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Core courses [75.0]
Dissertation and dissertation seminar
(30 credits)
Dissertation for students doing the research focus or the teaching focus
(30 credits)
FR
5
credits
FR
q1+q2
25
credits
Dissertation for the not european students enrolled at the professional focus in the second annual block of the master programme
(25 credits)
FR
q1+q2
20
credits
FR
5
credits
Shared subjects
(45 credits)
Research focus and teaching focus students choose 45 credits. The course which incorporates the Chaire Mercier must be chosen by students. Professional focus students choose 30 credits among the authorised courses if they stay one semester at UCLouvain or 35 credits if the student stays one year at UCLouvain.
Methaphysic and History of Philosophy
10 to 15 credits from :
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Mylene Botbol
> Sylvain Camilleri
Mylene Botbol, Sylvain Camilleri
Philosophical Anthropology
10 to 15 credits from :
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Jules Kede (compensates Nathalie Frogneux)
Jules Kede (compensates Nathalie Frogneux)
Practical Philosophy
10 to 15 credits from :
FR
q2
15h+15h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Michel Crucifix (compensates René Rezsohazy)
> Hervé Jeanmart
> Charles Pence
Michel Crucifix (compensates René Rezsohazy), Hervé Jeanmart, Charles Pence
Philosophy of Sciences and Epistemology
10 to 15 credits from :
LFILO2230
Advanced Studies in Philosophy of Nature
Chaire Mercier. Obligatoire pour les étudiants en premier bloc annuel.
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List of focuses
Students must choose one of the following focuses :
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Research Focus [30.0]
The research focus offers training in research with seminars and specialised courses in the context of a particular subject area chosen by the student. The courses in this focus should be spread over the 2 blocks of the Master’s degree.
Students should choose a subject area (30 credits) from the following list:
- "Basic trends" which offers general training in philosophy research.
- "Aesthetics and philosophy" of art which offers specific training in research in this area in the context of interdisciplinary collaboration, particularly with the History of Art and Musicology programmes.
- "Science, technology, society" which offers specific training in research in this area in the context of the European interuniversity programme "European Studies of Society, Science and Technology", organised by the ESST network. Students who choose this subject area may spend one term of the Master’s programme at a university in the ESST network with which UCLouvain has entered into a specific exchange programme, such as the University of Strasbourg, Maastricht University or the University of Oslo. For furteco information, visit the website of the ESST network or contact the International Coordinator at the School of Philosophy, Professor Peter Verdée, or UCLouvain’s ESST programme coordinator, Professor Alexandre Guay.
- "Philosophy of science" which offers specific training in research in this area in the context of an interuniversity programme which links UCLouvain, ULB (Université libre de Bruxelles) and ULiège (Université de Liège).
Content:
A special subject :
(30 credits)
A) Basic principles
(30 credits)
Seminars
(25 credits)
Students must choose 5 seminars from :
FR
q1
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Jean-Michel Counet (coord.)
> Jean Leclercq
Jean-Michel Counet (coord.), Jean Leclercq
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Axel Gosseries
> Walter Lesch (coord.)
Axel Gosseries, Walter Lesch (coord.)
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Alexandre Guay (coord.)
> Charles Pence
> Charles Pence (compensates Alexandre Guay)
> Peter Verdée
> Peter Verdée (compensates Alexandre Guay)
Alexandre Guay (coord.), Charles Pence, Charles Pence (compensates Alexandre Guay), Peter Verdée, Peter Verdée (compensates Alexandre Guay)
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Tom Dedeurwaerdere
> Marc Maesschalck
Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Marc Maesschalck
Shared subjects
(5 credits)
Students must choose 5 credits from the activities if they have not yet included in the core subjects.
B) Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
(30 credits)
Advanced seminars and courses
(15 credits)
One of the two following courses :
(5 credits)
Optional courses
Students must choose 15 credits from the following courses :
FR
q2
22.5h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Ralph Dekoninck
> Anne Reverseau
Ralph Dekoninck, Anne Reverseau
FR
45h
10
credits
C) Science, Society, Technology
(30 credits)
This subject may be taken within the ESST network - European Studies in Society, Science and Technology (one term at one of FIAL's partner universities in this network), or entirely at UCL.
