Duration
15h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in history | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Foreign students are expected to master the French language first, as several papers and results of bibliographical research are to be turned in during the academic year and at the end of it.
The four Heuristics courses contribute to the establishment of a real progression in the training of history students. The possibility of following them in parallel in B2 offers students the opportunity to discover the specificities and methods of historical research for the four periods (discovery of the different types of sources and literature specific to each period; initiation to bibliographical research and the use of the main working tools). In B3, each student will thus be able to choose, with full knowledge of the facts, the two periods in which he wishes to specialise and to carry out his first major work independently (including the TFC).
At the end of these heuristics courses, students will have acquired some research automatisms, exercised their critical thinking and improved the quality of their scientific writing.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The student will be able to find his or her way through the printed material on contemporary history (especially that of Belgium) on his or her own at the end of the quadrimester:
- writing a systematic and exhaustive bibliography (printed sources, secondary literature and working tools);
- writing a biographical note;
- mastery of the heuristic reflexes essential to any research in Belgian official sources and in the digitised historical press.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Working knowledge of French, both oral and written.
Reading capacity of English and, possibly, notions of Dutch.
The knowledge and skills required by the courses Practical Introduction to Research in History (HIST0082), Notions of Historical Criticism (HIST0055) and Contemporary history (HIST0031) are assumed to have been acquired.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course will alternate theoretical and practical sessions. The exercises proposed may consist of individual or group work and lead to the production of written texts.
Compulsory tutoring sessions will also be organised (schedule to be specified).
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
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Recommended or required readings
"Guide d'initiation bibliographique". Available on e-campus at least on Septembre 21th.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Students will be assessed in the following way:
- work to be handed in during the term: 30%;
- written examination: 70%;
- the quality and thoroughness of the documentary research (method adopted, presentation and coherence of the infrapaginal notes and bibliographical references);
- mastery of tools (main working instruments, sites providing access to various printed sources, etc.);
- the quality of the critical reflection;
- the quality of the language (spelling, syntax and style).
Three unjustified absences from the course will therefore result in refusal of the first session.
In addition, students who have not submitted all the work and reports related to the course by the beginning of the second session will not be eligible for the second session.
In the second session, a written examination will be worth 70% of the mark. The work submitted during the term will still be worth 30%. Students wishing to improve their marks for these 30% would be allowed to resubmit one or more pieces of work for which they had obtained a mark of less than 10/20. (new topics will be assigned). These must be handed in by the opening day of the term at the latest.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Pr. Catherine LANNEAU
Département des Sciences historiques (A4)
1 b, quai Roosevelt, 4000 Liège
Tél. 04 366 56 08 - Fax 04 366 57 68
C.Lanneau@uliege.be
Assistant:
Thomas BRIAMONT (tbriamont@uliege.be) et Sacha HABIBI (Sacha.Habibi@uliege.be)
Student monitor: Maude DOSOGNE (maude.dosogne@student.uliege.be)