To ensure coherence of their studies, students must select their optional courses from those listed below. Note: Some optional courses are also available in the core curriculum or the LAMUSO professional focus, but the courses taken may not exceed 6 credits. No courses may be selected from the Natural Language Processing professional focus. The programme must be approved by the Examination Board Secretary.
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Comparative and contrastive linguistics
Introductory course to linguistic typology, comparative grammar and contrastive linguistics between at least two languages. |
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LGERM2719 | Contrastive linguistics | Elisabeth Degand | 15h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LGLOR2801 | Semitic Comparative Linguistics | Johannes den Heijer | 30h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LGLOR2802 | Indo-European Comparative Linguistics | Lambert Isebaert | 30h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LLING2021 | Taaltypologie en -universalia (KUL - F0VH8AN) | 26h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
LGERM2715 | German linguistics : Contrastive and typological analyses | Joachim Sabel | 15h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LROM2200 | History of the French language | Olivier Delsaux | 22.5h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
Discourse and society
Courses taken at the Communication School of the Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences, and courses in discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. |
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LCOMU2250 | Mediatic Narration | 30h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | ||
LCOMU2270 | COGNITIVE SEMIOLOGY | Pierre Fastrez | 30h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LCOMU2600 | Scientific popularisation | Philippe Verhaegen | 30h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LCOMU2605 | Analysis of televised series | Sarah Sepulchre , Marie Vanoost (compensates Sarah Sepulchre) | 30h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LROM2180 | Geolinguistic varieties of French | Philippe Hambye | 22.5h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LROM2463 | French for specific purposes | Emmanuelle Rassart | 22.5h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LGERM2821 | English Linguistics: Varieties of English | Gaëtanelle Gilquin | 15h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
Psychology and language
Introductory course to the cognitive processes involved in processing language, in particular oral language. These courses are taken at the Faculty of Psychology. |
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LLOGO1212 | Oral language acquisition | Morgane Simonis (compensates Arnaud Szmalec) , Arnaud Szmalec | 30h | 4 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LLOGO1311 | Developmental disorders of oral language and communication | Elise Brassart , Caroline Vander Stappen (compensates Jolijn Vanderauwera) , Jolijn Vanderauwera | 45h | 4 credits | 1q | x | x | |
Modern language linguistics
Courses in linguistics of five different languages: French, Dutch, English, German and Spanish. Level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages is required in order to take these courses. The courses are taught in the relevant language. Note: Students enrolled in the LAMUSO specialization may not accumulate credits for courses already taken as part of their curriculum. |
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French linguistics | ||||||||
LROM2200 | History of the French language | Olivier Delsaux | 22.5h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LROM2318 | Seminar on the research methodology of French as a first language | Jean-Louis Dufays | 15h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LCLIG2210 | Phonology and Prosody | Anne-Catherine Simon | 30h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
English linguistics | ||||||||
LGERM2725 | English Linguistics: Second Language Acquisition | Fanny Meunier , Magali Paquot | 30h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LGERM2821 | English Linguistics: Varieties of English | Gaëtanelle Gilquin | 15h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LLING2035 | English Linguistics: Grammar and Diachrony (KUL - F0VI3A) | 39h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
LLING2037 | English Linguistics : Selected Topics (KUL - F0VI5A) | 39h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
Dutch linguistics | ||||||||
LGERM2731 | Dutch linguistics : current trends | Kristel Van Goethem | 22.5h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LGERM2737 | Dutch linguistics: Discourse and cognition | Elisabeth Degand | 15h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LGERM2835 | Dutch linguistics: morphosyntactic, phonetic and lexical aspects of Dutch as a foreign language | Philippe Hiligsmann | 15h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LGERM2837 | Dutch linguistics: Syntactic, semantic and functional aspects of word order | Elisabeth Degand | 15h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LLING2038 | Nederlandse taalkunde : verandering en variatie (KUL - F0VJ1A) | 39h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
LLING2039 | Nederlandse taalkunde: syntaxis (KUL - F0VJ2A) | 39h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
German linguistics | ||||||||
LGERM2711 | German Linguistics: Syntax and Morphology of the German Verb | Joachim Sabel | 22.5h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LGERM2713 | German linguistics: specific syntactic and semantic aspects | Joachim Sabel | 30h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LGERM2715 | German linguistics : Contrastive and typological analyses | Joachim Sabel | 15h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LGERM2815 | German Linguistics: Linguistic Pragmatics | Joachim Sabel | 15h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LLING2040 | Duitse taalkunde : theorie en descriptie (KUL - F0VI1A) | 39h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
