Bachelor programme

At the University College Maastricht (UCM), ICIS coordinates the following courses:

Introduction to Sustainable Development

The main objective of this course is for the students to understand the principles of sustainable development by understanding the possibilities, constraints and interactions of its academic definitions, decision-making tools and practices.

Globalisation, Environment and Society

The main objective of this course is for the students to improve their understanding of the different interpretations of globalisation, to identify the principal forces and processes at work, to explore the significance and implications of globalisation processes, to adopt an interdisciplinary and integrative attitude towards handling the complex interrelationship between global developments, the environment and society, and to appreciate the different accounts in the globalisation debate.

Hands on Sustainability

In this course, the theoretical knowledge and insights from course ‘Introduction to Sustainable Development’ and ‘Globalisation, Environment and Society’ are further deepened, and applied to a specific case.