Historical Geography

lhist2180  2017-2018  Louvain-la-Neuve

Historical Geography
5 credits
15.0 h
Q2

  This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2017-2018 !

Teacher(s)
Yante Jean-Marie;
Language
French
Prerequisites
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Main themes
Emphasis will be on a critical use of various sources in efforts to reconstruct the geography of ancient times. Students will be shown how to use a cartographic software program, following which they will search libraries and archives for cartographic documentation.
Aims

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

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Sensitivization to various sources and methods of historical geography : written sources and toponymy, earth sciences, archeology, aerial photography, iconographical sources and ancient cartographic documents.

 

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
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Teaching methods
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Evaluation methods
Oral examination.
Other information
Teaching materials : Student notes. A course plan is given to students (with bibliographical orientation).
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
Master [120] in History

Master [60] in History