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Master in Philosophy [120.0]

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Retour en début de pageStudy objectives

1. At the end of his studies, regardless of the focus chosen, the student will be able :
• to make a critical literary summary on a given issue;
• to address and defend philosophical arguments;
• to take part in philosophical debates in their specialist area
• to produce individual research, draft it and present the results orally;

2. Depending on the focus chosen, the student will also have developed :
• In-depth skills in philosophy (research focus). 
• Specific skills by the bais of an international experience outside of UCL (professional focus);
• Teaching skills (and the title 'agrégé de l’enseignement secondaire supérieur') (teaching focus).


Retour en début de pageGeneral presentation of the programme

The programme is made up of:
♦   core courses (75 credits), made up of:    
    - a dissertation and an accompanying seminar;    
    - 45 credits in basic training;
♦   one focus (30 credits);
♦   and optional courses (15 credits).
 

There are three types of focus: research, teaching or professional.

1. Research or teaching focus

The research focus trains students in how to undertake research. As for the teaching focus, it guides students towards secondary teaching.

2. Professional focus

This focus is exclusively reserved to students who have been admitted to enrol on the master 'Philosophies allemande et française dans l’espace européen (Europhilosophie)' on the Erasmus Mundus programme (www.europhilosophie.eu/mundus/), and of which EFIL (Ecole de Philosophie) is a partner.

This master offers students from across the world high-level training over two years in the fields of German and French philosophy and the way they interact within the European intellectual and cultural area. Each year, 13 students who are not European Union nationals are selected and given an annual grant of 21.000 EUR. 13 European Union students are also selected and their mobility is covered by the Erasmus programme.

Depending on his study path, a student who spends a term at UCL will choose 30 credits from the core course courses and will enrol on the professional focus in German and French philosophy. A student who spends a whole masters year at UCL will choose 35 credits from the core course courses and 20 dissertation credits.

Wathever the focus or the options chosen, the programme of this master shall totalise 120 credits, spread over two years of studies each of 60 credits

Core courses

Focuses

Optional courses


Retour en début de pagePositioning of the programme

Other accessible masters :
At the end of the master 120, each focus of the master in philosophy can be obtained in a new year of 30 credits only.

Accessible doctoral training :
- 'Ecole doctorale en Philosophie';

 


Retour en début de pageCertificates

There is a university certificate in philosophy (advanced module) which borrows courses from the second level.

 


Admission

Student must hold a first level university degree.

Provide proof of a sufficient level in French (B1 of the European Framework of Reference )

Student must have developed the following skills in his previous training :  
- complete grasp of the scientific written and oral practices of the French language;
- compétence dans les disciplines philosophiques suivantes : logique, morale, épistémologie, anthropologie, métaphysique, philosophie sociale;
- maîtrise de l'histoire de la philosophie;
- compétence dans la lecture commentée d'un grand texte de la tradition philosophique;

At the end of the 1st level programme, including at least the following 60 specific credits :   
- Philosophical propaedeutics (5 credits);
- Moral Philosophy (6 credits);
- Epistemology (10 credits);
- Logique (5 credits);  
- Metaphysics (5 credits);  
- Anthropology  (5 credits);  
- Social and politic Philosophy (4 credits);
- History of philosophy (6 crédits)
- Philosophical texts (6 crédits)
- Initiation à la rédaction scientifique (5 crédits)

The 30 credits of the Minor in Philosophy [30.0] satisfy these requriements.

Courses not taken will be added to the masters programme (without exceeding a total of 15 credits).

If the total number of prerequisites exceeds 15 credits, access to the master is subject to the student passing an filo1pm the programme of which is established on the basis of the student's file.  

Course equivalences are submitted for approval to the chairman of the jury, the secretary of the jury and the academic faculty secretary. 


