Supplementary classes

To access  this Master, students must have a good command of certain subjects. If this is not the case, 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 Making History - Theory and Application of Theory (35 credits)
Mandatory LHIST1140  General heuristics
FR q1  22.5h+15h  6 credits      
Mandatory LFIAL1156  Computer Applications in the Humanities
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  3 credits      
FR q1  22.5h  5 credits      
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      
FR q1  22.5h  8 credits      
FR q1  22.5h  8 credits      
FR q1  22.5h  8 credits      
FR q1  22.5h  7 credits      
FR q1  22.5h  7 credits      
FR q1  22.5h  7 credits      
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)
LFIAL1770 and LFIAL1181 are 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 is open to all.
Optional LFIAL1180  Latin I
FR q1  30h+30h  5 credits      
Optional LFIAL1181  Latin Authors
FR q1  30h+0h  5 credits       > English-friendly  
Optional LFIAL1770  Greek I
FR q1  30h+30h  5 credits      
Mandatory Modern languages (5 credits)
EN q1+q2  45h  5 credits      
Estelle Dagneaux (coord.)
, Claudine Grommersch
, Marine Volpe (compensates Sandrine Mulkers)


NL q1+q2  60h  5 credits      
Katrien De Rycke (coord.)


Optional LNEER1730  Dutch language
NL q1  60h  5 credits      
Optional LALLE1710  German language
DE q1  30h+30h  5 credits      
Caroline Klein (coord.)