LLING2041 | Duitse taalkunde: verandering en variatie (KUL - F0VI2A) | 39h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
LLING2042 | Duitse taalkunde : capita selecta (KUL - F4FC3A) | 30h+15h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
Spanish linguistics | ||||||||
LROM2843 | Issues in Spanish Linguistics | Almudena Basanta Romero Valdespino (compensates Barbara De Cock) , Barbara De Cock | 30h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LROGE2110 | Lingüística española: lingüística de corpus (Université d'Anvers : 2015FLWTLS) | 30h | 6 credits | 1q | x | x | ||
LLING2043 | Spaanse taalkunde : topics in hedendaagse grammatica (KUL - F0VJ4A) | 39h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
LLING2044 | Spaanse taalkunde : topics in discoursanalyse (KUL - F0VJ5A) | 39h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
LLING2045 | Spaanse taalkunde : capita selecta (KUL - F4FC5A) | 30h+15h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
Computational linguistics and computer science
Courses in algorithmics, database design, programming, etc. Several courses may be taken at the University of Namur and at KU Leuven.These courses enable students pursuing the professional focus in Natural Language Processing to complete their programme by enhancing their training in computer science. |
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Prerequisite in computing
These courses are recommended for students who have not undergone equivalent training. |
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LINGE1322 | Computer science: Analysis and Design of Information Systems | Jean Vanderdonckt | 30h+15h | 5 credits | 2q | x | ||
LEPL1402 | Informatique 2 | Ramin Sadre , Pierre Schaus | 30h+30h | 5 credits | 1q | x | ||
LINFO1225 |
Conception orientée objet et gestion de données
Prérequis et préalables : LINFO1101, LINFO1103 et LEPL1402 |
Kim Mens | 30h+30h | 5 credits | 2q | x | ||
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LSTAT2350 | Data Mining | Tim Verdonck | 15h+15h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LCLIG2140 | Computational Linguistics Seminar | Cédrick Fairon | 30h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LLING2001 | Text based information retrieval (KUL - H02C8A) | 39.5h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
LLING2002 | Natural language Processing (KUL - H02B1A) | 32.5h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
LLING2003 | Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence (KUL - H02B6A) | 32.5h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
LLING2018 | Language Engineering Applications (B-KUL-H0T29A) | 34.5h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
LLING2019 | Foundations of Formal Theories of language (KUL - H02D4A) | 26h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
LLING2030 | Modélisation pour l'informatique (FUNDP - INFOB25) | 20h+10h | 3 credits | x | x | |||
LLING2031 | Introduction aux méthodes et concepts essentiels d'ingénierie linguistique (FUNDP - INFO2327) | 30h | 5 credits | x | x | |||
LLSMF2014 |
Data Analytics applied in Business (Names from L to Z)
Please get in touch with the lecturer in charge of the course at the beginning of the first semester |
Manuel Kolp , Marco Saerens | 30h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LINGI2263 | Computational Linguistics | Pierre Dupont , Cédrick Fairon | 30h+15h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LINFO1212 | Projet d'approfondissement en sciences informatiques | Siegfried Nijssen | 30h+30h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LINFO1311 | Interface homme-machine | Jean Vanderdonckt | 30h+15h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
Philosophy of language | ||||||||
LFILO2210 | Formalized logic A | Peter Verdée | 30h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LFILO2211 | Formalized logic B | Peter Verdée | 30h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
Linguistics applied to language teaching and learning | ||||||||
LGERM2725 | English Linguistics: Second Language Acquisition | Fanny Meunier , Magali Paquot | 30h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LGERM2735 | Nederlandse taalkunde: Content and language integrated Learning | Philippe Hiligsmann | 22.5h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LGERM2813 | German linguistics: cognitive theories of second language acquisition | Joachim Sabel | 30h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LGERM2835 | Dutch linguistics: morphosyntactic, phonetic and lexical aspects of Dutch as a foreign language | Philippe Hiligsmann | 15h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LGERM2911 | Seminar : German Teaching Methodology | Dany Etienne | 15h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LROM2610 | Analysis of linguistic phenomena and the teaching of French | Philippe Hambye | 22.5h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LROM2620 | Acquisition of a seond or foreign language: theory and applications | Silvia Lucchini | 22.5h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LROM2630 | Corrective and contrastive phonetics in French | Silvia Lucchini | 22.5h | 5 credits | 2q | x | x | |
LROM2650 | Training in the teaching of French as a mother tongue, second or foreign language | Silvia Lucchini | 15h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LROM2930 | Seminar : Study of teaching language methods | Silvia Lucchini | 15h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
Traductology | ||||||||
LTRAD2301 | Textual, discursive and cognitive approaches in translatology | 30h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | ||
LTRAD2302 | Corpus-based translation studies | Marie-Aude Lefer | 30h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
LTRAD2303 | Phraseology and translation | Jean-Pierre Colson | 30h | 5 credits | 1q | x | x | |
Other courses
To be chosen from the Faculty or University programmes, with the agreement of the Programme Committee Chair and the Examination Board Secretary. Students must check with the lecturer in charge that they may take the course(s) in question. |