University Bachelors
Diploma Special Requirements Access Remarks
UCL Bachelors
Bachelor in Philosophy [180.0]   Direct access  
All bachelor If student has taken :
Minor in Philosophy [30.0]
- Certificat universitaire en philosophie (fondements) [30.0]
- Certificat universitaire en philosophie (approfondissement) [60.0]  
Access with additional training With prerequisites integrated into the masters programme (max. 15 credits)  
All bachelor
 
Access with additional training Preparatory Year for Master in Philosophy [60.0]  
Belgian Bachelors of the French speaking Community
Bacheliers en philosophie   Direct access  
All bachelor If student has taken : 
- le Certificat universitaire en philosophie (fondements) [30.0]
- le Certificat universitaire en philosophie (approfondissement) [60.0]  
Access with additional training With prerequisites integrated into the masters programme (max. 15 credits)    
All bachelor
 
Access with additional training Preparatory Year for Master in Philosophy [60.0]  
Belgian Bachelors of the Dutch speaking Community
Bachelor of philosophy; bachelor in de wijsbegeerte   Direct access  
Foreign Bachelors
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code   Direct access With prerequisites integrated into the masters programme (max. 15 credits) or Preparatory Year for Master in Philosophy [60.0]  

Non university Bachelors
Diploma Access Remarks
> Find out more about links to the university
 

Holders of a 2nd cycle University degree
Diploma Special Requirements Access Remarks
"Licenciés"
 
Holder of a "Licence" in philosophy   Direct access An exemption of a maximum volume of 60 credits can be granted    
Masters
 
Master [120] of arts in Ethics [120.0]   On the file: direct access or access with additional training An exemption can be granted.  
Master [60] of arts in Philosophy [60.0]   Direct access An exemption of a maximum volume of 60 credits can be granted  

Holders of a non-University 2nd cycle degree
Diploma Access Remarks
> Find out more about links to the university
 

Adults taking up their university training
> See the website www.uclouvain.be/vae

Personalized access
Reminder : all Masters (apart from Advanced Masters) are also accessible on file.

Admission and Enrolment Procedures for general registration

See the general admission requirements



Contact

Curriculum management

Useful contacts



Teaching method

Retour en début de pageStrong points of the pedagogical approach

In general terms, the training the student will have received at the end of his master will equip him with a highly developed critical mind, skills in objective analysis and an ability to summarise and pick out the parameters to take into account when addressing an issue. These qualities provided by calling thins into question, reading philosophical texts and the diversity of the subjects taught help the student 'step back' from the subject in a manner which is characteristic of graduates in philosophy and valued by the jobs market (diplomacy, journalism, managing human resources). In his working life, the philosopher will tend spontaneously to work with his colleagues in a spirit of tolerance and openness to dialogue.

Incidentally, the training provided by the master provides the student with all resources and methods which will allow him, subject to completing extra training, to conduct himself, albeit as part of a research team, a specialisation in a sector of philosophical research.

More specifically, the teaching methodology favoured by the master is characterised by

– the availability of the professors : whether at the end of the class or by appointment in his office, the professor will always be present to answer a question, go over an issue again or give information on reading matter.

– the close link to research : the content of the courses and seminars is very closely linked to the research conducted by the professors. This makes their classes all the more lively and students can share in their research.

interaction : at the level of the master, courses are often less 'lecture-like' than in the first level. Since the auditorium is smaller, there is a lot more room for dialogue between the teacher and the students and for the prepared interventions of both parties.

– the diversity of the learning situations and teaching strategies: courses are sometimes devoted to the reading of a major traditional text, sometimes to in-depth topical issues; the seminars promote active research and dialogue and the oral presentation by the students of the results of their research.

interdisciplinarity : the student may choose 15 course credits from another discipline. This possibility is all the more valuable when one considers that UCL is a complete university. This choice must be made in discussion with the dissertation supervisor and be linked to the topic of the dissertation.

 

Retour en début de pageEvaluation

In the courses and even more so in the seminars in the second level in philosophy, students are very often assessed through individual work. The relatively small group sizes means professors can provide follow-up supervision of this work and formative evaluation.

 



Internationalisation

Students can stay abroad for one semester as part of an Erasmus exchange.

The option 'sciences, technologies, sociétés' helps the student follow, at another university in the ESST (European Science, Society,Technology) network - Strasbourg or Lund university, in a semester of the master, courses equivalent to 30 credits. Moreover, this option welcomes students from other ESST network universities for the second semester of the second year of the master.

