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Licence en histoire (Diploma of the Second Cycle (Licence) in History) [HIST2]
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Programme management

HIST Département d'histoire

Responsable académique : Jean-Marie Yante

Contact : Sibylle D'Hondt

Tél. 010474935
secretariat@hist.ucl.ac.be

Contact : Chantal Marquet

Tél. 010474935

Study objectives

The principal aim of the two years of the second university study cycle ("licence"), is to deepen the methodological and critical studies of the first cycle in terms of use and specific application of the information to a given period or domain of history.

Admission conditions

This programme is accessible to students holding the academic diploma of "candidat" (1st university study cycle) in History, or a diploma judged as being equivalent. Holders of a teaching certificate for the lower classes of secondary school ("agrégation") in the subject may have access to the programme, subject to passing a single year of "candidature", the programme of which is determined by the History jury. Admission applications should be addressed to the President of the History jury, accompanied by the list of the courses taken and the results obtained.

Admission procedure

The conditions and regular admission applications are detailed in the "General information" section of the Web page :
http://www.ucl.ac.be/etudes/libres.acces.html
.

General structure of the programme

During the two years of the " licence " programme, the student is invited to go into a period or domain of history in depth : Antiquity, the Middle Ages, Modern Times, the Contemporary Period ; Didactics and Methodology. The main orientation themes, including the History of Institutions and the History of Politics, Economic and Social History, the History of Intellectual and Artistic Life and the History of Other Civilisations and Cultures, complete the study programme. The second phase of the "language plan" is continued. The student will compose a programme where the courses on auxiliary sciences and the optional courses play an important role. These are chosen in accordance with the theme of the thesis and the specific professional orientation to be followed.

The "licence" thesis , written under the supervision of a lecturer, is a personal piece of work based on first hand document sources, where the student will apply what he has acquired during his study programme.

Programme content

HIST21 First year

Before the 20th October of each of the two years of the programme, the student will hand in a programme project to the Department, as well as the title of his thesis and the name of the promoter. Any student whose programme is not in conformity with the regulations or who does not respect the deadline fixed, risks having his exam registration refused.

FLTR2110

Questions of Religious Sciences[15h] (1.5 credits)EN Cours non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Joseph Famerée

(This course is compulsory in the first year)

History of Institutions

Antiquity section

FLTR2202

Institutional History : Antiquity[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Françoise Van Haeperen

HIST2231

A history of institutions : the Middle Ages[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Jean-Marie Yante

HIST2240

A history of institutions : modern times[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Claude Bruneel

HIST2250

Institutions History (1789 - 2000)[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Paul Servais

Middle Ages section

FLTR2202

Institutional History : Antiquity[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Françoise Van Haeperen

HIST2231

A history of institutions : the Middle Ages[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Jean-Marie Yante

HIST2240

A history of institutions : modern times[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Claude Bruneel

HIST2250

Institutions History (1789 - 2000)[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Paul Servais

Modern Times section

FLTR2202

Institutional History : Antiquity[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Françoise Van Haeperen

HIST2231

A history of institutions : the Middle Ages[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Jean-Marie Yante

HIST2240

A history of institutions : modern times[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Claude Bruneel

HIST2250

Institutions History (1789 - 2000)[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Paul Servais

Contemporary Period section

FLTR2202

Institutional History : Antiquity[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Françoise Van Haeperen

HIST2231

A history of institutions : the Middle Ages[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Jean-Marie Yante

HIST2240

A history of institutions : modern times[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Claude Bruneel

HIST2250

Institutions History (1789 - 2000)[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Paul Servais

History of the Present Times

HIST2330

Questions in contemporary history[30h] (4.5 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Michel Dumoulin

(This course is compulsory)

Economic and Social History

(The students must follow the two parts consecutively - 2 x 30 hours - in the 1st or 2nd year.)

HIST2500

Economical and Social History of Antiquity[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Patrick Marchetti, Patrick Marchetti

HIST2510

Exercises on the communication of scientific knowledge in history[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Michel Dorban

HIST2540

Economic and social history of the industrial era[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Michel Dumoulin

History of Intellectual and Artistic Life

(60 hours in total, to be spread over the 1st and 2nd year.)

