Saint-Louis University - Bruxelles
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2020 - 2021 Programme

Key learning outcomes

I. To acquire practical skills and expertise in a broad range of academic fields including in an interdisciplinary perspective.

At the end of the Programme students will have acquired:

• General and inter-disciplinary expertise by reaching out to other disciplines and exploring the connections between them.

The programme will develop students’:

  • expertise in different fields of the human and social sciences (principal theories, terminology, methods, objectives, challenges and stakes).
  • ability to construct an interdisciplinary dialogue between the different human and social sciences and comprehend the complexities of their relationship with Germanic literatures, linguistics and cultures on a theoretical level.

All the general courses in social sciences. Ex : Critique des sources d’information (Bloc 1); Histoire de l'art et archéologie du Moyen Age à nos jours (Bloc 2); Philosophie (Bloc 1)

• Expertise in the principal non-francophone authors and literary movements as well as in the theoretical tools of literary analysis.

Students will be introduced to:

  • the history of the principal European literatures and the basics of comparative literature.

Littératures européennes (Bloc 1)

  • the principal theoretical tools of literary analysis and the objectives, stakes and limits of its main schools of thought.

Théorie de la littérature (Bloc 2)

II. To develop specialised practical language and linguistic skills

At the end of the Programme students will have acquired:

• Excellent communication skills in two Germanic languages

The programme’s goals are to:

  • develop student’s oral and written language skills to the B2+ level of the European Reference Framework (this means being able to : use a diverse range of oral expression, write using appropriate register and style, use adequate academic vocabulary and be able to present research findings in a range of formats)
  • ability to translate texts from French into the selected target languages

All linguistics courses including practical exercise sessions in Bloc 1, 2 and 3 for both Germanic languages: Pratique de la langue, Maîtrise de la langue

• Specialist expertise in the literatures and cultures of two Germanic languages.

In particular, students will:

  • gain in-depth knowledge of the literatures and cultures in two chosen languages (principal theories, terminology, principal concepts, analytical methods, objectives, challenges and stakes) and their practice:

All the thematic courses introducing students to the literature and culture of the two Germanic languages chosen. Ex : Histoire de la littérature et analyse de textes (bloc 1, 2); Analyse de textes et questions spéciales (bloc 3); Civilisation des pays de langue allemande, anglaise, néerlandaise (Bloc 2)

  • discover the movements, the principal authors and the canonical works across the history of literature and discover the practices, methods, objectives, stakes and challenges facing the discipline:

All history of literature courses. Ex : Histoire de la littérature et analyse de textes (Bloc 1 et 2)

  • learn to analyse literary texts, in particular using comparative methodology, both in terms of content and style :

All the introductory thematic literature courses in the two Germanic languages chosen:
ex: Histoire de la littérature et analyse de textes (bloc 1, 2); Analyse de textes et questions spéciales (bloc 3);

  • acquire knowledge of and be capable of critically examining aspects of the culture, politics, history and geography of the countries in which the two chosen Germanic languages are spoken :

Civilisation des pays de langue allemande, anglaise, néerlandaise (bloc 2)

  • learn to produce a piece of academic work on specific literary lines of inquiry according to academic norms and ethics (bibliographical references, use of quotations, notes, etc.)

All the thematic literature courses in the two Germanic languages chosen. Ex: Histoire de la littérature et analyse de textes (bloc 1, 2); Analyse de textes et questions spéciales (bloc 3)

• Specialised linguistics skills in two Germanic languages

Students will acquire:

  • in-depth linguistics skills (linguistics, thematic schools of thought, principal theories, terminology, principal concepts, methods, objectives, challenges and stakes) as well as practical communication skills in the two Germanic languages chosen.
  • a command of phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics
  • the ability to recognise, situate, analyse and describe real linguistic phenomena
  • a knowledge of linguistic variation at the theoretical level
  • the ability to produce a piece of academic work on specific linguistic lines of inquiry according to academic norms and ethics (bibliographical references, use of quotations, notes, etc.).

All the introductory thematic literature courses in the two Germanic languages chosen. Ex: Questions spéciales de linguistique (Néerlandais, Anglais et Allemand) (bloc 3)

​• A practical grounding in research in literature or linguistics. Students will acquire a command of the tools and methods of work in the discipline chosen.

Students will learn to:

  • use the principal bibliographical resources in the different disciplines of linguistics and literature;
  • construct a research question (personal thesis) and to support it using appropriate methodology in a piece of personal work of 7000 to 8000 words;
  • summarise the current scholarly state of investigation in relation to a linguistic or literary issue;
  • follow the instructions for a significant piece of work (including respecting deadlines) and interact constructively with a supervisor;
  • present their research and defend its findings before a panel of experts.

Critique des sources d'information; Méthodologie du travail scientifique; Travail de fin d'études

III. To acquire a grounding in the scientific method (‘transferable skills’)

At the end of the Programme students will have acquired:

• A grounding in the methods of critical thinking and scientific reasoning

Students will learn to:

  • apply critical and scientific reasoning to analyse information and any type of text.
  • construct clear and sophisticated reasoning using appropriate terminology, put a question in its theoretical context, establish a hypothesis and verify it.

All Modern Languages and Letters : German, Dutch and English (BA) Programme courses

• A grounding in the analysis of complex reasoning and the skills needed to produce their own appropriately expressed reasoned arguments.

Students will learn to:

  • synthesise and identify the objectives, important ideas and issues raised in/by any complex text or reasoned argumentation
  • defend a personal position in a conceptual debate, including vis-à-vis those who do not share its assumptions.

All Modern Languages and Letters : German, Dutch and English (BA) Programme courses

180 credits