All students can benefit from the international aspects of the programme: teacher exchanges, annual attribution of part of a course to a foreign professor as part of the Chaire Mercier, development of courses given jointly by UCL and KULeuven professors, teacher and student exchanges as part of Erasmus mundus, Erasmus or Mercator.

The professional focus grants students very fruitful exchanges with other students, EU nationals or otherwise, enrolled on the master 'Europhilosophe'. This European master in philosophy is only on the UCL programme in Belgium.

All students can replace one course from their programme with a course of the same level from the HIW or KULeuven master course.

Information on Erasmus exchange : http://www.uclouvain.be/17371.html
For more information :

 



Core courses

Core courses
1.Students who choose the research or teaching focus can spread their courses out in one of the following ways :

First possibility. During the first year, he chooses 40 credits from the shared subjects of the core courses and in the second year, he chooses five credits from the shared subjects which were not chosen before, a focus (30 credits) and completes his dissertation (25 credits).
Second possibility. During the first year, he chooses 45 credits from the shared subjects of the core courses. The course which incorporates the Chaire Mercier must be chosen by students on master 1 or 2.
2. Students admitted to the master Europhilosophie (Cf enrolment conditions at http://www.europhilosophie.eu/) who take the professional focus in German and French Philosophy select, if they are staying at UCL for one term, 30 credits from the courses on the europhilosophie site (www.europhilosophie.eu/mundus/article.php3?id_article=62). Students spending a year at UCL choose 35 credits from the courses on the europhilosophie site (www.europhilosophie.eu/mundus/article.php3?id_article=62) and 20 dissertation credits.

 

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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

MandatoryDissertation and dissertation seminar (30credits)

OptionalDissertation for students doing the research focus or the teaching focus (30credits)
Mandatory LFILO2960

Dissertation seminar  (in French) N.   5credits    x  
Mandatory LFILO2005

Dissertation  (in French) N.   25credits      x

OptionalDissertation for the not european students enrolled at the professional focus in the second year of the master programme (30credits)

Mandatory5 credits chosen from the option of the master
Mandatory LFILO2009

Dissertation  (in French) N.   20credits      x
Mandatory LLUX2999

Intensive Seminar  (in French) N.   5credits    x x

MandatoryShared subjects (45credits)
Research focus and teaching focus students choose 45 credits. The course which incorporates the Chaire Mercier must be chosen by students on master 1. Professional focus students choose 30 credits among the authorised courses if they stay one semester at UCL or 35 credits if the student stays one year at UCL.

MandatoryMethaphysic and History of Philosophy
10 to 15 credits from :
Optional LFILO2130

Philosophy of Religion A  Gilbert Gérard, Jean Leclercq, Marc Maesschalck (coord.) 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2131

Philosophy of Religion B  Gilbert Gérard, Jean Leclercq, Marc Maesschalck (coord.) 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2140

Textual interpretation: St. Thomas A   Pierre Destrée 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2141

Textual interpretation: St. Thomas B  Jean-Michel Counet 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2250

Advanced Studies in Metaphysics A   Olivier Depré, Gilbert Gérard (coord.), Marc Maesschalck 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2251

Advanced Studies in Metaphysics B  Olivier Depré, Gilbert Gérard (coord.), Marc Maesschalck 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2370

Advanced Studies in Natural Theology A   Olivier Depré, Nathalie Frogneux, Raphaël Gély, Danielle Lories (coord.) 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2371

Advanced Studies in Natural Theology B  Olivier Depré, Nathalie Frogneux, Raphaël Gély, Danielle Lories (coord.) 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x

MandatoryPhilosophical Anthropology
10 to 15 credits from :
Optional LFILO2180

Advanced Studies in Philosophical Anthropology A   Michel Dupuis (coord.), Nathalie Frogneux, Raphaël Gély 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2181

Advanced Studies in Philosophical Anthropology B  Michel Dupuis (coord.), Nathalie Frogneux, Raphaël Gély 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2310

Advanced studies in Cultural Anthropology A   Nathalie Frogneux 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2313

