BBA Global Project y Change Management

Hands-on teaching methods

Our teaching consists of assignments, projects, online activities, lectures, and events. Every semester you will work in a small group on a large project that has been put forward by local businesses, organizations, or the government. By collaborating with different clients, you get a direct glimpse behind the scenes. That way, you will find out what types of jobs and organizations suit you best.

Your timetable and assignments will give you a study load of roughly 40 hours a week. Our teaching style is interactive. This means that we expect you to pro-actively collaborate with your lecturers and fellow students, instead of only listening to presentations.

Our curriculum

In years one and two we lay the basis for your future profession as a Project Manager. You will learn everything about the sustainable development goals of the United Nations, about sustainable business, marketing and finance, how to do research, understanding geopolitics, academic writing, and social justice. Besides that, you will work on soft skills like intercultural competencies, presentation, rhetoric and communication, personal development, and resilience. You will start right away by working on an actual project with actual clients. Within a couple of weeks, you’ll have an accurate image of working as a sustainable project manager: what it entails and which skills you need to develop over the next four years to be able to succeed. In year 2 we’ll take your project management skills and soft skills to a professional level. The same goes for your applied research skills.

In years 3 and 4 you can choose in which order you do the following semesters:

• Proyectos Menores de Gestión de Desarrollo Sostenible. Esta es la gestión de proyectos a un nivel internacional superior. Trabajará en equipo en un proyecto complejo relacionado con uno de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible para un cliente externo en los Países Bajos o en el extranjero, por ejemplo, Ghana, Hong Kong, Chile, Kosovo. Durante las primeras semanas estarás en Holanda para preparar el proyecto, luego irás 7 semanas al país de destino y en las últimas 3 semanas estarás de regreso en Zwolle para finalizar el proyecto y hacer una presentación.
• Minor Value Creators: A complex project where multiple stakeholders are involved. Via a transdisciplinary approach and multiple networks, you will work with your group on one of the sustainable development goals of your choice.
• Free choice semester (study abroad): you can choose a semester from one of our 150+ partner universities abroad, or in the Netherlands. So if you want to learn a new language, want to know more about journalism, marine biology, or whatever you think might be useful, go ahead!

You finish year four with your research internship. You will deliver a research report and the results of that research have to contribute to the development of the work field. You are studying at an Honours College, so we have high expectations of you. And judging by the feedback from the work field, our students are doing an excellent job.

The grand finale

The program ends with the so-called Capstone. The Capstone is the final course where all the key learning objectives of the program are tied together. During the Capstone, you demonstrate that you have achieved all competencies set by us. So you have to prove to be competent for project management in the professional field of your choice and to be an independent career navigator.

Your career

¡Un sorprendente 98% de los estudiantes de Windesheim encontraron trabajo dentro de los 3 meses posteriores a su graduación!

Después de graduarse de este programa, puede comenzar su carrera, por ejemplo, como:

• Responsable/asesor de proyectos en empresas de energías renovables
• Project manager/advisor at international NGOs like Red Cross and Doctors without Borders
• Project manager in slave-free clothing or food industry
• Project manager for businesses aiming to introduce sustainable production
• Project manager/advisor with governments or political institutions
• Communication advisor on healthy lifestyles with an insurance company
• Project manager reducing food waste in cities or at large popular events
• Advisor with local developers to promote imperfect food rejected by large grocery stores
• Advisor improving communication on scientific results on Global Warming (IPCC)
• Advisor improving Corporate Sustainability like Coca-Cola with Coca-Cola Green
• Advisor on Corporate Social Responsibility with TOMS Shoes
• Social entrepreneur

Además, muchos estudiantes continúan con un programa de maestría en una de las universidades holandesas o internacionales, por ejemplo:

• Master of Organic Agriculture - Wageningen University
• Master of Cultural Policy, Relations and Diplomacy - Goldsmiths, University of London
• Master of Global Health - Copenhagen University
• Maestría en Ciencias, Políticas y Sociedad de la Sostenibilidad en Maastricht
• Máster en Sostenibilidad, Emprendimiento e Innovación
• Investigador asociado en el Global Development Institute de Londres como representante de grado de la Universidad de Manchester, Inglaterra.
• Maestría en Planificación Urbana y Regional en Berlín, Alemania
• Doctorado sobre los procesos de polarización en el cambio climático