LEIDEN UNIVERSITY

	Clinical Kidney Transplantation _{About this course :} Kidney transplantation is a major advance of modern medicine which provides high-quality of life for patients with end-stage renal disease. What used to be an experimental, risky, and very limited treatment option more than 50 years ago is now routinely performed in many countries worldwide. The number of renal transplants is expected to rise sharply in the next decade since the proportion of patients with end stage renal disease is increasing... More information -PDF- To register Domain - Medicine Start date course semester 1		Level Bachelor Study credits 3 Language English
	Research design in public administration _{Introduction :} This course offers students an introduction to the fundamentals of social science research, with a particular focus on the field of public administration. It will help students develop the skills to critically assess the methodological underpinnings of research presented in social scientific public administration academic books and articles and introduces them to basic methodological skills required to perform such research themselves. More information -PDF- To register Domain - Public Affairs Start date course semester 1		Level Bachelor Study credits 5 Language English
	Public Values and Ethic _{Description :} This course offers an in-depth discussion of important ethical approaches and moral issues in contemporary politics and public management. As the title indicates, two notions are central to this course: public values and (public) ethics. The notion of public values, firstly, is particularly popular nowadays and is adopted here as a means to understand and articulate the special character of the public sector. It conceptualizes the difference between a public and a private sector in terms of values served in each. So, the character of the public sector is explained in terms of ‘public values’... More information -PDF- To register Domain - Public Administration Start date course semester 1		Level Bachelor Study credits 5 Language English
	Sharia in the West _Description The notion and practice of Sharia in the West is entirely new and in continuous development. The topic is a complex interaction between, on the one hand, aspirations of Western Muslims to apply the rules of Islam (sharia) to their everyday lives and, on the other hand, the extent to which Western legal, political, societal and cultural systems allow for such applications. This course combines instruction and research: it will provide the students with background information and academic tools needed to conduct their own independent research on sharia in the west, which will be completed during this course. Active participation of the students is key to this course: they are invited to provide examples of sharia from their western countries, and to analyse them by means of discussion and essays. More information -PDF- To register Domain - Theology and religious studies Start date course semester 1		Level Bachelor Study credits 5 Language English