Additional courses (preparatory module) to the master course

To access  this Master, students must have a good command of certain subjects. If this is not the case, in the first annual block of their Masters programme, students must take supplementary classes chosen by the faculty to satisfy course prerequisites.


What is a preparatory module?

It is a set of supplementary classes (courses, practical works, seminars, etc.) from the first cycle (see the non-exhaustive list below). The complementary module (maximum 60 credits) is tailor-made by the jury according to the student's educational background and added to the Master’s programme in order to acquire fundamental knowledge to then pursue the 120 credits of the Master’s programme.

Who is it for?
  • Students from a non-university higher education institution
  • Candidates admitted with additional training
  • Candidates admitted on the file with additional training

All the explanations are in this document (in French).


Mandatory Making History - Theory and Application of Theory (35 credits)
Mandatory LFIAL1145  Historical Criticism
FR q2  30h+10h  4 credits      
Laurence Van Ypersele


Mandatory LHIST1140  General heuristics
FR q1  22.5h+15h  5 credits      
Paul Bertrand


FR q1  15h+15h  4 credits      
Françoise Van Haeperen


FR q1  15h+15h  4 credits      
Paul Bertrand


FR q2  15h+15h  4 credits      
Aude Musin (compensates Silvia Mostaccio)


FR q2  15h+15h  4 credits      
Vincent Dujardin


Mandatory LFIAL1156  Digital Literacy in the Humanities and Social Sciences
It is strongly recommended to have taken this course or equivalent as part of a previous Bacherlor’s degree, in order to have access to the Master 120 in History, Professional Focus: History and Archives.
FR q1  15h+15h  5 credits      
Paul Bertrand


FR q1  22.5h  5 credits      
Aurore François


Mandatory Seminars (15 credits)
Two seminars from :
2 option seminars (a major for 8 credits and a minor for 7 credits). The same period of history may only be chosen once :
Optional LHIST1391  Seminar : Antiquity
FR q1  22.5h  8 credits      
Françoise Van Haeperen


FR q1  22.5h  8 credits      
Paul Bertrand
, Gilles Lecuppre


FR q1  22.5h  8 credits      
Gilles Lecuppre


FR q1  22.5h  8 credits      
Laurence Van Ypersele


FR q1  22.5h  7 credits      
Françoise Van Haeperen


FR q1  22.5h  7 credits      
Paul Bertrand
, Gilles Lecuppre


FR q1  22.5h  7 credits      
Gilles Lecuppre


FR q1  22.5h  7 credits      
Laurence Van Ypersele


Mandatory Languages (10 credits)
Students must take one course of Ancient Languages (5 credits) and one course of Modern Languages (5 credits).
Mandatory Ancient languages (5 credits)
LFIAL1181A is open to students who have either studied Latin for four hours per week during the last four years of secondary education or pass an assessment test at the beginning of the year. LFIAL1180 and LFIAL1770 are open to all.
Optional LFIAL1180  Latin I
FR q1  30h+30h  5 credits      
Lysiane Delanaye


Optional LFIAL1181A  Latin Authors
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Aaron Kachuck
, Nicolas Meunier


Optional LFIAL1770  Greek I
FR q1  30h+30h  5 credits      
Lysiane Delanaye


Mandatory Modern languages (5 credits)
EN q1+q2  60h  5 credits      
Catherine Avery
, Jean-Luc Delghust (coord.)


EN q1+q2  45h  5 credits      
Estelle Dagneaux (coord.)
, Claudine Grommersch
, Sandrine Mulkers


NL q1+q2  60h  5 credits      
Marie-Laurence Lambrecht (coord.)


DE q1+q2  45h+75h  5 credits      
Ann Rinder
, Ferran Suner Munoz