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Minor in Philosophy [30.0]

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To provide students with an introduction to philosophy and the subject's basic disciplines.
Admission

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The activities of the minor in philosophy are accessible without entry requirements to all baccalaureate students in other disciplines to that of philosophy as a additional subject to the student's major. The minor will then be an integral part of the student's baccalaureate program of 180 credits and will be taken during the 2nd and 3rd years of the baccalaureate at the rate of 15 credits per year.


Detailed course structure
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Year
12

Students must choose 15 credits in the second year of the bachelor programme and 15 credits in the third year of the bachelor programme.
Mandatory LARKE1238

Notions of Aesthetics and Art Philosophy Danielle Lories22.5h 3credits 2q xx
Mandatory LCOPS1311

Social Philosophy Mark Hunyadi30h 3credits 2q xx
Mandatory LFILO1120

Metaphysics 1 Olivier Depré30h 3credits 1q xx
Mandatory LFILO1140

Practical philosophy 1 : Moral Philosophy  Olivier Depré45h 4credits 2q xx
Mandatory LFILO1170

Philosophical anthropology  Michel Dupuis, Nathalie Frogneux45h 4credits 2q xx
Mandatory LFILO1190

General epistemology  Mark Hunyadi30h 3credits 2q xx
Mandatory LFILO1210

Philosophy of Nature Michel Ghins30h 3credits 1q xx
Mandatory LFILO1220

Introduction to philosophy of science Bernard Feltz, Hervé Pourtois45h 4credits 2q xx

MandatoryAn optional course
L'étudiant choisit en 3e année de bachelier un des deux cours suivants :
Optional LFILO1223

Philosophy tutorials 3 Danielle Lories2.5h + 30h 3credits 1q  x
Optional LFILO1260

Metaphysics 2  Gilbert Gérard30h 3credits 2q  x
 


Training accessible at the end of the minor

All Bachelor ⇒
 Master [60] in Philosophy [60.0]   Direct access : With 15 credits prerequisites integrated into the masters programme
  ⇒ Master [120] in Philosophy [120.0]   Direct access : With 15 credits prerequisites integrated into the masters programme
  ⇒ Master [120] in Ethics [120.0]   Direct access : With 15 credits prerequisites integrated into the masters programmer

 



Useful contacts


Practical informations
Academic in charge: Olivier DEPRE
Contact person : Marie-France DELCOURT, secrétaire administrative de l'Ecole de philosophie, Collège Mercier, bureau b 107, , tel. : 010/47.46.14. 

Enrolling on the minor

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

2. Enrolling on the minor
http://www.uclouvain.be/2012-Loptionbac.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.

 

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 
No prerequisite.  

2. Signing up 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 enrollment form has been completed, the student is required to ask for a visa from the person in charge of the minor before sending it to the secretariat of his/her faculty. 

 

Available support

Information on the course service
A certain number of lectures will, over time, be available on the Web and should ideally be accompanied by exercises that will make self-study possible.  
Please ask permanent members of course staff for more 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.