Detailed programme by subject

The curriculum (Blocks 1, 2, and 3) outlined below is based on the reform of the Bachelor’s program in Biology, Anthropology, and Archaeology (BABA1BA) and applies to students enrolling for the first time in September 2026 in the first year of the Bachelor’s program in Biology, Anthropology, and Archaeology.
Students who began their program before September 2026 will follow the old curriculum, but with content adjustments resulting from the reform.
More information about the transition program: https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/fial/ehac


Mandatory Content:
Mandatory Common training
Mandatory Interdisciplinary training in biology, anthropology and archaeology
Mandatory LVETE1300  Integrated Seminars
EN q2  10h+15h  2 credits      
Mandatory Disciplinary training in biology and other earth and life sciences
Mandatory Organism biology
FR q1  10h+40h  4 credits      
Matthew Dallemagne (compensates Jean-François Rees)


FR q2  30h+15h  3 credits      
Mandatory Cellular and Molecular Biology
FR q1  30h+20h  4 credits      
Mandatory LBIO1223  Molecular biology
FR q2  50h+20h  6 credits      
Mandatory Chemistry and biochemistry
Mandatory LCHM1111A  General chemistry
FR q1  45h+30h  6 credits      
FR q1  30h+20h  4 credits      
Mandatory LCHM1141A  Organic chemistry
FR q2  30h+20h  5 credits      
Mandatory Mathematics
Mandatory LMAT1101  Mathematics 1
FR q1  30h+20h  4 credits      
Mandatory Physics and Earth Sciences
FR q2  30h+30h  5 credits      
Mandatory LPHY1101  Physics 1
FR q1  32h+46h  6 credits      
Mandatory Ecology
Mandatory LBIO1117  Ecology I
FR q2  30h+10h  4 credits      
Claire Hermans (compensates Renate Wesselingh)


Mandatory Biological Evolution
FR q2  15h  3 credits      
Mandatory Disciplinary training in anthropology and sociology
Mandatory LESPO1103  Anthropology
FR q1  15h  3 credits      
FR q1  30h+10h  6 credits      
Martin Colla (compensates Julie Hermesse)
, Yailin Laffita van den Hove d'Ertsenryck (compensates Julie Hermesse)


Mandatory Disciplinary training in archaeology and art history
Mandatory LARKE1110  Museums and heritage
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Optional In even-numbered years, students take the following two courses:
Optional In odd-numbered years, students take the following two courses:
Mandatory Methodologies and techniques in biology, anthropology and archaeology
FR q1+q2  30h+15h  5 credits      
FR q1  15h+15h  3 credits      
Saskia Simon (compensates Julie Hermesse)


Mandatory LESPO1001  MOOC Penser critique
FR q1+q2  7.5h  3 credits      
FR q1+q2  22.5h+15h  5 credits      
FR q2  30h+10h  3 credits      
Olivier Servais
, Saskia Simon (compensates Brigitte Maréchal)


Mandatory Language training
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
EN q2  30h+10h  3 credits       > French-friendly  
FR q2  22.5h  2 credits      
Mandatory Disciplinary training in anthropology and sociology
Mandatory LSOCA1316A  The History of Debates in Sociology and Anthropology
L'étudiant·e suit l'UE LPOLS1316A durant l'année académique 2026-2027
FR q1  22.5h+7.5h  5 credits      
Mandatory LSOCA1326  Practical Research Seminars in Sociology and Anthropology
L'étudiant·e suit l'UE LPOLS1326 durant l'année académique 2026-2027
FR q1+q2  45h+10h  9 credits      
Mandatory LSOCA1230  Ethnographies digitales et mondes virtuels
L’étudiant.e suivra une autre UE durant l’année académique 2026-2027
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
Mandatory Disciplinary training in archaeology and art history
Optional In even-numbered years, students take the following two courses:
Optional In odd-numbered years, students take the following two courses:
Mandatory Méthodologies et techniques en biologie, anthropologie et archéologie
Optional Organismal biology and ecology stream
Mandatory Biodiversity, ecology and biogeography
Mandatory LBIO1217  Ecology II
EN q2  30h+10h  3 credits       > French-friendly  
Mandatory LBIO1317  Functional ecology
EN q1  30h  2 credits      
FR q2  30h  2 credits      
FR q1+q2  10h+40h  5 credits      
Ruben Evens
, Ruben Evens (compensates Renate Wesselingh)


FR q1  20h+10h  2 credits      
Alice Mouton (compensates Simon Baeckens)
, Renate Wesselingh


Mandatory Organismal biology
FR q1  40h+15h  4 credits      
FR q1  15h+10h  2 credits      
Mandatory Plant biology
Mandatory LBIO1240  Plant physiology
FR q1  40h+15h  4 credits      
Mandatory Data management and statistics
FR q1  20h+15h  4 credits      
FR q2  30h+40h  4 credits      
Mandatory Cellular Biology
Mandatory LBIO1121  Genetics
FR q2  20h+15h  3 credits      
Mandatory LBIO1234  Animal histology
FR q1  20h+20h  4 credits      
Mandatory Biochemistry
FR q1  30h+10h  3 credits      
Patrice Soumillion
, Milan Vander Wee-Leonard (compensates Benjamin Elias)


Optional Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology stream
Mandatory Organismal biology
FR q1  40h+15h  4 credits      
Mandatory Plant biology
Mandatory LBIO1240  Plant physiology
FR q1  40h+15h  4 credits      
Mandatory Animal biology
Mandatory LBIO1234  Animal histology
FR q1  20h+20h  4 credits      
FR q1  30h+10h  3 credits      
Laure Bridoux (compensates René Rezsohazy)
, Patrick Dumont


Mandatory LVETE1337  Immunology
FR q1  25h+10h  4 credits      
Mandatory Biological evolution
FR q1  20h+10h  2 credits      
Alice Mouton (compensates Simon Baeckens)
, Renate Wesselingh


Mandatory Data management and statistics
FR q1  20h+15h  4 credits      
FR q2  30h+40h  4 credits      
Mandatory Molecular biology and genetics
Mandatory LBIO1121  Genetics
FR q2  20h+15h  3 credits      
Mandatory Biochemistry
FR q1  30h+10h  3 credits      
Patrice Soumillion
, Milan Vander Wee-Leonard (compensates Benjamin Elias)


FR q2  30h+15h  4 credits