Bachelor of Arts in African Languages and Cultures

Choosing African Studies means taking a leap off into the unknown and exploring new horizons. Nevertheless, many young people feel attracted by the African continent, its linguistic and cultural diversity, its role in world history and its participation in current global events.

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3 year 180 credits

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1 General Courses

1.1 General Faculty Requirements

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historical Criticism	1	sem 1	nl	Jan Dumolyn	3

History of Philosophy	1	sem 1	nl	Johan Braeckman	3

Introduction to Anthropology	1	sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	3

Introduction to World History	1	sem 2	nl	Eric Vanhaute	3

Introduction to Text-Linguistics	1	sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	3

1.2 Language Acquisition and Linguistics

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to African Linguistics	1	sem 1	nl,en	Minah Nabirye	5

Swahili I	1	sem 1	nl,en	Koen Bostoen	5

Swahili II	1	sem 2	nl,en	Koen Bostoen	5

Lingála I	1	sem 2 sem 1	ln,nl ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

African Historical Linguistics		sem 2	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

1.3 Man, History and Culture

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to the History of Africa	1	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa	1	sem 1	nl,en	Rudi Goossens	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	1	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Themes and Regions in African History				Gillian Mathys	5

Methods, Sources and Historiography in African History		sem 2	en	Maarten Couttenier	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa				Hugo DeBlock	5

1.4 Language and Culture

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	1	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa	1	sem 2	nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation		sem 2	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Themes and Genres in African Literatures				Inge Brinkman	5

2 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 1 study track from the following list.

2.1 Study Abroad Program: Africa

Subscribe to 45 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 3 modules from the following list.

Study Abroad Program: Africa (25 credits) is compulsory. The remaining credits are chosen from within the modules Minors, Elective Courses and Free Choice.

Students are offered the opportunity to spend a semester at a university abroad. This can be a university in Africa ('Africa semester'), or a university within Europe (via the Erasmus programme).

2.1.1 Minors

Subscribe to no less than 10 and no more than 20 credit units from 1 minor from the following list.10 credit units must be taken in year 2.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum can no longer be included as part of the minor.

2.1.1.2 Archaeology

The courses with references +, ++, +++, ++++ are courses with as starting competencies a basic course 'B' with the same reference. These courses may only be taken in combination with the indicated basic course. They are taken after or simultaneously with the basic course.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
General Introduction to Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Philippe Crombé	5

Introduction to World Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Natural Sciences in Archaeology		sem 2	nl	Peter Vandenabeele	6

Introduction to Prospection and Excavation Techniques		sem 2	nl	Frank Vermeulen	6

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Rudi Goossens	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia		sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

Pre- and Protohistory	B+	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Near East	B++	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	B+++	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Historical Periods	B++++	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Protohistory of Northwestern Europe	+			Guy De Mulder	5

Prehistory of Northwestern Europe	+	sem 1	nl	Hans Vandendriessche	5

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: from the Proto-Neolithic to the Bronze Age	++	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Phoenician and Punic Archaeology	++/+++			Vanessa Boschloos	5

Archaeology of Greece	+++	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Roman Archaeology: The Mediterranean World	+++			Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Roman Provinces	++++	sem 2	nl	Michiel Dekoninck	5

Archaeology of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age	++++			Wim De Clercq	5

2.1.1.3 Culture and Society

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Ethics: Systematics	sem 1	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Gender and Diversity Studies	sem 1	nl	Carine Plancke	5

Sexuality and Globalisation	sem 2	nl	Tom Claes	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Judaism	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Buddhism			Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India	sem 2	en	Eva De Clercq	5

East Asian Ideologies	sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to the Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa	sem 2	en	Aymon Kreil	5

Society and Current Affairs: China	sem 2	en	Bart Dessein	5

Society and Current Affairs: South Asia			Tine Vekemans	5

Society and Current Affairs: Japan	sem 1	en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations			Katrien De Graef	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa			Hugo DeBlock	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)	sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of China	sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia	sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia	sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of South East Europe	sem 1	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia	sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation	sem 2	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa			Michael Meeuwis	5

History and Culture of German Speaking Countries	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Kicki Ingridsdotter	5

History and Culture of Anglo-Saxon Countries	sem 2	en	Gert Buelens	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe	sem 2	nl,en	Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

2.1.1.4 The Classical Tradition

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Julie Van Pelt	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Evelien Bracke	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

History of the Classical Antiquity	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of Ancient Philosophy	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Ancient Greek: Language Acquisition I	sem 1	nl	Floris Bernard	5

Latin: Language Proficiency I	sem 1	nl	Giovanbattista Galdi	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Latin Tradition in Europe	sem 2	nl	Wim Verbaal	5

Introduction to Greek and Latin Epigraphy: Inscriptions as a Historical Source	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

2.1.1.5 Economics and Business Management

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the following Preparatory Courses: Master of Science in Complementary Studies in Economics ('vbp1'); Master of Science in Complementary Studies in Business Economics ('vbp2'); Master of Science in Public Administration and Management ('vbp3').

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	6

Markets and Prices	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	6

Labour and Employment		sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Business Administration		sem 2	nl	Mirjam Knockaert	4

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Economic Globalisation		sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Introduction to Global Economic History		sem 2	en	Frank Caestecker	5

Organization Theory		sem 2	en	Gosia Kozusznik	4

Marketing Management	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Socio-Economic Policy		sem 1	nl	Luc Van Ootegem	5

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Public Administration. An Introduction	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

Public Policy	vbp3	sem 1	en	Bishoy Zaki	6

Introduction to Accounting in the Not-for-Profit and Public Sector	vbp3	sem 2	nl	Johan Christiaens	5

Public Management	vbp3	sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

Economics (A)	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Koen Schoors	4

Economics (B)	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Koen Schoors	5

2.1.1.6 History

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: History’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Arts and Humanities, preferably choose courses with reference °.
Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Arts in History.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of the Classical Antiquity	vbp	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of the Middle Ages	vbp	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

History of Belgium	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History and Culture of the Netherlands		sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

History of the Ancient Near East	vbp	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Tendencies in Historiography	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp	year	nl	Els De Paermentier	5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians	vbp	sem 1	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

Global Developments in Historical Perspective	vbp	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Eric Vanhaute	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History		sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

Visual Materials as Historical Sources	vbp	sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

Comparative Rural History		sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Historical Culture and Society	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Introduction to the History of Africa		sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia		sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of South East Europe		sem 1	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

History of the Americas		sem 2	nl,en	Eva Willems	5

Introduction to World History		sem 2	nl	Eric Vanhaute	3

2.1.1.7 Art Studies

The courses with references +, ++, +++, ++++ may only be taken in combination with a basic course 'B' with the same reference (+, ++, +++ or ++++). They are taken after or simultaneously with the basic course.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historiography of Art: Introduction		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Architecture 1		sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

Aesthetics I		sem 2	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

Fashion and Textiles		sem 1	en	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1300-1789		sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	6

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1789 until today	B+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	6

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries I				Maximiliaan Martens	5

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries II		sem 1	nl,en	Koenraad Jonckheere	5

Historic Interior and Design	+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta	+			Marjan Sterckx	5

Modern and Contemporary Art: Capita Selecta	+	sem 1	nl	Wouter Davidts	5

Avant-garde Film and Video	+			Steven Jacobs	5

History of Music: Until 1750	B++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	6

History of Music: 1750-1900	++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century				Francis Maes	5

History of Western Theater from Antiquity until 1850		sem 2	nl	Bram Van Oostveldt	5

History of Modern Theatre	B+++	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

Repertoire Study of Theatre	+++			Christel Stalpaert	5

Cultural and Historical Aspects of Dance Theatre	+++	sem 1	nl,en	Annelies Van Assche	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa				Hugo DeBlock	5

2.1.1.8 Literature

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
European Languages in Contact: History and Methodology	sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Theory of Literature	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Theory of Literature II	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Comparative Literature	sem 2	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Poetics	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Julie Van Pelt	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Evelien Bracke	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia	sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Oriental Literature: China	sem 2	nl	Bart Dessein	5

Oriental Literature: Japan	sem 2	nl	Luc Van Haute	5

Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Overview of Russian Literature	sem 2	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

English Literature I	year	en	Andrew Bricker	5

Dutch Literature I	sem 1	nl	Lars Bernaerts	5

History of Modern Theatre	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

Narratology and Discourse Analysis	sem 2	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

2.1.1.9 Political Sciences

Courses with reference 'vbp', 'are part of the Preparatory Courses Master of Science in Political Science (National Politics) ('vbp1'); Master of Science in Political Science (International Politics) ('vbp2'); Master of Science in EU-Studies ('vbp3') or Master of Conflict and Development Studies ('vbp4').

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Political Sciences	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Carl Devos	6

Statistics	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences		sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Structure and Conflict in the Global South	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Bogaert	6

History of International Politics	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Theories of International Relations	vbp2/3	sem 1	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Conflictstudies	vbp4	sem 2	en	Koen Vlassenroot	6

Social and Political Systems		sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Comparative Political Economy	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Mattias Vermeiren	6

European Political Integration	vbp2/3	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Political Philosophy		sem 2	nl	Patrick Loobuyck	5

Political History of Belgium	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

Politics of the Contemporary Middle East		sem 2	nl,en	Lisa Franke	5

European and Regional Integration Theories	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Jan Orbie	6

The Policies of the European Union	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Politics and Society in a Global World	vbp4	sem 2	en	Christopher Parker	5

Comparative Politics	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Kristof Steyvers	5

Local Politics	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Herwig Reynaert	6

2.1.1.10 Law

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Laws in Laws.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Basic Concepts of Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

History of Public Law and Politics		sem 1	nl	Georges Martyn	6

Public Law of Belgium		sem 1	nl	Jürgen Vanpraet	5

Introduction to European and Public International Law				Peter Van Elsuwege	4

International Public Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	An Cliquet	5

Administrative Law and Environmental Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Jürgen Vanpraet	8

Family Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

Law of Obligations and Contracts	vbp	sem 2	nl	Ignace Claeys	6

Fundamental Rights		sem 1	nl	Yves Haeck	6

Criminal Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Tom Vander Beken	6

Criminology		sem 2	nl	Marc Cools	3

Law and Society		sem 2	nl	Ellen Desmet	3

Moral Philosophy and Philosophy of Law		sem 1 sem 2	nl nl	Jan Verplaetse	5

Law and Economics		sem 2	nl	Ben Depoorter	3

Legal Theory	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	4

Jurisprudence	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	3

Criminal Procedure	vbp	sem 1	nl	Philip Traest	5

Economic Law and intellectual Property Rights	vbp	sem 2	nl	Reinhard Steennot	7

Property Law	vbp	sem 2	nl	Joke Baeck	4

Constitutional Law	vbp	sem 2	nl	Mathieu Leloup	7

Introduction to International and European Law		sem 2	nl	Peter Van Elsuwege	4

2.1.1.11 Religion Studies

Subscribe to 5 credit units with reference *.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Religious Studies	*	sem 1	nl	Annelies Lannoy	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Comparative Study of Religions		sem 1	nl,en	Jakob De Roover	5

Cultural Anthropology		sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Judaism		sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

East Asian Ideologies		sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Buddhism				Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India		sem 2	en	Eva De Clercq	5

Classical Mythology		sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion		sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

2.1.1.12 Sociology and Communication Science

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Courses Master of Sociology ('vbp1') or Master of Science in Communication Science ('vbp2').

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Bart Van de Putte	6

Statistics	vbp1/2	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Sociology of Modernity		sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	5

Historical Sociology		sem 2	nl	Bart Van de Putte	5

Social Inequality	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Social and Political Systems		sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Sociological Perspectives	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Mieke Van Houtte	6

Contemporary Sociological Theories	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Communication Science	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Stijn Joye	6

Media Economy and Media Structures	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Tom Evens	5

Journalism in Perspective	vbp2	sem 2	nl		5

Marketing Communication	vbp2			Liselot Hudders	5

Media History	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Liesbet Depauw	5

Media Technology and Innovation	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Lieven De Marez	5

Popular Media Culture and Diversity	vbp2				6

2.1.1.13 Linguistics

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: Dutch as a Foreign Language’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Languages, preferably choose courses with reference °.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Text-Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	3

General Linguistics: Theories and Methods		sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

European Languages in Contact: History and Methodology		sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Evolutionary Linguistics					5

Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Methodology of Qualitative Research		sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	5

Introduction to Translation Studies		sem 2	nl	Gert De Sutter	3

Introduction to Digital Text Analysis		sem 2	nl	Els Lefever	3

Introduction to Translation Technology		sem 1	nl	Lieve Macken	3

Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning		sem 1	nl	June Eyckmans	3

Introduction to African Linguistics		sem 1	nl,en	Minah Nabirye	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Gilles-Maurice de Schryver	5

African Historical Linguistics		sem 2	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

Dutch Linguistics I: Language System	°	sem 2	nl	Timothy Colleman	5

Dutch Linguistics I: The Use of Language	°	sem 1	nl	Ulrike Vogl	5

Introduction to Flemish Sign Language		sem 1	nl	Beatrijs Wille	5

English Linguistics I		sem 1	en	Ellen Simon	5

2.1.1.14 Education

This module is particularly recommended for students who are considering following the Master of Science in Teaching.

