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filo1ba  2017-2018  Louvain-la-Neuve

 
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Mandatory Major (150 credits)
Mandatory General training (17 credits)

General training courses in the first semester of the first year of the Bachelor¿s programme are common to all students in the Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters. This makes it easier to change to another programme in the Faculty at the end of this semester.  

Mandatory LFIAL1130 Comparative Approach of European Literatures   Amaury Dehoux
, Paul Deproost
, Guido Latre
, Hubert Roland
30h  4 credits 1q x    
Mandatory LFIAL1140 Concepts of history of art, archaeology and musicology   Marco Cavalieri
, Joël Roucloux
, Brigitte Van Wymeersch
30h  4 credits 1q x    
Mandatory LFIAL1150 Historical Foundations of Western Civilisation I : Antiquity and Middle Ages   Paul Bertrand
, Françoise Van Haeperen
30h  3 credits 1q x    
Mandatory LFIAL1430A Historical criticism   Laurence Van Ypersele
30h  3 credits 2q x    
Mandatory LFIAL1160 Historical Foundations of Western Civilisation I : modern times and the contemporary period   Paul Servais
, Laurence Van Ypersele
30h  3 credits 1q   x  
Mandatory Philosophical subjects (66 credits)
Mandatory LFILO1111 Practicals 1   Danielle Lories
5h+45h  7 credits 1q x    
Mandatory LFILO1112 Practicals 2   Danielle Lories
5h+37.5h  6 credits 2q x    
Mandatory LFILO1113 Historical introduction to Philosophy   Jean Leclercq
45h  4 credits 1q x    
Mandatory LFILO1120 Metaphysics 1   Olivier Depré
30h  3 credits 1q x    
Mandatory LFILO1130 Elements of Analysis of the Language   Peter Verdée
30h  3 credits 2q x    
Mandatory LFILO1140 Practical philosophy 1 : Moral Philosophy   Olivier Depré
45h  4 credits 2q x    
Mandatory LFILO1160 Main concepts and trends in Philosophy   Mark Hunyadi
30h  3 credits 1q x    
Mandatory LFILO1170 Philosophical anthropology   Michel Dupuis
, Nathalie Frogneux
45h  4 credits 2q x    
Mandatory LFILO1190 General epistemology   Alexandre Guay
30h  3 credits 2q x    
Mandatory LFILO1210 Philosophy of Nature   Alexandre Guay
, Johannes Martens (compensates Alexandre Guay)
30h  3 credits 1q   x  
Mandatory LFILO1220 Introduction to philosophy of science   Bernard Feltz
, Hervé Pourtois
45h  4 credits 2q   x  
Mandatory LFILO1223 Practicals 3   Danielle Lories
2.5h+30h  3 credits 1q   x  
Mandatory LFILO1224 Practicals 4   Danielle Lories
2.5h+30h  3 credits 2q   x  
Mandatory LFILO1250 Logic   Peter Verdée
45h+15h  4 credits 2q   x  
Mandatory LFILO1260 Metaphysics 2   Jean-Michel Counet
30h  3 credits 2q   x  
Mandatory LCOPS1311 Social Philosophy   Mark Hunyadi
30h  3 credits 2q   x  
Mandatory LARKE1245 Notions of Aesthetics and Art Philosophy   Danielle Lories
22.5h  3 credits 2q   x  
Mandatory LDROI1503 Natural Law   Christophe Lazaro
30h  3 credits 1q   x  
Mandatory Introduction to an academic discipline or ancient languages (4 credits)

Students should choose one of the following courses on the condition that it fits in with their timetable : Only students who have taken four hours of Latin for the last four years of secondary education, or who have passed the entry test, may take LFIAL1181. LFIAL1180 is open to all.  

Optionnal LPHYS1000 Introduction to physics   Jean-Marc Gérard
30h+15h  4 credits 2q x    
Optionnal LECGE1121 Economic and Social History   Emmanuel Debruyne
30h  4 credits 1q x    
Optionnal LPSP1002 History of ideas and epistemology in psychology and education   Guy Lories
30h  4 credits 1q x    
Optionnal LPOLS1225 Social and cultural anthropology   Alain Reyniers
30h  4 credits 1q x    
Optionnal LDROI1221 Introduction to Sociology   Grégoire Lits (compensates Benoît Rihoux)
, Grégoire Lits (compensates Eric Mangez)
, Eric Mangez
, Benoît Rihoux
45h  4 credits 1q x    
Optionnal LFIAL1180 Begining Latin   Alain Meurant
30h+30h  5 credits 1q x    
Optionnal LFIAL1181 Latin language and literature I   Eric Delaissé (compensates Paul Deproost)
, Paul Deproost
30h+15h  5 credits 1q x    
Optionnal LFIAL1770 Beginning Greek   Claude Obsomer
30h+30h  5 credits 1q x    
Mandatory History of philosophy courses (18 credits)

These courses are two-yearly. Student must choose 3 courses in the second year and 3 in the third.  

