LEIDEN UNIVERSITY
Courses proposed in 2020-2021 | |
Clinical Kidney, Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Medicine
About this course : In this course you will learn about clinical kidney, pancreas and islet transplantation and its challenges.
Full course description : 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. Are you interested in clinical kidney, pancreas and islet transplantation? If you are a (bio) medical student this might be the course for you. This course is also for anyone interested in the research and knowledge on clinical transplantation.
Prerequistes : None
Domain - Healthcare/medicine
Semester 1 Duration - 4 weeks (always open) : 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2020 Deadline for registering : No deadline. You can always apply for this course.
Workload in student hours: 84.0
Final exam type No exam. Successfully completed Basic and Honours track of the MOOC Self-reflection report (1/2 A4); Students prepare 6 E-tivities of their own choosing during the MOOC.
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Level Bachelor (all years)
Study credits 3 ECTS
Language English
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Courses proposed in 2019-2020 | |
Clinical Kidney, Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Medicine
About this course : In this course you will learn about clinical kidney, pancreas and islet transplantation and its challenges.
Prerequisites None
Domain - Healthcare/medicine
Semester 1 Duration - 4 weeks (always open) Deadline for registering No deadline. You can always apply for this course.
Assessment Successfully completed Basic and Honours track of the MOOC Self-reflection report (1/2 A4) Students prepare 6 E-tivities of their own choosing during the MOOC
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Level Bachelor (all years)
Study credits 3 ECTS
Language English
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Research in Public Administration
About this course : What makes research academic? What is the role of theory development in the social sciences? How does one translate abstract concepts into observable indicators? This course offers an introduction to the fundamentals of social science research, with a particular focus on the field of public administration.
Prerequisites None
Domain - Social sciences
Semester 1 Duration - 28-10-2019 - 31-12-2019 Deadline for registering - 07-10-2019
Assessment Assessment for this course consists of a smaller assignment (30%) and a larger assignment (70% in weight). The total grade is the weighted average of the final grades for the two components. Students need to earn a grade of 5,5 or higher for each of the assignments. It is not possible to compensate for partial grades within the course. Students need to earn a grade between 3 and 5,5 for their assignments to qualify for a retake. Details for submitting papers (deadlines) are posted on the online platform.
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Level Bachelor 3 years
Study credits 5 ECTS
Language English
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Public Values and Ethic
About this course : This course offers an in-depth discussion of important ethical approaches and moral issues in contemporary politics and public management.
Prerequisites None
Domain - Social sciences
Semester 1 Duration - 28-10-2019 - 31-12-2019 Deadline for registering - 07-10-2019
Assessment Written exam (50%) and paper (50%). The final exams will take place between 16 and 20 december 2019. It is possible to do a resit. The resit will take place in January 2020 (exact date tba).
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Level Bachelor 3 years
Study credits 5 ECTS
Language English
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Sharia in the West
About this course : The notion and practice of Sharia in the West is entirely new and in continuous development. In this course we will discuss the interaction between what Muslims in the West want and do in terms of Sharia, and how the Western legal, political, societal and cultural systems respond to these manifestations of Sharia.
Prerequisites This course can be taken by: Students admitted to any Master in Social Sciences, Humanities or Law, With a basic knowledge of the history of Islam and in particular Islam in the West, and very good knowledge of English (reading, writing and speaking)
Domain - Social sciences
Semester 1 Duration - 12-09-2019 - 12-12-2019 Deadline for registering - 26-08-2019
Assessment Six short essays and/or policy briefs (1-2 pages). These essays will be evaluated online by their fellow students, and graded by the instructor. Seven Multiple Choice tests based on the lecture and assigned literature of each week. Five online discussion sessions (oral). Chaired by the instructor, groups of students will engage in discussion based on specific cases or hypotheses, resulting in oral or written policy recommendations to be conveyed to imaginary officials. Online discussion forum (written). Students are invited to discuss any issue related to the course’s topic on the discussion forum. This may vary from questions regarding the literature or research projects, to personal experiences and observations, or opinions on issues discussed in class or noted in local news outlets. Both the Leiden registered and foreign students will have successfully concluded this course when they have a) watched all lectures and made all MC tests, b) written all essays, c) participated in all online discussion sessions, d) participated in at least three discussion forums. The total grade is made up as follows: a) 10%, b) 40% c) 30%, d) 20%.
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Level Bachelor 3 years
Study credits 5 ECTS
Language English
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EU Policymaking and Implementation
About this course : In this course you will learn more about policymaking and the implementation of this in the European Union.
Prerequisites None
Domain - Social sciences
Semester 1 Duration - 28-10-2019 - 31-12-2019 Deadline for registering - 07-10-2019
Assessment to take actively part in the seminar meetings, which are obligatory; and to work on the various quizzes and assignments. Your final grade is based on the following rules: quizzes within the context of the blended environment (pass/fail), oral exam, demonstrating understanding of and critical assessment of key arguments of the knowledge clips and the readings (40%), and research paper analyzing policy implementation (60%).
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Level Bachelor 3 years
Study credits 5 ECTS
Language English
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Courses proposed in 2018-2019 | |
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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’...
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Domain - Public Administration Start date course semester 1 |
Level Bachelor
Study credits 5
Language English
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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...
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Domain - Medicine Start date course semester 1 |
Level Bachelor
Study credits 3
Language English |
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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.
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Level Bachelor
Study credits 5 ECTS
Language English
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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.
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Domain - Public Affairs Start date course semester 1 |
Level Bachelor
Study credits 5 ECTS
Language English |
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