2.1.1.14.1 Elective Courses

Subscribe to no more than 5 credit units from one other Minor, to be taken in year 3.

2.1.3 Free Choice

Subscribe to no more than 5 credit units from the course offer of Ghent University.

2.2 Study Program: Ghent University

Subscribe to 45 credit units from no less than 2 and no more than 3 modules from the following list.

Lingála IV (5 credits) is compulsory. The remaining credits are chosen from within the modules Minors, Elective Courses and Free Choice.

2.2.1 Minors

Subscribe to 25 credit units from 1 minor from the following list. 10 credit units must be taken in year 2 and 15 credit units in year 3.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum can no longer be included as part of the minor.

2.2.1.2 Archaeology

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
General Introduction to Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Philippe Crombé	5

Introduction to World Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Natural Sciences in Archaeology		sem 2	nl	Peter Vandenabeele	6

Introduction to Prospection and Excavation Techniques		sem 2	nl	Frank Vermeulen	6

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Rudi Goossens	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia		sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

Pre- and Protohistory	B+	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Near East	B++	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	B+++	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Historical Periods	B++++	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Protohistory of Northwestern Europe	+			Guy De Mulder	5

Prehistory of Northwestern Europe	+	sem 1	nl	Hans Vandendriessche	5

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: from the Proto-Neolithic to the Bronze Age	++	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Phoenician and Punic Archaeology	++/+++			Vanessa Boschloos	5

Archaeology of Greece	+++	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Roman Archaeology: The Mediterranean World	+++			Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Roman Provinces	++++	sem 2	nl	Michiel Dekoninck	5

Archaeology of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age	++++			Wim De Clercq	5

2.2.1.3 Culture and Society

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Ethics: Systematics	sem 1	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Gender and Diversity Studies	sem 1	nl	Carine Plancke	5

Sexuality and Globalisation	sem 2	nl	Tom Claes	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Judaism	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Buddhism			Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India	sem 2	en	Eva De Clercq	5

East Asian Ideologies	sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to the Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa	sem 2	en	Aymon Kreil	5

Society and Current Affairs: China	sem 2	en	Bart Dessein	5

Society and Current Affairs: South Asia			Tine Vekemans	5

Society and Current Affairs: Japan	sem 1	en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations			Katrien De Graef	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa			Hugo DeBlock	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)	sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of China	sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia	sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia	sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of South East Europe	sem 1	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia	sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation	sem 2	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa			Michael Meeuwis	5

History and Culture of German Speaking Countries	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Kicki Ingridsdotter	5

History and Culture of Anglo-Saxon Countries	sem 2	en	Gert Buelens	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe	sem 2	nl,en	Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

2.2.1.4 The Classical Tradition

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Julie Van Pelt	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Evelien Bracke	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

History of the Classical Antiquity	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of Ancient Philosophy	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Ancient Greek: Language Acquisition I	sem 1	nl	Floris Bernard	5

Latin: Language Proficiency I	sem 1	nl	Giovanbattista Galdi	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Latin Tradition in Europe	sem 2	nl	Wim Verbaal	5

Introduction to Greek and Latin Epigraphy: Inscriptions as a Historical Source	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

2.2.1.5 Economics and Business Management

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	6

Markets and Prices	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	6

Labour and Employment		sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Business Administration		sem 2	nl	Mirjam Knockaert	4

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Economic Globalisation		sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Introduction to Global Economic History		sem 2	en	Frank Caestecker	5

Organization Theory		sem 2	en	Gosia Kozusznik	4

Marketing Management	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Socio-Economic Policy		sem 1	nl	Luc Van Ootegem	5

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Public Administration. An Introduction	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

Public Policy	vbp3	sem 1	en	Bishoy Zaki	6

Introduction to Accounting in the Not-for-Profit and Public Sector	vbp3	sem 2	nl	Johan Christiaens	5

Public Management	vbp3	sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

Economics (A)	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Koen Schoors	4

Economics (B)	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Koen Schoors	5

2.2.1.6 History

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: History’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Arts and Humanities, preferably choose courses with reference °.
Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Arts in History.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of the Classical Antiquity	vbp	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of the Middle Ages	vbp	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

History of Belgium	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History and Culture of the Netherlands		sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

History of the Ancient Near East	vbp	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Tendencies in Historiography	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp	year	nl	Els De Paermentier	5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians	vbp	sem 1	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

Global Developments in Historical Perspective	vbp	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Eric Vanhaute	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History		sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

Visual Materials as Historical Sources	vbp	sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

Comparative Rural History		sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Historical Culture and Society	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Introduction to the History of Africa		sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia		sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of South East Europe		sem 1	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

History of the Americas		sem 2	nl,en	Eva Willems	5

Introduction to World History		sem 2	nl	Eric Vanhaute	3

2.2.1.7 Art Studies

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historiography of Art: Introduction		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Architecture 1		sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

Aesthetics I		sem 2	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

Fashion and Textiles		sem 1	en	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1300-1789		sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	6

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1789 until today	B+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	6

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries I				Maximiliaan Martens	5

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries II		sem 1	nl,en	Koenraad Jonckheere	5

Historic Interior and Design	+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta	+			Marjan Sterckx	5

Modern and Contemporary Art: Capita Selecta	+	sem 1	nl	Wouter Davidts	5

Avant-garde Film and Video	+			Steven Jacobs	5

History of Music: Until 1750	B++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	6

History of Music: 1750-1900	++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century				Francis Maes	5

History of Western Theater from Antiquity until 1850		sem 2	nl	Bram Van Oostveldt	5

History of Modern Theatre	B+++	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

Repertoire Study of Theatre	+++			Christel Stalpaert	5

Cultural and Historical Aspects of Dance Theatre	+++	sem 1	nl,en	Annelies Van Assche	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa				Hugo DeBlock	5

2.2.1.8 Literature

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
European Languages in Contact: History and Methodology	sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Theory of Literature	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Theory of Literature II	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Comparative Literature	sem 2	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Poetics	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Julie Van Pelt	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Evelien Bracke	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia	sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Oriental Literature: China	sem 2	nl	Bart Dessein	5

Oriental Literature: Japan	sem 2	nl	Luc Van Haute	5

Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Overview of Russian Literature	sem 2	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

English Literature I	year	en	Andrew Bricker	5

Dutch Literature I	sem 1	nl	Lars Bernaerts	5

History of Modern Theatre	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

Narratology and Discourse Analysis	sem 2	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

2.2.1.9 Political Sciences

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Political Sciences	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Carl Devos	6

Statistics	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences		sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Structure and Conflict in the Global South	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Bogaert	6

History of International Politics	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Theories of International Relations	vbp2/3	sem 1	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Conflictstudies	vbp4	sem 2	en	Koen Vlassenroot	6

Social and Political Systems		sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Comparative Political Economy	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Mattias Vermeiren	6

European Political Integration	vbp2/3	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Political Philosophy		sem 2	nl	Patrick Loobuyck	5

Political History of Belgium	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

Politics of the Contemporary Middle East		sem 2	nl,en	Lisa Franke	5

European and Regional Integration Theories	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Jan Orbie	6

The Policies of the European Union	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Politics and Society in a Global World	vbp4	sem 2	en	Christopher Parker	5

Comparative Politics	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Kristof Steyvers	5

Local Politics	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Herwig Reynaert	6

2.2.1.10 Law

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Laws in Laws.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Basic Concepts of Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

History of Public Law and Politics		sem 1	nl	Georges Martyn	6

Public Law of Belgium		sem 1	nl	Jürgen Vanpraet	5

Introduction to European and Public International Law				Peter Van Elsuwege	4

International Public Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	An Cliquet	5

Administrative Law and Environmental Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Jürgen Vanpraet	8

Family Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

Law of Obligations and Contracts	vbp	sem 2	nl	Ignace Claeys	6

Fundamental Rights		sem 1	nl	Yves Haeck	6

Criminal Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Tom Vander Beken	6

Criminology		sem 2	nl	Marc Cools	3

Law and Society		sem 2	nl	Ellen Desmet	3

Moral Philosophy and Philosophy of Law		sem 1 sem 2	nl nl	Jan Verplaetse	5

Law and Economics		sem 2	nl	Ben Depoorter	3

Legal Theory	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	4

Jurisprudence	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	3

Criminal Procedure	vbp	sem 1	nl	Philip Traest	5

Economic Law and intellectual Property Rights	vbp	sem 2	nl	Reinhard Steennot	7

Property Law	vbp	sem 2	nl	Joke Baeck	4

Constitutional Law	vbp	sem 2	nl	Mathieu Leloup	7

Introduction to International and European Law		sem 2	nl	Peter Van Elsuwege	4

2.2.1.11 Religion Studies

Subscribe to 5 credit units with reference *.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Religious Studies	*	sem 1	nl	Annelies Lannoy	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Comparative Study of Religions		sem 1	nl,en	Jakob De Roover	5

Cultural Anthropology		sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Judaism		sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

East Asian Ideologies		sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Buddhism				Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India		sem 2	en	Eva De Clercq	5

Classical Mythology		sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion		sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

2.2.1.12 Sociology and Communication Science

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Courses Master of Sociology ('vbp1') or Master of Science in Communication Science ('vbp2').

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Bart Van de Putte	6

Statistics	vbp1/2	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Sociology of Modernity		sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	5

Historical Sociology		sem 2	nl	Bart Van de Putte	5

Social Inequality	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Social and Political Systems		sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Sociological Perspectives	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Mieke Van Houtte	6

Contemporary Sociological Theories	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Communication Science	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Stijn Joye	6

Media Economy and Media Structures	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Tom Evens	5

Journalism in Perspective	vbp2	sem 2	nl		5

Marketing Communication	vbp2			Liselot Hudders	5

Media History	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Liesbet Depauw	5

Media Technology and Innovation	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Lieven De Marez	5

Popular Media Culture and Diversity	vbp2				6

2.2.1.13 Linguistics

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: Dutch as a Foreign Language’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Languages, preferably choose courses with reference °.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Text-Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	3

General Linguistics: Theories and Methods		sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

European Languages in Contact: History and Methodology		sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Evolutionary Linguistics					5

Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Methodology of Qualitative Research		sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	5

Introduction to Translation Studies		sem 2	nl	Gert De Sutter	3

Introduction to Digital Text Analysis		sem 2	nl	Els Lefever	3

Introduction to Translation Technology		sem 1	nl	Lieve Macken	3

Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning		sem 1	nl	June Eyckmans	3

Introduction to African Linguistics		sem 1	nl,en	Minah Nabirye	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Gilles-Maurice de Schryver	5

African Historical Linguistics		sem 2	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

Dutch Linguistics I: Language System	°	sem 2	nl	Timothy Colleman	5

Dutch Linguistics I: The Use of Language	°	sem 1	nl	Ulrike Vogl	5

Introduction to Flemish Sign Language		sem 1	nl	Beatrijs Wille	5

English Linguistics I		sem 1	en	Ellen Simon	5

2.2.1.14 Education

This module is particularly recommended for students who are considering following the Master of Science in Teaching.

2.2.1.14.1 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 10 credit units from one other Minor, to be taken in year 3.

2.2.3 Free Choice

Subscribe to no more than 5 credit units from the course offer of Ghent University.

Second year

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Course schedule 1st semester Course schedule 2nd semester

1 General Courses

1.2 Language Acquisition and Linguistics

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Swahili III	2	sem 1	nl,en	Maud Devos	5

Lingála II	2	sem 2	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Swahili IV	2	sem 2	nl,en	Maud Devos	5

Lingála III	2	sem 2	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa	2	sem 1	nl,en	Gilles-Maurice de Schryver	5

African Historical Linguistics		sem 2	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

1.3 Man, History and Culture

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Fieldwork in Africa	2	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Cultural Anthropology	2	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Themes and Regions in African History				Gillian Mathys	5

Methods, Sources and Historiography in African History		sem 2	en	Maarten Couttenier	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa				Hugo DeBlock	5

1.4 Language and Culture

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation	sem 2	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Themes and Genres in African Literatures			Inge Brinkman	5

2 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 1 study track from the following list.

2.1 Study Abroad Program: Africa

Subscribe to 45 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 3 modules from the following list.

Study Abroad Program: Africa (25 credits) is compulsory. The remaining credits are chosen from within the modules Minors, Elective Courses and Free Choice.

Students are offered the opportunity to spend a semester at a university abroad. This can be a university in Africa ('Africa semester'), or a university within Europe (via the Erasmus programme).

2.1.1 Minors

Subscribe to no less than 10 and no more than 20 credit units from 1 minor from the following list.10 credit units must be taken in year 2.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum can no longer be included as part of the minor.

