Bachelor in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures
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Schedule
regular course
- ECTS Credits 180
From Latin...
No prerequisites are required for Latin training, although a prior basic knowledge is strongly advised. If you have not studied it in secondary school, an introductory course is specially designed for you. If you already have an advanced level, you can go straight into the Reading Texts or Explanation of Latin Authors courses, the latter devoted as much to literary and historical analysis as to the study of the language.
From the first year, you specialize in Latin language. The program includes theory courses, version and theme exercises, linguistic analysis, the study of Latin literature and an introduction to research tools.
To understand the historical and cultural context of Latin literature, a knowledge of antiquity is necessary. You are thus trained in the history, archaeology and art history of Greco-Roman antiquity.
Latin literature having developed essentially on the model of Greek literature, your training also includes learning the foundations of the Greek language. A gradual introduction is provided if you didn't take Greek in secondary school.
... to French
In linguistics, you will learn to analyze and describe the French language in its various aspects (phonology, morphosyntax, semantics) and understand how it has taken shape over the course of history to reach its current state. Practical courses in written and spoken French enable you to acquire the excellent command of the French language essential to these studies.
In literature, you are introduced to the reading and analysis of texts, the history of literary themes and genres, and the study of French and Francophone authors, from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Era.
Several courses establish bridges between the Latin and French domains, notably through the study of the evolution of Latin into the Romance languages and the older states of the French language.
You're off to a good start
- you have an excellent command of French, particularly spelling;
- you have a real "taste for text" and enjoy close reading;
- you are capable of rigor and precision in analyzing a text;
- you enjoy seeking out information and elaborating complex thought.
Teaching methods
Courses, practical exercises, individual work... everything is done to ensure that you master the Latin and French languages, their history and the cultures they convey.
To learn Latin, you attend classes with a large audience and specialization classes in small groups. The latter are accompanied by regular exercise sessions that gradually train you in version and theme. All exercises are subject to a correction session commented on by the teacher.
The written and spoken French courses include regular exercise sessions. Completing the exercises on offer is a prerequisite for guaranteeing your learning.
The history of Latin and French literature is the subject of theoretical classes, which are supplemented by readings (Latin works in translation, novels, plays, short stories...) and personal analyses.
In 3rd year, you complete a travail de fin de cycle under the direct supervision of a teacher from the Classics, Romance or History department, who guides you in the choice of subject, research and writing. This work prepares you for independent scientific research.
At the end of your bachelor's degree, you'll have the chance to discover a different approach to university teaching and enjoy a cultural and even linguistic experience, thanks to the "Erasmus" program.
Success aids
Succeeding in a year of study at university involves many challenges.
To help you meet them, UNamur supports you in developing your disciplinary, methodological and human skills... with the support of numerous professionals.
Preparatory courses, individualized help... Discover the schemes set up for your training.
After the baccalauréat: the master's degree
The bachelor's degree in ancient and modern languages and literature gives automatic access, in the French Community, to the master's degree in ancient and modern languages and literature.
During this second cycle, you opt for a major that prepares you more specifically for teaching (didactic major), research (in-depth major) or another professional specialization in the field of books, publishing, IT and linguistics, journalism...
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LHISB001_P35770 <unknown> 15h th. -
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LCLAB102 Latin Language I 30h th. + 75h ex. LCLAB205 Latin Language II 30h th. + 90h ex. LHISB202 Translation of medieval Latin texts I 30h th. LCLAB306 Latin Language III 30h th. + 90h ex. LHISB316 Translation of medieval Latin texts II 30h th. LCLAB003 Explanation of Latin authors A 30h th. LCLAB011 Explanation of Latin authors B 30h th. LCLAB012 Explanation of Latin authors C 30h th. -
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LCLAB009 Introduction to the Latin language 45h th. + 15h ex. LCLAB007 Reading of Latin texts 45h th. LCLAB003 Explanation of Latin authors A 30h th. LCLAB011 Explanation of Latin authors B 30h th. LCLAB012 Explanation of Latin authors C 30h th.
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LARTB111 Archaeology and Art history : Greek and Roman Antiquity 30h th. LCLAB101 History of Antiquity 45h th. LCLAB212 Heuristics of Antiquity 30h th. LCLAB307 Tools and methods of Latin philology 30h th. LCLAB006 Explanation of Greek authors A 45h th. LCLAB013 Explanation of Greek authors 45h th. LCLAB014 Explanation of Greek authors C 45h th. -
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LCLAB004 Introduction to the Greek language 45h th. + 15h ex. LCLAB005 Reading of Greek texts 45h th. LCLAB006 Explanation of Greek authors A 45h th. LCLAB013 Explanation of Greek authors 45h th. LCLAB014 Explanation of Greek authors C 45h th.
