Exercises on questions in history

lhist1130  2017-2018  Louvain-la-Neuve

Exercises on questions in history
8 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Dujardin Vincent; Van Eeckenrode Marie (compensates Dujardin Vincent);
Language
French
Prerequisites
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Main themes
Theoretical and practical initiation into bibliographical research, in concert with the general heuristics course instructor and in function of exercises students are assigned to do. Practical initiation into criticism, dating and analysis of texts. Introduction to catalographical rules, to rules for editing texts and compilation of the critical apparatus.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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By the end of this first initiation into the historian's profession, the student should be able to offer proof that he has assimilated the basic principles of historical research and can apply them by means of a simple exercise.

 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Theoretical notions : skills and tools, bibliographical procedures, presentation of references, edition of an academic text, elements of chronology. Theoretical applications of exercises in class and assigned work, of incremental difficulty (identifications of people and places, explanations of concepts, critical reviews, selective bibliography on a given subject, analysis of a short historical text by placing it in context, synthesis of a contemporary historical question based on press analysis).
Teaching methods
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Evaluation methods
Ongoing evaluation based on work submitted.
Other information
Teaching materials : Student notes.
Teaching : depending on assistants supplied by the department.
Bibliography
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Faculty or entity
HIST


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in History