Cours donnés en anglais

Audit

At the end of this course, students will have a good comprehension of IAS and IFRS.
The content includes an overview for the normalisation process from an historical point of view: reasons, lobbying groups, objectives, decision process.  IAS1 is deeply analysed and presented by students, as well as other main standards, with accounting exercises, depending on actuality.  During the second part of the class, groups of students analyze, present and discuss, like in a scientific conference, various  scientific papers related to Standards, their information capacity, and their impact and use by managers and financial markets.  

At the end of the course, students will be able to define management control and performance, to understand the role of a management controller and its position in the organisation’s flowchart, and to implement the classical tools of management control and performance measurement (budgets, scorecards, etc.).

Management & Economics

At the end of the course, students will have an insight into non-profit management by tackling the issues of strategic management, fundraising, stakeholder analysis, governance, reporting and assessment. Students will also be able to analyze real case studies using precise questions.

At the end of the course, students will be able to formulate a research topic in the area of international and European economics, and to articulate a personal approach of it, after a review of the relevant literature. The students will also be able to actively participate in the discussion about the topics presented.

The course aims to allow students to assess existing policy and to design future policy, taking into account environmental damages and abatement costs, the uncertainty surrounding the damages and abatement costs, distributional issues and political feasibility. The course content includes the conceptualisation of optimal pollution levels, environmental policy instruments (command and control, taxes, tradable permits, voluntary approaches), the science basis of climate change, international negotiations on environmental problems (climate change versus ozone depletion), environmental discounting and optimal policy under uncertainty and irreversibility.

Finance

At the end of the course, students will be able to understand the functioning of the spot and forward forex markets; understand the functioning and the pricing techniques of forex derivatives (e.g., swaps, futures, options); be able to measure and manage the exposure to international risks (forex risk, hedging techniques…); be familiar with and be able to evaluate the international sources of financing; be able to assess FDI projects.

At the end of this course, students will be able to understand and apply the basis of marketing strategies at the international scale. The course covers the various variables of marketing and explains the factors that influence their implementation in an international context. The course gives a large space to illustrations and discussions.

At the end of the instruction, the students will be able to understand and use digital tools in order to integrate them in a consistent way in a marketing program. They will also have the opportunity to put themselves in the shoes of a marketing manager by implementing a digital strategy for a real company.

Other fields

Work placements can be supervised by one of the Warocqué School’s professors.
Work placement opportunities may be available, within one of the University departments or at partner companies. Nevertheless the school is not responsible for finding work placements for exchange students.

Students enrolled in this course are required to have a good working knowledge of English (CECR B2). Upon successful completion of this course, students will be  better equipped to join the global workforce and will have learned to communicate more effectively in international business settings.

« English Communication Seminars » consist of two learning modules:
1/ « Application Survival Guide » will prepare the students to apply for jobs in English (to think critically about job descriptions, positively present their own skills and personality, write effective cover letters and CVs and successfully handle themselves during job interviews).
2/ « Business Cross-Cultural Challenges » : Students will gain intercultural intelligence, a critical tool in the international workplace : we will take a close look at the cultural differences, large and small, that determine how business is conducted around the world, with a view to better navigating our globalized marketplace

Classes run twice a week (2×2 hours) during the evening, in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, catering for cultural and linguistic exchange. Emphasis is put on both oral and written communication to support students in everyday life as well as in an academic context. This course will also allow students to discover the cultural riches of Belgium (particularly Mons) through documentaries, exhibition visits, etc.
At the beginning of the term, students will be requested to take a placement test in order to be included in one of the 3 level groups. Level 1 : no pre-requisite.