1. One of the two following courses is compulsory (30 hours) :

HIST2550

History of ancient and medieval thought[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Baudouin Van den Abeele

or

FLTR2130

History of Philosophy from the 13 th Century till the Contemporary Era[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Gilbert Gérard

2. For the 30 remaining hours, a choice will be made :

- from among a series of courses (including the two courses mentioned above), presenting an approach to the history of intellectual life, the literary world and the artistic world or religions, the list of which can be consulted at the department secretary's office.

or

- from among the different "licence" courses offered by the other departments of the Faculty, presenting a historical perspective and not going over 30 hours, as long as the student possesses the necessary prerequisites and subject to the agreement of the course lecturer and the President of the History jury.

Communication in History

HIST2503

Exercises on the communication of scientific knowledge in history[15h] (2.5 credits) (in French)

Luc Courtois, Guy Zelis

(this course is compulsory in the first year)

Compulsory language course

Interactive communication course, 30 hours, intermediate or advanced level.

The student must take the exam in the first year. If he does not feel ready, he can postpone it to the second year.

One course, according to choice :

ANGL2411

Interactive Communication[30h] (4 credits)

Philippe Denis

NEER2410

Dutch communication skills for students in Classical studies, Philosophy, Oriental Studies, Biblical Studies.[30h] (4 credits)

Mariken Smit (coord.)

or a language course of the same level, organised at ILV.

Historical criticism and its application to a given period or domain of history

HIST2160

Seminar in ancient history[30h] (~) (in French)

Françoise Van Haeperen

HIST2260

Seminar on medieval history[30h] (~) (in French)

Jacques Pijcke, Jean-Marie Yante

HIST2270

Seminar on the history of Early modern times[30h] (~) (in French)

Claude Bruneel

HIST2280

Seminar on contemporary history[30h] (~) (in French)

Paul Servais, Laurence Van Ypersele

HIST2560

Seminar of history : overseas and its relations with Europe.[30h] (~) (in French)

Michel Dumoulin, Paul Servais

HIST2571

Seminar in history and politology[30h] (~) (in French)

Xavier Rousseaux, Laurence Van Ypersele

THEO3970

Seminar on Patristics[30h] (~) (in French)

Jean-Marie Auwers

THEO3963

Seminar on Church History - Middle Ages[30h] (2.5 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Jacques Pijcke

THEO3965

Seminar on Church History - Modern and Contemporary Periods[30h] (~)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Jean-Pierre Delville

DROI2368

Seminar in Legal History -A History of Law and Institutions[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Xavier Rousseaux, Frédéric Vesentini (supplée Xavier Rousseaux), Alain Wijffels

HIST2900

Seminar on methodology in teaching history[30h] (~) (in French)

Michel Dumoulin, Jean-Marie Yante

Auxiliary Sciences

90 hours (10.5 credits) minimum, in the 1st or 2nd year

1. Compulsory courses for all the sections :

"Initiation" into the course on Western Paleography:

HIST2200I

Western paleography : A) introduction to paleography[15h] (2 credits) (in French)

N.

2. Compulsory courses for the sections on Modern Times and the Contemporary Period :

HIST2220

Quantitative methods in studying history[30h] (3.5 credits) (in French)

Claude Bruneel

3. Courses to be chosen

with the approval of the lecturer supervising the thesis

from among :

HIST2530

Archiveconomy[30h] (3.5 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Paul Servais, Jean-Marie Yante

CLIB2110

Library economics and notions of bibliometrics[37.5h] (4.5 credits) (in French)

Michel Dorban

FLTR2170

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

Anne Tihon

FLTR2171

A préciser (in French)

HIST2200P

Western paleography: B) paleography in the western Middle Ages[15h] (2 credits) (in French)

N.

HIST2210

Codicology[15h] (2 credits) (in French)

Jacques Pijcke

FLTR2280

History of book and reading[30h] (3.5 credits) (in French)

Ralph Dekoninck, Michel Lisse

one course on Papyrology, to be chosen from the ULB programme

FLTR2180

Greek epigraphy[30h] (3.5 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Yves Duhoux

FLTR2181

Latin epigraphy[30h] (3.5 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Marco Cavaliéri

ARKE1251

Technique des fouilles : théorie et pratique[22.5h] (3.5 credits) (in French)

Raymond Brulet

HIST2190

Diplomacy in the Middle Ages, including notions of chronology, sigillography and heraldry[30h] (3.5 credits) (in French)

Jacques Pijcke

ARKE2610

Numismatics : Antiquity[30h] (3.5 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Patrick Marchetti

ARKE2620

Numismatics : Middle Ages and Modern Times[30h] (3.5 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Johan van Heesch

HIST2590

A préciser (in French)

HIST2180

Historical geography[15h] (2 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Jean-Marie Yante

