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Core courses [75.0]
Dissertation
(30 credits)
FR
q1+q2
30
credits
Methodological approaches to research and communication in history
(10 credits)
FR
q1+q2
5
credits
Seminar
(10 credits)
The history seminar requires significant research in libraries and archives as well as a substantial piece of critical work, preparation for oral and written summary. Students who have not obtained their Bachelor's degree will choose their seminar in annual block 2.FR
q1
22.5h
10
credits
Teacher(s):
> Paul Bertrand
> Gilles Lecuppre
Paul Bertrand, Gilles Lecuppre
FR
q1
22.5h
10
credits
Teacher(s):
> Emmanuel Debruyne
> Laurence Van Ypersele
Emmanuel Debruyne, Laurence Van Ypersele
FR
q1
22.5h
10
credits
FR
q1
22.5h
10
credits
Teacher(s):
> Caroline Sappia (compensates Anne-Sophie Gijs)
Caroline Sappia (compensates Anne-Sophie Gijs)
Research techniques
(10 credits)
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
> English-friendly
Teacher(s):
> Pierre Charrey
> Louise Willocx
Pierre Charrey, Louise Willocx
FR
q2
30h+30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Patrick Meyfroidt
> Isabelle Thomas
Patrick Meyfroidt, Isabelle Thomas
Field of "Governing and Societies"
(15 credits)
Students must choose 3 courses of Governance and Societies (min. one course per annual block). They take one course related to period analysed in their Master's dissertation and at least one course related to another period.
FR
q1
22.5h
5
credits
NL
q2
22.5h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Vincent Dujardin
> Laurence Van Ypersele
Vincent Dujardin, Laurence Van Ypersele
NL
q2
22.5h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Vincent Dujardin
> Laurence Van Ypersele
Vincent Dujardin, Laurence Van Ypersele
Students may replace one course of the contemporary period (LHIST2364 or LHIST2374) by the following course:
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List of focuses
Students should choose one of the following focuses:
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Research Focus [30.0]
Content:
Compulsory internship (10 credits)
Optional courses
(20 credits)
FR
q2
22.5h
5
credits
LHIST2728
In-depth questions : Subalternities and postcolonial critiques applied to history
Students wishing to take the option in Subalternities and Postcolonial Critiques cannot choose this course in the focus.
FR
q1
15h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Anne-Sophie Gijs
> Costantino Paonessa
Anne-Sophie Gijs, Costantino Paonessa
Other courses (maximum 5 credits)
Courses must be chosen where possible among those not yet taken in the masters in History or from those of another masters at UCLouvain or another university with the agreement of the dissertation supervisor and the examination board secretary. Students should check with the lecturer in charge of their chosen course(s) that they have prior knowledge to follow those courses.. If certain courses are also available in the core subjects or in an option course in this masters, these courses may not exceed 5 credits. No courses may be taken from the teaching focus or the professional focuses.
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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 (60 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 the training which leads to the qualification for teaching in secondary education (Agrégation de l'enseignement secondaire supérieur – AESS) (300 hours - 30 credits), in accordance with the Decrees of 8 February 2001 and that of 17 December 2003 (concerning the basis of neutrality) relating to the initial training of teachers at the higher levels of secondary education in the French Community in Belgium.
These 30 credits also make up the AESS programme in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Classics which can be taken after a 60 credit or a 120 credit Master’s degree. In practical terms, successful completion of the Master’s degree with the teaching focus leads also to the award of professional status as a secondary education teacher. Assessment of the skills in the AESS programme is spread over the 2 blocks of the Master’s degree.
Students may if they wish combine this focus with an Erasmus or Mercator exchange which must take place either during the 2nd semester of the first bloc or the 1st semester of the second bloc. All courses for the teaching focus must, however, be taken at UCLouvain.
Content:
A) Placements in an educational environment
(6 credits)
LHIST9001
Teaching history : stages
Dans le master, les 50h de stages sont équitablement réparties sur les deux blocs annuels, mais elles sont validées dans le bloc annuel 2.
