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Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures: German, Dutch and English [180.0]
Study objectives
This bachelor’s programme provides a specific training in Modern Languages and Literatures, based on a solid general background in History and Philosophy.
The bachelor's programme of Modern Languages and Literature, german, dutch and english, combines two Germanic languages (to be selected from : German, English and Dutch).
At the end of their bachelor's programme, students will have mastered the following skills :
- communicative skills listening and reading comprehension, oral and written production, and interactive communication);
- linguistics skills (the study of the grammar and its component parts);
- literary skills (history of literature, analysis and interpretation of literary texts);
- cultural skills, in the broad sense of the term (studies of the "civilisation" of the countries where the languages in question are spoken : historical background and contemporary reality).
Evaluation
Some courses will involve oral and/or written evaluations, whilst the evaluation of seminars will involve more substantial participation on the part of the student as well as assessment of individual course work. Those exams relating to courses on communication skills will evaluate the student's level, i.e. the practical use of the language in relevant situations.
Courses are evaluated according to current university regulations (see General Examination Regulations). Students may find further information on specific evaluation methods in the course descriptions.
Admission Requirements - Bachelor's
(Decree of March 31st 2004 defining higher education, favoring its integration in the European framework of higher education and refinancing universities)
All information can be obtained from the student secretariat.
The admission requirements have to be met at the time of enrollment at the university
General conditions
Special conditions
Language exam: mastering the French language
General conditions
On condition that other specific legal requirements have been met and with the aim of obtaining the academic grade that sanctions them, the students who can present the following documents will have access to 1st-cycle studies that are not divided into two parts or to the 1st year of a 1st-cycle degree that is divided into two parts:
- A secondary-school diploma issued as from the school-year 1993-1994 by a full-time secondary school or by an evening school recognized by the French Community and sanctioned by the appropriate commission, as well as those who have been issued with the same certificate, as from 1994, by the Jury of the French Community
- A secondary-school diploma issued at the latest by the end of the school-year 1992-1993, along with a degree proving the aptitude to access higher education, in case the student wished to enroll for a 1st-cycle degree (long type)
- A diploma issued by an institution of higher education recognized by the French Community that is able to deliver academic grades, or a diploma issued by a university institution or an institution organizing full-time higher education acknowledged by previous legislation.
- Proof of passing one of the entry exams organized by the institutions of higher education or by a jury of the French Community, the programs of which have been sanctioned by the Government after consultation according to the sector, the Inter-University Council of the French Community (CIUF) or the General Council of Polytechnics (CGHE); this certificate grants access to the studies in the sectors or domains it indicates.
- A diploma, title or study certificate similar to the ones mentioned above, issued by the Flemish Community (this certificate does not mean the student is exempt from the language exam proving the mastering the french language), the German Community or by the Royal Military Academy.
- A foreign diploma, title or study certificate that has been acknowledged as equivalent to the ones mentioned above. The requests for equivalence have to be submitted before July 15th 2008, to the Service ofs Equivalences of the Higher Education and Scientific Research Ministry of the French Community of Belgium.
Remarks: The two following titles are acknowledged as being automatically equivalent to the Certificate of Secondary Education (CESS):
- A European baccalaureate issued by the Higher Council of European Schools
- An international baccalaureate issued by the International Baccalaureate Council in Geneva
- A diploma acknowledging the aptitude to access higher education (DAES) issued by the Jury of the French Community.
Special Conditions
Language examination: mastering of the French language
No student can be admitted to any one year of the 1st cycle of any studies if they have not passed an examination acknowledging a sufficient knowledge of the French language.
Pedagogy
The bachelors programme in Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English begins with a common semester made up of general courses given within the faculty. These general courses are taught by a team of teachers who emphasize an active exchange involving practical work and student participation. This common semester provides students with the opportunity to change to another bachelors programme at the end of the January exam session if the student’s advisory office agrees.
From the second semester of the first year on, the courses specific to the students’ bachelors programme use a variety of pedagogical methods (active learning, a balanced combination of individual and group work) with the aim of acquiring knowledge and the ability to analyse.
Throughout the student’s bachelor programme in Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English, students experience a variety of teaching methods : lectures, group work, individual work, seminars. Some courses also use e-learning (exercises and resources are made available to students, pedagogical management, sharing and evaluation by the class of work).
International links and mobility
The Bachelor’s programme of Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English allows students to do a part of their studies abroad during their third year (
Erasmus,
Mercator).
Information on Erasmus exchange : http://www.uclouvain.be/17371.html
For more information :
Possible training at the end of the bachelor programme
Positioning of the programme within the University cursus
This bachelor’s programme provides direct access to
the corresponding masters in Modern Languages and Literature (German, Dutch and English). There is also direct access to
Master in Multilingual Communication . There are no prerequisites.
Other studies available upon completion of the programme
A bachelor in Modern Languages and Literature (German, Dutch and English) may access other masters at UCL provided that the prerequisites outlined in the master’s admission conditions are adhered to.
The Bachelor student’s minor may facilitate access to certain masters.
Example
The minor taken at Bachelors level in German studies (30.0), the minor in English studies (30.0) and the minor in Dutch studies (30.0) allows students to include two of these three Germanic languages in their master.
Useful contacts
Curriculum management
Department for Modern Languages
Academic supervisor
Administrative secretaries in the Department for Modern Languages