Supplementary classes

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 60 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 General training (5 credits)
Optional LELAL1360  Analyzing language: Quantitative and qualitative methods
FR q1  30h+15h  5 credits      
Optional LFIAL1152  Introduction to literary studies
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Elise Deschambre

Elise Deschambre
Mandatory Linguistics (20 credits)
Mandatory LROM1221  Linguistics: Variation in Contemporary French
FR q1  30h+15h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Anne-Catherine Simon

Anne-Catherine Simon
Mandatory LFIAL1131  Understanding language: an introduction to linguistics
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Elisabeth Degand

> Philippe Hambye

Elisabeth Degand
, Philippe Hambye
Mandatory LFIAL1560  General linguistics : semantics and pragmatics
FR q1  30h  5 credits       > English-friendly  
Teacher(s):

> Elisabeth Degand

Elisabeth Degand
Mandatory LFRA1112  History of the French language
FR q2  37.5h+7.5h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Philippe Hambye

Philippe Hambye
Mandatory Literature (20 credits)
Mandatory LROM1323  Belgian Francophone Literature
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Pierre Piret

Pierre Piret
Mandatory LFIAL1330  General and Comparative Literature : Methods and Practices
FR q2  30h+10h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Marta Sábado Novau

Marta Sábado Novau
Mandatory LROM1360  Critical analysis of Texts: the French Language Theatre
FR q1  30h+7.5h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Pierre Piret

Pierre Piret
Mandatory Un cours parmi:
Optional LFRA1101  These so-called minor literary genres
FR q1  22.5h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Severine De Croix

Severine De Croix
Optional LFRA1102  French literature: between artistic creation and novelistic analysis
FR q2  30h+10h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Vincent Engel

Vincent Engel
Optional LFRA1103  La fabrique du texte: French-language literature of the 20th and 21st centuries
FR q2  22.5h+10h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Pierre Piret

> Anne Reverseau

Pierre Piret
, Anne Reverseau
Optional LFRA1104  Arts and French literature
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Christophe Meurée (compensates Agnès Guiderdoni)

Christophe Meurée (compensates Agnès Guiderdoni)
Mandatory Romance languages courses (15 credits)
L'étudiant·e choisit les études hispaniques ou italiennes 
Optional Spanish Studies
Mandatory Maîtrise de la langue (5 credits)
L’étudiant·e choisit l’un des deux cours en fonction des résultats obtenus au test de niveau réalisé lors de l'admission. 
Optional LESP1181  Spanish A1- B1 (linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic competences)
ES q1+q2  60h+60h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Begona Garcia Migura

> Paula Lorente Fernandez

> Marta Sábado Novau

Begona Garcia Migura
, Paula Lorente Fernandez
, Marta Sábado Novau
Optional LESPA1600  Spanish (A2-B1.1)
ES q2  45h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Begona Garcia Migura

> Paula Lorente Fernandez (coord.)

Begona Garcia Migura
, Paula Lorente Fernandez (coord.)
Mandatory Littérature et linguistique (10 credits)
Mandatory LROM1281  Introduction to Linguistic Analysis of Spanish Texts
ES q1  30h+15h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Aurélie Marsily (compensates Barbara De Cock)

Aurélie Marsily (compensates Barbara De Cock)
Mandatory Un cours parmi:
Optional LROM1283  Twentieth Century Latin-American short story : a historical and thematic survey
ES q2  30h+15h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Geneviève Fabry

Geneviève Fabry
Optional LROM1382  Principal Works in Spanish Literature
ES q1  30h+15h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Marta Sábado Novau

Marta Sábado Novau
Optional Italian Studies
Mandatory Maîtrise de la langue (5 credits)
L’étudiant·e choisit l’un des deux cours en fonction des résultats obtenus au test de niveau réalisé lors de l'admission. 
Optional LITA1170  The Italian language today
IT q1+q2  30h+90h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Carmela Giusto

> Laura Scarpa

Carmela Giusto
, Laura Scarpa
Optional LITAL2412  Italian - Interactive Communication
IT q1  45h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Laura Scarpa (coord.)

Laura Scarpa (coord.)
Mandatory Littérature et linguistique (10 credits)
Mandatory LROM1271  Elements of italian linguistics
IT q2  15h+45h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Costantino Maeder

Costantino Maeder
Mandatory Un cours parmi:
Optional LITA1120  Introduction to artistic and literary currents from origins to the present day
IT q2  15h+10h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Laurent Béghin

Laurent Béghin
Optional LITA1272  From Dante Alighieri to Umberto Eco: glimpse of Italian literature
IT q1  22.5h+10h  5 credits      
Teacher(s):

> Mattia Cavagna

Mattia Cavagna