Supplementary classes

To access  this Master, students must have a good command of certain subjects. If this is not the case, students must take supplementary classes chosen by the faculty to satisfy course prerequisites.


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.

The preparatory module of the Master [60] in Modern Languages and Literatures : General has a double objective: on the one hand, it aims to provide students with knowledge relating to the philological approach, as well as to literary and linguistic analysis (in connection with the languages chosen by the student); on the other hand, it offers an initiation to the specificity of academic discourse and methodology. The acquisition of this knowledge and know-how will enable students to follow the Master's courses with success. This is why students concerned by this complementary module will, as far as possible, follow the courses of this module from the first year of the Master. Students will have the possibility to call upon the faculty's pedagogical advisors to help them in the acquisition of these courses from different undergraduate programmes.

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).


Optional Languages
Optional German
DE q1  22.5h  5 credits      
Hubert Roland


DE q2  22.5h  5 credits      
Ferran Suner Munoz


DE q2  22.5h+5h  5 credits      
Joachim Sabel


DE q1  22.5h+5h  5 credits      
Joachim Sabel


DE q1  30h+7.5h  5 credits      
Antje Büssgen


DE q2  30h+7.5h  5 credits      
Antje Büssgen


Optional LGERM1501  German IV
DE q1+q2  30h+30h  5 credits      
Julie Crombois (compensates Ferran Suner Munoz)
, Ferran Suner Munoz


Optional English
EN q1  22.5h  5 credits      
Ben De Bruyn


EN q2  22.5h  5 credits      
Véronique Bragard


EN q1  22.5h+5h  5 credits      
Gaëtanelle Gilquin


EN q2  22.5h+5h  5 credits      
Gaëtanelle Gilquin


EN q2  30h+4h  5 credits      
Ben De Bruyn


EN q2  30h+4h  5 credits      
Véronique Bragard


EN q1+q2  30h+30h  5 credits      
Maïté Dupont (compensates Gaëtanelle Gilquin)
, Gaëtanelle Gilquin


Optional Dutch
NL q1  30h  5 credits      
Elies Smeyers


NL q2  30h  5 credits      
Elies Smeyers


NL q2  22.5h+5h  5 credits      
Philippe Hiligsmann
, Kristel Van Goethem


NL q2  22.5h+5h  5 credits      
Elisabeth Degand


NL q1  30h+7.5h  5 credits      
Stéphanie Vanasten


NL q2  30h+7.5h  5 credits      
Stéphanie Vanasten


NL q1+q2  30h+30h  5 credits      
Philippe Hiligsmann


Optional French
FR q2  60h  5 credits      
Agnès Guiderdoni
, Tania Van Hemelryck (coord.)


FR q2  60h  5 credits      
Alice Richir


FR q1  30h+10h  5 credits      
Amaury Dehoux


FR q1  30h+7.5h  5 credits      
Pierre Piret


FR q1  30h+15h  5 credits      
Anne-Catherine Simon


FR q2  45h+7.5h  5 credits      
Philippe Hambye


FR q1  45h  5 credits      
Anne Dister (compensates Cédrick Fairon)
, Charlotte Kouklia (compensates Anne-Catherine Simon)


FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Pierre Piret


Optional Spanish
ES q1  30h+15h  5 credits      
Marta Sábado Novau


ES q2  30h+15h  5 credits      
Barbara De Cock


ES q2  30h+15h  5 credits      
Geneviève Fabry


ES q1  30h+15h  5 credits      
Barbara De Cock


ES q1  30h  5 credits      
Geneviève Fabry


ES q1  30h  5 credits      
Barbara De Cock


Optional Italian
IT q1  22.5h+15h  5 credits      
Costantino Maeder (compensates Mattia Cavagna)


IT q2  22.5h+15h  5 credits      
Mattia Cavagna (coord.)
, Costantino Maeder
, Costantino Maeder (compensates Mattia Cavagna)


IT q2  15h+45h  5 credits      
Costantino Maeder


IT q1  15h  5 credits      
Mattia Cavagna


IT q1  22.5h+15h  5 credits      
Costantino Maeder


IT q2  22.5h+15h  5 credits      
Costantino Maeder


Optional General courses
Optional LFIAL1550  Theory of Literature
FR q1  30h+7.5h  5 credits      
Jean-Louis Dufays


FR q1  30h  5 credits       > English-friendly  
Elisabeth Degand


FR q2  45h+10h  5 credits      
Jean Leclercq
, Laurence Van Ypersele


Optional LLMOD1399  Final assignment
FR q1+q2    5 credits