Choices during your studies
Your choice for the International Studies programme is only the beginning. There are many more choices to make during your studies which will influence your future. Below you will find an overview of the choices to make within the programme. And some tips to help you out with making the decision.
Choices within the curriculum
During the BA International Studies this is the timeline of the choices you have to make about your study path:
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Year 1, semester 1 |
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Choose an Area specialisation |
Area fair |
| Choose a Language | Area fair (October) |
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Year 1, semester 2 |
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Choose a Thematic seminar: Research Method |
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Choose the course Cultural Interaction or Communicating across cultures |
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Year 2, semester 1 |
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Prepare for Elective credits: |
Elective credits information session |
| Choose a thematic seminar | |
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Year 2, semester 2 |
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Prepare for Elective credits:
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Elective credits information session |
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Year 3, semester 1 |
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Choose a Thesis Seminar |
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Choose a PRINS project |
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Year 3, semester 2 |
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| Enroll for a MA programme and/or prepare for entering labour market | Leiden University Master's open day |
Master's choice
Leiden University’s Faculty of Humanities offers many master’s programmes for students of International Studies. Check out this webpage to see which choices you need to make in order to be directly admissible to one of our MA programmes.
On the same page (at the bottom) you can find a list with examples of MA programmes students chose to do after graduating from International Studies. These includes MA programmes of Leiden University, but also elsewhere.
Do you need some tips about choosing 'the right' Master's programme? Then take a look at this page. More information about decision making in general can be found on this page.