagiarism are penalized with a zero.
• Deadline: Tuesday, May 15 2019 (please upload on Digitap – Course Background of Antwerp – Upload paper Studium Generale).
• Criteria for evaluation:

• Analysis and personal / critical reflection on a central question. 
• Relevant and correct use of resources.
• Clear structure and layout.
• Correct and active use of language and smooth formulation.

All non-Duch-speaking EPS students produce a paper in which they reflect on these Studium Generale lectures. We expect the following of this paper:

• +- 1500 words
• The paper is not merely an abstract, but a reflection that reflects the views of the student on the topics that were discussed substantiated by relevant literature collected from libraries, Internet and other media. This reflection is a personal, original text in which quotes and sources are listed according to the required protocol. Cheating and plagiarism are penalized with a zero.
• Deadline: Tuesday, May 15 2019 (please upload on Digitap – Course Background of Antwerp – Upload paper Studium Generale).
• Criteria for evaluation:
  • Analysis and personal / critical reflection on a central question.
  • Relevant and correct use of resources.
  • Clear structure and layout.
  • Correct and active use of language and smooth formulation

Evaluation is mainly linked to the process (70%): attendance at all activities is therefore mandatory. 30% of the evaluation is based on the quality of your Studium Generale paper. Students must pass both parts in order to pass for the cluster ‘Background of Antwerp, Flanders and Belgium’. If a student doesn’t pass one or both parts, the lowest grade will become the grade for the whole cluster.

If the student cannot attend one of the activities, the teacher will be informed in advance by email. In case this happens more than once during this semester, the student will have to provide the course coordinator with (a) medical certificate(s) in order to still be able to pass for the 70% of process evaluation.

If a student doesn’t pass for the cluster ‘Background of Antwerp, Flanders and Belgium’, a 2nd examination period can be offered in which the student will be asked to write a reflection paper of +- 4000 words (100%). Therefor the student will contact the course coordinator before Friday, June 20 2019 by email and ask him to organize a 2nd evaluation period. The course coordinator will provide the student with a relevant topic for the paper. The student will upload the paper of +- 4000 words on Digitap. Deadline: August 31 2019.


Artesis Plantijn Grading Scale compared to the ECTS scale, also available online: https://www.ap.be/ects/948.

ECTS Grade (A-F) - AP grade - Definition
A - 18/19/20 - EXCELLENT: outstanding performance with only minor errors
B - 15/16/17 - VERY GOOD: above the average standard but with some errors
C - 13/14 - GOOD: generally sound work with a number of notable errors
D - 11/12 - SATISFACTORY: fair but with significant shortcomings
E - 10 - SUFFICIENT: performance meets the minimum criteria
FX - 8/9 - FAIL: possible deliberation
F - 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7 FAIL: no deliberation possibility