Detailed programme by subject

Mandatory Content:
Mandatory Common training
Mandatory Interdisciplinary training in biology, anthropology and archaeology
Mandatory LVETE1300  Integrated Seminars
EN q2  0h+25h  2 credits      
Melissa Page (coord.)
, Muriel Quinet
, René Rezsohazy
, Patrice Soumillion


FR q1  0h+30h  4 credits       > English-friendly  
Marco Cavalieri
, Julie Hermesse
, Charlotte Langohr
, Jacinthe Mazzocchetti
, Jean-François Rees (coord.)
, René Rezsohazy
, Olivier Servais
, Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant
, Laurent Verslype


Mandatory Disciplinary training in biology and other earth and life sciences
Mandatory LCHM1111A  General chemistry
FR q1  45h+30h  5 credits      
Benjamin Elias
, Alexandru Vlad


FR q1  30h+20h  4 credits      
Patrick Dumont
, Charles Hachez


FR q2  30h+20h  5 credits      
Muriel Quinet
, Jean-François Rees


Mandatory LCHM1141A  Organic chemistry
FR q2  30h+20h  5 credits      
Benjamin Elias
, Charles-André Fustin


FR q2  30h+30h  5 credits      
Pierre Delmelle (coord.)
, Sophie Opfergelt


Mandatory LBIO1117  Ecology I
FR q2  30h+10h  4 credits      
Renate Wesselingh


FR q1  10h+40h  4 credits      
Matthew Dallemagne (compensates Jean-François Rees)


FR q2  30h+10h  3 credits      
François Renoz
, René Rezsohazy


Mandatory LPHY1101  Physics 1
FR q1  30h+40h  4 credits      
Michel Crucifix
, Thierry Fichefet


Mandatory LMAT1101  Mathematics 1
FR q1  30h+20h  3 credits      
Pedro Dos Santos Santana Forte Vaz


FR q2  15h  3 credits      
Jean-Paul Dehoux


Mandatory LBIO1223  Molecular biology
FR q2  50h+20h  5 credits      
Corentin Claeys Bouuaert
, Bernard Hallet


FR q1  30h+20h  3 credits      
Patrice Soumillion


FR q2  30h+15h  3 credits      
Stanley Lutts
, Muriel Quinet


FR q2  22.5h  2 credits      
Emmanuel Gilissen


Mandatory Disciplinary training in anthropology and sociology
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
Olivier Servais


FR   50h  3 credits      
Olivier Servais (coord.)


FR q2  22.5h  3 credits      
Sophie Del Fa


FR q2  30h  6 credits      
Julie Hermesse


Mandatory Disciplinary training in archaeology and art history
Mandatory LARKE1110  Musées et patrimoine
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Joël Roucloux


FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Marco Cavalieri
, Ralph Dekoninck


FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Laurent Verslype


Optional In even-numbered years, students take the following two courses:
FR q2  30h  5 credits       > English-friendly  
Paolo Tomassini (compensates Marco Cavalieri)
, Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant


FR q1  30h  5 credits       > English-friendly  
Nicolas Cauwe
, Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant


Optional In odd-numbered years, students take the following two courses:
FR q1  30h  5 credits       > English-friendly  
Inès Leroy
, Florence Liard (compensates Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant)
, Laurent Verslype


FR q1  30h  5 credits      
Gaelle Chantrain
, Jan Tavernier


Mandatory Methodologies and techniques in biology, anthropology and archaeology
FR q1+q2  30h  5 credits      
Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant
, Erika Weinkauf (compensates Laurent Verslype)


FR q2  15h+15h  6 credits      
Saskia Simon (compensates Bénédicte Fontaine)


Mandatory LUCLA1000  MOOC Penser critique
FR     2 credits      
Olivier Servais (coord.)


FR q1+q2  30h  5 credits      
Marco Cavalieri


FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Laurent Verslype


FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Cédric Byl
, Brigitte Maréchal


Mandatory Language training
EN q2  10h  2 credits      
Catherine Avery (coord.)
, Fanny Desterbecq
, Amandine Dumont (coord.)
, Hila Peer
, Marc Piwnik


EN q1  30h  3 credits      
Ahmed Adrioueche (coord.)
, Catherine Avery
, Ariane Halleux (coord.)
, Adrien Kefer (compensates Amandine Dumont)


Mandatory The student chooses a course of study
After two common blocks, students choose one of the three specific courses for their third block, giving them access to either the Masters in Anthropology and History of Art and Archaeology, or the Masters in Organismal Biology and Ecology, or the Masters in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology.
Optional Anthropology - Archaeology stream
Mandatory Disciplinary training in biology and other earth and life sciences
Mandatory LBIO1217  Ecology II
FR q2  30h+10h  3 credits      
Thierry Hance