Advanced studies in Cultural Anthropology B  Nathalie Frogneux 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2290

Philosophy of History A   Gilbert Gérard (supplée null), Marc Maesschalck 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2291

Philosophy of History B  Marc Maesschalck 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2280

Philosophy of Art  Danielle Lories 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x

MandatoryPractical Philosophy
10 to 15 credits from :
Optional LFILO2190

Advanced Studies in Moral Philosophy A   Walter Lesch 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2191

Advanced Studies in Moral Philosophy B  Walter Lesch 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2360

Advanced Studies in Political Philosophy A  Axel Gosseries, Hervé Pourtois (coord.), Philippe Van Parijs 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2361

Advanced Studies in Political Philosophy B  Axel Gosseries, Hervé Pourtois (coord.), Philippe Van Parijs 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2200

Fundamentals of Biomedical Ethics A   Mylene Botbol 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2201

Fundamentals of Biomedical Ethics B  Michel Dupuis 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2003

Ethics in the Sciences and technics   Mylene Botbol (supplée Bernard Feltz), Bernard Feltz (coord.), Thierry Hance, René Rezsohazy 15h + 15h  5credits  2q  x x

MandatoryPhilosophy of Sciences and Epistemology
10 to 15 credits from :
Optional LFILO2230

Advanced Studies in Philosophy of Nature   Michel Ghins 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2170

Advanced Studies in Epistemology   Bernard Feltz, Mark Hunyadi 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2600

Advanced Studies in the Philosophy of Social Sciences A   Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Mark Hunyadi (supplée null) 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2601

Advanced Studies in the Philosophy of Social Sciences B  Marc Maesschalck 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2210

Formalized logic A   Marcel Crabbé 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2211

Formalized logic B  Marcel Crabbé 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2240

Advanced Studies in the Philosophy of Natural Sciences A   Bernard Feltz 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2241

Advanced Studies in the Philosophy of Natural Sciences B  Michel Ghins 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
 


Focuses
The student chooses one of the following focuses :  

Research focus [30.0]
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Year
1 2

Students must choose :

MandatoryA special subject (30credits)

OptionalA) Basic principles (30credits)

MandatorySeminars (25credits)
Students must choose 5 seminars from :
Optional LFILO2900

Seminar on ancient philosophy   Gilbert Gérard, Jean Leclercq 30h  5credits  1q  x x
Optional LFILO2910

Seminar on philosophical anthropology   Michel Dupuis, Nathalie Frogneux, Raphaël Gély 30h  5credits  2q  x x
Optional LFILO2920

Seminar on social and political philosophy   Mark Hunyadi, Walter Lesch 30h  5credits  2q  x x
Optional LFILO2930

Seminar on Philosophy of Natural Sciences   Bernard Feltz, Michel Ghins, Michel Ghins (supplée Bernard Feltz) 30h  5credits  2q  x x
Optional LFILO2940

Seminar on philosophy of the social sciences   Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Tom Dedeurwaerdere (supplée null), Marc Maesschalck 30h  5credits  1q  x x
Optional LFILO2950

seminar on philosophical aesthetics   Danielle Lories 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2970

Seminarium : Ethics in Science-Society Relations  Bernard Feltz, Pierre-Joseph Laurent (supplée null) 30h  5credits  2q  x x

MandatoryShared subjects (5credits)
Students must choose 5 credits from the activities if they have not yet included in the core subjects.

OptionalB) Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art (30credits)

MandatoryAdvanced seminars and courses (15credits)
Mandatory LFILO2950

seminar on philosophical aesthetics   Danielle Lories 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Mandatory LFILO2280

Philosophy of Art  Danielle Lories 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x

MandatoryOne of the two following courses : (5credits)
Optional LHART2220

Art theory  Ralph Dekoninck 15h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LMUSI2871

Aesthetic and philosophy of music  Brigitte Van Wymeersch 15h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x

MandatoryOptional courses
Students must choose 15 credits from the following courses :
Optional LHART2240

Visual Culture Studies and Art History  N. 15h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LHART2250

Iconology and History of Art  Ralph Dekoninck 15h  3credits  2q  x x
Optional LHART2340