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LHISB101 Religious Studies 30h th. LPHIB105 General introduction to philosophy 45h th. -
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LROMB123 History of the French language and its grammatical norms 30h th. LROMB117 Practice of written French I 30h th. LROMB104 Synchronic Linguistics of Modern French I 30h th. + 30h ex. -
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LROMB219 Written French Practices II 30h th. LROMB231 Historical linguistics of French and Romance languages 45h th. -
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LROMB218 General Linguistics I 30h th. + 15h ex. LROMB309 Linguistique romane et histoire des langues romanes 30h th. -
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LCLAB308 End of cycle work -
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LLETB002 History of ancient literature and its legacies 30h th. LROMB109 History of French Literature I 30h th. LROMB124 History of French literature (19th-21st century) 30h th. LROMB228 Theory of literature 30h th. LCLAB209 History of Latin literature 45h th. LROMB327 Explanations by modern and contemporary French authors 30h th. LROMB233 Literary analysis 30h th. LROMB330 Explanation of French texts from the Middle Ages (Middle French) 30h th. LROMB229 Explanation of French texts from the Middle Ages (Old French) 30h th. -
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LROMB313 Belgian French-language literature 30h th. LROMB303 General Linguistics II 30h th. LLETB001 Books and digital culture 30h th. LROMB301 History of French literature 30h th. LROMB317 French modern authors II 30h th. -
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LELVB001 English 2 (level B1 or higher) 60h th. LALLB001 Reading of German texts I 30h th. LROMB102 Spanish I 15h th. + 60h ex. LROMB103 Italian I 15h th. + 60h ex. -
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LARTB038 Roman antiquity 30h th. LARTB009 Italic and Etruscan Antiquity 30h th. LARTB028 Archaeology and Art History. Contemporary period 30h th. LARTB012 Archaeology and Art History. Modern times 30h th. LARTB011 Archaeology and art history. Middle Ages 30h th. LCLAB301 Questions of ancient history 30h th. LHISB002 History of the Contemporary Era 30h th. LHISB003 History of Modern Times 30h th. LHISB004 History of the Middle Ages 30h th. LLETB001 Books and digital culture 30h th. LHISB317 Special palaeography of the medieval period 15h th. LHISB310 Western Palaeography: General Introduction 15h th. + 15h ex.
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LROMB310 Moyen français : lectures et commentaires de textes 30h th. -
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LROMB301 History of French literature 30h th. LROMB317 French modern authors II 30h th.
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Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block 1 2 3 LROMB314 Philology: editing of texts 15h th.
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LCLAB102 Latin Language I 12 30h ex. 30h th. + 45h ex. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LCLAB009 Introduction to the Latin language 3 22.5h th. + 7.5h ex. 22.5h th. + 7.5h ex. LCLAB007 Reading of Latin texts 3 30h th. 15h th. LCLAB003 Explanation of Latin authors A 3 30h th. LCLAB011 Explanation of Latin authors B 3 30h th. LCLAB012 Explanation of Latin authors C 3 30h th.
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LARTB111 Archaeology and Art history : Greek and Roman Antiquity 3 30h th. LCLAB101 History of Antiquity 4 45h th. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LCLAB004 Introduction to the Greek language 3 22.5h th. + 7.5h ex. 22.5h th. + 7.5h ex. LCLAB005 Reading of Greek texts 3 22.5h th. 22.5h th. LCLAB006 Explanation of Greek authors A 3 30h th. 15h th. LCLAB013 Explanation of Greek authors 3 30h th. 15h th. LCLAB014 Explanation of Greek authors C 3 30h th. 15h th.
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LHISB101 Religious Studies 3 30h th. LPHIB105 General introduction to philosophy 4 22.5h th. 22.5h th. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LROMB123 History of the French language and its grammatical norms 4 30h th. LROMB117 Practice of written French I 5 30h th. LROMB104 Synchronic Linguistics of Modern French I 5 30h th. + 30h ex. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LLETB002 History of ancient literature and its legacies 4 30h th. LROMB109 History of French Literature I 5 30h th. LROMB124 History of French literature (19th-21st century) 5 30h th.
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LHISB001_P35770 <unknown> 2 15h th. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LCLAB205 Latin Language II 12 15h th. + 45h ex. 15h th. + 45h ex. LHISB202 Translation of medieval Latin texts I 3 15h th. 15h th. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LCLAB007 Reading of Latin texts 3 30h th. 15h th. LCLAB003 Explanation of Latin authors A 3 30h th. LCLAB011 Explanation of Latin authors B 3 30h th. LCLAB012 Explanation of Latin authors C 3 30h th.
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LCLAB212 Heuristics of Antiquity 3 30h th. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LCLAB005 Reading of Greek texts 3 22.5h th. 22.5h th. LCLAB006 Explanation of Greek authors A 3 30h th. 15h th. LCLAB013 Explanation of Greek authors 3 30h th. 15h th. LCLAB014 Explanation of Greek authors C 3 30h th. 15h th.
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LROMB219 Written French Practices II 4 30h th. LROMB231 Historical linguistics of French and Romance languages 5 45h th. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LROMB218 General Linguistics I 5 30h th. + 15h ex. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LROMB228 Theory of literature 4 30h th. LCLAB209 History of Latin literature 4 22.5h th. 22.5h th. LROMB327 Explanations by modern and contemporary French authors 4 30h th. LROMB233 Literary analysis 4 30h th. LROMB330 Explanation of French texts from the Middle Ages (Middle French) 5 30h th. LROMB229 Explanation of French texts from the Middle Ages (Old French) 5 30h th. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LROMB314 Philology: editing of texts 3 15h th.