2.1.1.1 Arabic and Islamic Studies

Subscribe to 10 credit units with reference *.
Courses with reference + can only be subscribed to when Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial I and II have already been acquired.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial I	*	2	sem 1	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

2.1.1.2 Archaeology

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
General Introduction to Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Philippe Crombé	5

Introduction to World Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Natural Sciences in Archaeology		sem 2	nl	Peter Vandenabeele	6

Introduction to Prospection and Excavation Techniques		sem 2	nl	Frank Vermeulen	6

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Rudi Goossens	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia		sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

Pre- and Protohistory	B+	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Near East	B++	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	B+++	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Historical Periods	B++++	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Protohistory of Northwestern Europe	+			Guy De Mulder	5

Prehistory of Northwestern Europe	+	sem 1	nl	Hans Vandendriessche	5

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: from the Proto-Neolithic to the Bronze Age	++	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Phoenician and Punic Archaeology	++/+++			Vanessa Boschloos	5

Archaeology of Greece	+++	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Roman Archaeology: The Mediterranean World	+++			Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Roman Provinces	++++	sem 2	nl	Michiel Dekoninck	5

Archaeology of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age	++++			Wim De Clercq	5

2.1.1.3 Culture and Society

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Ethics: Systematics	sem 1	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Gender and Diversity Studies	sem 1	nl	Carine Plancke	5

Sexuality and Globalisation	sem 2	nl	Tom Claes	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Judaism	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Buddhism			Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India	sem 2	en	Eva De Clercq	5

East Asian Ideologies	sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to the Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa	sem 2	en	Aymon Kreil	5

Society and Current Affairs: China	sem 2	en	Bart Dessein	5

Society and Current Affairs: South Asia			Tine Vekemans	5

Society and Current Affairs: Japan	sem 1	en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations			Katrien De Graef	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa			Hugo DeBlock	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)	sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of China	sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia	sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia	sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of South East Europe	sem 1	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia	sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation	sem 2	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa			Michael Meeuwis	5

History and Culture of German Speaking Countries	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Kicki Ingridsdotter	5

History and Culture of Anglo-Saxon Countries	sem 2	en	Gert Buelens	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe	sem 2	nl,en	Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

2.1.1.4 The Classical Tradition

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Julie Van Pelt	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Evelien Bracke	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

History of the Classical Antiquity	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of Ancient Philosophy	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Ancient Greek: Language Acquisition I	sem 1	nl	Floris Bernard	5

Latin: Language Proficiency I	sem 1	nl	Giovanbattista Galdi	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Latin Tradition in Europe	sem 2	nl	Wim Verbaal	5

Introduction to Greek and Latin Epigraphy: Inscriptions as a Historical Source	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

2.1.1.5 Economics and Business Management

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	6

Markets and Prices	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	6

Labour and Employment		sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Business Administration		sem 2	nl	Mirjam Knockaert	4

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Economic Globalisation		sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Introduction to Global Economic History		sem 2	en	Frank Caestecker	5

Organization Theory		sem 2	en	Gosia Kozusznik	4

Marketing Management	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Socio-Economic Policy		sem 1	nl	Luc Van Ootegem	5

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Public Administration. An Introduction	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

Public Policy	vbp3	sem 1	en	Bishoy Zaki	6

Introduction to Accounting in the Not-for-Profit and Public Sector	vbp3	sem 2	nl	Johan Christiaens	5

Public Management	vbp3	sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

Economics (A)	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Koen Schoors	4

Economics (B)	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Koen Schoors	5

2.1.1.6 History

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: History’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Arts and Humanities, preferably choose courses with reference °.
Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Arts in History.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of the Classical Antiquity	vbp	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of the Middle Ages	vbp	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

History of Belgium	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History and Culture of the Netherlands		sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

History of the Ancient Near East	vbp	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Tendencies in Historiography	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp	year	nl	Els De Paermentier	5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians	vbp	sem 1	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

Global Developments in Historical Perspective	vbp	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Eric Vanhaute	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History		sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

Visual Materials as Historical Sources	vbp	sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

Comparative Rural History		sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Historical Culture and Society	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Introduction to the History of Africa		sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia		sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of South East Europe		sem 1	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

History of the Americas		sem 2	nl,en	Eva Willems	5

Introduction to World History		sem 2	nl	Eric Vanhaute	3

2.1.1.7 Art Studies

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historiography of Art: Introduction		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Architecture 1		sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

Aesthetics I		sem 2	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

Fashion and Textiles		sem 1	en	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1300-1789		sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	6

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1789 until today	B+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	6

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries I				Maximiliaan Martens	5

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries II		sem 1	nl,en	Koenraad Jonckheere	5

Historic Interior and Design	+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta	+			Marjan Sterckx	5

Modern and Contemporary Art: Capita Selecta	+	sem 1	nl	Wouter Davidts	5

Avant-garde Film and Video	+			Steven Jacobs	5

History of Music: Until 1750	B++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	6

History of Music: 1750-1900	++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century				Francis Maes	5

History of Western Theater from Antiquity until 1850		sem 2	nl	Bram Van Oostveldt	5

History of Modern Theatre	B+++	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

Repertoire Study of Theatre	+++			Christel Stalpaert	5

Cultural and Historical Aspects of Dance Theatre	+++	sem 1	nl,en	Annelies Van Assche	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa				Hugo DeBlock	5

2.1.1.8 Literature

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
European Languages in Contact: History and Methodology	sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Theory of Literature	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Theory of Literature II	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Comparative Literature	sem 2	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Poetics	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Julie Van Pelt	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Evelien Bracke	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia	sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Oriental Literature: China	sem 2	nl	Bart Dessein	5

Oriental Literature: Japan	sem 2	nl	Luc Van Haute	5

Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Overview of Russian Literature	sem 2	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

English Literature I	year	en	Andrew Bricker	5

Dutch Literature I	sem 1	nl	Lars Bernaerts	5

History of Modern Theatre	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

Narratology and Discourse Analysis	sem 2	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

2.1.1.9 Political Sciences

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Political Sciences	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Carl Devos	6

Statistics	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences		sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Structure and Conflict in the Global South	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Bogaert	6

History of International Politics	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Theories of International Relations	vbp2/3	sem 1	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Conflictstudies	vbp4	sem 2	en	Koen Vlassenroot	6

Social and Political Systems		sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Comparative Political Economy	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Mattias Vermeiren	6

European Political Integration	vbp2/3	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Political Philosophy		sem 2	nl	Patrick Loobuyck	5

Political History of Belgium	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

Politics of the Contemporary Middle East		sem 2	nl,en	Lisa Franke	5

European and Regional Integration Theories	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Jan Orbie	6

The Policies of the European Union	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Politics and Society in a Global World	vbp4	sem 2	en	Christopher Parker	5

Comparative Politics	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Kristof Steyvers	5

Local Politics	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Herwig Reynaert	6

2.1.1.10 Law

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Laws in Laws.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Basic Concepts of Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

History of Public Law and Politics		sem 1	nl	Georges Martyn	6

Public Law of Belgium		sem 1	nl	Jürgen Vanpraet	5

Introduction to European and Public International Law				Peter Van Elsuwege	4

International Public Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	An Cliquet	5

Administrative Law and Environmental Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Jürgen Vanpraet	8

Family Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

Law of Obligations and Contracts	vbp	sem 2	nl	Ignace Claeys	6

Fundamental Rights		sem 1	nl	Yves Haeck	6

Criminal Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Tom Vander Beken	6

Criminology		sem 2	nl	Marc Cools	3

Law and Society		sem 2	nl	Ellen Desmet	3

Moral Philosophy and Philosophy of Law		sem 1 sem 2	nl nl	Jan Verplaetse	5

Law and Economics		sem 2	nl	Ben Depoorter	3

Legal Theory	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	4

Jurisprudence	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	3

Criminal Procedure	vbp	sem 1	nl	Philip Traest	5

Economic Law and intellectual Property Rights	vbp	sem 2	nl	Reinhard Steennot	7

Property Law	vbp	sem 2	nl	Joke Baeck	4

Constitutional Law	vbp	sem 2	nl	Mathieu Leloup	7

Introduction to International and European Law		sem 2	nl	Peter Van Elsuwege	4

2.1.1.11 Religion Studies

Subscribe to 5 credit units with reference *.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Religious Studies	*	sem 1	nl	Annelies Lannoy	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Comparative Study of Religions		sem 1	nl,en	Jakob De Roover	5

Cultural Anthropology		sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Judaism		sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

East Asian Ideologies		sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Buddhism				Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India		sem 2	en	Eva De Clercq	5

Classical Mythology		sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion		sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

2.1.1.12 Sociology and Communication Science

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Courses Master of Sociology ('vbp1') or Master of Science in Communication Science ('vbp2').

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Bart Van de Putte	6

Statistics	vbp1/2	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Sociology of Modernity		sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	5

Historical Sociology		sem 2	nl	Bart Van de Putte	5

Social Inequality	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Social and Political Systems		sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Sociological Perspectives	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Mieke Van Houtte	6

Contemporary Sociological Theories	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Communication Science	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Stijn Joye	6

Media Economy and Media Structures	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Tom Evens	5

Journalism in Perspective	vbp2	sem 2	nl		5

Marketing Communication	vbp2			Liselot Hudders	5

Media History	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Liesbet Depauw	5

Media Technology and Innovation	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Lieven De Marez	5

Popular Media Culture and Diversity	vbp2				6

2.1.1.13 Linguistics

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: Dutch as a Foreign Language’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Languages, preferably choose courses with reference °.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Text-Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	3

General Linguistics: Theories and Methods		sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

European Languages in Contact: History and Methodology		sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Evolutionary Linguistics					5

Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Methodology of Qualitative Research		sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	5

Introduction to Translation Studies		sem 2	nl	Gert De Sutter	3

Introduction to Digital Text Analysis		sem 2	nl	Els Lefever	3

Introduction to Translation Technology		sem 1	nl	Lieve Macken	3

Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning		sem 1	nl	June Eyckmans	3

Introduction to African Linguistics		sem 1	nl,en	Minah Nabirye	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Gilles-Maurice de Schryver	5

African Historical Linguistics		sem 2	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

Dutch Linguistics I: Language System	°	sem 2	nl	Timothy Colleman	5

Dutch Linguistics I: The Use of Language	°	sem 1	nl	Ulrike Vogl	5

Introduction to Flemish Sign Language		sem 1	nl	Beatrijs Wille	5

English Linguistics I		sem 1	en	Ellen Simon	5

2.1.1.14 Education

This module is particularly recommended for students who are considering following the Master of Science in Teaching.

2.1.1.14.1 Elective Courses

Subscribe to no more than 5 credit units from one other Minor, to be taken in year 3.

2.1.3 Free Choice

Subscribe to no more than 5 credit units from the course offer of Ghent University.

2.2 Study Program: Ghent University

Subscribe to 45 credit units from no less than 2 and no more than 3 modules from the following list.

Lingála IV (5 credits) is compulsory. The remaining credits are chosen from within the modules Minors, Elective Courses and Free Choice.

2.2.1 Minors

Subscribe to 25 credit units from 1 minor from the following list. 10 credit units must be taken in year 2 and 15 credit units in year 3.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum can no longer be included as part of the minor.

2.2.1.1 Arabic and Islamic Studies

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial I	*	2	sem 1	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

2.2.1.2 Archaeology

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
General Introduction to Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Philippe Crombé	5

Introduction to World Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Natural Sciences in Archaeology		sem 2	nl	Peter Vandenabeele	6

Introduction to Prospection and Excavation Techniques		sem 2	nl	Frank Vermeulen	6

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Rudi Goossens	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia		sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

Pre- and Protohistory	B+	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Near East	B++	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	B+++	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Historical Periods	B++++	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Protohistory of Northwestern Europe	+			Guy De Mulder	5

Prehistory of Northwestern Europe	+	sem 1	nl	Hans Vandendriessche	5

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: from the Proto-Neolithic to the Bronze Age	++	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Phoenician and Punic Archaeology	++/+++			Vanessa Boschloos	5

Archaeology of Greece	+++	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Roman Archaeology: The Mediterranean World	+++			Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Roman Provinces	++++	sem 2	nl	Michiel Dekoninck	5

Archaeology of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age	++++			Wim De Clercq	5

2.2.1.3 Culture and Society

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Ethics: Systematics	sem 1	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Gender and Diversity Studies	sem 1	nl	Carine Plancke	5

Sexuality and Globalisation	sem 2	nl	Tom Claes	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Judaism	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Buddhism			Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India	sem 2	en	Eva De Clercq	5

East Asian Ideologies	sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to the Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa	sem 2	en	Aymon Kreil	5

Society and Current Affairs: China	sem 2	en	Bart Dessein	5

Society and Current Affairs: South Asia			Tine Vekemans	5

Society and Current Affairs: Japan	sem 1	en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations			Katrien De Graef	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa			Hugo DeBlock	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)	sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of China	sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia	sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia	sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of South East Europe	sem 1	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia	sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation	sem 2	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa			Michael Meeuwis	5

History and Culture of German Speaking Countries	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Kicki Ingridsdotter	5

History and Culture of Anglo-Saxon Countries	sem 2	en	Gert Buelens	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe	sem 2	nl,en	Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

2.2.1.4 The Classical Tradition

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Julie Van Pelt	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Evelien Bracke	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

History of the Classical Antiquity	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of Ancient Philosophy	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Ancient Greek: Language Acquisition I	sem 1	nl	Floris Bernard	5

Latin: Language Proficiency I	sem 1	nl	Giovanbattista Galdi	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Latin Tradition in Europe	sem 2	nl	Wim Verbaal	5

Introduction to Greek and Latin Epigraphy: Inscriptions as a Historical Source	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

2.2.1.5 Economics and Business Management

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	6

Markets and Prices	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	6

Labour and Employment		sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Business Administration		sem 2	nl	Mirjam Knockaert	4

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Economic Globalisation		sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Introduction to Global Economic History		sem 2	en	Frank Caestecker	5

