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History of ancient and medieval science [FLTR2550]
[22.5h] 3 credits

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This course is taught in the 1st semester

Teacher(s):

Anne Tihon

Language:

French

Level:

Second cycle

>> Aims
>> Main themes
>> Content and teaching methods
>> Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
>> Programmes in which this activity is taught
>> Other credits in programs

Aims

By the end of this course, the students will have understood how science, in the modern sense of the word, originated in Egyptian, Babylonian, and Ancient Greek civilizations, and how in the Medieval period it circulated in the Western, Byzantine, and Islamic worlds.

Main themes

Study of the development of certain sciences (astronomy, arithmetic, geometry, geography, etc.) from their Egyptian, Babylonian, and Greek origins to the end of the Middle Ages, encompassing the different Medieval civilizations (the Western, Byzantine, and Islamic worlds until 1453).

Content and teaching methods

Notions in the history of science (especially astronomy, mathematics, geometry, geography, etc.) from its Babylonian and Egyptian origins till the end of the Middle Ages. The full course is comprised of 45 hours divided over two years (first year: Antiquity, second year: the Middle Ages in the Western, Islamic, and Byzantine civilizations). 2 year course.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Oral examination or essay of around 20 pages written by the student.

Programmes in which this activity is taught

ELAT9CE

Certificat universitaire en langue, littérature et civilisation latines

HORI2

Licence en langues et littératures orientales (philologie et histoire orientales)

HORI2M1

Master en langues et littératures anciennes, orientation "orientales"

ISLA2

Licence en langues et littératures orientales (langue arabe et islamologie)

ISLE3DA/ME

Diplôme d'études approfondies en philosophie et lettres (médiévistique)

ISLE3DA/SC

Diplôme d'études approfondies en philosophie et lettres (philosophie des sciences, programme commun UCL/ULB/ULG)

ISP20

Licence à durée réduite en philosophie

ISP20/A

Licence à durée réduite en philosophie (A)

Other credits in programs

ARKE21

Première licence en histoire de l'art et archéologie

(3 credits)

CLAS21

Première licence en langues et littératures classiques

(3 credits)

CLAS22

Deuxième licence en langues et littératures classiques

(3 credits)

HIST21

Première licence en histoire

(2 credits)

HIST22

Deuxième licence en histoire

HORI21

Première licence en langues et littératures orientales (philologie et histoire orientales)

(3 credits)

HORI22

Deuxième licence en langues et littératures orientales (philologie et histoire orientales)

(3 credits)

HORI2M1

Master en langues et littératures anciennes, orientation "orientales"

(3 credits)

ISLA21

Première licence en langues et littératures orientales (langue arabe et islamologie)

(3 credits)

ISLA22

Deuxième licence en langues et littératures orientales (langue arabe et islamologie)

(3 credits)

ISP21

Première licence en philosophie

(3 credits)

ISP22

Deuxième licence en philosophie

(3 credits)



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