ESST (European Studies in Society, Science and Technology) in collaboration with the Faculty's European partners in the ESST network
(30 credits)
Period spent at one of FIAL's partner universities in the ESST network
(30 credits)
UCL
(30 credits)
Optional courses
(25 credits)
Certain masters-level courses which are offered by oteco members of the Louvain Academy may also be taken if the faculty agrees.
EN
q1
22.5h+22.5h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Hugues Goosse
> Jean-Pascal van Ypersele de Strihou
Hugues Goosse, Jean-Pascal van Ypersele de Strihou
FR
q1
22.5h+7.5h
3
credits
EN
q1
15h
2
credits
D) Philosophy of Science
(30 credits)
Seminars
(15 credits)
Students must choose three seminars in at least two different universities.
UCL
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Alexandre Guay (coord.)
> Charles Pence
> Charles Pence (compensates Alexandre Guay)
> Peter Verdée
> Peter Verdée (compensates Alexandre Guay)
Alexandre Guay (coord.), Charles Pence, Charles Pence (compensates Alexandre Guay), Peter Verdée, Peter Verdée (compensates Alexandre Guay)
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Tom Dedeurwaerdere
> Marc Maesschalck
Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Marc Maesschalck
ULB
FR
q1
12h+24h
5
credits
FR
q2
24h+12h
5
credits
ULG
FR
30h
5
credits
FR
30h
5
credits
Optional courses
(15 credits)
FR
5
credits
FR
q1
24h
5
credits
FR
q1
30h
5
credits
FR
q1
24h
5
credits
FR
q1
24h+12h
5
credits
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
FR
30h
5
credits
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Teaching Focus [30.0]
IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with article 138 para. 4 of the decree of 7 November 2013 concerning higher education and the academic organisation of studies, teaching practice placements will not be assessed in the September session. Students are required to make every effort to successfully complete the teaching practice in the June session, subject to having to retake the year.
The teaching focus is concerned with preparation for teaching at the higher levels of secondary education. The programme is designed to develop the following skills:
- design, planning and assessment of practice;
- ability to assess practices and their context;
- understanding of the educational institution, its setting and players.
Three kinds of activities are involved:
- teaching practice at the higher levels of secondary education (50 hours);
- seminars;
- lectures.
They are divided into two categories:
- teaching practice, multidisciplinary courses and seminars, common to all subjects. They have the code LAGRE (13 credits);
- subject-based teaching practice, courses and seminars (17 credits).
The teaching focus of the 120-credit Master's degree includes training leading to a qualification for teaching in secondary education (Agrégation de l'enseignement secondaire supérieur - AESS) (300 hours - 30 credits), pursuant to the Decrees of 8 February 2001 and of 17 December 2003 (concerning the basis for neutrality) relating to the initial training of upper secondary school teachers in the French Community of Belgium.
These 30 credits also make up the AESS programme in Performing Arts, which can be taken after a 60- or 120-credit Master's degree.
In practical terms, successful completion of the Master's degree with a teaching focus also leads to the award of professional status as a qualified secondary school teacher. Assessment of the skills in the AESS programme is spread over the two blocks of the Master's degree. However, graduates with the full qualification (titre requis), at present the AESS or a Master's in Performing Arts with a teaching focus, may currently teach History of Literature and History of the Theatre at arts academies.
Content:
A) Placements in an educational environment
(6 credits)
B) Disciplinary courses and seminars
(11 credits)
Teacher training in the discipline
(8 credits)
LFILO2540
Didactique de la philosophie et du cours de philosophie et citoyenneté
LFILO2540 will not be assessed in the September session
FR
q1+q2
45h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Jean-Michel Counet
> Olivier Depré (coord.)
> Danielle Lories
Jean-Michel Counet, Olivier Depré (coord.), Danielle Lories
Analysing teaching practices and their context
(3 credits)
C) Cross-disciplinary courses and seminars
(13 credits)
To understand the adolescent in school situation, to manage the interpersonal relationship and to animate the class group
L'étudiant choisit une des deux activités suivantes. Le cours et le séminaire doivent être suivis durant le même quadrimestre.
FR
q1
22.5h+22.5h
4
credits
Teacher(s):
> Baptiste Barbot
> Véronique Leroy
> Nathalie Roland
Baptiste Barbot, Véronique Leroy, Nathalie Roland
FR
q2
22.5h+22.5h
4
credits
Teacher(s):
> Baptiste Barbot
> Véronique Leroy
> Nathalie Roland
Baptiste Barbot, Véronique Leroy, Nathalie Roland
The school institution and its context
L'étudiant choisit une des deux activités suivantes. Le cours et le séminaire doivent être suivis durant le même quadrimestre.
