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    Individual Area of Study (ISB)

    The Individual Area of Study (ISB) enables students to earn credits that are not assigned to any particular major or minor. As part of their ISB, students can attend open courses provided that they fulfil the admissions requirements and that enough places are available. 

    Choosing an ISB

    In some degree programmes, students can actively choose the ISB instead of a minor in the minor selection. It then replaces a minor, comprises 15 credits and can later be extended to 30 credits. An ISB with 15 or 30 credits is listed on the diploma. In other degree programmes, the ISB is only used in individual cases and after consultation with the head of the major. Students may opt for an ISB if they discontinue a minor and still wish to complete their studies in the envisaged period of study, or if they attend modules in an exchange semester that cannot be credited to either their major or their minor.  

    Programmes offering the ISB option and those that do not:

    ISB

    • BA Art Education
    • BA Music
    • BA Music and Movement
       
    • MA Art Education 
    • MA Cultural Critique
    • MA Transdisciplinary Studies in the Arts
    • MA Composition and Theory
    • MA Music Pedagogy
    • MA Music Performance
    • MA Specialized Music Performance

    No ISB

    • BA Fine Arts
    • BA Contemporary Dance
    • BA Design 
    • BA Film
    • BA Theatre
       
    • MA Dance
    • MA Design
    • MA Fine Arts
    • MA Film
    • MA Theatre

    Please direct any enquiries to your major’s programme office.  

    Individual Area of Study for Music students

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