FR q2  30h  2 credits      
Hans Van Dyck
, Renate Wesselingh


Mandatory Disciplinary training in anthropology and sociology
FR q1+q2  45h+20h  6 credits      
Mathieu Berger
, Hugues Draelants
, Jacinthe Mazzocchetti
, Lionel Simon (compensates Olivier Servais)
, Saskia Simon (compensates Olivier Servais)
, Marie Verhoeven


FR q1  45h+20h  6 credits      
Marie Deridder
, Pieter Vanden Broeck (compensates Eric Mangez)


FR     6 credits      
Mandatory Disciplinary training in archaeology and art history
Optional In even-numbered years, students take the following two courses:
FR q2  30h  5 credits       > English-friendly  
Paolo Tomassini (compensates Marco Cavalieri)
, Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant


FR q1  30h  5 credits       > English-friendly  
Nicolas Cauwe
, Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant


Optional In odd-numbered years, students take the following two courses:
FR q1  30h  5 credits       > English-friendly  
Inès Leroy
, Florence Liard (compensates Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant)
, Laurent Verslype


FR q1  30h  5 credits      
Gaelle Chantrain
, Jan Tavernier


Mandatory Méthodologies et techniques en biologie, anthropologie et archéologie
FR q1+q2  22.5h  5 credits      
Marco Cavalieri
, Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant


FR q1 or q2  100h  3 credits      
Marco Cavalieri (coord.)
, Joël Roucloux (coord.)
, Laurent Verslype (coord.)


Optional Organismal biology and ecology stream
Mandatory Biodiversity, ecology and biogeography
Mandatory LBIO1217  Ecology II
FR q2  30h+10h  3 credits      
Thierry Hance


Mandatory LBIO1317  Functional ecology
EN q1  30h  2 credits      
Laurent Duchatelet


FR q2  30h  2 credits      
Hans Van Dyck
, Renate Wesselingh


FR q1+q2  10h+40h  4 credits      
Ruben Evens (compensates Renate Wesselingh)


FR q2  4h+36h  2 credits      
Laurent Duchatelet (compensates Jérôme Mallefet)


FR q1  20h+10h  2 credits      
Thierry Hance
, Renate Wesselingh


Mandatory Organismal biology
FR q1  15h+10h  2 credits      
Stephan Declerck


FR q1  40h+15h  4 credits      
Benoît Desguin
, Thomas Michiels


Mandatory Plant biology
Mandatory LBIO1240  Plant physiology
FR q1  40h+15h  4 credits      
Xavier Draye
, Stanley Lutts


Mandatory Data management and statistics
FR q1  20h+15h  3 credits      
Renate Wesselingh


FR q2  30h+40h  4 credits      
Nicolas Schtickzelle


FR q2  30h+40h  5 credits      
Anouar El Ghouch


Mandatory Biochemistry
FR q2  30h+15h  4 credits      
Melissa Page


Optional Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology stream
Mandatory Organismal biology
FR q1  15h+10h  2 credits      
Stephan Declerck


FR q1  40h+15h  4 credits      
Benoît Desguin
, Thomas Michiels


Mandatory Plant biology
Mandatory LBIO1240  Plant physiology
FR q1  40h+15h  4 credits      
Xavier Draye
, Stanley Lutts


Mandatory Animal biology
FR q1  25h+15h  4 credits      
Jean-Paul Dehoux


Mandatory LBIO1234  Animal histology
FR q1  20h+20h  2 credits      
Anne-Catherine Gérard (compensates Bernard Knoops)


FR q2  0h+22.5h  2 credits      
Melissa Page
, Jean-François Rees


Mandatory Data management and statistics
FR q1  20h+15h  3 credits      
Renate Wesselingh


FR q2  30h+40h  4 credits      
Nicolas Schtickzelle


Mandatory Molecular biology and genetics
Mandatory LBIO1221  Genetics
FR q2  20h+15h  2 credits       > English-friendly  
Charles Hachez


Mandatory LBIO1323  Molecular signaling
FR q1  30h+10h  3 credits      
Henri Batoko
, Patrick Dumont
, Géraldine Laloux


Mandatory Biochemistry
FR q1  30h+10h  3 credits      
Benjamin Elias
, Patrice Soumillion


FR q2  30h+15h  4 credits      
Melissa Page


Mandatory Physics
Mandatory LPHY1103  Additional physics
FR q2  40h+10h  4 credits      
Gabriel Dias de Carvalho Junior
, Marco Drewes