FR
q1
22.5h+25h
4
credits
Teacher(s):
> Samir Barbana (compensates Vincent Dupriez)
> Branka Cattonar
Samir Barbana (compensates Vincent Dupriez), Branka Cattonar
FR
q2
22.5h+25h
4
credits
Teacher(s):
> Samir Barbana (compensates Vincent Dupriez)
> Branka Cattonar
Samir Barbana (compensates Vincent Dupriez), Branka Cattonar
LAGRE2220
General didactics and education to interdisciplinarity
L'étudiant choisit soit LAGRE2220A (1+2q) soit l'AGRE2220S (2q).
FR
q1 or q2
37.5h
3
credits
Teacher(s):
> Stéphane Colognesi
> Myriam De Kesel
> Jean-Louis Dufays
> Anne Ghysselinckx
> Véronique Lemaire
> Olivier Maes
> Jim Plumat
> Benoît Vercruysse
Stéphane Colognesi, Myriam De Kesel, Jean-Louis Dufays, Anne Ghysselinckx, Véronique Lemaire, Olivier Maes, Jim Plumat, Benoît Vercruysse
FR
q2
20h
2
credits
Teacher(s):
> Hervé Pourtois (coord.)
> Pierre-Etienne Vandamme
Hervé Pourtois (coord.), Pierre-Etienne Vandamme
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Professional Focus : German and French Philosophy : Contemporary Issues [30.0]
This focus is reserved exclusively for students who are entitled to enrol on the "Master’s degree German and French Philosophy: Contemporary Issues", within the Erasmus Mundus programme, of which the Philosophy School is a partner.
The detailed programme (30 credits) is created from the information available on the Europhilosophie website.
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Options
Regardless of the focus chosen, students must complete their programme with 15 credits.
Students may take the option in cultures et éthique du numérique (15 credits) or or take optional courses worth 15 credits.
Note: If certain optional courses offered in options or taken as optional courses are also available in the core curriculum or in a professional focus, they must not comprise more than 6 credits.
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Optional courses [15.0]
Students must choose at least 15 credits from :
Content:
Practical philosophy
FR
q1
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Julien Charles (compensates Emeline De Bouver)
> Thomas Périlleux
Julien Charles (compensates Emeline De Bouver), Thomas Périlleux
FR
q1
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Isabelle Ferreras
> Géraldine Thiry
Isabelle Ferreras, Géraldine Thiry
EN
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Luuk van Middelaar
> Philippe Van Parijs
Luuk van Middelaar, Philippe Van Parijs
Art and Aesthetics
Anthropology, Culture and Societies
FR
q1
20h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Pascale Jamoulle (compensates Olivier Servais)
> Olivier Servais
Pascale Jamoulle (compensates Olivier Servais), Olivier Servais
Anthropology, Identity and Intersubjectivity
Metaphysics
FR
q2
22.5h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Agnès Guiderdoni
> Aline Smeesters
Agnès Guiderdoni, Aline Smeesters
Philosophy of Science
FR
q1
15h
2
credits
FR
q1
15h
2
credits
EN
q2
30h
2
credits
Teacher(s):
> Pieter Thyssen (compensates Alexandre Guay)
Pieter Thyssen (compensates Alexandre Guay)
Didactics of philosophy
FR
q1
15h
2
credits
Teacher(s):
> Pascalia Papadimitriou
Dominique Vandercammen
Pascalia Papadimitriou, Dominique Vandercammen
Gender Studies
Module 1 : Couples, familles, sexualités
Les études de genre, à travers le regard de plusieurs disciplines, interrogent les conceptions à propos du couple, de la famille et de la sexualité. L'apport des études de genre permet souvent de réfléchir les multiples formes que peuvent prendre ces différentes sphères, mais aussi d'interroger et de déconstruire les approches conventionnelles et par trop monolithiques d'appréhender le(s) couple(s), la(les) famille(s), la(les) sexualité(s).
