Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
15 credits
Q1 and Q2
Language
French
Main themes
The dissertation (maximum of 150,000 characters, including spaces) should develop a hypothesis in a precise, clear and well-documented way, with the agreement of a supervisor.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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By completing a individual final project, students will demonstrate their ability to develop a philosophical hypothesis which is well documented and argued. In particular, they will demonstrate their ability to: 1) develop a philosophical topic and deal with it in an informed and coherent way. 2) make appropriate use of research tools by meeting prevailing academic criteria. 3) formulate a hypothesis and set out the underlying argument coherently, clearly and in a well-structured way. |
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”.
Evaluation methods
Written work is assessed by the supervisor and two readers.
Students are required to respond to questions put to them by their supervisor and two readers at an oral defense.
Students are required to respond to questions put to them by their supervisor and two readers at an oral defense.
Other information
Guidelines on writing the individual final project are available at http://www.uclouvain.be/81186.html
Faculty or entity
EFIL
