YSS-21303 Excursion Management, Consumer Studies and Economics

Course

Credits 3.00

Assumed knowledge on:

all BSc 1 and BSc2 courses of the BSc-programme Bedrijfs en Consumentenwetenschappen

Contents:

For European students knowledge of other European countries and contacts with students of other European countries is becoming more and more important. This European bilateral exchange programme is a mean of achieving this.
The exchange programme will be organized by the students organization committee in the two countries, in close collaboration with supervisors from both countries. It consists of two parts: one part will be organized by students of the collaborating the other part will be organized by representatives from the study association Mercurius.
The exchange program is meant for third year students from the BSc of "Bedrijfs-en Consumentenwetenschappen " of Wageningen University and BSc/MSc students from another European University. The students organization committee in the two countries organize a programme for a period of 4 days in their own country.

Aims:

Students who take part of this program :
- will have a better knowlegde of the different national organisation and policies of/in the Agricultural sector, Consumer or Enviromental Affaires in the European countries of the exchange programme;
- a better insight of the differences between their study programme and the study programme of the other European study;
- will have (a good basis for) structural contacts with the students of the other European university.

Activities:

- excursions to primary producers, (inter)national companies, organisations or ministeries in the agricultural sector;
- excursions to organisations or ministeries dealing with environmental or consumer affairs;
- lectures about agricultural , environmental or consumer affairs and the structure and content of the study programmes in both universities;
- write an essay wherein he/she compares the organisation and policy of the agricultural sector or the enviromental or consumer affairs.

Examination:

Each student have to write an essay wherein he/she compares the organisation and policy of the agricultural sector or the enviromental or consumer affairs. This essay have to be approved by a lecture of the home university in the chosen direction.
Every student who have participated in all the excursion activities in both countries and whose essay haven been approved gets 3 Ects.