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Thematic minors Faculty of Arts

Until the 2025–2026 academic year, the Faculty of Arts offered various thematic minors, that focus on a current societal theme.

From the academic year 2026–2027 onwards, thematic minors will no longer be offered; only the study abroad minor, the educational minor and the elective minor will remain available. Please refer to the transitional arrangements for further information.

Example B3-programme with thematic minor

Programme

Every thematic minor consists of three fixed components:

  • Theme course (5 EC): you will get an introduction to the theme of your minor to establish a thematic knowledge base.
  • Academia and Society (5 EC): you will focus on current societal debates related to the theme of the minor and gain insight into the various possibilities that a humanities programme offers you on the labour market.
  • Think tank (10 EC): you will work on an assignment for a company or institution in a group of six to eight students. You can also choose to do an individual internship at a company or a research internship.

Besides the fixed components, you take elective courses for 20 EC. You then choose courses from an interdisciplinary or disciplinary package.

Above you can see an example of a possible B3-programme with a thematic minor.

  • Some programmes offer only 1 major course in the first semester

Interdisciplinary of disciplinary

For the 20 EC elective courses, you can choose subjects from an interdisciplinary or disciplinary package.

Interdisciplinary package

If you choose the interdisciplinary package of your minor, you choose courses for a total of 20 EC that allow you to focus on specific aspects of the theme of your minor.

  • If several interdisciplinary packages are offered within a minor, you can combine courses from the different interdisciplinary packages of that minor.
  • You are not allowed to choose courses from an interdisciplinary package that belong to the compulsory part of your own degree programme.

View the interdisciplinary packages that you could choose in this PDF.

Disciplinary package

In the disciplinary package you can choose courses of one degree programma (within or outside the Faculty or Arts) for a total of 20 EC. Take a look at the overview of the disciplinary packages within our own faculty.

Thematic minors

From the 2026–2027 academic year onwards, thematic minors will no longer be offered. Please refer to the transitional arrangements for further information.