Special problems of modern art  Joël Roucloux 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LHART2350

Special problems of contemporary art  Alexander Streitberger 30h  5credits  1q  x x
Optional LHART2360

Art and new media  Alexander Streitberger 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LHART2380

History of art criticism  N. 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LHART2410

Special Questions of Iconology  Ralph Dekoninck 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LMUSI2450

Art and Music  Brigitte Van Wymeersch 15h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LMUSI2861

Historical Musicology Research Seminar   John Philippe Van Tiggelen 15h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFLTR2292

Art and Literature  (in French) Ralph Dekoninck, Myriam Delmotte 22.5h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LCOMU2605

Analysis of cultural and mediatic productions  Sarah Sepulchre 30h  5credits    x x
Optional LULG2056

Seminar on aesthetics and art sciences (PHIL0226-1)  N. 45h  5credits    x x

OptionalC) Science, Society, Technology (30credits)
This branch may be followed entirely at UCL or in the framework of the ESST network - European Science, Society, Technology (one semester in a partner university).

OptionalESST (European 'Science, Society,Technology') with a European partner (30credits)
Mandatory 

Séjour dans une des université du réseau ESST  (in French) N.   30credits    x x

OptionalUCL (30credits)
Mandatory LFILO2970

Seminarium : Ethics in Science-Society Relations  Bernard Feltz, Pierre-Joseph Laurent (supplée null) 30h  5credits  2q  x x

MandatoryOptional courses (25credits)
Certain masters-level courses which are offered by other members of the Louvain Academy may also be taken if the faculty agrees.
Optional LFILO2230

Advanced Studies in Philosophy of Nature   Michel Ghins 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LBIR1305

Introduction to systems analysis  Philippe Baret (coord.), Emmanuel Hanert 10h + 20h  3credits  1q  x x
Optional LFSA2245

Environment and Enterprise  (in French) Thierry Bréchet 30h  3credits  1q  x x
Optional LTHEO1312

Ethics - Society - Religion  Walter Lesch 45h  4credits  1+2qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LTHEO2261

Christian Social Ethics : politics and economics questions I  Walter Lesch 30h  4credits  1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LTHEO2262

Christian Social Ethics : politics and economics questions II  Walter Lesch 30h  4credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LPHY2153

Introduction à la physique du système climatique et à sa modélisation  (in French) Hugues Goosse, Jean-Pascal van Ypersele de Strihou 30h + 15h  5credits  2q  x x
Optional LFUND2101

Sciences-éthique et développement (SSPSM101)  N. 22.5h + 7.5h  3credits    x x
Optional LFUND2203

Philosophie des sciences du vivant (SSPSM203)  N. 15h  2credits    x x

OptionalD) Philosophy of Science (30credits)

MandatorySeminars (15credits)
Students must choose three seminars in at least two different universities.

OptionalUCL
Optional LFILO2930

Seminar on Philosophy of Natural Sciences   Bernard Feltz, Michel Ghins, Michel Ghins (supplée Bernard Feltz) 30h  5credits  2q    x
Optional LFILO2940

Seminar on philosophy of the social sciences   Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Tom Dedeurwaerdere (supplée null), Marc Maesschalck 30h  5credits  1q    x
Optional LFILO2970

Seminarium : Ethics in Science-Society Relations  Bernard Feltz, Pierre-Joseph Laurent (supplée null) 30h  5credits  2q    x

OptionalULB
Optional LULB2406

Theory of knowledge questions (PHIL-B-406)  N.   5credits    x x
Optional LULB2505

Seminar on philosophy of science and technology (PHIL-B-505)  N.   5credits    x x

OptionalULG
Optional LULG2067

Philosophie de la physique (PHIL0067-1)  N. 30h  5credits    x x
Optional LULG2068

Philosophy of biology (PHIL0068-1 )  N. 30h  5credits    x x
Optional LULG2075

Seminar Philosophy of Science (PHIL 0075-1)  N. 30h  5credits    x x

MandatoryOptional courses (15credits)
Optional LFILO2240

Advanced Studies in the Philosophy of Natural Sciences A   Bernard Feltz 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2241

