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Core courses [30.0]
The study program (blocks 1 and 2) listed below is the result of the latest reform of the Master's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures : General, and concerns students enrolled for the first time in September 2025 in the 1st year of the Master's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures : General.
Students enrolled in the 1st year of the Master's program during the 2024-2025 academic year and who have not acquired all the credits in their annual program will follow a program adapted by the jury according to the credits acquired.
Students who began their course before September 2025 will follow the old program, but with content adjustments following the reform. The adapted program for these students will be drawn up by the jury on the basis of the teaching units already taken and passed.From 2025-26, the didactic final year will no longer be offered. Students who were enrolled before 2025 may re-enroll and have two years in which to complete the course (2025-26 and 2026-27). Students re-enrolling in 2026-27 who have not obtained their diploma by the end of 2026-27 will have the academic year 2027-28 to validate the missing teaching units. If the diploma is not obtained in 2027-28, students will continue their studies in a Section 4 Master's degree in teaching.
More information on the transition program: https://uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/fial/elal/programmes-de-transition.html
Dissertation
(27 credits)
One course, depending on the bachelor's degree course(s) taken
(3 credits)
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Professional Focus : Linguistic and Literary Approaches to a Pluralistic Society [30.0]
The student chooses 15 credits in each of their two languages (a Roman language and a Germanic language, following on from the languages taken in the bachelor's degree). German-Italian and Dutch-Italian combinations are not organized.
Content:
Deutsche Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
(15 credits)
English literature and linguistics
(15 credits)
Estudios hispánicos
(15 credits)
Etudes françaises
(15 credits)
Studi italiani
(15 credits)
Nederlandse taal- en letterkunde
(15 credits)
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Options
The Master's programme comprises 60 credits of options and electives.
Of these 60 credits, each student must choose :
- at least one ‘in-depth’ option in one of the two languages studied in the Master's programme
- at least one ‘thematic’ option
Each option chosen must comprise between 15 credits (minimum) and 30 credits (maximum).If this is necessary to achieve 60 credits of elective options/courses, students may complete their programme :
- by adding one or more in-depth, thematic or open options (with a minimum of 15 credits and a maximum of 30 credits per option)
- and/or by freely choosing courses from among the various options offered (in-depth, thematic, open).NB: Teaching units present in several options can only be credited within a single option.
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In-depth subject options
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Disciplinary learning in German studies (15 to 20 credits)
Content:
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Disciplinary learning in English studies (15 to 30 credits)
Content:
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Disciplinary learning in Hispanic studies (15 to 20 credits)
Content:
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Disciplinary learning in French studies (15 to 30 credits)
Content:
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Disciplinary learning in Italian studies (15 to 20 credits)
Content:
IT
q1
15h
5
credits
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Disciplinary learning in Dutch studies (15 to 20 credits)
Content:
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thematic option in languages and literature
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Linguistic diversity and plurilingualism (15 to 30 credits)
Content:
FR
q2
45h
5
credits
> English-friendly
Teacher(s):
> Magali Beylat (compensates Vincent Yzerbyt)
> Stéphanie Demoulin (compensates Karl-Andrew Woltin)
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Comparative literature (15 to 25 credits)
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Intermediates (15 to 30 credits)
Content:
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Environment and culture (15 to 25 credits)
Content:
FR
q1
30h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Martin Colla (compensates Nathalie Frogneux)
> Valentin Couvreur
> Charlotte Luyckx (coord.)
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Foreign language acquisition and learning (15 to 30 credits)
Content:
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Opening option
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Digital humanities
Content:
Students choose a minimum of 15 credits from :
LFIAL2650
Critical analysis of artificial intelligence
If the student selects LFIAL2650E as part of the compulsory core curriculum of an ELAL master's degree, the student will choose another UE from the list
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Business languages
Content:
The student chooses a maximum of one 15-credit module from the four below (required language level: min. B2). Students may not mix and match between languages.
German
Students who wish to choose German must take LMULT2213 in block 1 in 2025-26 and LMULT2414 and LMULT2415 in block 2 in 2026-27.
DE
q1
15h+15h
3
credits
DE
q2
7.5h+15h
3
credits
LMULT2213
Reading comprehension and vocabulary extension: economic and commercial texts in German
Please note: This course will not be offered in 2026-27.
English
Dutch
NL
q1
30h+15h
5
credits
Teacher(s):
> Dag Houdmont
> Matthieu Sergier (compensates Philippe Hiligsmann)
French
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French as foreign language
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Methodology and language statistics
Content:
Students choose a minimum of 15 credits from
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Optional courses
Students complete their programme with courses from one of the three option sections to reach a total of 60 credits for Options.
Content:
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International mobility
As part of their studies, students are encouraged to :
- spend a semester (30 credits) studying at one of our many partner universities. Information on these programs can be found at https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/fial/etudiant-fial-en-echange- take one or more courses (maximum 3) offered by FIAL partners abroad. This internationalization of training takes place :
· either through mobility (stay at a partner university),
· or by taking these courses online,
· or by taking a course at UCLouvain which is offered by the faculty to a wider, international audience, as well as to its own students.
The list of courses offered in this way can be found on the https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/fial/je-fais-une-mobilite-courte page.
Students can add these courses to their curriculum throughout the academic year, within the limits set out in the regulations.
Content:
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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.
The preparatory module of the Master [120] in Modern Languages and Literatures : General has a double objective: on the one hand, it aims to provide students with knowledge relating to the philological approach, as well as to literary and linguistic analysis (in connection with the languages chosen by the student); on the other hand, it offers an initiation to the specificity of academic discourse and methodology. The acquisition of this knowledge and know-how will enable students to follow the Master's courses with success. This is why students concerned by this complementary module will, as far as possible, follow the courses of this module from the first year of the Master. Students will have the possibility to call upon the faculty's pedagogical advisors to help them in the acquisition of these courses from different undergraduate programmes.
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).
Languages
German Studies
English Studies
Dutch Studies
French Studies
Spanish Studies
Italian Studies
General courses
ROGE2M - Louvain-la-Neuve
Students who do not hold a bachelor's degree from UCLouvain in Languages and Literature choose one of the three courses.