Organization Theory		sem 2	en	Gosia Kozusznik	4

Marketing Management	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Socio-Economic Policy		sem 1	nl	Luc Van Ootegem	5

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Public Administration. An Introduction	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

Public Policy	vbp3	sem 1	en	Bishoy Zaki	6

Introduction to Accounting in the Not-for-Profit and Public Sector	vbp3	sem 2	nl	Johan Christiaens	5

Public Management	vbp3	sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

Economics (A)	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Koen Schoors	4

Economics (B)	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Koen Schoors	5

2.2.1.6 History

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: History’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Arts and Humanities, preferably choose courses with reference °.
Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Arts in History.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of the Classical Antiquity	vbp	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of the Middle Ages	vbp	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

History of Belgium	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History and Culture of the Netherlands		sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

History of the Ancient Near East	vbp	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Tendencies in Historiography	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp	year	nl	Els De Paermentier	5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians	vbp	sem 1	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

Global Developments in Historical Perspective	vbp	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Eric Vanhaute	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History		sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

Visual Materials as Historical Sources	vbp	sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

Comparative Rural History		sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Historical Culture and Society	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Introduction to the History of Africa		sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia		sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of South East Europe		sem 1	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

History of the Americas		sem 2	nl,en	Eva Willems	5

Introduction to World History		sem 2	nl	Eric Vanhaute	3

2.2.1.7 Art Studies

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historiography of Art: Introduction		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Architecture 1		sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

Aesthetics I		sem 2	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

Fashion and Textiles		sem 1	en	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1300-1789		sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	6

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1789 until today	B+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	6

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries I				Maximiliaan Martens	5

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries II		sem 1	nl,en	Koenraad Jonckheere	5

Historic Interior and Design	+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta	+			Marjan Sterckx	5

Modern and Contemporary Art: Capita Selecta	+	sem 1	nl	Wouter Davidts	5

Avant-garde Film and Video	+			Steven Jacobs	5

History of Music: Until 1750	B++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	6

History of Music: 1750-1900	++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century				Francis Maes	5

History of Western Theater from Antiquity until 1850		sem 2	nl	Bram Van Oostveldt	5

History of Modern Theatre	B+++	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

Repertoire Study of Theatre	+++			Christel Stalpaert	5

Cultural and Historical Aspects of Dance Theatre	+++	sem 1	nl,en	Annelies Van Assche	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa				Hugo DeBlock	5

2.2.1.8 Literature

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
European Languages in Contact: History and Methodology	sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Theory of Literature	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Theory of Literature II	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Comparative Literature	sem 2	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Poetics	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Julie Van Pelt	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Evelien Bracke	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia	sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Oriental Literature: China	sem 2	nl	Bart Dessein	5

Oriental Literature: Japan	sem 2	nl	Luc Van Haute	5

Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Overview of Russian Literature	sem 2	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

English Literature I	year	en	Andrew Bricker	5

Dutch Literature I	sem 1	nl	Lars Bernaerts	5

History of Modern Theatre	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

Narratology and Discourse Analysis	sem 2	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

2.2.1.9 Political Sciences

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Political Sciences	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Carl Devos	6

Statistics	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences		sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Structure and Conflict in the Global South	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Bogaert	6

History of International Politics	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Theories of International Relations	vbp2/3	sem 1	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Conflictstudies	vbp4	sem 2	en	Koen Vlassenroot	6

Social and Political Systems		sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Comparative Political Economy	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Mattias Vermeiren	6

European Political Integration	vbp2/3	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Political Philosophy		sem 2	nl	Patrick Loobuyck	5

Political History of Belgium	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

Politics of the Contemporary Middle East		sem 2	nl,en	Lisa Franke	5

European and Regional Integration Theories	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Jan Orbie	6

The Policies of the European Union	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Politics and Society in a Global World	vbp4	sem 2	en	Christopher Parker	5

Comparative Politics	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Kristof Steyvers	5

Local Politics	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Herwig Reynaert	6

2.2.1.10 Law

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Laws in Laws.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Basic Concepts of Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

History of Public Law and Politics		sem 1	nl	Georges Martyn	6

Public Law of Belgium		sem 1	nl	Jürgen Vanpraet	5

Introduction to European and Public International Law				Peter Van Elsuwege	4

International Public Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	An Cliquet	5

Administrative Law and Environmental Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Jürgen Vanpraet	8

Family Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

Law of Obligations and Contracts	vbp	sem 2	nl	Ignace Claeys	6

Fundamental Rights		sem 1	nl	Yves Haeck	6

Criminal Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Tom Vander Beken	6

Criminology		sem 2	nl	Marc Cools	3

Law and Society		sem 2	nl	Ellen Desmet	3

Moral Philosophy and Philosophy of Law		sem 1 sem 2	nl nl	Jan Verplaetse	5

Law and Economics		sem 2	nl	Ben Depoorter	3

Legal Theory	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	4

Jurisprudence	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	3

Criminal Procedure	vbp	sem 1	nl	Philip Traest	5

Economic Law and intellectual Property Rights	vbp	sem 2	nl	Reinhard Steennot	7

Property Law	vbp	sem 2	nl	Joke Baeck	4

Constitutional Law	vbp	sem 2	nl	Mathieu Leloup	7

Introduction to International and European Law		sem 2	nl	Peter Van Elsuwege	4

2.2.1.11 Religion Studies

Subscribe to 5 credit units with reference *.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Religious Studies	*	sem 1	nl	Annelies Lannoy	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Comparative Study of Religions		sem 1	nl,en	Jakob De Roover	5

Cultural Anthropology		sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Judaism		sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

East Asian Ideologies		sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Buddhism				Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India		sem 2	en	Eva De Clercq	5

Classical Mythology		sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion		sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

2.2.1.12 Sociology and Communication Science

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Courses Master of Sociology ('vbp1') or Master of Science in Communication Science ('vbp2').

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Bart Van de Putte	6

Statistics	vbp1/2	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Sociology of Modernity		sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	5

Historical Sociology		sem 2	nl	Bart Van de Putte	5

Social Inequality	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Social and Political Systems		sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Sociological Perspectives	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Mieke Van Houtte	6

Contemporary Sociological Theories	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Communication Science	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Stijn Joye	6

Media Economy and Media Structures	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Tom Evens	5

Journalism in Perspective	vbp2	sem 2	nl		5

Marketing Communication	vbp2			Liselot Hudders	5

Media History	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Liesbet Depauw	5

Media Technology and Innovation	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Lieven De Marez	5

Popular Media Culture and Diversity	vbp2				6

2.2.1.13 Linguistics

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: Dutch as a Foreign Language’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Languages, preferably choose courses with reference °.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Text-Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	3

General Linguistics: Theories and Methods		sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

European Languages in Contact: History and Methodology		sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Evolutionary Linguistics					5

Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Methodology of Qualitative Research		sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	5

Introduction to Translation Studies		sem 2	nl	Gert De Sutter	3

Introduction to Digital Text Analysis		sem 2	nl	Els Lefever	3

Introduction to Translation Technology		sem 1	nl	Lieve Macken	3

Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning		sem 1	nl	June Eyckmans	3

Introduction to African Linguistics		sem 1	nl,en	Minah Nabirye	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Gilles-Maurice de Schryver	5

African Historical Linguistics		sem 2	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

Dutch Linguistics I: Language System	°	sem 2	nl	Timothy Colleman	5

Dutch Linguistics I: The Use of Language	°	sem 1	nl	Ulrike Vogl	5

Introduction to Flemish Sign Language		sem 1	nl	Beatrijs Wille	5

English Linguistics I		sem 1	en	Ellen Simon	5

2.2.1.14 Education

This module is particularly recommended for students who are considering following the Master of Science in Teaching.

2.2.1.14.1 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 10 credit units from one other Minor, to be taken in year 3.

2.2.3 Free Choice

Subscribe to no more than 5 credit units from the course offer of Ghent University.

Third year

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Course schedule 1st semester Course schedule 2nd semester

1 General Courses

1.2 Language Acquisition and Linguistics

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
African Historical Linguistics			sem 2	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

1.3 Man, History and Culture

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Themes and Regions in African History			Gillian Mathys	5

Methods, Sources and Historiography in African History	sem 2	en	Maarten Couttenier	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa			Hugo DeBlock	5

1.4 Language and Culture

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation	sem 2	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Themes and Genres in African Literatures			Inge Brinkman	5

1.5 Research Project

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Bachelor's Essay		3	year	nl,en	Gilles-Maurice de Schryver	10

2 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 1 study track from the following list.

2.1 Study Abroad Program: Africa

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Program of Study: Africa		3	sem 1	en,fr	Inge Brinkman	25

Subscribe to 45 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 3 modules from the following list.

Study Abroad Program: Africa (25 credits) is compulsory. The remaining credits are chosen from within the modules Minors, Elective Courses and Free Choice.

Students are offered the opportunity to spend a semester at a university abroad. This can be a university in Africa ('Africa semester'), or a university within Europe (via the Erasmus programme).

2.1.1 Minors

Subscribe to no less than 10 and no more than 20 credit units from 1 minor from the following list.10 credit units must be taken in year 2.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum can no longer be included as part of the minor.

2.1.1.1 Arabic and Islamic Studies

Subscribe to 10 credit units with reference *.
Courses with reference + can only be subscribed to when Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial I and II have already been acquired.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial II		3	sem 2	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		3	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		3	sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

Politics of the Contemporary Middle East		3	sem 2	nl,en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the Structures of Arabic (Language and Texts)	+	3	sem 1	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	7

Structures of Arabic (Language and Texts): Historical Thinking	+	3	sem 2	nl,en	Jo Van Steenbergen	8

Arabic Language Acquisition: Media and Egyptian I	+	3	sem 1	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	8

Arabic Language Acquisition: Media and Egyptian II	+	3	sem 2	ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	7

2.1.1.2 Archaeology

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
General Introduction to Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Philippe Crombé	5

Introduction to World Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Natural Sciences in Archaeology		sem 2	nl	Peter Vandenabeele	6

Introduction to Prospection and Excavation Techniques		sem 2	nl	Frank Vermeulen	6

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Rudi Goossens	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia		sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

Pre- and Protohistory	B+	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Near East	B++	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	B+++	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Historical Periods	B++++	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Protohistory of Northwestern Europe	+			Guy De Mulder	5

Prehistory of Northwestern Europe	+	sem 1	nl	Hans Vandendriessche	5

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: from the Proto-Neolithic to the Bronze Age	++	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Phoenician and Punic Archaeology	++/+++			Vanessa Boschloos	5

Archaeology of Greece	+++	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Roman Archaeology: The Mediterranean World	+++			Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Roman Provinces	++++	sem 2	nl	Michiel Dekoninck	5

Archaeology of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age	++++			Wim De Clercq	5

2.1.1.3 Culture and Society

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Ethics: Systematics	sem 1	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Gender and Diversity Studies	sem 1	nl	Carine Plancke	5

Sexuality and Globalisation	sem 2	nl	Tom Claes	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Judaism	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Buddhism			Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India	sem 2	en	Eva De Clercq	5

East Asian Ideologies	sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to the Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa	sem 2	en	Aymon Kreil	5

Society and Current Affairs: China	sem 2	en	Bart Dessein	5

Society and Current Affairs: South Asia			Tine Vekemans	5

Society and Current Affairs: Japan	sem 1	en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations			Katrien De Graef	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa			Hugo DeBlock	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)	sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of China	sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia	sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia	sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of South East Europe	sem 1	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia	sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation	sem 2	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa			Michael Meeuwis	5

History and Culture of German Speaking Countries	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Kicki Ingridsdotter	5

History and Culture of Anglo-Saxon Countries	sem 2	en	Gert Buelens	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe	sem 2	nl,en	Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

2.1.1.4 The Classical Tradition

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Julie Van Pelt	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Evelien Bracke	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

History of the Classical Antiquity	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of Ancient Philosophy	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Ancient Greek: Language Acquisition I	sem 1	nl	Floris Bernard	5

Latin: Language Proficiency I	sem 1	nl	Giovanbattista Galdi	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Latin Tradition in Europe	sem 2	nl	Wim Verbaal	5

Introduction to Greek and Latin Epigraphy: Inscriptions as a Historical Source	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

2.1.1.5 Economics and Business Management

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	6

Markets and Prices	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	6

Labour and Employment		sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Business Administration		sem 2	nl	Mirjam Knockaert	4

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Economic Globalisation		sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Introduction to Global Economic History		sem 2	en	Frank Caestecker	5

Organization Theory		sem 2	en	Gosia Kozusznik	4

Marketing Management	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Socio-Economic Policy		sem 1	nl	Luc Van Ootegem	5

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Public Administration. An Introduction	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

Public Policy	vbp3	sem 1	en	Bishoy Zaki	6

Introduction to Accounting in the Not-for-Profit and Public Sector	vbp3	sem 2	nl	Johan Christiaens	5

Public Management	vbp3	sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

Economics (A)	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Koen Schoors	4

Economics (B)	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Koen Schoors	5

2.1.1.6 History

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: History’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Arts and Humanities, preferably choose courses with reference °.
Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Arts in History.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of the Classical Antiquity	vbp	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of the Middle Ages	vbp	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

History of Belgium	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History and Culture of the Netherlands		sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

