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Core courses [75.0]
Dissertation
(30 credits)
FR
q1+q2
30
credits
Methodological approaches to research and communication in history
(10 credits)
FR
q1+q2
5
credits
Seminar
(10 credits)
The history seminar requires significant research in libraries and archives as well as a substantial piece of critical work, preparation for oral and written summary. Students who have not obtained their Bachelor's degree will choose their seminar in annual block 2.
LHIST2270
Seminar in Modern History
LHIST2270 n’est pas dispensé cette année ; il est remplacé par LTHEO2972
FR
q1
22.5h
10
credits
Research techniques
(10 credits)
FR
q1
30h
5
credits
Field of "Governing and Societies"
(15 credits)
Students must choose 3 courses of Governance and Societies (min. one course per annual block). They take one course related to period analysed in their Master's dissertation and at least one course related to another period.
FR
q1
22.5h
5
credits
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List of focuses
Students should choose one of the following focuses:
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Research Focus [30.0]
Content:
Compulsory internship (10 credits)
Optional courses
(20 credits)
FR
q2
22.5h
5
credits
LHIST2728
In-depth questions : Subalternities and postcolonial critiques applied to history
Students wishing to take the option in Subalternities and Postcolonial Critiques cannot choose this course in the focus.
Other courses (maximum 5 credits)
Courses must be chosen where possible among those not yet taken in the masters in History or from those of another masters at UCLouvain or another university with the agreement of the dissertation supervisor and the examination board secretary. Students should check with the lecturer in charge of their chosen course(s) that they have prior knowledge to follow those courses.. If certain courses are also available in the core subjects or in an option course in this masters, these courses may not exceed 5 credits. No courses may be taken from the teaching focus or the professional focuses.
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Teaching Focus [30.0]
IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with article 138 para. 4 of the decree of 7 November 2013 concerning higher education and the academic organisation of studies, teaching practice placements will not be assessed in the September session. Students are required to make every effort to successfully complete the teaching practice in the June session, subject to having to retake the year.
The teaching focus is concerned with preparation for teaching at the higher levels of secondary education.
The programme is designed to develop the following skills :
- design, planning and assessment of practice ;
- ability to assess practices and their context ;
- understanding of the educational institution, its setting and players.
Three kinds of activities are involved :
- teaching practice at the higher levels of secondary education (60 hours)
- seminars ;
- lectures.
They are divided into two categories:
- teaching practice, multidisciplinary courses and seminars, common to all subjects. They have the code LAGRE (13 credits);
- subject-based teaching practice, courses and seminars (17 credits).
The teaching focus of the 120 credit Master’s degree includes the training which leads to the qualification for teaching in secondary education (Agrégation de l'enseignement secondaire supérieur – AESS) (300 hours - 30 credits), in accordance with the Decrees of 8 February 2001 and that of 17 December 2003 (concerning the basis of neutrality) relating to the initial training of teachers at the higher levels of secondary education in the French Community in Belgium.
These 30 credits also make up the AESS programme in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Classics which can be taken after a 60 credit or a 120 credit Master’s degree. In practical terms, successful completion of the Master’s degree with the teaching focus leads also to the award of professional status as a secondary education teacher. Assessment of the skills in the AESS programme is spread over the 2 blocks of the Master’s degree.
Students may if they wish combine this focus with an Erasmus or Mercator exchange which must take place either during the 2nd semester of the first bloc or the 1st semester of the second bloc. All courses for the teaching focus must, however, be taken at UCLouvain.
Content:
A) Placements in an educational environment
(6 credits)
LHIST9001
Teaching history : stages
Dans le master, les 50h de stages sont équitablement réparties sur les deux blocs annuels, mais elles sont validées dans le bloc annuel 2.
B) Disciplinary courses and seminars
(11 credits)
Teacher training in the discipline
(7 credits)
Theories and analysis of teaching practices in history
(4 credits)
C) Cross-disciplinary courses and seminars
(13 credits)
To understand the adolescent in school situation, to manage the interpersonal relationship and to animate the class group
L'étudiant choisit une des deux activités suivantes. Le cours et le séminaire doivent être suivis durant le même quadrimestre.
FR
q2
22.5h+22.5h
4
credits
FR
q2
22.5h+22.5h
4
credits
The school institution and its context
L'étudiant choisit une des deux activités suivantes. Le cours et le séminaire doivent être suivis durant le même quadrimestre.
FR
q1
22.5h+25h
4
credits
FR
q2
22.5h+25h
4
credits
LAGRE2220
General didactics and education to interdisciplinarity
L'étudiant choisit soit LAGRE2220A (1+2q) soit l'AGRE2220S (2q).
FR
q1+q2
37.5h
3
credits
Teacher(s):
> Stéphane Colognesi
> Severine De Croix
> Myriam De Kesel
> Jean-Louis Dufays
> Anne Ghysselinckx
> Véronique Lemaire
> Benoît Vercruysse
Stéphane Colognesi, Severine De Croix, Myriam De Kesel, Jean-Louis Dufays, Anne Ghysselinckx, Véronique Lemaire, Benoît Vercruysse
FR
q2
20h
2
credits
Teacher(s):
> Xavier Delgrange
> Hervé Pourtois (coord.)
