Training in cultural policy and management: international ... - Encatc

Vrije Universiteit Brussels
PELS PROGRAMME IN EUROPEAN LEISURE STUDIES
Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Room M-106, Pleinlaan 2
B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
Contact: Eric Corijn
Phone: + 32 2 629 22 79
Fax: + 32 2 629 22 20
Programme(s) and qualification(s)
Master of Arts in European Leisure Studies.
Duration
1 year.
Content
The training is divided into 4 different modules.
Special information
Profiles: Belgium
The programme takes place within four different universities: Brussels (B), Tilburg (NL) and Deusto
(Bilbao-ESP), Loughborough (UK). There are seven areas of study:
1. European studies (Brussels): European law, political and cultural development in Europe.
2. European Leisure studies (Tilburg): globalization, leisure and the city, leisure and social theory,
history of European leisure studies.
3. Tourism (Tilburg), development and sustainability: European tourism, tourism and cultural
sustainability, tourism and environment.
4. European leisure markets and leisure management (Deusto): European single market, cost-benefit
analysis, economic impact studies, strategic planning, leisure marketing.
5. Culture, urban regeneration and European development (Deusto): sociology of culture, culture and
European development, cultural and urban regeneration, cultural industries, art and heritage, social
and environmental impact studies.
6. European leisure policy system (Loughborough): defining policy to public policy analysis, national
policy systems and leisure policy in Westem Europe, leisure policy in the state, post materialist
politics, comparative and transnational policy.
7. Leisure, Sport and the Communities (Loughborough): sport and the city, marketing public sports
policies, the economics of sport in Europe, community development and sports policy, sport and
national identity.
Final thesis based on a comparative transnational or global research (10,000 -12,000 words).
Additional courses: Spanish language, optional courses.
Entry requirements
Access is limited to 35 students. A undergraduate degree (preferably in a leisure-related field or social
sciences) and proficiency in English are the minimum entry requirements.
European Dimension
Training takes place in different universities in Europe. Students and the teaching teams are from
different European countries.
Student profile
Students come from the home countries of the organizing institutions, EU countries and non-EU
countries.
Fees
EUR 4,000.
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