Module 2 : Cultures et représentations
Par le biais de différentes disciplines et en particulier l'histoire, la littérature, les média et la communication, l'anthropologie, la sociologie, la théologie, la philosophie, etc.). Les études de genre renvoient immanquablement a toute la question culturelle. Les cours repris dans cette option permettent d'explorer sous un regard neuf, les conceptions en matière de genre et plus spécifiquement les représentations et les discours associés à ce dernier.
FR
q1
22.5h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
Laurent Robert
Laurent Robert
FR
q1
30h
4
credits
Teacher(s):
> Justine Manuel (compensates Walter Lesch)
Justine Manuel (compensates Walter Lesch)
Module 3 : Analyse des discriminations et promotion de l'égalité
Les études de genre permettent de révéler et comprendre les inégalités liées à la question du genre (discrimination, ségrégation, domination, etc.). Les cours de cette option présentent les cadres et concepts d'identification et d'analyse des inégalités, ainsi que les stratégies de lutte contre les discriminations et de promotion de l'égalité.
FR
q1
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Charlotte Luyckx (compensates Emmanuelle Piccoli)
> Jacinthe Mazzocchetti
Charlotte Luyckx (compensates Emmanuelle Piccoli), Jacinthe Mazzocchetti
FR
q2
45h
5
credits
Stéphanie Demoulin, Karl-Andrew Woltin, Vincent Yzerbyt
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Philippe Bocquier
> Ester Lucia Rizzi
Philippe Bocquier, Ester Lucia Rizzi
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Isabelle Roskam
> Isabelle Roskam (compensates Annalisa Casini)
> Vincent Yzerbyt
> Vincent Yzerbyt (compensates Annalisa Casini)
Isabelle Roskam, Isabelle Roskam (compensates Annalisa Casini), Vincent Yzerbyt, Vincent Yzerbyt (compensates Annalisa Casini)
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Option in Digital Culture and Ethics [15.0]
The digital has transformed our lives and culture to the extent to which everything takes place nowadays in “digital space,” as our own space, time, and existence are all deeply digitalized. In the “culture of connectivity,” the digital is ubiquitous, we are, one way or anoteco, always online, while technology is no longer just ‘at hand’, but already intimately infiltrating and fusing with our thoughts, our sensations, and even our bodies.
The Digital Culture and Ethics Option offers courses focusing on such profound changes brought about by the digital in all walks of life and academic disciplines alike. It invites the students to reflect critically and creatively on the resulting large-scale evolutions and equips them with the right skills and tools for approaching their subject matters from cutting-edge and presently much needed, genuinely effective and encompassing perspectives.
The topics and practical applications taught in this option also open up the scope of our specialized fields to wider cross-disciplinary viewpoints, thus making us ready to be professionally versatile and successful in a deeply transformed digital world.
Content:
One course from the list below :
(5 credits)
FR
q2
15h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Chris Tanasescu (compensates Paul Bertrand)
Chris Tanasescu (compensates Paul Bertrand)
LHIST2600
Digital Practices in History Professions
This course is only open to students with a Master's degree in history or who have taken the minor in history
FR
q2
15h
5
credits
EN
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Enguerrand Marique (compensates Christophe Lazaro)
> Alain Strowel (compensates Christophe Lazaro)
Enguerrand Marique (compensates Christophe Lazaro), Alain Strowel (compensates Christophe Lazaro)
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
Lionel Detry (compensates Laura Merla)
Lionel Detry (compensates Laura Merla)
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Preparatory Module
(only for students who qualify for the course via complementary coursework)
To access this Master, students must have a good command of certain subjects. If this is not the case, they must add supplementary classes at the beginning of their Master’s programme in order to obtain the prerequisites for these studies.
What is a preparatory module?
It is a set of supplementary classes (courses, practical works, seminars, etc.) from the first cycle (see the non-exhaustive list below). The complementary module (maximum 60 credits) is tailor-made by the jury according to the student's educational background and added to the Master’s programme in order to acquire fundamental knowledge to then pursue the 120 credits of the Master’s programme.
Who is it for?
- Students from a non-university higher education institution
- Candidates admitted with additional training
- Candidates admitted on the file with additional training
All the explanations are in this document (in French).
Philosophical subjects
FR
q1
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
Olivier Sartenaer (compensates Danielle Lories)
Olivier Sartenaer (compensates Danielle Lories)
History of philosophy courses
Introduction to academic writing
(10 credits)
FR
q1+q2
10
credits