History of the Ancient Near East	vbp	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Tendencies in Historiography	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp	year	nl	Els De Paermentier	5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians	vbp	sem 1	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

Global Developments in Historical Perspective	vbp	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Eric Vanhaute	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History		sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

Visual Materials as Historical Sources	vbp	sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

Comparative Rural History		sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Historical Culture and Society	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Introduction to the History of Africa		sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia		sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of South East Europe		sem 1	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

History of the Americas		sem 2	nl,en	Eva Willems	5

Introduction to World History		sem 2	nl	Eric Vanhaute	3

2.1.1.7 Art Studies

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historiography of Art: Introduction		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Architecture 1		sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

Aesthetics I		sem 2	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

Fashion and Textiles		sem 1	en	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1300-1789		sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	6

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1789 until today	B+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	6

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries I				Maximiliaan Martens	5

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries II		sem 1	nl,en	Koenraad Jonckheere	5

Historic Interior and Design	+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta	+			Marjan Sterckx	5

Modern and Contemporary Art: Capita Selecta	+	sem 1	nl	Wouter Davidts	5

Avant-garde Film and Video	+			Steven Jacobs	5

History of Music: Until 1750	B++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	6

History of Music: 1750-1900	++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century				Francis Maes	5

History of Western Theater from Antiquity until 1850		sem 2	nl	Bram Van Oostveldt	5

History of Modern Theatre	B+++	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

Repertoire Study of Theatre	+++			Christel Stalpaert	5

Cultural and Historical Aspects of Dance Theatre	+++	sem 1	nl,en	Annelies Van Assche	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa				Hugo DeBlock	5

2.1.1.8 Literature

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
European Languages in Contact: History and Methodology	sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Theory of Literature	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Theory of Literature II	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Comparative Literature	sem 2	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Poetics	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Julie Van Pelt	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Evelien Bracke	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia	sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Oriental Literature: China	sem 2	nl	Bart Dessein	5

Oriental Literature: Japan	sem 2	nl	Luc Van Haute	5

Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Overview of Russian Literature	sem 2	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

English Literature I	year	en	Andrew Bricker	5

Dutch Literature I	sem 1	nl	Lars Bernaerts	5

History of Modern Theatre	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

Narratology and Discourse Analysis	sem 2	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

2.1.1.9 Political Sciences

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Political Sciences	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Carl Devos	6

Statistics	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences		sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Structure and Conflict in the Global South	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Bogaert	6

History of International Politics	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Theories of International Relations	vbp2/3	sem 1	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Conflictstudies	vbp4	sem 2	en	Koen Vlassenroot	6

Social and Political Systems		sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Comparative Political Economy	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Mattias Vermeiren	6

European Political Integration	vbp2/3	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Political Philosophy		sem 2	nl	Patrick Loobuyck	5

Political History of Belgium	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

Politics of the Contemporary Middle East		sem 2	nl,en	Lisa Franke	5

European and Regional Integration Theories	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Jan Orbie	6

The Policies of the European Union	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Politics and Society in a Global World	vbp4	sem 2	en	Christopher Parker	5

Comparative Politics	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Kristof Steyvers	5

Local Politics	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Herwig Reynaert	6

2.1.1.10 Law

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Laws in Laws.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Basic Concepts of Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

History of Public Law and Politics		sem 1	nl	Georges Martyn	6

Public Law of Belgium		sem 1	nl	Jürgen Vanpraet	5

Introduction to European and Public International Law				Peter Van Elsuwege	4

International Public Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	An Cliquet	5

Administrative Law and Environmental Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Jürgen Vanpraet	8

Family Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

Law of Obligations and Contracts	vbp	sem 2	nl	Ignace Claeys	6

Fundamental Rights		sem 1	nl	Yves Haeck	6

Criminal Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Tom Vander Beken	6

Criminology		sem 2	nl	Marc Cools	3

Law and Society		sem 2	nl	Ellen Desmet	3

Moral Philosophy and Philosophy of Law		sem 1 sem 2	nl nl	Jan Verplaetse	5

Law and Economics		sem 2	nl	Ben Depoorter	3

Legal Theory	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	4

Jurisprudence	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	3

Criminal Procedure	vbp	sem 1	nl	Philip Traest	5

Economic Law and intellectual Property Rights	vbp	sem 2	nl	Reinhard Steennot	7

Property Law	vbp	sem 2	nl	Joke Baeck	4

Constitutional Law	vbp	sem 2	nl	Mathieu Leloup	7

Introduction to International and European Law		sem 2	nl	Peter Van Elsuwege	4

2.1.1.11 Religion Studies

Subscribe to 5 credit units with reference *.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Religious Studies	*	sem 1	nl	Annelies Lannoy	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Comparative Study of Religions		sem 1	nl,en	Jakob De Roover	5

Cultural Anthropology		sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Judaism		sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

East Asian Ideologies		sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Buddhism				Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India		sem 2	en	Eva De Clercq	5

Classical Mythology		sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion		sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

2.1.1.12 Sociology and Communication Science

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Courses Master of Sociology ('vbp1') or Master of Science in Communication Science ('vbp2').

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Bart Van de Putte	6

Statistics	vbp1/2	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Sociology of Modernity		sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	5

Historical Sociology		sem 2	nl	Bart Van de Putte	5

Social Inequality	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Social and Political Systems		sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Sociological Perspectives	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Mieke Van Houtte	6

Contemporary Sociological Theories	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Communication Science	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Stijn Joye	6

Media Economy and Media Structures	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Tom Evens	5

Journalism in Perspective	vbp2	sem 2	nl		5

Marketing Communication	vbp2			Liselot Hudders	5

Media History	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Liesbet Depauw	5

Media Technology and Innovation	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Lieven De Marez	5

Popular Media Culture and Diversity	vbp2				6

2.1.1.13 Linguistics

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: Dutch as a Foreign Language’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Languages, preferably choose courses with reference °.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Text-Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	3

General Linguistics: Theories and Methods		sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

European Languages in Contact: History and Methodology		sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Evolutionary Linguistics					5

Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Methodology of Qualitative Research		sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	5

Introduction to Translation Studies		sem 2	nl	Gert De Sutter	3

Introduction to Digital Text Analysis		sem 2	nl	Els Lefever	3

Introduction to Translation Technology		sem 1	nl	Lieve Macken	3

Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning		sem 1	nl	June Eyckmans	3

Introduction to African Linguistics		sem 1	nl,en	Minah Nabirye	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Gilles-Maurice de Schryver	5

African Historical Linguistics		sem 2	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

Dutch Linguistics I: Language System	°	sem 2	nl	Timothy Colleman	5

Dutch Linguistics I: The Use of Language	°	sem 1	nl	Ulrike Vogl	5

Introduction to Flemish Sign Language		sem 1	nl	Beatrijs Wille	5

English Linguistics I		sem 1	en	Ellen Simon	5

2.1.1.14 Education

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Powerful Learning Environments	3	sem 1	nl	Bram De Wever	6

Teaching Methodology: Cultural Sciences	3	year	nl	Koen Aerts	6

Reference Internship: Cultural Sciences	3	year	nl	Koen Aerts	3

This module is particularly recommended for students who are considering following the Master of Science in Teaching.

2.1.1.14.1 Elective Courses

Subscribe to no more than 5 credit units from one other Minor, to be taken in year 3.

2.1.2 List of Electives

Subscribe to no more than 10 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial I		3	sem 1	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Afrikaans: Linguistics and Literature		3	sem 1	nl	Timothy Colleman	5

General Linguistics: Theories and Methods		3	sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Theory of Literature		3	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Introduction to World Archaeology		3	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

European Overseas Expansion in Global History, 1500-1800		3	sem 1	en	Michael Limberger	5

Lingála IV		3	sem 1	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial II		3	sem 2	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Global Developments in Historical Perspective		3	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		3	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Structure and Conflict in the Global South		3	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Bogaert	6

Conflictstudies		3	sem 2	en	Koen Vlassenroot	6

Methodology of Qualitative Research		3	sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	5

Humanitarian Policy		3	sem 2	en	Bruno De Cordier	5

Academic English	UKV	3	sem 2 sem 1	en en	Geert Jacobs	3

Advanced Academic English	UKV	3	sem 1 sem 2	en en	Geert Jacobs	3

Sustainability Thinking	UKV	3	year	nl	Thomas Block	5

2.1.3 Free Choice

Subscribe to no more than 5 credit units from the course offer of Ghent University.

2.2 Study Program: Ghent University

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Lingála IV		3	sem 1	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Subscribe to 45 credit units from no less than 2 and no more than 3 modules from the following list.

Lingála IV (5 credits) is compulsory. The remaining credits are chosen from within the modules Minors, Elective Courses and Free Choice.

2.2.1 Minors

Subscribe to 25 credit units from 1 minor from the following list. 10 credit units must be taken in year 2 and 15 credit units in year 3.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum can no longer be included as part of the minor.

2.2.1.1 Arabic and Islamic Studies

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial II		3	sem 2	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		3	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		3	sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

Politics of the Contemporary Middle East		3	sem 2	nl,en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the Structures of Arabic (Language and Texts)	+	3	sem 1	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	7

Structures of Arabic (Language and Texts): Historical Thinking	+	3	sem 2	nl,en	Jo Van Steenbergen	8

Arabic Language Acquisition: Media and Egyptian I	+	3	sem 1	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	8

Arabic Language Acquisition: Media and Egyptian II	+	3	sem 2	ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	7

2.2.1.2 Archaeology

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
General Introduction to Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Philippe Crombé	5

Introduction to World Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Natural Sciences in Archaeology		sem 2	nl	Peter Vandenabeele	6

Introduction to Prospection and Excavation Techniques		sem 2	nl	Frank Vermeulen	6

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Rudi Goossens	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia		sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

Pre- and Protohistory	B+	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Near East	B++	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	B+++	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Historical Periods	B++++	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Protohistory of Northwestern Europe	+			Guy De Mulder	5

Prehistory of Northwestern Europe	+	sem 1	nl	Hans Vandendriessche	5

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: from the Proto-Neolithic to the Bronze Age	++	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Phoenician and Punic Archaeology	++/+++			Vanessa Boschloos	5

Archaeology of Greece	+++	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Roman Archaeology: The Mediterranean World	+++			Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Roman Provinces	++++	sem 2	nl	Michiel Dekoninck	5

Archaeology of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age	++++			Wim De Clercq	5

2.2.1.3 Culture and Society

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Ethics: Systematics	sem 1	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Gender and Diversity Studies	sem 1	nl	Carine Plancke	5

Sexuality and Globalisation	sem 2	nl	Tom Claes	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Judaism	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Buddhism			Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India	sem 2	en	Eva De Clercq	5

East Asian Ideologies	sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to the Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa	sem 2	en	Aymon Kreil	5

Society and Current Affairs: China	sem 2	en	Bart Dessein	5

Society and Current Affairs: South Asia			Tine Vekemans	5

Society and Current Affairs: Japan	sem 1	en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations			Katrien De Graef	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa			Hugo DeBlock	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)	sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of China	sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia	sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia	sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of South East Europe	sem 1	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia	sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation	sem 2	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa			Michael Meeuwis	5

History and Culture of German Speaking Countries	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Kicki Ingridsdotter	5

History and Culture of Anglo-Saxon Countries	sem 2	en	Gert Buelens	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe	sem 2	nl,en	Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

2.2.1.4 The Classical Tradition

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Julie Van Pelt	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Evelien Bracke	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

History of the Classical Antiquity	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of Ancient Philosophy	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Ancient Greek: Language Acquisition I	sem 1	nl	Floris Bernard	5

Latin: Language Proficiency I	sem 1	nl	Giovanbattista Galdi	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Latin Tradition in Europe	sem 2	nl	Wim Verbaal	5

Introduction to Greek and Latin Epigraphy: Inscriptions as a Historical Source	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

2.2.1.5 Economics and Business Management

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	6

Markets and Prices	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	6

Labour and Employment		sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Business Administration		sem 2	nl	Mirjam Knockaert	4

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Economic Globalisation		sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Introduction to Global Economic History		sem 2	en	Frank Caestecker	5

Organization Theory		sem 2	en	Gosia Kozusznik	4

Marketing Management	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Socio-Economic Policy		sem 1	nl	Luc Van Ootegem	5

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Public Administration. An Introduction	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

Public Policy	vbp3	sem 1	en	Bishoy Zaki	6

Introduction to Accounting in the Not-for-Profit and Public Sector	vbp3	sem 2	nl	Johan Christiaens	5

Public Management	vbp3	sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

Economics (A)	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Koen Schoors	4

Economics (B)	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Koen Schoors	5

2.2.1.6 History

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: History’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Arts and Humanities, preferably choose courses with reference °.
Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Arts in History.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of the Classical Antiquity	vbp	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of the Middle Ages	vbp	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

History of Belgium	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History and Culture of the Netherlands		sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

History of the Ancient Near East	vbp	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Tendencies in Historiography	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp	year	nl	Els De Paermentier	5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians	vbp	sem 1	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

Global Developments in Historical Perspective	vbp	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Eric Vanhaute	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History		sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

Visual Materials as Historical Sources	vbp	sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

Comparative Rural History		sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Historical Culture and Society	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Introduction to the History of Africa		sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia		sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of South East Europe		sem 1	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