> Pierre-Etienne Vandamme
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Professional Focus : History and Archives [30.0]
Content:
LHIST9532
Student Work in Archivistics : Public Archives
It is strongly advised to do the first internship in public archives and then the internship in private archives
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Professional Focus : Communication of Historical Knowledge [30.0]
Content:
Compulsory placement
(10 credits)
One cursus from the following :
(5 credits)
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
FR
q1
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Thibault Philippette
> Camille Tilleul (compensates Thibault Philippette)
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Options
Students choose an option or optional courses for 15 credits. With the agreement of the secretary of the jury, some courses of the KU Leuven and UNamur can also be chosen. In that case, students must ensure that they are in order at the university concerned (administrative registration for the chosen course).
Note: if some of the teaching units from the options and/or optional courses are also in the core subjects or in the research focus, the overlap may not exceed 6 credits with each of these programme sections. No overlap of courses is permitted for either the teaching focus or the professional focus. Teaching units taken in the core subjects or in the research focus may not be taken into account within the options.
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Option in Digital Culture and Ethics [15.0]
The digital has transformed our lives and culture to the extent to which everything takes place nowadays in “digital space,” as our own space, time, and existence are all deeply digitalized. In the “culture of connectivity,” the digital is ubiquitous, we are, one way or another, always online, while technology is no longer just ‘at hand’, but already intimately infiltrating and fusing with our thoughts, our sensations, and even our bodies.
The Digital Culture and Ethics Option offers courses focusing on such profound changes brought about by the digital in all walks of life and academic disciplines alike. It invites the students to reflect critically and creatively on the resulting large-scale evolutions and equips them with the right skills and tools for approaching their subject matters from cutting-edge and presently much needed, genuinely effective and encompassing perspectives.
The topics and practical applications taught in this option also open up the scope of our specialized fields to wider cross-disciplinary viewpoints, thus making us ready to be professionally versatile and successful in a deeply transformed digital world.
Content:
One course from the list below :
(5 credits)
LHIST2600
Digital Practices in History Professions
Ce cours est accessible uniquement à l'étudiant en
master en histoire ou ayant suivi la mineure en histoire.
FR
q2
15h
5
credits
> English-friendly
Teacher(s):
> Lionel Scheepmans (compensates Olivier Servais)
FR
q1
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Thibault Philippette
> Camille Tilleul (compensates Thibault Philippette)
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Option in Subalternities and Postcolonial Critiques: History, World and Societies [15.0]
This option aims to deepen the study and practice of critical decentring in history. The aim is not only to mobilise epistemological frameworks from other social science disciplines, but also to train in the work of historians who question the past in an inclusive and decentred manner, and who interrogate systems of power and relations of domination and dependence (ethnic, economic, political, cultural, gender, religious, etc.).
Content:
Research Seminar
(10 credits)
LHIST2560
Séminaire d'histoire : Europe et mondes extra-européens
Students who have taken this teaching unit in the core courses must take 10 credits of optional courses.
Optional Courses
(10 credits)
Two courses to be chosen from one of the following modules
Module 1: Global issues and decentralised approach
FR
q2
20h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Bénédicte Fontaine (compensates Jacinthe Mazzocchetti)
> Jacinthe Mazzocchetti
LHIST2722
Contacts and exchanges : Seminar I (The Middle Ages)
Knowledge of Latin is essential for this course
Module 2: Analysis of non-European societies
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
LROM2842
Problems in the History of Spanish Literature: from the Spanish Baroque to the Hispano-American Neo-Baroque
Prerequisite: good written and spoken knowledge of Spanish (level B2)
Module 3: Philosophical, religious and cultural issues
FR
q1
30h
5
credits
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Optional Courses [15.0]
Content:
Teaching focus
Only for students from the Teaching Focus
Archives and Records, Communication and Teaching
International, intercultural and intereginal relations
EN
q2
15h
3
credits
Ancient studies: history, art history and archaeology, languages and literatures
FR
q1
30h
4
credits
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
FR
q1
45h
5
credits
Medieval Studies
FR
q2
30h
4
credits
Justice, law and criminality
Gender Studies
FR
q2
15h
3
credits
FR
q2
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Annalisa Casini
> Annalisa Casini (compensates Vincent Yzerbyt)
> Annalisa Casini (compensates Isabelle Roskam)
Annalisa Casini, Annalisa Casini (compensates Vincent Yzerbyt), Annalisa Casini (compensates Isabelle Roskam)
Other courses (maximum 5 credits)
May be chosen from the Faculty or University programmes with the agreement of jury' secretary. Students should check with the lecturer in charge of their chosen course(s) that they have prior knowledge to take them.
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Preparatory Module
(only for students who qualify for the course via complementary coursework)
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).
Making History - Theory and Application of Theory
(35 credits)
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.
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 :
FR
q1
22.5h
7
credits
FR
q1
22.5h
7
credits
FR
q1
22.5h
7
credits
FR
q1
22.5h
7
credits
Languages
(10 credits)
Students must take one course of Ancient Languages (5 credits) and one course of Modern Languages (5 credits).
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.
Modern languages
(5 credits)
EN
q1+q2
45h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Estelle Dagneaux (coord.)
> Claudine Grommersch
> Sandrine Mulkers
