Students may take the minor in order to acquire an additional skill to that of their main course of study, thus making the course an end in itself.
The minor also aims to help students gain a deeper understanding of the medieval period during the first level (first two years of study). This approfondissement can be continued at second level, or the last two years of the degree course ( Middle Age section and dissertation matching the medieval studies followed as part of the basic training; medieval studies option proposed with different Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres master's courses). Students who study this course will find it easier to get on to master's courses that deal with the various aspects of medieval civilization.
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||
Languages and texts 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. | |||||||||||||||||||
LROM1230 |
Critical analysis of Medieval Texts : Ancient French | Mattia Cavagna | 30h | 3credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LROM1330 |
Critical analysis of Medieval Texts : Middle French
(Prérequis : ROM 1230 Explication de textes médiévaux : ancien français.) |
Mattia Cavagna | 30h | 3credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LROM1531 |
The Great Spanish Literary Myths from the Middle Ages to the Spanish Golden Age
(Ce cours se donne dans la langue de la littérature; des prérequis linguistiques correspondant au niveau B1 du cadre européen de référence sont exigés.) (in French) |
Geneviève Fabry | 30h + 15h | 4credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LROM1541 |
The Golden Age of Italian Literature : from Dante to Tasso and Metastasio
(Ce cours se donne dans la langue de la littérature; des prérequis linguistiques correspondant au niveau B1 du cadre européen de référence sont exigés.) (in French) |
Costantino Maeder | 30h + 15h | 5credits | 1+2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LARAB1100 |
Modern Arabic Basic Level (in French) | Pierre Hanjoul | 30h | 6credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LFILO1325 |
Philosophical texts II: Medieval philosophical texts | Jean-Michel Counet | 30h | 4credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LFLTR1760 |
Begining Latin | Alain Meurant | 30h + 30h | 5credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LFLTR1780 |
Latin language and literature : poetry
(Pour les exercices, 15 heures, choix entre latin classique ou latin médiéval.) |
Paul Deproost (coord.), Jean-Marie Yante | 30h + 15h | 5credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LFLTR1781 |
Latin language and literature : prose (Pour les exercices, 15 heures, choix entre latin classique ou latin médiéval.) |
Paul Deproost, Jean-Marie Yante | 30h + 15h | 5credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LGLOR1431 |
Latin Literature (in French) | Paul Deproost | 15h | 3credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LGLOR1432 |
Latin Literature (in French) | Paul Deproost | 15h | 3credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LGLOR1481 |
Latin Authors : Poetry (in French) | Paul Deproost | 45h | 6credits | 1+2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LGLOR1482 |
Latin Authors : Prose-Writing (in French) | Paul Deproost | 45h | 6credits | 1+2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LGLOR1661 |
Classical Arabic I (Prérequis : ARAB 1100 Arabe moderne (niveau élémentaire ) |
Godefroid De Callatay | 30h | 6credits | x | x | |||||||||||||
LGLOR1662 |
Classical Arabic I (Prérequis : ARAB 1100 Arabe moderne (niveau élémentaire ) (in French) |
Godefroid De Callatay | 30h | 6credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LHIST1410 |
Medieval and modern paleography | Baudouin Van den Abeele | 15h | 3credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
Christian tradition and philosophy A minimum of 5 credits chosen from : | |||||||||||||||||||
LTHEO1110 |
Introduction to the Bible (in French) | Didier Luciani, Geert Van Oyen, André Wénin | 105h | 9credits | 1+2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LTHEO1110A |
Introduction to the Bible :NT | Geert Van Oyen | 45h | 4credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LTHEO1110B |
Introduction to the Bible : OT | André Wénin | 30h | 3credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LTHEO1110C |
Introduction to the Bible : Holy Scripture | Didier Luciani | 30h | 2credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LTHEO1202 |
Patrology | Jean-Marie Auwers | 45h | 4credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LTHEO1271 |
History of Christianity: Middle Ages | Jacques Pijcke | 30h | 3credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LFILO1281 |
History of philosophy 2: History of medieval Philosophy (in French) | Jean-Michel Counet | 30h | 3credits | x | x | |||||||||||||
LFILO1282 |
History of philosophy 3: History of arabic Philosophy | N. | 30h | 3credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LTHEO1230 |
Christian Latin Texts (in French) | Paul Deproost | 30h | 4credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
Art and history A minimum of 5 credits chosen from : | |||||||||||||||||||
LARKE1237 |
Image interpretation - Introduction to methods iconological | Ralph Dekoninck | 15h | 3credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LARKE1453 |
Survey and excavation methods and technics : theory and field training | N. | 37.5h | 5credits | x | x | |||||||||||||
LFLTR1420B |
Seminar of Historical Foundations of Western Civilisation : Middle Ages | Jean-Marie Yante | 22.5h | 3credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LFLTR1430 |
Historical Criticism | Laurence Van Ypersele | 30h + 10h | 4credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LHIST1382 |
Fundamentals of institutional and political history : the Middle Ages (in French) | Jean-Marie Yante | 15h | 3credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LHIST1392 |
Seminar : the Middle Ages | Jacques Pijcke, Jean-Marie Yante | 22.5h | 7credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LHIST1400 |
History in Images : a critical approach | N. | 22.5h | 3credits | x | x | |||||||||||||
LHIST1421 |
HISTORIOGRAPHY II (in French) | Jacques Pijcke | 22.5h | 4credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LHIST1432 |
Specialized heuristics and exercises on questions of history : the Middle Ages | Jacques Pijcke, Jean-Marie Yante | 15h + 15h | 4credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LROM1534 |
Hispanic World Civilization : from the Middle Ages to the Spanish Golden Age
(Ce cours se donne dans la langue de la littérature; des prérequis linguistiques correspondant au niveau B1 du cadre européen de référence sont exigés.) (in French) |
Geneviève Fabry | 15h | 3credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LROM1544 |
Civilizations of Italy in the Golden Age : from the Middle Ages to the Baroque
(Ce cours se donne dans la langue de la littérature; des prérequis linguistiques correspondant au niveau B1 du cadre européen de référence sont exigés.) (in French) |
Mattia Cavagna | 15h | 3credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LGLOR1521 |
History and Society of Byzantium and the Christian East I | Andrea Barbara Schmidt | 30h | 3credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LGLOR1522 |
Culture and Civilization of Byzantium and the Christian East I (in French) | Bernard Coulie, Andrea Barbara Schmidt | 30h | 3credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LGLOR1531 |
History and Society of Islam and the Arab World I (in French) | Godefroid De Callatay | 30h | 3credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LGLOR1532 |
Culture and Civilization of Islam and the Arab World I (in French) | Godefroid De Callatay | 30h | 3credits | 2q | x | x | ||||||||||||
LGLOR1571 |
History and Transmission of Ancient Writing:Theory and practical reading skills. (in French) | Alain Meurant | 15h | 2credits | 1q | x | x | ||||||||||||
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.