FLTR2620

Natural language processing[30h] (3.5 credits) (in French)

Cédrick Fairon

HIST2400

History and images : a critical approach[30h] (3.5 credits) (in French)

Baudouin Van den Abeele, Laurence Van Ypersele

(Prerequisite : to have followed the ARKE 1255 course : Introduction to methods of analysing images [15])

TRAV2132

Business economics[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Alain Vas

SOC2426

Education sociology: diagnoses and policies[30h] (~) (in French)

Jean-Emile Charlier

COMU2104

Systemic theory of communications[30h] (3.5 credits) (in French)

Jean-Pierre Meunier

COMU2113

The press, journalism and society[30h] (3.5 credits) (in French)

Gabriel Ringlet

DVLP3110

Socio-economic analysis of development[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Jean-Marie Wautelet

DVLP3153

Socio-economic analysis of Latin America[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Roberto Rubio-Fabian, Isabel Yépez Del Castillo

(Prerequisite : knowledge of Spanish)

DEMO3420

Systems of socio-demographic information[45h] (6 credits) (in French)

Dominique Tabutin

or any other course featuring on the University programme that the students deems to be useful, subject to the approval of the thesis promotor and the "licence" programme jury.

Optional subjects :

(C.f. list for the second year )

The students will follow at least 75 hours (7.5 credits) of options. One of the subjects chosen (30 hours minimum) must be connected to History. The choice will be submitted to the programme manager or his delegate for approval. The students are requested to seek advice from their thesis promoter as regards their subject choices.

HIST22 Second year

History of Institutions

The students will follow the second part of the "Institutions" course for the period chosen for the thesis.

Antiquities Section

FLTR2202

Institutional History : Antiquity[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Françoise Van Haeperen

Middle Ages Section

HIST2231

A history of institutions : the Middle Ages[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Jean-Marie Yante

Modern Times Section

HIST2240

A history of institutions : modern times[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Claude Bruneel

Contemporary Period Section

HIST2250

Institutions History (1789 - 2000)[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Paul Servais

History of the Present Times

HIST2330

Questions in contemporary history[30h] (4.5 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Michel Dumoulin

Economic and Social History

(The students must follow the two part consecutively - 2 x 30 hours - in the 1st or 2nd year)

HIST2500

Economical and Social History of Antiquity[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Patrick Marchetti, Patrick Marchetti

HIST2510

Exercises on the communication of scientific knowledge in history[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Michel Dorban

HIST2540

Economic and social history of the industrial era[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Michel Dumoulin

History of Intellectual and Artistic Life

(60 hours in total, to be spread over the 1st or 2nd year)

1. One of the two following courses is compulsory (30 hours) :

HIST2550

History of ancient and medieval thought[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Baudouin Van den Abeele

or

FLTR2130

History of Philosophy from the 13 th Century till the Contemporary Era[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Gilbert Gérard

2. For the 30 remaining hours, the student will choose from between :

- a series of courses (including the two courses mentioned above), presenting an approach to the history of the intellectual, literary and artistic world or religions, of which the list is to be consulted at the secretary's office of the department

or

- the different "licence" courses offered by the other departments of the Faculty, presenting a historical perspective and not surpassing 30 hours, as long as the student possesses the necessary prerequisites and subject to the approval of the course lecturer and the President of the History jury.

Historical criticism and its application to a given period or domain of History

The choice is subject to the approval of the programme manager or his delegate.

HIST2160

Seminar in ancient history[30h] (~) (in French)

Françoise Van Haeperen

HIST2260

Seminar on medieval history[30h] (~) (in French)

Jacques Pijcke, Jean-Marie Yante

HIST2270

Seminar on the history of Early modern times[30h] (~) (in French)

Claude Bruneel

HIST2280

Seminar on contemporary history[30h] (~) (in French)

Paul Servais, Laurence Van Ypersele

HIST2560

Seminar of history : overseas and its relations with Europe.[30h] (~) (in French)

Michel Dumoulin, Paul Servais

HIST2571

Seminar in history and politology[30h] (~) (in French)

Xavier Rousseaux, Laurence Van Ypersele

THEO3970

Seminar on Patristics[30h] (~) (in French)

Jean-Marie Auwers

THEO3963

Seminar on Church History - Middle Ages[30h] (2.5 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Jacques Pijcke

THEO3965

Seminar on Church History - Modern and Contemporary Periods[30h] (~)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Jean-Pierre Delville

DROI2368

Seminar in Legal History -A History of Law and Institutions[30h] (4 credits) (in French)

Xavier Rousseaux, Frédéric Vesentini (supplée Xavier Rousseaux), Alain Wijffels

HIST2900

Seminar on methodology in teaching history[30h] (~) (in French)

Michel Dumoulin, Jean-Marie Yante

Auxiliary sciences

90 hourss (10.5 credits) at least in the 1st or 2nd "licence" : c.f. 1st year

Optional subjects

The students will follow at least 75 hourss (7.5 credits) of optional courses. One of the subjects chosen ( 30 hours minimum ) must be related to history. The choice is submitted to the approval of the programme manager or his delegate.

