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Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences BA-HHIST

Bachelor in History

  • academic year
    2019-2020
Bachelor in History

This formation is taught in french.

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  • Programme title
    Bachelor in History
  • Programme mnemonic
    BA-HHIST
  • Programme organised by
    • Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences
  • Degree type
    Bachelors
  • Tier
    1th cycle
  • Field and branch of study
    Human and social sciences/History, history of art, and archaeology
  • Schedule type
    Daytime
  • Languages of instruction
    french
  • Theoretical programme duration
    3 years
  • Campus
    Solbosch
  • Category / Topic
    Human and social sciences - History, history of art, and archaeology
  • Jury President
    Athéna TSINGARIDA and Alain DIERKENS
  • Jury Secretary
    Aude BUSINE and Christophe LOIR

Details

General information

Degree type

Bacheliers

Theoretical programme duration

3 years

Learning language(s)

french

Schedule type

Daytime

Campus

Solbosch

Category(ies) - Topic(s)

Human and social sciences - History, history of art, and archaeology

Organising faculty(s) and university(ies)
Infor-études

Contacts

+32 2 650 38 07

histoire@ulb.ac.be

http://www.philoscsoc.ulb.be

Succeed in your studies

ULB offers a number of activities and resources that can help you develop a successful strategy before or during your studies.

You can make the transition to higher education easier by attending preparatory courses, summer classes, and information and orientation sessions, even before you start your studies at ULB.

During your studies, many people at ULB are there specifically to help you succeed: support staff in each faculty, (inter-)faculty guidance counsellors, tutors, and experts in academic methodology.

Presentation

Fulfill your personal ambitions by:

  • receiving high-quality teaching of the many aspects of general history and other subjects that help us to better understand history.

  • doing a course that teaches you to analyse any question relating to a period in history.

Mobility is specifically encouraged at the Department of History at ULB. Exchanges have been set up with universities in Germany, the UK, Spain, France, Italy and Sweden. It is also possible to do part of your bachelor at VUB.

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This course will help you to develop your ability to analyse and synthesise and will open up your mind by decompartmentalising subjects and historical periods, by providing teaching in historical criticism and historiographic reflexion and by familiarising students with the art of analysing and using sources

This course will give you training that will enable you to analyse any aspect of history in depth using an approach based on rigour, critical analysis, documentary research and interpretation of testimony.

Specific supervision will be provided at the seminars you attend over the course of the year. You will also be able to receive training in library research.

You have at your disposal:

  • the human sciences library

  • PCs providing access to online resources

Access conditions

Programme

What's next ?

Prospects

If you go on to do a Master in History, Culture Management and Performing Arts, you will be able to work in the following areas:

  • Teacher at different levels.

  • Researcher.

  • Career in diplomacy.

  • Career in a documentation centre (e.g. : banks) and bodies that have a records office.

  • Posts at public or private archive repositories.

  • Careers in news, publishing, human resources management and public relations