Learning outcomes

- Develop critical thinking and scientific reasoning skills - Mastering scientific communication by respecting the rules of reference and publication

Goals

At the end of the course, the student should be able to: - identify the different components of scientific writing in History and in Art History and Archaeology; - summarise a scientific text ; - construct an argumentative text, based on the analysis of a scientific text; - use the different components of the scientific apparatus correctly, following the conventions taught.

Content

This course has two parts: - Training in the basic principles of scientific writing, with exercises in analysing scientific texts and writing an argumentative text. This part of the course and its evaluation are taken care of by the Pedagogical Support Unit. - Training in the conventions of scientific presentation, with associated exercises.

Teaching methods

For each of the two parts of the course, there is an alternation between ex cathedra lectures, exercises in the audience or at home, and correction sessions for the exercises. The part of the course devoted to scientific presentation is closely complementary to the teaching of Bibliographic Methods [LLETB 102].

Assessment method

Continuous assessment, without examination. The student's final grade is a weighted average of the grades for the various written assignments produced during the year. The second session is organised at the end of the second term. The assessment is completed in June (no second session possible in August-September).

Sources, references and any support material

Anne Collard and Michèle Monballin, Référentiel pour l'élaboration et la rédaction d'un travail scientifique en sciences humaines, Namur, PUN, 2014.

Language of instruction

French