Mandatory LFILO1280 History of philosophy 1 : History of ancient philosophy   Jean-Michel Counet
30h  3 credits 1q   x x
Mandatory LFILO1281 History of philosophy 2: History of medieval Philosophy   Jean-Michel Counet
30h  3 credits 1q   x x
Mandatory LFILO1282 History of philosophy 3: History of arabic Philosophy   Cécile Bonmariage
30h  3 credits 1q   x x
Mandatory LFILO1283 History of philosophy 4 : History of modern philosophy   Marc Maesschalck
30h  3 credits 1q   x x
Mandatory LFILO1284 History of Philosophy V: Contemporary philosophy (first part)   Alexandre Guay
30h  3 credits 1q   x x
Mandatory LFILO1285 History of Philosophy VI: Contemporary philosophy (second part)   Sylvain Camilleri
30h  3 credits 1q   x x
Mandatory Philosophical texts (18 credits)
Mandatory LFILO1315 Seminar on philosophical texts by ancient authors   Pierre Destrée
30h  3 credits 2q     x
Mandatory LFILO1325 Seminar on philosophical texts by medieval authors   Jean-Michel Counet
30h  3 credits 2q     x
Mandatory LFILO1335 Seminar on philosophical texts by modern authors   Olivier Depré
, Marc Maesschalck
30h  3 credits 2q     x
Mandatory LFILO1345 Seminars on phenomenological texts   Sylvain Camilleri
30h  3 credits 2q     x
Mandatory LFILO1355 Seminar on analytical philosophy texts   Alexandre Guay
, Quentin Ruyant (compensates Alexandre Guay)
30h  3 credits 2q     x
Mandatory LFILO1360 Philosophy and intercultural dialogue   Michel Dupuis
30h  3 credits 1q     x
Mandatory Religious Sciences (2 credits)

Student must choose one course from :  

Optionnal LTECO1210 Questions of Religious Sciences: Biblical Readings   Claude Lichtert (compensates Geert Van Oyen)
, Geert Van Oyen
15h  2 credits 1q     x
Optionnal LTECO1220 Questions of Religious Sciences: Reflections about Christian Faith   Jean Leclercq
15h  2 credits 1q     x
Optionnal LTECO1230 Questions of Religious Sciences: Questions about Ethics   Serge Maucq
15h  2 credits 2q     x
Mandatory Modern language (13 credits)

The same language must be chosen for the three years. Students must choose one course from :  

Optionnal LALLE1710 German language   Caroline Klein
30h+30h  5 credits 1q x    
Optionnal LALLE1810 German - General Topic Reading Comprehension   Ann Rinder
50h  4 credits 1 + 2q   x  
Optionnal LALLE2410 German: interactive communication   Ann Rinder
30h  4 credits 1 + 2q     x
Optionnal LANGL1811 English: Language & Culture   Estelle Dagneaux (coord.)
, Céline Gouverneur
, Claudine Grommersch
, Brigitte Loosen
45h  5 credits 1 + 2q x    
Optionnal LANGL1810 English for Arts Students. An intermediate course   Stéphanie Brabant
, Jean-Luc Delghust (coord.)
60h  4 credits 1 + 2q   x  
Optionnal LANGL2410 Interactive English Communication   Philippe Denis
30h  4 credits 1 + 2q     x
Optionnal LNEER1730 Dutch language   Hilde Bosmans (coord.)
, Katrien De Rycke
60h  5 credits 1q x    
Optionnal LNEER1250 Dutch language and culture   Katrien De Rycke (coord.)
60h  5 credits 1 + 2q x    
Optionnal LNEER1810 Intermediate Dutch for Social Science   Hilde Bufkens (coord.)
60h  4 credits 1 + 2q   x  
Optionnal LNEER2414 Dutch communication skills for students in Archaeology and History of Art and History   Mariken Smit (coord.)
30h  4 credits 1q     x
Mandatory Final assignment (12 credits)
Mandatory LFILO1300 Work of end of first cycle     12 credits 1 + 2q     x
 
Mandatory Minor (30 credits)

Students must choose a minor from the University Faculty programmes, subject to possible prerequisites required by the programme managers. Students spread these courses so that each academic year comes to a total of 60 credits.  

Mandatory First part of the minor     15 credits   x  
Mandatory Second part of the minor     15 credits     x