Hoe kies jij je minor? Een onderzoek naar beïnvloedingsfactoren van minorkeuzes door voltijd HBO-bachelorstudenten van Fontys Hogescholen

Hoe kies jij je minor? Een onderzoek naar beïnvloedingsfactoren van minorkeuzes door voltijd HBO-bachelorstudenten van Fontys Hogescholen

Van Deuren, M.

Santema, S.C. (promotor)

Industrial Design Engineering

Product Innovation Management

2010-07-13

Since 2002 Dutch higher education has adopted the Bachelor/Master degree structure. Many universities of applied sciences have since then designed their undergraduate professional bachelor programmes education in terms of majors and minors. Minors offer students the possibility to differentiate their education in such a way that it reflects their personal ambitions and interests. Hardly anything is known concerning which factors influence students’ choices with regards to minors. This study aims to answer the following question: which factors influence the choice of minors of undergraduate students in professional HE? A research project consisting of three interrelated studies was designed to answer this question. The first study used existing literature focusing on choices students make in the field of HE. Research into students’ choices of courses, students’ choices of majors and students’ more general choices with regards to higher education was used to develop a first idea about possible variables influencing choices in higher education. A qualititive survey was then carried out to fine-tune the list of variables with regards to students’ choices of minors. The third study was a quantitative survey informed by the findings of the previous two. The students taking part in the survey all study at six different departments of a large university of applied sciences in the South of the Netherlands. The six departments offer education in the following areas of study: social sciences, health, education, economics & business, science & technology and arts. The study contributes to the general knowledge we have concerning decision making and choices that are made by students in HE in particular.

higher education
student decision making

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2010-07-13

9789088911828

Institutional Repository

doctoral thesis

(c) 2010 Van Deuren, M.