Advanced Studies in the Philosophy of Natural Sciences B  Michel Ghins 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2600

Advanced Studies in the Philosophy of Social Sciences A   Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Mark Hunyadi (supplée null) 30h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFILO2601

Advanced Studies in the Philosophy of Social Sciences B  Marc Maesschalck 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LSC2002

Elements of mathematics and physics history  (in French) Patricia De Grave 30h  4credits  1q  x x
Optional LSC2220

Philosophy of science  (in French) Michel Ghins 30h  2credits  2q  x x
Optional LULB2310

Philosophy of psychology (PHIL-B430)  N.   5credits    x x
Optional LULB2408

Questions de logique (PHIL-B-408)  N.   5credits    x x
Optional LULB2412

History and philosophy of biomedical sciences (PHIL-B-412)  N.   5credits    x x
Optional LULB2500

History of science (PHYS-F-500)  N.   4credits    x x
Optional LULB2503

Seminar of philosophy of knowledge producing practices (PHIL-B-503)  N.   5credits    x x
Optional LULG2066

Philosophy of mathematics (PHIL0066-1)  N. 30h  5credits    x x
Optional LULG2072

Advanced issues in epistemology (PHIL0072-1 )  N. 30h  5credits    x x
Optional LULG2108

Advances Questions on Cognitive Psychology (PSYC1108-1)  N. 30h  5credits    x x
 


Teaching Focus [30.0]
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Mandatory Optional
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Periodic courses taught this academic year Two year courses

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Year
1 2

MandatoryA) Placements in an educational environment (6credits)
Mandatory LFILO9001

Teaching philosophy : stages  (in French) N. 50h  6credits    x x

MandatoryB) Disciplinary courses and seminars (11credits)

MandatoryTeacher training in the discipline (7credits)
Mandatory LFILO2540

Didactics of philosophy   (in French) Nicolas Monseu 75h  7credits    x x

MandatoryAnalysing teaching practices and their context (4credits)
Mandatory LFILO2520

Training in communication of scientific knowledge and mastery of oral and written expression(philosophy)   (in French) Olivier Depré 15h + 15h  4credits  2q  x x

MandatoryC) Cross-disciplinary courses and seminars (13credits)
Mandatory LAGRE2020

To understand the adolescent in school situation, to manage the interpersonal relationship and to animate the class group  (in French) Anne Chevalier, Ann d'Alcantara, Bernard Demuysere, Christian Lannoye, Pierre Meurens, Pascale Steyns, Philippe van Meerbeeck, Marie-Cécile Wagner (coord.) 22.5h + 22.5h  4credits    x x
Mandatory LAGRE2120

The school institution and its context  (in French) Dominique Grootaers, Christian Lannoye (coord.), Caroline Letor 22.5h + 25h  4credits    x x
Mandatory LAGRE2220

General didactics and education to interdisciplinarity  (in French) Ghislain Carlier, Marie-Laurence De Keersmaecker, Myriam De Kesel (coord.), Jean-Louis Dufays, Philippe Parmentier, Marc Romainville, Bernadette Wiame 22.5h + 15h  3credits    x x
Mandatory LAGRE2400

See specifications in french  (in French) Michel Dupuis, Anne Ghysselinckx (coord.) 20h  2credits    x x
 


Professional Focus [30.0]
This focus is reserved exclusively for students who have been allowed to enrol on the German and French Philosophy in the European Context Master’s degree course (Europhilosophie), in the context of the Erasmus Mundus programme in which the School of Philosophy is a partner.

Further details about the programme for this focus are available on the official Europhilosophie website.