History of the Americas		sem 2	nl,en	Eva Willems	5

Introduction to World History		sem 2	nl	Eric Vanhaute	3

2.2.1.7 Art Studies

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historiography of Art: Introduction		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Architecture 1		sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

Aesthetics I		sem 2	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

Fashion and Textiles		sem 1	en	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1300-1789		sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	6

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1789 until today	B+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	6

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries I				Maximiliaan Martens	5

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries II		sem 1	nl,en	Koenraad Jonckheere	5

Historic Interior and Design	+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta	+			Marjan Sterckx	5

Modern and Contemporary Art: Capita Selecta	+	sem 1	nl	Wouter Davidts	5

Avant-garde Film and Video	+			Steven Jacobs	5

History of Music: Until 1750	B++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	6

History of Music: 1750-1900	++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century				Francis Maes	5

History of Western Theater from Antiquity until 1850		sem 2	nl	Bram Van Oostveldt	5

History of Modern Theatre	B+++	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

Repertoire Study of Theatre	+++			Christel Stalpaert	5

Cultural and Historical Aspects of Dance Theatre	+++	sem 1	nl,en	Annelies Van Assche	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa				Hugo DeBlock	5

2.2.1.8 Literature

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
European Languages in Contact: History and Methodology	sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Theory of Literature	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Theory of Literature II	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Comparative Literature	sem 2	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Poetics	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Julie Van Pelt	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Evelien Bracke	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia	sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Oriental Literature: China	sem 2	nl	Bart Dessein	5

Oriental Literature: Japan	sem 2	nl	Luc Van Haute	5

Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Overview of Russian Literature	sem 2	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

English Literature I	year	en	Andrew Bricker	5

Dutch Literature I	sem 1	nl	Lars Bernaerts	5

History of Modern Theatre	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

Narratology and Discourse Analysis	sem 2	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

2.2.1.9 Political Sciences

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Political Sciences	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Carl Devos	6

Statistics	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences		sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Structure and Conflict in the Global South	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Bogaert	6

History of International Politics	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Theories of International Relations	vbp2/3	sem 1	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Conflictstudies	vbp4	sem 2	en	Koen Vlassenroot	6

Social and Political Systems		sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Comparative Political Economy	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Mattias Vermeiren	6

European Political Integration	vbp2/3	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Political Philosophy		sem 2	nl	Patrick Loobuyck	5

Political History of Belgium	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

Politics of the Contemporary Middle East		sem 2	nl,en	Lisa Franke	5

European and Regional Integration Theories	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Jan Orbie	6

The Policies of the European Union	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Politics and Society in a Global World	vbp4	sem 2	en	Christopher Parker	5

Comparative Politics	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Kristof Steyvers	5

Local Politics	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Herwig Reynaert	6

2.2.1.10 Law

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Laws in Laws.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Basic Concepts of Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

History of Public Law and Politics		sem 1	nl	Georges Martyn	6

Public Law of Belgium		sem 1	nl	Jürgen Vanpraet	5

Introduction to European and Public International Law				Peter Van Elsuwege	4

International Public Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	An Cliquet	5

Administrative Law and Environmental Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Jürgen Vanpraet	8

Family Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

Law of Obligations and Contracts	vbp	sem 2	nl	Ignace Claeys	6

Fundamental Rights		sem 1	nl	Yves Haeck	6

Criminal Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Tom Vander Beken	6

Criminology		sem 2	nl	Marc Cools	3

Law and Society		sem 2	nl	Ellen Desmet	3

Moral Philosophy and Philosophy of Law		sem 1 sem 2	nl nl	Jan Verplaetse	5

Law and Economics		sem 2	nl	Ben Depoorter	3

Legal Theory	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	4

Jurisprudence	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	3

Criminal Procedure	vbp	sem 1	nl	Philip Traest	5

Economic Law and intellectual Property Rights	vbp	sem 2	nl	Reinhard Steennot	7

Property Law	vbp	sem 2	nl	Joke Baeck	4

Constitutional Law	vbp	sem 2	nl	Mathieu Leloup	7

Introduction to International and European Law		sem 2	nl	Peter Van Elsuwege	4

2.2.1.11 Religion Studies

Subscribe to 5 credit units with reference *.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Religious Studies	*	sem 1	nl	Annelies Lannoy	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Comparative Study of Religions		sem 1	nl,en	Jakob De Roover	5

Cultural Anthropology		sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Judaism		sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

East Asian Ideologies		sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Buddhism				Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India		sem 2	en	Eva De Clercq	5

Classical Mythology		sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion		sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

2.2.1.12 Sociology and Communication Science

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Courses Master of Sociology ('vbp1') or Master of Science in Communication Science ('vbp2').

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Bart Van de Putte	6

Statistics	vbp1/2	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Sociology of Modernity		sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	5

Historical Sociology		sem 2	nl	Bart Van de Putte	5

Social Inequality	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Social and Political Systems		sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Sociological Perspectives	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Mieke Van Houtte	6

Contemporary Sociological Theories	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Communication Science	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Stijn Joye	6

Media Economy and Media Structures	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Tom Evens	5

Journalism in Perspective	vbp2	sem 2	nl		5

Marketing Communication	vbp2			Liselot Hudders	5

Media History	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Liesbet Depauw	5

Media Technology and Innovation	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Lieven De Marez	5

Popular Media Culture and Diversity	vbp2				6

2.2.1.13 Linguistics

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: Dutch as a Foreign Language’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Languages, preferably choose courses with reference °.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Text-Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	3

General Linguistics: Theories and Methods		sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

European Languages in Contact: History and Methodology		sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Evolutionary Linguistics					5

Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Methodology of Qualitative Research		sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	5

Introduction to Translation Studies		sem 2	nl	Gert De Sutter	3

Introduction to Digital Text Analysis		sem 2	nl	Els Lefever	3

Introduction to Translation Technology		sem 1	nl	Lieve Macken	3

Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning		sem 1	nl	June Eyckmans	3

Introduction to African Linguistics		sem 1	nl,en	Minah Nabirye	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Gilles-Maurice de Schryver	5

African Historical Linguistics		sem 2	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

Dutch Linguistics I: Language System	°	sem 2	nl	Timothy Colleman	5

Dutch Linguistics I: The Use of Language	°	sem 1	nl	Ulrike Vogl	5

Introduction to Flemish Sign Language		sem 1	nl	Beatrijs Wille	5

English Linguistics I		sem 1	en	Ellen Simon	5

2.2.1.14 Education

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Powerful Learning Environments	3	sem 1	nl	Bram De Wever	6

Teaching Methodology: Cultural Sciences	3	year	nl	Koen Aerts	6

Reference Internship: Cultural Sciences	3	year	nl	Koen Aerts	3

This module is particularly recommended for students who are considering following the Master of Science in Teaching.

2.2.1.14.1 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 10 credit units from one other Minor, to be taken in year 3.

2.2.2 List of Electives

Subscribe to no more than 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial I		3	sem 1	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Afrikaans: Linguistics and Literature		3	sem 1	nl	Timothy Colleman	5

General Linguistics: Theories and Methods		3	sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Theory of Literature		3	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Introduction to World Archaeology		3	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

European Overseas Expansion in Global History, 1500-1800		3	sem 1	en	Michael Limberger	5

Lingála IV		3	sem 1	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial II		3	sem 2	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Global Developments in Historical Perspective		3	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		3	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Structure and Conflict in the Global South		3	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Bogaert	6

Conflictstudies		3	sem 2	en	Koen Vlassenroot	6

Methodology of Qualitative Research		3	sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	5

Humanitarian Policy		3	sem 2	en	Bruno De Cordier	5

Academic English	UKV	3	sem 2 sem 1	en en	Geert Jacobs	3

Advanced Academic English	UKV	3	sem 1 sem 2	en en	Geert Jacobs	3

Sustainability Thinking	UKV	3	year	nl	Thomas Block	5

2.2.3 Free Choice

Subscribe to no more than 5 credit units from the course offer of Ghent University.

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1.1 General Faculty Requirements

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historical Criticism	1	sem 1	nl	Jan Dumolyn	3

History of Philosophy	1	sem 1	nl	Johan Braeckman	3

Introduction to Anthropology	1	sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	3

Introduction to World History	1	sem 2	nl	Eric Vanhaute	3

Introduction to Text-Linguistics	1	sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	3

1.2 Language Acquisition and Linguistics

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to African Linguistics	1	sem 1	nl,en	Minah Nabirye	5

Swahili I	1	sem 1	nl,en	Koen Bostoen	5

Swahili II	1	sem 2	nl,en	Koen Bostoen	5

Lingála I	1	sem 2 sem 1	ln,nl ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Swahili III	2	sem 1	nl,en	Maud Devos	5

Lingála II	2	sem 2	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Swahili IV	2	sem 2	nl,en	Maud Devos	5

Lingála III	2	sem 2	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa	2	sem 1	nl,en	Gilles-Maurice de Schryver	5

African Historical Linguistics		sem 2	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

1.3 Man, History and Culture

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to the History of Africa	1	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa	1	sem 1	nl,en	Rudi Goossens	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	1	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Fieldwork in Africa	2	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Cultural Anthropology	2	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Themes and Regions in African History				Gillian Mathys	5

Methods, Sources and Historiography in African History		sem 2	en	Maarten Couttenier	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa				Hugo DeBlock	5

1.4 Language and Culture

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	1	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa	1	sem 2	nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation		sem 2	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Themes and Genres in African Literatures				Inge Brinkman	5

1.5 Research Project

10

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Bachelor's Essay		3	year	nl,en	Gilles-Maurice de Schryver	10

2 Elective Courses 45

Subscribe to 1 study track from the following list.

2.1 Study Abroad Program: Africa

45

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Program of Study: Africa		3	sem 1	en,fr	Inge Brinkman	25

Subscribe to 45 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 3 modules from the following list.

Study Abroad Program: Africa (25 credits) is compulsory. The remaining credits are chosen from within the modules Minors, Elective Courses and Free Choice.

Students are offered the opportunity to spend a semester at a university abroad. This can be a university in Africa ('Africa semester'), or a university within Europe (via the Erasmus programme).

2.1.1 Minors

Subscribe to no less than 10 and no more than 20 credit units from 1 minor from the following list.10 credit units must be taken in year 2.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum can no longer be included as part of the minor.

2.1.1.1 Arabic and Islamic Studies

Subscribe to 10 credit units with reference *.
Courses with reference + can only be subscribed to when Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial I and II have already been acquired.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial I	*	2	sem 1	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial II		3	sem 2	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		3	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		3	sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

Politics of the Contemporary Middle East		3	sem 2	nl,en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the Structures of Arabic (Language and Texts)	+	3	sem 1	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	7

Structures of Arabic (Language and Texts): Historical Thinking	+	3	sem 2	nl,en	Jo Van Steenbergen	8

Arabic Language Acquisition: Media and Egyptian I	+	3	sem 1	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	8

Arabic Language Acquisition: Media and Egyptian II	+	3	sem 2	ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	7

2.1.1.2 Archaeology

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
General Introduction to Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Philippe Crombé	5

Introduction to World Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Natural Sciences in Archaeology		sem 2	nl	Peter Vandenabeele	6

Introduction to Prospection and Excavation Techniques		sem 2	nl	Frank Vermeulen	6

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Rudi Goossens	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia		sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

Pre- and Protohistory	B+	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Near East	B++	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	B+++	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Historical Periods	B++++	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Protohistory of Northwestern Europe	+			Guy De Mulder	5

Prehistory of Northwestern Europe	+	sem 1	nl	Hans Vandendriessche	5

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: from the Proto-Neolithic to the Bronze Age	++	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Phoenician and Punic Archaeology	++/+++			Vanessa Boschloos	5

Archaeology of Greece	+++	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Roman Archaeology: The Mediterranean World	+++			Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Roman Provinces	++++	sem 2	nl	Michiel Dekoninck	5

Archaeology of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age	++++			Wim De Clercq	5

2.1.1.3 Culture and Society

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Ethics: Systematics	sem 1	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Gender and Diversity Studies	sem 1	nl	Carine Plancke	5

Sexuality and Globalisation	sem 2	nl	Tom Claes	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Judaism	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Buddhism			Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India	sem 2	en	Eva De Clercq	5

East Asian Ideologies	sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to the Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa	sem 2	en	Aymon Kreil	5

Society and Current Affairs: China	sem 2	en	Bart Dessein	5

Society and Current Affairs: South Asia			Tine Vekemans	5

Society and Current Affairs: Japan	sem 1	en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations			Katrien De Graef	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa			Hugo DeBlock	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)	sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of China	sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia	sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia	sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of South East Europe	sem 1	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia	sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation	sem 2	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa			Michael Meeuwis	5

History and Culture of German Speaking Countries	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Kicki Ingridsdotter	5

History and Culture of Anglo-Saxon Countries	sem 2	en	Gert Buelens	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe	sem 2	nl,en	Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

2.1.1.4 The Classical Tradition

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Julie Van Pelt	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Evelien Bracke	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

History of the Classical Antiquity	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of Ancient Philosophy	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Ancient Greek: Language Acquisition I	sem 1	nl	Floris Bernard	5

Latin: Language Proficiency I	sem 1	nl	Giovanbattista Galdi	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Latin Tradition in Europe	sem 2	nl	Wim Verbaal	5

