General heuristics

lhist1140  2020-2021  Louvain-la-Neuve

General heuristics
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information below is subject to change, in particular that concerning the teaching mode (presential, distance or in a comodal or hybrid format).
6 credits
22.5 h + 15.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Bertrand Paul;
Language
French
Prerequisites
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Main themes
- Presentation and application of documentary research procedures (the problem, finding documentary resources and locating the documentation, material and intellectual treatment of the information).
- Presentation of the principal works of synthesis and working tools and introduction into handling them, situating them in the various historiographical currents, particularly repertories of historical bibliography not limited to one period of history.
- Presentation of a typology of principal sources.
Aims

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

1 By the end of this instruction, students will have been introduced to documentory research, keeping a twofold imperative in mind : that of analysing various aspects of a given problem, on the one hand; that of recourse to documentation providing acquaintance with the problem, on the other hand. The course is intended to systematically develop in the student the dialectic between problem analysis and recourse to documentation.
 
Teaching methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

The course is comprised of theoretical lectures, as well as exercises to be done individually or during organized exercise meetings.
Other information
Teaching materials : Student notes. A syllabus, giving the bibliographical references of essential works, is provided. Teaching : Exercises (15 h) help the student master an approach to general heuristics.
Faculty or entity
HIST
Force majeure
Evaluation methods
In addition to the work and TP, the final exams will be done online. They will be in the form of a written assignment to be completed remotely, open book, and submitted to Moodle by a set deadline.


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

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Approfondissement en sciences et technologies de l'information et de la communication (pour seule réinscription)

Bachelor in History

Minor in History