About the Honours Programme

• Applications
• Honours Classes 2009-2010
• Previous Honour Programmes
• More Information

The Honours Programme (started in 1994, extracurricular, and nowadays part of the Honours College) is one of the programmes which had been developed to offer talented and motivated students the opportunity to attain a higher level of personal development.

The Leiden University Honours Programme 2009-2010 offers 12 Honours Classes in different fields of study. Most Honours Classes consist of 12 lectures, preferably held in English, often taught by internationally recognised scientists, that require active participation bythe students attending.
The classes are intended for all third-year Dutch and international bachelor's students of Leiden University. Access selection: nominal study, average rating ≥ 7.5, broad scientific and / or social interest and commitment and perseverance. Each Honours Class will be limited to a maximum of twelve to fifteen participants.

While the exact starting dates of the various classes can vary, they will all take place in the spring of 2010. The classes will mostly be scheduled on Fridays and will be preceded (or followed) by lunch for the students and the guest lecturers.

A joint graduation ceremony will be held to present certificates to those who have participated in these Honour Classes.

Applications

Students who wish to apply for an Honours Class or who would like information on the procedure for application and the specific terms and conditions of admission can contact the programme co-ordinators. The names of the coordinators will be mentioned on the pages of the invididual courses. The general basis for selection will be the student’s grades, interest in the subject and motivation, more specific nominal study, average rating ≥ 7.5, broad scientific and/or social interest, commitment and perseverance.

Honours Classes 2009-2010

1. Legacy and legislation: the legal tool box for handling Cultural Heritage Archeology
2. Everything is full of Gods II: Time and the Divine  
   Humanities 
3. Seeing and Naming 
   Humanities
4. VivoArts: Art and Biology Studio - Wet Lab Practice and Bio-Art Pedagogy
   Humanities  
5. Exploiting the waters 
   Humanities   
6. For God’s sake? Bio-medicine, law and religion 
   Law 
7. Terrorism and counterterrorism  
   Law  
8. Human aging: from brain to society 
   Social and Behavioural Sciences  
9. Federalism, Decentralisation and Multi-Level Governance 
   Social and Behavioural Sciences 
10. Globalisation
    Social and Behavioural Sciences  
11. Medicine & Literature
    Leids University Medical Center (LUMC) 
12. The Artificial Leaf  
    Science

Previous Honour Programmes

• 2008-2009 (pdf)
• 2007-2008 (pdf)
• 2006-2007 (pdf)
• 2005-2006 (pdf)

More Information

Information about the Honours Programme in general can be obtained from the co-ordinator:
Mw. M.R. van Eeden, 071 527 33 01 - mr.vaneeden@bb.leidenuniv.nl
 
Information about the Honours College (in Dutch).