UCL - Studies

Version française

Study programmes
First cycle
Second cycle
Third cycle
Faculties and entities
Access to studies
Academic calendar
Search
Simple
Detailed
Per course

Licence en philosophie (Diploma of the Second Cycle (Licence) in Philosophy) [ISP 2]
>> Programme management
>> Study objectives
>> Admission conditions
>> Admission procedure
>> General structure of the programme
>> Programme content
>> Evaluation
>> Positioning of the degree within the University cursus

Version françaisePrintable version

Programme management

ISP Institut supérieur de philosophie (Faculté des sciences philosophiques)

Coordinateur : Nathalie Frogneux (licence en un an)

Coordinateur : Nathalie Frogneux (1ère année)

Coordinateur : Nathalie Frogneux (2ème année)

Contact : Marie-France Delcourt

Tél. 010474614
delcourt@sisp.ucl.ac.be

Contact : Marie-France Delcourt (licence en un an)

Tél. 010474614
delcourt@sisp.ucl.ac.be

Study objectives

To deepen philosophical education by means of philosophical currents and themes ; to initiate philosophical research through the writing of a thesis.

Admission conditions

There are three access routes to the "licence" programme in Philosophy :

  • First cycle of university studies diploma in Philosophy ("candidature") (ISP11 + ISP12)
  • A "candidature" in another subject + ISPA9CE (" University Certificate in Philosophy Foundations," previously entitled DEC1 or ISP1DC) + prerequisite
  • A "licence" diploma with distinction in another subject + ISPA9CE ("University Certificate in Philosophy Foundations" previously entitled DEC1 or ISP1DC) + prerequisite, giving access to the single "licence" programme (ISP 20)

Admission procedure

The regular University admission and enrolment procedures are detailed in the "General Information" section of the WEB page: http://www.ucl.ac.be/etudes/programme.html

General structure of the programme

The first year consists of 450h of lectures, including a course from the XI group.

The second year consists of 210 hours. The courses chosen must be with the agreement of the thesis promoter and the programme Committee for the below-listed subjects in such a way that at the end of the two years :

  1. each of the groups I to VIII is represented by at least one course (with the exception of group VII which must be represented by at least two courses) ;
  2. the courses are divided up in so that the themes or texts studied relate to the four great periods of western philosophical history.

Group IX is compulsory.

Group X does not need to be represented, but can be ; if it is, it cannot comprise more than 90 hours in the first year and more than 60 hours in the second year.

The second year also includes the writing of a thesis on a philosophical theme. This thesis should demonstrate the capacity of its author to correctly present the results of a personal piece of work which is both objective and methodical, the quality of which is not necessarily linked to the length. Four copies of the thesis will be handed in to the secretary of the Faculty, at least one month before the beginning of the exam session. The thesis will be defended orally by the student and assessed by three readers, including the promoter. All academic work will be done in the French language. Other languages may be chosen on condition that the lecturers have given their agreement. In addition, for the theses, DEA projects and PhD theses, the student must introduce a justified application to the Study Committee at the same time that the name of the promoter and the subject of the thesis are submitted to the secretary. The procedure for following up on such an application is available at the secretary's office.

The students may also follow two courses in Dutch or in English at the HIW (KUL) to replace two courses given at the ISP.

Programme content

Group I : Analysis of ancient and medieval philosophical texts

FILO1315

Philosophical texts I: Ancient philosophical texts[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Jean-Michel Counet, Pierre Destrée

FILO1325

Philosophical texts II: Medieval philosophical texts[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Jean-Michel Counet, Jacqueline Hamesse (supplée Jean-Michel Counet)

FILO2300

Interpretation of Arabic Philosophical Texts[30h] (4 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Jean-Michel Counet

Group II : Analysis of philosophical texts from St Thomas

FILO2140

Textual interpretation: St. Thomas[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Gaëlle Jeanmart (supplée Jean-Luc Solère), Jean-Luc Solère

Group III : Analysis of modern and contemporary philosophical texts

FILO1335

Philosophical texts III: Commentary on Modern Philosophers.[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Gilbert Gérard, Marc Maesschalck

FILO1345

Philosophical texts IV: Critical reading of phenomenological writings[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Olivier Depré, Nicolas Monseu (supplée Olivier Depré)

FILO2280

Philosophy of Art[30h] (4 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Danielle Lories

FILO2290

Philosophy of History[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Marc Maesschalck

Group IV : Metaphysics

FILO2250

Advanced Studies in Metaphysics[30h] (4 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Gilbert Gérard

FILO2260

Advanced Studies in Natural Theology[30h] (4 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Jean-Michel Counet

THEO3140

Philosophy of Religion[30h] (2 credits) (in French)

Emilio Brito Y Lanzada

Group V : Logic

FILO2210

Formalized logic[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Marcel Crabbé

FILO2220

A préciser (in French)

Group VI : Morals

FILO2190

Advanced Studies in Moral Philosophy[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Walter Lesch

FILO2200

Fundamentals of Biomedical Ethics[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Mylene Botbol, Michel Dupuis