B) Disciplinary courses and seminars
(11 credits)
Teacher training in the discipline
(7 credits)
FR
q1+q2
45h+30h
7
credits
Teacher(s):
> Mathieu Bouhon
> Dzifanu Nelike K Tay (compensates Mathieu Bouhon)
Mathieu Bouhon, Dzifanu Nelike K Tay (compensates Mathieu Bouhon)
Theories and analysis of teaching practices in history
(4 credits)
FR
q1+q2
15h
4
credits
Teacher(s):
> Dzifanu Nelike K Tay (compensates Mathieu Bouhon)
Dzifanu Nelike K Tay (compensates Mathieu Bouhon)
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
q2
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):
> Vincent Dupriez
> Antoine Lecat (compensates Branka Cattonar)
Vincent Dupriez, Antoine Lecat (compensates Branka Cattonar)
FR
q2
22.5h+25h
4
credits
Teacher(s):
> Vincent Dupriez
> Antoine Lecat (compensates Branka Cattonar)
Vincent Dupriez, Antoine Lecat (compensates Branka Cattonar)
LAGRE2220
General didactics and education to interdisciplinarity
L'étudiant choisit soit LAGRE2220A (1+2q) soit l'AGRE2220S (2q).
FR
q1+q2
37.5h
3
credits
Teacher(s):
> Stéphane Colognesi
> Severine De Croix
> Myriam De Kesel
> Jean-Louis Dufays
> Anne Ghysselinckx
> Véronique Lemaire
> Benoît Vercruysse
Stéphane Colognesi, Severine De Croix, Myriam De Kesel, Jean-Louis Dufays, Anne Ghysselinckx, Véronique Lemaire, Benoît Vercruysse
FR
q2
20h
2
credits
Teacher(s):
> Mathias El Berhoumi (compensates Xavier Delgrange)
> Hervé Pourtois (coord.)
> Pierre-Etienne Vandamme
Mathias El Berhoumi (compensates Xavier Delgrange), Hervé Pourtois (coord.), Pierre-Etienne Vandamme
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Professional Focus : History and Archives [30.0]
Content:
FR
q1
15h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Aurore François
> Marie Van Eeckenrode
Aurore François, Marie Van Eeckenrode
FR
q1
15h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Aurore François
> Marie Van Eeckenrode
Aurore François, Marie Van Eeckenrode
FR
q2
15h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Aurore François
> Marie Van Eeckenrode
Aurore François, Marie Van Eeckenrode
FR
q2
15h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Aurore François
> Marie Van Eeckenrode
Aurore François, Marie Van Eeckenrode
LHIST9532
Student Work in Archivistics : Public Archives
It is strongly advised to do the first internship in public archives and then the internship in private archives
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Professional Focus : Communication of Historical Knowledge [30.0]
Content:
Compulsory placement
(10 credits)
One cursus from the following :
(5 credits)
FR
q1
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Joël Saucin (compensates Jerry Jacques)
Joël Saucin (compensates Jerry Jacques)
FR
q2
22.5h
5
credits
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Barbara Dupont (compensates Sarah Sepulchre)
Barbara Dupont (compensates Sarah Sepulchre)
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Options
Students choose an option or optional courses for 15 credits. With the agreement of the secretary of the jury, some courses of the KU Leuven and UNamur can also be chosen. In that case, students must ensure that they are in order at the university concerned (administrative registration for the chosen course).
Note: if some of the teaching units from the options and/or optional courses are also in the core subjects or in the research focus, the overlap may not exceed 6 credits with each of these programme sections. No overlap of courses is permitted for either the teaching focus or the professional focus. Teaching units taken in the core subjects or in the research focus may not be taken into account within the options.
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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 another, 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)
LHIST2600
Digital Practices in History Professions
Ce cours est accessible uniquement à l'étudiant en
master en histoire ou ayant suivi la mineure en histoire.