Introduction to Greek and Latin Epigraphy: Inscriptions as a Historical Source	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

2.1.1.5 Economics and Business Management

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	6

Markets and Prices	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	6

Labour and Employment		sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Business Administration		sem 2	nl	Mirjam Knockaert	4

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Economic Globalisation		sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Introduction to Global Economic History		sem 2	en	Frank Caestecker	5

Organization Theory		sem 2	en	Gosia Kozusznik	4

Marketing Management	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Socio-Economic Policy		sem 1	nl	Luc Van Ootegem	5

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Public Administration. An Introduction	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

Public Policy	vbp3	sem 1	en	Bishoy Zaki	6

Introduction to Accounting in the Not-for-Profit and Public Sector	vbp3	sem 2	nl	Johan Christiaens	5

Public Management	vbp3	sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

Economics (A)	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Koen Schoors	4

Economics (B)	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Koen Schoors	5

2.1.1.6 History

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: History’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Arts and Humanities, preferably choose courses with reference °.
Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Arts in History.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of the Classical Antiquity	vbp	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of the Middle Ages	vbp	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

History of Belgium	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History and Culture of the Netherlands		sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

History of the Ancient Near East	vbp	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Tendencies in Historiography	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp	year	nl	Els De Paermentier	5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians	vbp	sem 1	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

Global Developments in Historical Perspective	vbp	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Eric Vanhaute	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History		sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

Visual Materials as Historical Sources	vbp	sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

Comparative Rural History		sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Historical Culture and Society	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Introduction to the History of Africa		sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia		sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of South East Europe		sem 1	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

History of the Americas		sem 2	nl,en	Eva Willems	5

Introduction to World History		sem 2	nl	Eric Vanhaute	3

2.1.1.7 Art Studies

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historiography of Art: Introduction		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Architecture 1		sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

Aesthetics I		sem 2	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

Fashion and Textiles		sem 1	en	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1300-1789		sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	6

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1789 until today	B+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	6

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries I				Maximiliaan Martens	5

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries II		sem 1	nl,en	Koenraad Jonckheere	5

Historic Interior and Design	+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta	+			Marjan Sterckx	5

Modern and Contemporary Art: Capita Selecta	+	sem 1	nl	Wouter Davidts	5

Avant-garde Film and Video	+			Steven Jacobs	5

History of Music: Until 1750	B++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	6

History of Music: 1750-1900	++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century				Francis Maes	5

History of Western Theater from Antiquity until 1850		sem 2	nl	Bram Van Oostveldt	5

History of Modern Theatre	B+++	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

Repertoire Study of Theatre	+++			Christel Stalpaert	5

Cultural and Historical Aspects of Dance Theatre	+++	sem 1	nl,en	Annelies Van Assche	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa				Hugo DeBlock	5

2.1.1.8 Literature

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
European Languages in Contact: History and Methodology	sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Theory of Literature	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Theory of Literature II	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Comparative Literature	sem 2	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Poetics	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Julie Van Pelt	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Evelien Bracke	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia	sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Oriental Literature: China	sem 2	nl	Bart Dessein	5

Oriental Literature: Japan	sem 2	nl	Luc Van Haute	5

Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Overview of Russian Literature	sem 2	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

English Literature I	year	en	Andrew Bricker	5

Dutch Literature I	sem 1	nl	Lars Bernaerts	5

History of Modern Theatre	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

Narratology and Discourse Analysis	sem 2	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

2.1.1.9 Political Sciences

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Political Sciences	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Carl Devos	6

Statistics	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences		sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Structure and Conflict in the Global South	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Bogaert	6

History of International Politics	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Theories of International Relations	vbp2/3	sem 1	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Conflictstudies	vbp4	sem 2	en	Koen Vlassenroot	6

Social and Political Systems		sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Comparative Political Economy	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Mattias Vermeiren	6

European Political Integration	vbp2/3	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Political Philosophy		sem 2	nl	Patrick Loobuyck	5

Political History of Belgium	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

Politics of the Contemporary Middle East		sem 2	nl,en	Lisa Franke	5

European and Regional Integration Theories	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Jan Orbie	6

The Policies of the European Union	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Politics and Society in a Global World	vbp4	sem 2	en	Christopher Parker	5

Comparative Politics	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Kristof Steyvers	5

Local Politics	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Herwig Reynaert	6

2.1.1.10 Law

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Laws in Laws.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Basic Concepts of Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

History of Public Law and Politics		sem 1	nl	Georges Martyn	6

Public Law of Belgium		sem 1	nl	Jürgen Vanpraet	5

Introduction to European and Public International Law				Peter Van Elsuwege	4

International Public Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	An Cliquet	5

Administrative Law and Environmental Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Jürgen Vanpraet	8

Family Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

Law of Obligations and Contracts	vbp	sem 2	nl	Ignace Claeys	6

Fundamental Rights		sem 1	nl	Yves Haeck	6

Criminal Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Tom Vander Beken	6

Criminology		sem 2	nl	Marc Cools	3

Law and Society		sem 2	nl	Ellen Desmet	3

Moral Philosophy and Philosophy of Law		sem 1 sem 2	nl nl	Jan Verplaetse	5

Law and Economics		sem 2	nl	Ben Depoorter	3

Legal Theory	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	4

Jurisprudence	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	3

Criminal Procedure	vbp	sem 1	nl	Philip Traest	5

Economic Law and intellectual Property Rights	vbp	sem 2	nl	Reinhard Steennot	7

Property Law	vbp	sem 2	nl	Joke Baeck	4

Constitutional Law	vbp	sem 2	nl	Mathieu Leloup	7

Introduction to International and European Law		sem 2	nl	Peter Van Elsuwege	4

2.1.1.11 Religion Studies

Subscribe to 5 credit units with reference *.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Religious Studies	*	sem 1	nl	Annelies Lannoy	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Comparative Study of Religions		sem 1	nl,en	Jakob De Roover	5

Cultural Anthropology		sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Judaism		sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

East Asian Ideologies		sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Buddhism				Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India		sem 2	en	Eva De Clercq	5

Classical Mythology		sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion		sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

2.1.1.12 Sociology and Communication Science

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Courses Master of Sociology ('vbp1') or Master of Science in Communication Science ('vbp2').

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Bart Van de Putte	6

Statistics	vbp1/2	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Sociology of Modernity		sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	5

Historical Sociology		sem 2	nl	Bart Van de Putte	5

Social Inequality	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Social and Political Systems		sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Sociological Perspectives	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Mieke Van Houtte	6

Contemporary Sociological Theories	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Communication Science	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Stijn Joye	6

Media Economy and Media Structures	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Tom Evens	5

Journalism in Perspective	vbp2	sem 2	nl		5

Marketing Communication	vbp2			Liselot Hudders	5

Media History	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Liesbet Depauw	5

Media Technology and Innovation	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Lieven De Marez	5

Popular Media Culture and Diversity	vbp2				6

2.1.1.13 Linguistics

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: Dutch as a Foreign Language’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Languages, preferably choose courses with reference °.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Text-Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	3

General Linguistics: Theories and Methods		sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

European Languages in Contact: History and Methodology		sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Evolutionary Linguistics					5

Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Methodology of Qualitative Research		sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	5

Introduction to Translation Studies		sem 2	nl	Gert De Sutter	3

Introduction to Digital Text Analysis		sem 2	nl	Els Lefever	3

Introduction to Translation Technology		sem 1	nl	Lieve Macken	3

Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning		sem 1	nl	June Eyckmans	3

Introduction to African Linguistics		sem 1	nl,en	Minah Nabirye	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Gilles-Maurice de Schryver	5

African Historical Linguistics		sem 2	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

Dutch Linguistics I: Language System	°	sem 2	nl	Timothy Colleman	5

Dutch Linguistics I: The Use of Language	°	sem 1	nl	Ulrike Vogl	5

Introduction to Flemish Sign Language		sem 1	nl	Beatrijs Wille	5

English Linguistics I		sem 1	en	Ellen Simon	5

2.1.1.14 Education

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Powerful Learning Environments	3	sem 1	nl	Bram De Wever	6

Teaching Methodology: Cultural Sciences	3	year	nl	Koen Aerts	6

Reference Internship: Cultural Sciences	3	year	nl	Koen Aerts	3

This module is particularly recommended for students who are considering following the Master of Science in Teaching.

2.1.1.14.1 Elective Courses

Subscribe to no more than 5 credit units from one other Minor, to be taken in year 3.

2.1.2 List of Electives

Subscribe to no more than 10 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial I		3	sem 1	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Afrikaans: Linguistics and Literature		3	sem 1	nl	Timothy Colleman	5

General Linguistics: Theories and Methods		3	sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Theory of Literature		3	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Introduction to World Archaeology		3	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

European Overseas Expansion in Global History, 1500-1800		3	sem 1	en	Michael Limberger	5

Lingála IV		3	sem 1	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial II		3	sem 2	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Global Developments in Historical Perspective		3	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		3	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Structure and Conflict in the Global South		3	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Bogaert	6

Conflictstudies		3	sem 2	en	Koen Vlassenroot	6

Methodology of Qualitative Research		3	sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	5

Humanitarian Policy		3	sem 2	en	Bruno De Cordier	5

Academic English	UKV	3	sem 2 sem 1	en en	Geert Jacobs	3

Advanced Academic English	UKV	3	sem 1 sem 2	en en	Geert Jacobs	3

Sustainability Thinking	UKV	3	year	nl	Thomas Block	5

2.1.3 Free Choice

Subscribe to no more than 5 credit units from the course offer of Ghent University.

2.2 Study Program: Ghent University

45

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Lingála IV		3	sem 1	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Subscribe to 45 credit units from no less than 2 and no more than 3 modules from the following list.

Lingála IV (5 credits) is compulsory. The remaining credits are chosen from within the modules Minors, Elective Courses and Free Choice.

2.2.1 Minors

25

Subscribe to 25 credit units from 1 minor from the following list. 10 credit units must be taken in year 2 and 15 credit units in year 3.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum can no longer be included as part of the minor.

2.2.1.1 Arabic and Islamic Studies

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial I	*	2	sem 1	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial II		3	sem 2	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		3	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		3	sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

Politics of the Contemporary Middle East		3	sem 2	nl,en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the Structures of Arabic (Language and Texts)	+	3	sem 1	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	7

Structures of Arabic (Language and Texts): Historical Thinking	+	3	sem 2	nl,en	Jo Van Steenbergen	8

Arabic Language Acquisition: Media and Egyptian I	+	3	sem 1	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	8

Arabic Language Acquisition: Media and Egyptian II	+	3	sem 2	ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	7

2.2.1.2 Archaeology

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
General Introduction to Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Philippe Crombé	5

Introduction to World Archaeology		sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Natural Sciences in Archaeology		sem 2	nl	Peter Vandenabeele	6

Introduction to Prospection and Excavation Techniques		sem 2	nl	Frank Vermeulen	6

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Rudi Goossens	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia		sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

Pre- and Protohistory	B+	sem 1	nl	Guy De Mulder	5

Archaeology of the Near East	B++	sem 2	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	B+++	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Historical Periods	B++++	sem 2	nl	Wim De Clercq	5

Protohistory of Northwestern Europe	+			Guy De Mulder	5

Prehistory of Northwestern Europe	+	sem 1	nl	Hans Vandendriessche	5

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: from the Proto-Neolithic to the Bronze Age	++	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

Phoenician and Punic Archaeology	++/+++			Vanessa Boschloos	5

Archaeology of Greece	+++	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

Roman Archaeology: The Mediterranean World	+++			Frank Vermeulen	5

Archaeology of the Roman Provinces	++++	sem 2	nl	Michiel Dekoninck	5

Archaeology of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age	++++			Wim De Clercq	5

2.2.1.3 Culture and Society

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Philosophical Ethics: Systematics	sem 1	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Cultural Anthropology	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Gender and Diversity Studies	sem 1	nl	Carine Plancke	5

Sexuality and Globalisation	sem 2	nl	Tom Claes	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Judaism	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Buddhism			Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India	sem 2	en	Eva De Clercq	5

East Asian Ideologies	sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to the Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa	sem 2	en	Aymon Kreil	5

Society and Current Affairs: China	sem 2	en	Bart Dessein	5

Society and Current Affairs: South Asia			Tine Vekemans	5

Society and Current Affairs: Japan	sem 1	en	Andreas Niehaus	5

Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations			Katrien De Graef	5

Anthropology and Ethnography in Africa	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa			Hugo DeBlock	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)	sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of China	sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia	sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia	sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of South East Europe	sem 1	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia	sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Africa: Current Affairs, Discourse and Representation	sem 2	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Language, Culture and Society in Africa			Michael Meeuwis	5

History and Culture of German Speaking Countries	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Kicki Ingridsdotter	5

History and Culture of Anglo-Saxon Countries	sem 2	en	Gert Buelens	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe	sem 2	nl,en	Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 2	en	Daniela De Simone	5

2.2.1.4 The Classical Tradition

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Julie Van Pelt	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Evelien Bracke	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

History of the Classical Antiquity	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of Ancient Philosophy	sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

History of Science, Antiquity to the Renaissance	sem 1	nl	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity	sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Ancient Greek: Language Acquisition I	sem 1	nl	Floris Bernard	5