ECON2254

Economic and Social Ethics[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Philippe Van Parijs

Group VII : Psychology and Anthropologyy

FILO2180

Advanced Studies in Philosophical Anthropology[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Michel Dupuis, Nathalie Frogneux, Nathalie Frogneux (supplée Michel Dupuis)

PSY2789

Systemic clinical psychology[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Pascal Janne

FILO2310

Advanced studies in Cultural Anthropology[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Nathalie Frogneux

FILO1360

Philosophy and intercultural dialogue[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Bernard Stevens

FILO2600

Advanced Studies in the Philosophy of Social Sciences[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Marc Maesschalck

Group VIII : Theory of the knowledge and philosophy of Science

FILO2170

Advanced Studies in Epistemology[30h] (4 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Bernard Feltz, Marc Maesschalck

FILO2230

Advanced Studies in Philosophy of Nature[30h] (4 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Michel Ghins

FILO2240

Advanced Studies in the Philosophy of Natural Sciences[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Bernard Feltz, Michel Ghins

Group IX : Questions on Religious Sciences

FILO1240

A préciser (in French)

Group X : Options

GLOR1491

Greek Authors : Poetry[45h] (7 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Monique Dopchie

GLOR1492

Greek Authors : Prose-Writing[45h] (7 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Monique Dopchie

FLTR2170

Greek palaeography[15h] (2 credits) (in French)

Anne Tihon

COMU1121

General Semiotics[30h+10h] (4 credits) (in French)

Philippe Verhaegen

SPED3200

Ethique de la population, du développement et de l'environnement[15h] (2 credits) (in French)

Christian Arnsperger

DROI2301

Legal Theory[30h+15h] (4.5 credits) (in French)

Olivier De Schutter

DROI2305

Philosophy of law[30h] (4.5 credits) (in French)

Jacques Lenoble

ECON2253

Philosophy and epistemology of economic science[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Christian Arnsperger

PSY2081

Philosophy of education seminar[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Guy de Villers Grand-Champs

FILO2320

Heuristics and lexicography of old and medieval philosophy with data-processing application[30h] (4 credits)EN Cours non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

N.

FILO2003

Ethics in the Natural Sciences[15h+15h] (2 credits) (in French)

Philippe Baret, Bernard Feltz, Thierry Hance

FLTR2550

Histoire des sciences de l'antiquité et du moyen âge[22.5h] (2 credits) (in French)

Anne Tihon

GLOR2812

History of Islamic religion[30h] (4 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Godefroid De Callatay

This course is given every two years, in alternation with the GLOR 2813 (Institutions of Islam) course.

GLOR2813

Institutions of Islam[30h] (2 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Godefroid De Callatay

This course is given every two years, in alternation with the GLOR 2812 (History of the Islamic Religion).

GLOR2816

History of Indian philosophy[15h] (2 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Jacques Scheuer

GLOR2817

History of Asian philosophies and religions (China, Korea, Japan)[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Jacques Scheuer

GLOR2840

Histoire des peuples musulmans[30h] (4 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Godefroid De Callatay

GLOR2845

Littérature arabo-musulmane[30h] (4 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Godefroid De Callatay

PSP1264

Personality and individual psychology[30h+5h] (3 credits) (in French)

Bernard Rimé

PSP1134

Ethology and compared Psychology[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

René Zayan

PSY1402

Psychologie de la religion[30h] (5 credits) (in French)

Vassilis Saroglou

PSY2043

Advanced questions of religion psychology[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

James Day, Vassilis Saroglou

SPOL2208

Political philosophy[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Axel Gosseries

SESP1230

A préciser (in French)

SEX2130

Moral and ethical aspects of family and sexuality[30h] (3.5 credits) (in French)

Henri Wattiaux

THEO3320

pATRISTICS[30h] (2 credits) (in French)

Jean-Marie Auwers

THEO3622

History of Theology in the Middle Ages[30h] (2 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Jean-Michel Counet

The students may also choose other courses from the second study cycle of the University programme, subject to the approval of the programme Committee.

Group XI : Languages

ANGL2416

English: interactive communication[30h] (~)

Colleen Starrs, Françoise Stas

ALLE2410

German - Interactive communication[30h] (3 credits)

N.

NEER2410

Dutch communication skills for students in Classical studies, Philosophy, Oriental Studies, Biblical Studies.[30h] (3 credits)

Mariken Smit (coord.)

ESPA2410

Spanish - Interactive communication[30h] (3 credits)

Victor Manuel Mendez Villegas

Evaluation

Each year closes with an exam on each of the programme subjects.

The second year includes the writing of a thesis on a philosophical question. This thesis will be evaluated by the promoter and two readers in accordance with the criteria which will be communicated to the student. It will be subjected to an oral defence.

Positioning of the degree within the University cursus

If obtained with distinction, the "licence" programme in Philosophy entitles access to the DEA (diploma of higher studies in Philosophy) and to the PhD programme.



This site was created in collaboration with ADCP, ADEF, CIO et SGSI
Person in charge : Jean-Louis Marchand - Information : info@isp.ucl.ac.be
Last update :13/03/2007