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To provide bachelors with an introduction to ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Studies, in particular the history, language, literature, religion, art and archaeology of the ancient Near East.

 

 

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Mandatory Optional Courses not taught this academic year Periodic courses not taught this academic year Periodic courses taught this academic year Two year courses
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Even years (15credits)
GLOR1511	History and Society of the Near East and Ancient Egypt I  (in French)	Claude Obsomer, Jan Tavernier	30h	3credits	1q	x	x
GLOR1621	Ancient Egyptian I  (in French)	Claude Obsomer	30h	6credits		x	x
GLOR1611	Languages in Cuneiform Writing I (Akkadian, Hittite)  (in French)	Jan Tavernier	30h	6credits		x	x
Odd years (15credits)
GLOR1512	Culture and Civilization of the Near East and Ancient Egypt I  (in French)	Claude Obsomer, Jan Tavernier	30h	3credits	1q	x	x
ARKE1451	Art and civilisations : Egyptian and Near-Eastern Antiquity  (in French)	Nadine Cherpion, Virginia Verardi	37.5h	6credits	1q	x	x
6 credits chosen from the following courses : Students wishing to take ARKE 1451 as part of their major must take both courses (12 credits)
GLOR1622	Ancient Egyptian I  (in French)	Claude Obsomer	30h	6credits	1q	x	x
GLOR1612	Languages in Cuneiform Writing I (Akkadian, Hittite)  (in French)	Jan Tavernier	30h	6credits	1+2q	x	x

Bachelor in Arts and Letters	⇒ ⇒	Master in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Languages [120.0] Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : Oriental Languages [60.0]	Direct access
All Bachelor	⇒   ⇒	Master in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Languages [120.0] Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : Oriental Languages [60.0]	With 15 credits prerequisites

 

Academic in charge : Claude OBSOMER
Contact person : Marie-Antoinette JACQUEMIN, administrative secretary of the department for Greek, Latin and Oriental studies, Collège Erasme, office c 318, email : , tel. : 010/47.49.58.

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Enrolling for the minor

1. Organizational details
The student is free to choose the course that s/he wishes to take in the 2nd and 3rd years provided s/he distributes the number of credits evenly over the two years. 

2. Admission to the minor
This point does not apply to this minor. 

3. Enrolling on the minor
http://www.uclouvain.be/2009-optionbac.html

In Year 2 of the bachelor’s degree
Students may enrol online for their minor after having enrolled for their year of study.
Students who are retaking their second year are automatically re-enrolled for the same minor.

In Year 3 of the bachelor’s degree
When they enrol for the third year, students are automatically enrolled for the second part of the option course. The same applies to students retaking their third year (BAC3).

All requests for exemption from this rule must be submitted to the adviser from the relevant programme.

4. Changes to the minor enrollment form
Requests to change the enrollment form, must be sent, with supporting reasons, to the conseiller aux études (course adviser) of the faculty to which the student belongs by 10 October.

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Course timetable

1. Consulting the course timetable
The timetable can be consulted at this address: http://www.uclouvain.be/232660.html.

Students must also consult the general faculty timetable on the Zeus site: http://www.uclouvain.be/fltr.html
for courses which do not feature on the list of minor course times.  

Last-minute changes are included in the section "valves étudiants" (student bulletin board) on the following site:  
http://www.uclouvain.be/fltr.html

2. Resolving possible timetable clashes using an equivalence table
The equivalence table may be consulted in the secretariat of the department which is running the minor. Contact person : the person in charge of the minor, for advice and approval of possible changes. 

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Enrollment form for minor activities

1. Information on entry requirements 
This point is not applicable to this minor.

2. Enrolling for minor program activities 
Enrolment for activities (courses) in the minor should be done at the same time as enrolment for activities (courses) in the main subject.
Enrolment for courses is done by using the special menu in the virtual office.

3. Obtaining a visa from the person in charge of the minor 
Once the activities form has been filled in, the student must ask the person in charge of the minor for a visa in order to pass it on to his/her faculty secretariat. 

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Available support 

1. Information on the course service
A certain number of lectures should, over time, be available on the Web and should ideally be accompanied by exercises to aid self-study. 
Ask full-time course staff members for further information. 

2. Consulting the table of available support for each activity  
Please ask full-time members of staff for information. 

Where alternative pedagogical systems are proposed for an activity, they are only intended for students who are enrolled on the activity in question as part of their minor and who have demonstrated that they are unable to attend classes. The written consent of the teacher will be required. 

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Organization of exams

1. Registering for exams
Registering for minor course exams is done on the registration form for the main year of study (your department's secretariat).

2. Consulting exam times
Exam times can be consulted at the following address: http://www.uclouvain.be/232697.html.

N.B. : to register on the "open" lists for some exams, students should make direct contact with the central secretariat of the Faculté de philosophie et lettres.