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Minor in Ancient Studies [30.0]

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The aim of the minor in ancient studies is to provide students of all disciplines with basic multidisciplinary training in ancient sciences (in particular languages and literature, history, history of art and archeology). The minor is also an introduction to the foundations of ancient civilizations; it is based on both the content and the methods peculiar to the various disciplines of ancient studies. 

The minor allows students to acquire an additional skill and deepen their knowledge of the ancient world from the first two years of their degree course. The course opens up the Antiquity to students and facilitates access to master's classes that deal with the various areas of ancient civilizations.


Admission

Retour en début de pageAdmission Requirements

The program is available to all baccalaureate students, regardless of their primary path of study. 
It will be of particular interest to students of the Faculty of Arts and Letters, and the Faculty of Theology.


Detailed course structure
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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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Year
1 2

Students must gain a total of 30 credits over two years; ideally they should aim for 15 credits per year. The list of possible courses is below; however, they should not form part of the compulsory courses for the major in the second or third years.

MandatoryLanguage and literature
a minimum of 5 credits from the following : (FLTR 1770, GLOR 1431, GLOR 1441, GLOR 1481, GLOR 1482, GLOR 1491 and GLOR 1492 are open to students who can demonstrate an adequate knowledge of Latin. Students who take these courses must have either studied Latin for four hours per week during the last four years of secondary education or pass an assessment test at the beginning of the year. Students who do not fulfil these conditions must take FLTR 1760.
Optional LFLTR1760

Begining Latin   Alain Meurant 30h + 30h  5credits  1q  x x
Optional LFLTR1770

Beginning Greek   Claude Obsomer 30h + 30h  5credits  1q  x x
Optional LGLOR1413

Introduction to Oriental Languages and Literature   Godefroid De Callatay, Johannes den Heijer, Jean-Claude Haelewyck, Claude Obsomer, Andrea Barbara Schmidt, Christophe Vielle (coord.) 60h  7credits  2q  x x
Optional LGLOR1431

Latin Literature  (in French) Paul Deproost 15h  3credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LGLOR1441

Greek Literature  Anne-Marie Doyen 15h  3credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LGLOR1481

Latin Authors : Poetry  (in French) Paul Deproost 45h  6credits  1+2qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LGLOR1482

Latin Authors : Prose-Writing  (in French) Paul Deproost 45h  6credits  1+2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LGLOR1491

Greek Authors : Poetry  Anne-Marie Doyen 45h  6credits  1+2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LGLOR1492

Greek Authors : Prose-Writing  (in French) Anne-Marie Doyen 45h  6credits  1+2qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x

MandatoryHistory
A minimum of 5 credits from
Optional LFLTR1420A

Seminar of Historical Foundations of Western Civilisation : Antiquity  Françoise Van Haeperen 22.5h  3credits  2q  x x
Optional LHIST1381

Fundamentals of institutional and political history : antiquity  Françoise Van Haeperen 15h  3credits  1q  x x
Optional LHIST1431

Specialized heuristics and exercises on questions of history : antiquity  Françoise Van Haeperen 15h + 15h  4credits  1q  x x
Optional LHIST1391

Seminar : Antiquity  Françoise Van Haeperen 22.5h  7credits  1q  x x

MandatoryHistory of art and archaeology
A minimum of 5 credits from
Optional LARKE1431

Historiography and Epistemology of Archaeology and Art History II  Ralph Dekoninck, Jan Driessen 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LARKE1451

Art and civilisations : Egyptian and Near-Eastern Antiquity  N. 37.5h  5credits  Periodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LARKE1452

Arts et civilisations : North-West Europe Archaeology  (in French) Raymond Brulet 37.5h  5credits  Periodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LARKE1454

Art and Civilisation : Greek and Roman Antiquity  Marco Cavalieri, Jan Driessen 37.5h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x

MandatoryChristian tradition, philosophy and law
A minimum of 5 credits from
Optional LTHEO1381

History of Christianity: Antiquity  Jean-Marie Auwers 30h  3credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LTHEO1202

Patrology  Jean-Marie Auwers 45h  4credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LDROI1003

Foundations of Law  René Robaye 60h + 12h  6credits  2q  x x
Optional LFILO1280

History of philosophy 1 : History of ancient philosophy   (in French) N. 30h  3credits  Periodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
 


Training available at the end of the minor
This minor doesn't give direct access to a particular master.


Useful contacts


Practical information

Academic in charge: Françoise VAN HAEPEREN
Contact people : Sibylle D'HONDT and Chantal Marquet, administrative secretaries of the department of history, Collège Erasme, office b 241, , tel. : 010/47.49.35.


Enrolling for the minor

1. Organizational details
This point does not apply to this minor. 

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

3. Enrolling on the minor

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.

5. 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.


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. 


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. 


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. 


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.