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Optional courses [15.0]
The optional courses help the student gain more in-depth knowledge of philosophy, acquire knowledge of disciplines connected to his specialisation, acquire teaching skills to help in teaching philosophy or, for students who are not bachelors in philosophy, to complete their basic training in philosophy. 
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Students must choose at least 15 credits from :

OptionalPractical philosophy
Optional LDROP2153

Philosophy of law  Jacques Lenoble 30h  5credits  2q  x x
Optional LESPO1321

Economic, Political and Social Ethics  (in French) Philippe Van Parijs (coord.) 20h + 10h  3credits  1q  x x
Optional LTHEO2311

Ethics of life  Dominique Jacquemin 30h  4credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LECON2061

Philosophy and epistemology of the economics  Christian Arnsperger 30h  5credits    x x
Optional LSOC2045

Sociology of Economic Practices  Christian Arnsperger, Thomas Périlleux 30h  5credits  1q  x x
Optional LECON2340

Economy and society  Christian Arnsperger, Isabelle Ferreras 30h  5credits    x x
Optional LFOPM2000

Ethique de l'éducation et de la formation  (in French) Michel Dupuis, Hervé Pourtois 30h  4credits    x x

OptionalArt and Aesthetics
Optional LMUSI2871

Aesthetic and philosophy of music  Brigitte Van Wymeersch 15h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LHART2240

Visual Culture Studies and Art History  N. 15h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LHART2340

Special problems of modern art  Joël Roucloux 30h  5credits  1qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x

OptionalAnthropology, Culture and Societies
Optional LANTR2020

Symbolic systems anthropology : cosmology and environment  Olivier Servais 30h  5credits  1q  x x
Optional LANTR2100

Basics of anthropology  Pierre-Joseph Laurent 30h  5credits  1q  x x
Optional LANTR2110

The history and theories of anthropology  Robert Deliège 30h  5credits  2q  x x
Optional LSOC2020

Sociologie of Culture and Intercultural Dynamics  Marie Verhoeven 30h  5credits  2q  x x
Optional LSOC2065

Anthropology of politics and religion: power and beliefs  Pierre-Joseph Laurent 30h  5credits  1q  x x
Optional LANTR2040

Anthropology of mobility and sedentarisation  Alain Reyniers 30h  5credits  1q  x x
Optional LSOC2010

Regulation, Norms and Modernities  Jean De Munck 30h  5credits  2q  x x

OptionalAnthropology, Identity and Intersubjectivity
Optional LSOC2035

Sociology of Education and Training  Hugues Draelants (supplée Christian Maroy), Christian Maroy 30h  5credits  1q  x x
Optional LSEXM2165

Approches philosophique et éthique du couple, de la famille et de la sexualité  (in French) Nathalie Frogneux 60h  8credits    x x
Optional LSOC2005

Identity, Gender and Sexuality  Jacques Marquet 30h  5credits  2q  x x
Optional LFOPM2000

Ethique de l'éducation et de la formation  (in French) Michel Dupuis, Hervé Pourtois 30h  4credits    x x

OptionalMetaphysics
Optional LTHEO2621

History of theology in the Middel Ages. Specific questions  Jean-Michel Counet 30h  3credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LGLOR2534

Culture and Civilization of Islam and the Arab World II  Godefroid De Callatay 30h  5credits  Periodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LGLOR2942

Questions of Indian and Far Eastern Philosophy and Spirituality  N. 30h  5credits  Periodic courses not taught this academic year  x x
Optional LFLTR2150

History of Humanism   Agnès Guiderdoni (coord.), Aline Smeesters 22.5h  5credits  2qPeriodic courses taught this academic year  x x
Optional LPSY1402

Psychologie de la religion  Vassilis Saroglou 30h  5credits  1q  x x
Optional LFILO2300

Interpretation of Arabic Philosophical Texts   Cécile Bonmariage 30h  5credits  Periodic courses not taught this academic year  x x

OptionalPhilosophy of Science
Optional LFUND2201

Philosophy of mathematics  N. 15h  2credits    x x
Optional LFUND2202

Philosophie des sciences de la matière   N. 15h  2credits    x x
Optional LSC2002

Elements of mathematics and physics history  (in French) Patricia De Grave 30h  4credits  1q  x x
Optional LSC2220

Philosophy of science  (in French) Michel Ghins 30h  2credits  2q  x x

OptionalDidactics of philosophy
Optional LAGRE2310

Micro-teaching exercises  (in French) Marie-Cécile Wagner 15h  2credits    x x
Optional LAGRE2221

Learning and teaching with new technologies  (in French) Marcel Lebrun 15h + 15h  2credits    x x