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LHISB001_P35770 <unknown> 2 15h th. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LCLAB306 Latin Language III 12 15h th. + 45h ex. 15h th. + 45h ex. LHISB316 Translation of medieval Latin texts II 3 15h th. 15h th. LCLAB003 Explanation of Latin authors A 3 30h th. LCLAB011 Explanation of Latin authors B 3 30h th. LCLAB012 Explanation of Latin authors C 3 30h th. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LCLAB307 Tools and methods of Latin philology 3 15h th. 15h th. LCLAB006 Explanation of Greek authors A 3 30h th. 15h th. LCLAB013 Explanation of Greek authors 3 30h th. 15h th. LCLAB014 Explanation of Greek authors C 3 30h th. 15h th. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LROMB309 Linguistique romane et histoire des langues romanes 4 30h th. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LCLAB308 End of cycle work 7 -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LROMB313 Belgian French-language literature 4 30h th. LROMB303 General Linguistics II 4 30h th. LLETB001 Books and digital culture 4 30h th. LROMB301 History of French literature 4 30h th. LROMB317 French modern authors II 4 30h th. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LELVB001 English 2 (level B1 or higher) 4 30h th. 30h th. LALLB001 Reading of German texts I 4 30h th. LROMB102 Spanish I 8 7h th. + 30h ex. 8h th. + 30h ex. LROMB103 Italian I 8 7h th. + 30h ex. 8h th. + 30h ex. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LARTB038 Roman antiquity 4 30h th. LARTB009 Italic and Etruscan Antiquity 4 30h th. LARTB028 Archaeology and Art History. Contemporary period 4 30h th. LARTB012 Archaeology and Art History. Modern times 4 30h th. LARTB011 Archaeology and art history. Middle Ages 4 30h th. LCLAB301 Questions of ancient history 4 30h th. LHISB002 History of the Contemporary Era 4 30h th. LHISB003 History of Modern Times 4 30h th. LHISB004 History of the Middle Ages 4 30h th. LLETB001 Books and digital culture 4 30h th. LHISB317 Special palaeography of the medieval period 2 15h th. LHISB310 Western Palaeography: General Introduction 2 15h th. + 15h ex.
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LROMB310 Moyen français : lectures et commentaires de textes 4 30h th. -
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LROMB301 History of French literature 4 30h th. LROMB317 French modern authors II 4 30h th.
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Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter 1 2 LROMB314 Philology: editing of texts 3 15h th.
Professions of French-Latin experts
Although graduates in ancient and modern languages and literature are very often destined for the profession of Latin and French teacher, they can put their skills to good use in many other, sometimes unexpected, professional fields.
Teaching and training
Many graduates share their expertise and passion for Latin and French with secondary school students.
But many also intervene in other training contexts facing a variety of audiences. We find them in Hautes Écoles, in private language centers, in continuing education organizations, in associations active in socio-professional integration or sometimes within certain large companies.
Within the framework of bilateral agreements signed by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, the WBI (Wallonia-Brussels International, the public administration in charge of international relations) coordinates a network of French language trainers in several European countries and even in Louisiana. Dozens of young graduates thus spend a few years abroad as readers of
French language and literature in a university or a school of translators-interpreters, as trainers in a bilingual lycée, or as French language assistants in a secondary school, helping to promote Belgium's French culture in the broadest sense (literature, history, institutional system...).
Cultural and publishing world
The full range of book professions is available to graduates in ancient and modern languages and literature, from proofreading to publishing house management, promotion or literary translation.
These professions can be found in publishing houses, libraries, bookshops, documentation centers or as freelancers. Thanks to their training, which is open to the major artistic trends, graduates can also manage cultural projects in institutions such as Maisons de la culture, theaters...
Media and communication
By opening up to the socio-economic world or specializing in a particular cultural field, graduates can put their skills to work in the media and communication and become journalists, literary critics, editors in corporate
newspapers, press attachés, project managers in advertising...
Scientific research
Some graduates pursue a research activity, often complemented by teaching duties, in Belgium and sometimes abroad. Universities and public funds (e.g. FNRS) can finance the completion of a PhD. Doctors of philosophy and humanities then have the opportunity to teach at university.
Graduates in ancient and modern languages and literature will be able to direct their research in various fields: linguistics (mainly historical), Latin, Neolatin or French literature, cultural history, from Antiquity to the present day. Their skills are particularly well recognized in the study of the Renaissance and Modern Times, which relies to a very large extent on abundant Latin documentation that is still very rarely translated...
A social life to develop
When it comes to landing a first job, candidates' personalities are often as important as their university degrees, hence the importance of keeping one's curiosity alive throughout one's studies, and building a rich social life, for example by getting involved in the associative world. Young graduates can expect to follow a sometimes winding career path, especially in the first few years...
But it's often in these detours that creative, curious personalities and those driven by an entrepreneurial spirit will discover the profession they're passionate about. Some graduates complement their studies with further training (communication, languages, IT, management, etc.), which can facilitate their professional integration in specialized business sectors.