FAQ Programme
Below you can find the most frequently asked questions and answers provided by staff and students themselves.
If your question is not in this list, feel free to send an email to the staff or the student ambassadors. We would love to hear from you.
Short explanation of frequently used terms
- Honours college: An extracurricular programme of 30 EC spread out over 2 or 2.5 years. There are different tracks (e.g., the Science, Society and Self track), of which you pick one.
- Honours track or HC-track: The programme you follow within your Honours College. Some tracks are limited to a specific study (i.e., Law, Science, or Medicine); others are organised by a specific faculty and can be taken by all students. Our track is open for all students from Leiden University.
- Honours Academy (HA): The umbrella organisation that coordinates all Honours activities of the different faculties. The HA also organises the Honours Classes.
- FSW Honours Elective Modules: During the programme, you select at least one of the Honours Elective Modules. These are 4-EC courses specifically for students within the Science, Society and Self programme.
- Honours Class: A short interdisciplinary and interactive course of 5-EC. These courses may be part of your Honours programme, or some of them may be taken as a regular student (if you do not choose to do the full 30 EC Honours programme). These classes are organised by the Honours Academy. An Honours Class can be taken by Honours students from all bachelor’s degree programmes at Leiden University. You choose a minimum of one and a maximum of three Honours Classes throughout the Science, Society and Self programme (years 2 and 3).