The students are requested to seek the advice from their thesis promoter for their choice of subjects.

The attention of the students is attracted to the interest presented by :

1. the courses enumerated above, especially the Institutions course, which are not subject to an examination

2. the following courses :

HIST2501

Seminar : an epistemological approach to history[15h] (1.5 credits) (in French)

Michel Dorban

(Compulsory course for the teacher-training programme ("agrégation")

HIST2620

Seminar on communication of historical knowledge[30h] (3 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Guy Zelis

3. the following groups of courses :

1st group : States, regions and communities

HIST2630

History of the construction of Europe[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Vincent Dujardin (supplée Michel Dumoulin), Michel Dumoulin

HIST2320

History of Wallonia, especially modern and contemporary Wallonia[30h] (3 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Jean-Marie Yante

FLTR2320

Histoire de la communauté germanophone de Belgique[30h] (3 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Alfred Minke

2nd group : Overseas History and intercultural relations

HIST2520

History of European overseas expansion[30h] (3 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Michel Dumoulin, Paul Servais

ECON3400

Théories du développement[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Frédéric Lapeyre, Marthe Nyssens

RELI2632

History of Christian Missions outside Europe[30h] (2.5 credits)EN Cours non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

N.

HIST2640

History of Latin America[15h] (1.5 credits) (in French)

Pedro Milos

HIST2610

History of sub-Saharan Africa[15h] (1.5 credits) (in French)

Philippe Denis

ARKE2640

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

Clementine Madiya Nzuji

HIST2560

Seminar of history : overseas and its relations with Europe.[30h] (~) (in French)

Michel Dumoulin, Paul Servais

4. the following course :

FLTR2150

History of Humanism[30h] (3 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Monique Dopchie

5. the options belonging to a specific domain of history, of which the list is posted on the department notice-board ;

6. the optional courses addressed to the whole of the Faculty :

FLTR2150

History of Humanism[30h] (3 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Monique Dopchie

FLTR2160

African linguistics[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Clementine Madiya Nzuji

FLTR2161

African culture and oral literature[30h] (3 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Clementine Madiya Nzuji

FLTR2320

Histoire de la communauté germanophone de Belgique[30h] (3 credits)ENCours cyclique dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Alfred Minke

HIST2320

History of Wallonia, especially modern and contemporary Wallonia[30h] (3 credits)EN Cours cyclique non dispensé cette année académique (in French)

Jean-Marie Yante

FLTR2620

Natural language processing[30h] (3.5 credits) (in French)

Cédrick Fairon

FLTR2630

Introduction to automatic text processing[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Cédrick Fairon

as well as numerous "licence" courses of the 2nd cycle UCL programmes ;

7. one of the courses of the "licence" History programme at KULeuven;

8. the following courses organised by the Institut des langues vivantes :

Dutch

NEER1300

Interactive communication in Dutch - intermediate level[30h] (3 credits)

Isabelle Demeulenaere (coord.)

NEER1320

Interactive communication in Dutch - intermediate level[30h] (3 credits)

Isabelle Demeulenaere (coord.)

NEER1500

Interactive communication in Dutch - upper-intermediate level[30h] (3 credits)

Isabelle Demeulenaere (coord.)

English

ANGL1300

Interfaculty English Conversation Class[30h] (3 credits)

Claudine Grommersch, Lutgarde Schrijvers

ANGL1320

Interfaculty English Conversation Class[30h] (3 credits)

Lutgarde Schrijvers

ANGL1501

Interfaculty English Conversation Class[30h] (3 credits)

Jennifer Moreman

Thesis (50 credits)

The thesis must be linked to a scientific question to do with one of the exam subjects.

Evaluation

Individual pieces of work play a far greater role here than for the "candidature" programme. The "licence" thesis, evaluated by three lecturers, represents the accomplishment of the four years of studies.



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