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Study programme 2013-2014

Teaching and training




The bachelor programme in History of Art and Archaeology : General totals 180 credits over 3 years (3 x 60 credits). It consists of a basic major syllabus of 150 credits and a minor syllabus of 30 credits (2 x 15 credits, over years 2 and 3.

Year 1 consists of a semester joint training course with general lectures covering the subjects taught by the Faculty.
From Year 2 onwards, the students are expected to broaden their intellectual and professional horizons by choosing a minor option of 30 credits, either from among other subjects taught in the Faculty or in another UCL Faculty, depending on any prerequisites laid down in these particular programmes.

Three pivotal courses make up the 150 credits of the major orientation of the bachelor syllabus:

(1)
introduction to the human sciences (historical criticism, arts and civilisations, European literature, analysis and practice of academic discourse, ancient and modern languages, philosophy, logic and argumentation, religious sciences);
(2)
introduction to the different epochs and geographical regions of the artistic period, archaeological sites and the history of music, especially in Western Europe;
(3) methodological and disciplinary training (technology, aesthetics, auxiliary sciences, graphics documentation, museology, iconology).