FR
q2
15h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Aurore François
> Geneviève Warland
Aurore François, Geneviève Warland
EN
q2
30h
5
credits
> French-friendly
Teacher(s):
> Maxime Lambrecht (compensates Axel Gosseries)
> Maxime Lambrecht (compensates Olivier Pereira)
Maxime Lambrecht (compensates Axel Gosseries), Maxime Lambrecht (compensates Olivier Pereira)
FR
q2
15h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Lionel Scheepmans (compensates Olivier Servais)
Lionel Scheepmans (compensates Olivier Servais)
FR
q2
20h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Julien Boelaert
> Christine Schnor
Julien Boelaert, Christine Schnor
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)
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Option in Subalternities and Postcolonial Critiques: History, World and Societies [15.0]
This option aims to deepen the study and practice of critical decentring in history. The aim is not only to mobilise epistemological frameworks from other social science disciplines, but also to train in the work of historians who question the past in an inclusive and decentred manner, and who interrogate systems of power and relations of domination and dependence (ethnic, economic, political, cultural, gender, religious, etc.).
Content:
FR
q1
15h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Anne-Sophie Gijs
> Costantino Paonessa
Anne-Sophie Gijs, Costantino Paonessa
Research Seminar
(10 credits)
LHIST2560
Séminaire d'histoire : Europe et mondes extra-européens
Students who have taken this teaching unit in the core courses must take 10 credits of optional courses.
FR
q1
22.5h
10
credits
Teacher(s):
> Caroline Sappia (compensates Anne-Sophie Gijs)
Caroline Sappia (compensates Anne-Sophie Gijs)
Optional Courses
(10 credits)
Two courses to be chosen from one of the following modules
Module 1: Global issues and decentralised approach
FR
q2
20h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Bénédicte Fontaine (compensates Jacinthe Mazzocchetti)
> Jacinthe Mazzocchetti
Bénédicte Fontaine (compensates Jacinthe Mazzocchetti), Jacinthe Mazzocchetti
LHIST2722
Contacts and exchanges : Seminar I (The Middle Ages)
Knowledge of Latin is essential for this course
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Geoffrey Pleyers
> Etienne Verhaegen
Geoffrey Pleyers, Etienne Verhaegen
FR
q1
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Jacinthe Mazzocchetti
> Jacinthe Mazzocchetti (compensates Emmanuelle Piccoli)
Jacinthe Mazzocchetti, Jacinthe Mazzocchetti (compensates Emmanuelle Piccoli)
Module 2: Analysis of non-European societies
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Mohamed El Battiui (compensates Vincent Legrand)
> Vincent Legrand
Mohamed El Battiui (compensates Vincent Legrand), Vincent Legrand
FR
q1
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Lionel Simon (compensates Frédéric Laugrand)
Lionel Simon (compensates Frédéric Laugrand)
LROM2842
Problems in the History of Spanish Literature: from the Spanish Baroque to the Hispano-American Neo-Baroque
Prerequisite: good written and spoken knowledge of Spanish (level B2)
Module 3: Philosophical, religious and cultural issues
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Optional Courses [15.0]
Content:
Teaching focus
FR
q1 or q2
15h
2
credits
Teacher(s):
> Marc Blondeau
> Pascalia Papadimitriou
Marc Blondeau, Pascalia Papadimitriou
Only for students from the Teaching Focus
Archives and Records, Communication and Teaching
FR
q2
15h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Aurore François
> Geneviève Warland
Aurore François, Geneviève Warland
International, intercultural and intereginal relations
EN
q2
15h
3
credits
Ancient studies: history, art history and archaeology, languages and literatures
FR
q1
45h
5
credits
FR
q2
45h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Pierre Assenmaker
> Aaron Kachuck
Pierre Assenmaker, Aaron Kachuck
FR
q1
45h
5
credits
> English-friendly
Teacher(s):
> Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant
Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant
Medieval Studies
FR
q2
22.5h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Mattia Cavagna
> Olivier Delsaux (compensates Agnès Guiderdoni)
Mattia Cavagna, Olivier Delsaux (compensates Agnès Guiderdoni)
EN
q2
30h
5
credits
> French-friendly
Teacher(s):
> Jean-Michel Counet
> Jacob Schmutz
Jean-Michel Counet, Jacob Schmutz
FR
q1
22.5h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Agnès Guiderdoni
> Aline Smeesters
Agnès Guiderdoni, Aline Smeesters
FR
q2
22.5h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Godefroid de Callatay
> Baudouin Van den Abeele
Godefroid de Callatay, Baudouin Van den Abeele
FR
q1
30h
5
credits
FR
q2
45h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Inès Leroy (compensates Laurent Verslype)
Inès Leroy (compensates Laurent Verslype)
Justice, law and criminality
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Xavier Rousseaux
> Alain Wijffels
Xavier Rousseaux, Alain Wijffels
Gender Studies
FR
q2
22.5h
3
credits
Teacher(s):
> Nathalie Frogneux
> Nathalie Grandjean
Nathalie Frogneux, Nathalie Grandjean
FR
q2
45h
5
credits
> English-friendly
Teacher(s):
> Karl-Andrew Woltin
> Karl-Andrew Woltin (compensates Stéphanie Demoulin)
> Vincent Yzerbyt
> Vincent Yzerbyt (compensates Stéphanie Demoulin)
Karl-Andrew Woltin, Karl-Andrew Woltin (compensates Stéphanie Demoulin), Vincent Yzerbyt, Vincent Yzerbyt (compensates Stéphanie Demoulin)
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
> English-friendly
Teacher(s):
> Ester Lucia Rizzi
> Ester Lucia Rizzi (compensates Philippe Bocquier)
Ester Lucia Rizzi, Ester Lucia Rizzi (compensates Philippe Bocquier)
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Annalisa Casini
> Isabelle Roskam
> Vincent Yzerbyt
Annalisa Casini, Isabelle Roskam, Vincent Yzerbyt
Other courses (maximum 5 credits)
May be chosen from the Faculty or University programmes with the agreement of jury' secretary. Students should check with the lecturer in charge of their chosen course(s) that they have prior knowledge to take them.
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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, 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.
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).
Making History - Theory and Application of Theory
(35 credits)
FR
q2
45h+10h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Jean Leclercq
> Laurence Van Ypersele
Jean Leclercq, Laurence Van Ypersele
LFIAL1156
Computer Applications in the Humanities
It is strongly recommended to have taken this course or equivalent as part of a previous Bacherlor’s degree, in order to have access to the Master 120 in History, Professional Focus: History and Archives.
Seminars
(15 credits)
Two seminars from :
2 option seminars (a major for 8 credits and a minor for 7 credits). The same period of history may only be chosen once :
Languages
(10 credits)
Students must take one course of Ancient Languages (5 credits) and one course of Modern Languages (5 credits).
Ancient languages
(5 credits)
LFIAL1770 and LFIAL1181 are open to students who have either studied Latin for four hours per week during the last four years of secondary education or pass an assessment test at the beginning of the year. LFIAL1180 is open to all.
Modern languages
(5 credits)
EN
q1+q2
60h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Catherine Avery
> Stéphanie Brabant
> Jean-Luc Delghust (coord.)
Catherine Avery, Stéphanie Brabant, Jean-Luc Delghust (coord.)
EN
q1+q2
45h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Estelle Dagneaux (coord.)
> Claudine Grommersch
> Marine Volpe (compensates Sandrine Mulkers)
Estelle Dagneaux (coord.), Claudine Grommersch, Marine Volpe (compensates Sandrine Mulkers)
NL
q1
60h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Hilde Bosmans (coord.)
> Katrien De Rycke
Hilde Bosmans (coord.), Katrien De Rycke