Latin: Language Proficiency I	sem 1	nl	Giovanbattista Galdi	5

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	sem 1	nl	Frank Vermeulen	5

Latin Tradition in Europe	sem 2	nl	Wim Verbaal	5

Introduction to Greek and Latin Epigraphy: Inscriptions as a Historical Source	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

2.2.1.5 Economics and Business Management

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	6

Markets and Prices	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	6

Labour and Employment		sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Business Administration		sem 2	nl	Mirjam Knockaert	4

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Economic Globalisation		sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Introduction to Global Economic History		sem 2	en	Frank Caestecker	5

Organization Theory		sem 2	en	Gosia Kozusznik	4

Marketing Management	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Socio-Economic Policy		sem 1	nl	Luc Van Ootegem	5

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Public Administration. An Introduction	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

Public Policy	vbp3	sem 1	en	Bishoy Zaki	6

Introduction to Accounting in the Not-for-Profit and Public Sector	vbp3	sem 2	nl	Johan Christiaens	5

Public Management	vbp3	sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

Economics (A)	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Koen Schoors	4

Economics (B)	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Koen Schoors	5

2.2.1.6 History

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: History’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Arts and Humanities, preferably choose courses with reference °.
Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Arts in History.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of the Classical Antiquity	vbp	sem 2	nl	Andries Johan Zuiderhoek	5

History of the Middle Ages	vbp	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

History of Belgium	°/vbp	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

History and Culture of the Netherlands		sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

History of the Ancient Near East	vbp	sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

Tendencies in Historiography	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Buylaert	5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp	year	nl	Els De Paermentier	5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians	vbp	sem 1	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

Global Developments in Historical Perspective	vbp	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Eric Vanhaute	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History		sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

Visual Materials as Historical Sources	vbp	sem 2	nl	Anne-Laure Van Bruaene	5

Comparative Rural History		sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Historical Culture and Society	°/vbp	sem 1	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Introduction to the History of Africa		sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia		sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

History of South East Europe		sem 1	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

History of the Americas		sem 2	nl,en	Eva Willems	5

Introduction to World History		sem 2	nl	Eric Vanhaute	3

2.2.1.7 Art Studies

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historiography of Art: Introduction		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

History of Architecture 1		sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

Aesthetics I		sem 2	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

Fashion and Textiles		sem 1	en	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1300-1789		sem 1	nl	Maximiliaan Martens	6

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1789 until today	B+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	6

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries I				Maximiliaan Martens	5

History of Visual Arts in the Low Countries II		sem 1	nl,en	Koenraad Jonckheere	5

Historic Interior and Design	+	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta	+			Marjan Sterckx	5

Modern and Contemporary Art: Capita Selecta	+	sem 1	nl	Wouter Davidts	5

Avant-garde Film and Video	+			Steven Jacobs	5

History of Music: Until 1750	B++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	6

History of Music: 1750-1900	++	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century				Francis Maes	5

History of Western Theater from Antiquity until 1850		sem 2	nl	Bram Van Oostveldt	5

History of Modern Theatre	B+++	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

Repertoire Study of Theatre	+++			Christel Stalpaert	5

Cultural and Historical Aspects of Dance Theatre	+++	sem 1	nl,en	Annelies Van Assche	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa				Hugo DeBlock	5

2.2.1.8 Literature

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
European Languages in Contact: History and Methodology	sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Theory of Literature	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Theory of Literature II	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Comparative Literature	sem 2	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Poetics	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Julie Van Pelt	5

The Classical Tradition in Western History	sem 2	nl	Marco Formisano	5

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Evelien Bracke	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia	sem 2	nl	Eva De Clercq	5

Oriental Literature: China	sem 2	nl	Bart Dessein	5

Oriental Literature: Japan	sem 2	nl	Luc Van Haute	5

Introduction to the Literatures of Africa	sem 1	nl	Inge Brinkman	5

Overview of Russian Literature	sem 2	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

English Literature I	year	en	Andrew Bricker	5

Dutch Literature I	sem 1	nl	Lars Bernaerts	5

History of Modern Theatre	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

Narratology and Discourse Analysis	sem 2	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

2.2.1.9 Political Sciences

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Political Sciences	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	Carl Devos	6

Statistics	vbp1/2/3	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences		sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Structure and Conflict in the Global South	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Bogaert	6

History of International Politics	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Theories of International Relations	vbp2/3	sem 1	nl	Dries Lesage	6

Conflictstudies	vbp4	sem 2	en	Koen Vlassenroot	6

Social and Political Systems		sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Comparative Political Economy	vbp2/3	sem 2	nl	Mattias Vermeiren	6

European Political Integration	vbp2/3	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Political Philosophy		sem 2	nl	Patrick Loobuyck	5

Political History of Belgium	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Margo De Koster	5

Politics of the Contemporary Middle East		sem 2	nl,en	Lisa Franke	5

European and Regional Integration Theories	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Jan Orbie	6

The Policies of the European Union	vbp3	sem 1	nl	Hendrik Vos	6

Politics and Society in a Global World	vbp4	sem 2	en	Christopher Parker	5

Comparative Politics	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Kristof Steyvers	5

Local Politics	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Herwig Reynaert	6

2.2.1.10 Law

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Course Master of Laws in Laws.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Basic Concepts of Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

History of Public Law and Politics		sem 1	nl	Georges Martyn	6

Public Law of Belgium		sem 1	nl	Jürgen Vanpraet	5

Introduction to European and Public International Law				Peter Van Elsuwege	4

International Public Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	An Cliquet	5

Administrative Law and Environmental Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Jürgen Vanpraet	8

Family Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Gerd Verschelden	5

Law of Obligations and Contracts	vbp	sem 2	nl	Ignace Claeys	6

Fundamental Rights		sem 1	nl	Yves Haeck	6

Criminal Law	vbp	sem 1	nl	Tom Vander Beken	6

Criminology		sem 2	nl	Marc Cools	3

Law and Society		sem 2	nl	Ellen Desmet	3

Moral Philosophy and Philosophy of Law		sem 1 sem 2	nl nl	Jan Verplaetse	5

Law and Economics		sem 2	nl	Ben Depoorter	3

Legal Theory	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	4

Jurisprudence	vbp	sem 1	nl	Frederik Peeraer	3

Criminal Procedure	vbp	sem 1	nl	Philip Traest	5

Economic Law and intellectual Property Rights	vbp	sem 2	nl	Reinhard Steennot	7

Property Law	vbp	sem 2	nl	Joke Baeck	4

Constitutional Law	vbp	sem 2	nl	Mathieu Leloup	7

Introduction to International and European Law		sem 2	nl	Peter Van Elsuwege	4

2.2.1.11 Religion Studies

Subscribe to 5 credit units with reference *.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Religious Studies	*	sem 1	nl	Annelies Lannoy	5

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

Comparative Study of Religions		sem 1	nl,en	Jakob De Roover	5

Cultural Anthropology		sem 2	nl	Koenraad Stroeken	5

Judaism		sem 1	nl	Benjamin De Vos	5

Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

History of Religions: Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity		sem 1	nl	Danny Praet	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Introduction to the History of Islamic West Asia (600-1800)		sem 2	nl	Jo Van Steenbergen	5

East Asian Ideologies		sem 2	en	Christoph Anderl	5

Buddhism				Christoph Anderl	5

Religious Traditions of India		sem 2	en	Eva De Clercq	5

Classical Mythology		sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Near Eastern Society and Religion		sem 1	nl	Anne Goddeeris	5

2.2.1.12 Sociology and Communication Science

Courses with reference 'vbp' are part of the Preparatory Courses Master of Sociology ('vbp1') or Master of Science in Communication Science ('vbp2').

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociology	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Bart Van de Putte	6

Statistics	vbp1/2	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	6

Research Methods in the Social Sciences	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	6

Sociology of Modernity		sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	5

Historical Sociology		sem 2	nl	Bart Van de Putte	5

Social Inequality	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Social and Political Systems		sem 1	nl	Sami Zemni	5

Sociological Perspectives	vbp1	sem 2	nl	Mieke Van Houtte	6

Contemporary Sociological Theories	vbp1	sem 1	nl	Raf Vanderstraeten	6

Communication Science	vbp2	sem 1	nl	Stijn Joye	6

Media Economy and Media Structures	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Tom Evens	5

Journalism in Perspective	vbp2	sem 2	nl		5

Marketing Communication	vbp2			Liselot Hudders	5

Media History	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Liesbet Depauw	5

Media Technology and Innovation	vbp2	sem 2	nl	Lieven De Marez	5

Popular Media Culture and Diversity	vbp2				6

2.2.1.13 Linguistics

Students who intend to take the course ‘Teaching Methodology: Dutch as a Foreign Language’ in the Master of Science in Teaching in Languages, preferably choose courses with reference °.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Text-Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	3

General Linguistics: Theories and Methods		sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

European Languages in Contact: History and Methodology		sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Evolutionary Linguistics					5

Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics		sem 2	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Methodology of Qualitative Research		sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	5

Introduction to Translation Studies		sem 2	nl	Gert De Sutter	3

Introduction to Digital Text Analysis		sem 2	nl	Els Lefever	3

Introduction to Translation Technology		sem 1	nl	Lieve Macken	3

Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning		sem 1	nl	June Eyckmans	3

Introduction to African Linguistics		sem 1	nl,en	Minah Nabirye	5

Language Documentation and Description in Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Gilles-Maurice de Schryver	5

African Historical Linguistics		sem 2	nl,en	Sara Pacchiarotti	5

Dutch Linguistics I: Language System	°	sem 2	nl	Timothy Colleman	5

Dutch Linguistics I: The Use of Language	°	sem 1	nl	Ulrike Vogl	5

Introduction to Flemish Sign Language		sem 1	nl	Beatrijs Wille	5

English Linguistics I		sem 1	en	Ellen Simon	5

2.2.1.14 Education

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Powerful Learning Environments	3	sem 1	nl	Bram De Wever	6

Teaching Methodology: Cultural Sciences	3	year	nl	Koen Aerts	6

Reference Internship: Cultural Sciences	3	year	nl	Koen Aerts	3

This module is particularly recommended for students who are considering following the Master of Science in Teaching.

2.2.1.14.1 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 10 credit units from one other Minor, to be taken in year 3.

2.2.2 List of Electives

Subscribe to no more than 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial I		3	sem 1	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Afrikaans: Linguistics and Literature		3	sem 1	nl	Timothy Colleman	5

General Linguistics: Theories and Methods		3	sem 1	nl	Klaas Willems	5

Theory of Literature		3	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Introduction to World Archaeology		3	sem 1	nl	Joachim Bretschneider	5

European Overseas Expansion in Global History, 1500-1800		3	sem 1	en	Michael Limberger	5

Lingála IV		3	sem 1	ln,nl	Michael Meeuwis	5

Introduction to Arabic Language Acquisition: Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial II		3	sem 2	nl,ar	Jo Van Steenbergen	10

Global Developments in Historical Perspective		3	sem 2	nl,en	Michael Limberger	5

Introduction to Islam and Being Muslim		3	sem 1	en	Lisa Franke	5

Structure and Conflict in the Global South		3	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Bogaert	6

Conflictstudies		3	sem 2	en	Koen Vlassenroot	6

Methodology of Qualitative Research		3	sem 1	nl	Peter Stevens	5

Humanitarian Policy		3	sem 2	en	Bruno De Cordier	5

Academic English	UKV	3	sem 2 sem 1	en en	Geert Jacobs	3

Advanced Academic English	UKV	3	sem 1 sem 2	en en	Geert Jacobs	3

Sustainability Thinking	UKV	3	year	nl	Thomas Block	5

2.2.3 Free Choice

Subscribe to no more than 5 credit units from the course offer of Ghent University.

Learning outcomes

To have an understanding of African linguistics: language families, several African language structures, and the history of the discipline.

To master the grammatical structure of Kiswahili and Lingála, and to have basic speaking skills in both languages. This serves as a basis for the acquisition of active proficiency in these and in other Bantoe languages.

Knowledge of the history, the genres and the techniques used in African literature, and of their position within world literature.

To have knowledge and understanding of the African cultures and their description, and of the diaspora.

To be able to analyse Africa's geographical and political structures, with particular attention to globalisation and to the problems involving North-South relations.

To know the history of Africa, its historiography and methodology.

To understand and master the general theory and practice of antropology, and its application to Africa in particular.

To have an understanding of the interaction between language, culture and society in Africa and the diaspora.

To be able to critically and creatively reflect on the inherent pluridisciplinarity of the field.

To collect primary sources and scientific studies concerning the African languages, literature, history and cultures and to handle them with a critical mind and an awareness of their ambiguity.

To be able to apply research skills from linguistics, literature studies and social sciences.

To be able to compare linguistic, literary and socioscientific phenomena from the perspective of interculturality and cultural relativism

To clearly define a problem, and to formulate research questions and a hypothesis within the limits of discipline, known by the student.

To have a critical and independent attitude in acquiring knowledge on Africa and on the African diaspora

To display intellectual curiosity and a lifelong learning attitude.

To display sensitivity to intercultural diversity.

To report in a scientific way, both orally and in writing.

To contribute to discussions in a constructive way, and to cooperate with others.

To recognize the social importance of African studies.

To be aware of scientific and ethical norms.

To show cultural sensitivity and an understanding of the intercultural problems between North and South.