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.

The preparatory module of the Master [60] 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).


Optional Languages
Optional German Studies
DE q2  22.5h+5h  5 credits      
DE q1  22.5h+5h  5 credits      
DE q1  30h+7.5h  5 credits      
DE q2  30h+7.5h  5 credits      
Optional LGERM1501  German IV
DE q1+q2  30h+30h  5 credits      
Optional English Studies
EN q2  22.5h  5 credits      
EN q1  22.5h+5h  5 credits      
EN q1  22.5h+5h  5 credits      
EN q2  30h+4h  5 credits      
EN q2  30h+4h  5 credits      
EN q1+q2  30h+30h  5 credits      
Optional Dutch Studies
NL q2  22.5h  5 credits      
NL q2  22.5h+5h  5 credits      
NL q2  30h+7.5h  5 credits      
NL q1+q2  30h+30h  5 credits      
Optional French Studies
FR q2  30h+10h  5 credits      
Optional LFRA1321  Creative writing
FR q2  22.5h  5 credits      
FR q1  30h+7.5h  5 credits      
FR q1  30h+15h  5 credits      
FR q2  37.5h+7.5h  5 credits      
FR q1  45h  5 credits      
Jorina Brysbaert (compensates Anne-Catherine Simon)
, Cédrick Fairon


FR q2  30h  5 credits      
Optional Spanish Studies
ES q1  30h+15h  5 credits      
ES q2  30h+15h  5 credits      
ES q1  30h+15h  5 credits      
Barbara De Cock
, Aurélie Marsily (compensates Barbara De Cock)


Optional Italian Studies
IT q1  22.5h+10h  5 credits      
IT q2  15h+45h  5 credits      
Optional General courses
FR q1  30h  5 credits      
FR q1  30h  5 credits       > English-friendly  
Optional LLMOD1399  Final assignment
FR q1+q2    5 credits