Bachelor of Arts in Art History, Musicology and Theatre Studies

Ghent University’s Art History programme has a concept that is unique in Flanders. A broad basic education covers all the art disciplines, and gradually deepens depending on your choice of one specific discipline: Visual Arts, Performing Arts or Musicology.

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First year

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Course schedule 1st semester Course schedule 2nd semester

1 General Courses

1.1 Faculty-Specific Educational Requirements

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Visual Culture: Art in Historical Context	1	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Jonckheere	3

History of Philosophy	1	sem 1	nl	Johan Braeckman	3

Historical Criticism	1	sem 1	nl	Jan Dumolyn	3

Introduction to Modern European Literature	1	sem 1	nl	Bart Keunen	3

Introduction to Anthropology	1	sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	3

1.2 Domain-Specific and Theoretical Training

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historiography of Art: Introduction	1	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

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

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1789 until today	1	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	6

History of Music: Until 1750	1	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	6

History of Modern Theatre	1	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

History of Architecture 1	1	sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

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

1.3 Research and Practice

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Research Skills I		1	year	nl	Jeroen Coppens	5

2 Minors

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 minor from the following list.

When making a choice, students take into account the starting competencies stated in the course sheets.
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 Archaeology

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
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 Architecture

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Architectural Theory 1: Early Modern Foundations	sem 1	en	Elizabeth Merrill	4

Architectural Theory 2: Contemporary Discourses				5

Art and Architecture	sem 2	nl	Wouter Davidts	3

Urban Questions in Historical Perspective 1: Housing	sem 2	en	Anne Kockelkorn	3

Actual Aspects of Architecture	sem 1	nl	Maarten Van Den Driessche	3

2.3 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

2.4 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

2.5 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

2.6 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

2.7 Education

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

Teaching Methodology: Cultural Sciences	year	nl	Koen Aerts	6

Reference Internship: Cultural Sciences	year	nl	Koen Aerts	3

3 Majors

Subscribe to 1 major from the following list.

Some courses are organised alternately.

3.1 Major in Visual Arts

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
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

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta			Marjan Sterckx	5

Historic Interior and Design	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

Avant-garde Film and Video			Steven Jacobs	5

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

3.2 Major in Music

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Music: 1750-1900	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century			Francis Maes	5

Foundations of Musical Acoustics and Sonology	sem 1	nl,en	Pieter-Jan Maes	5

Foundations of Musical Action and Perception			Pieter-Jan Maes	5

3.3 Major in Performing Arts

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Cultural and Historical Aspects of Dance Theatre	sem 1	nl,en	Annelies Van Assche	5

Repertoire Study of Theatre			Christel Stalpaert	5

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

Avant-garde Film and Video			Steven Jacobs	5

Film History and Aesthetics	sem 1	nl	Daniël Biltereyst	5

4 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 20 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 2 modules from the following list.

4.1 Other Major

Subscribe to no less than 10 and no more than 20 credit units from another major within the programme.

4.2 Free Choice

Subscribe to at most 10 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 2 modules from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

4.2.1 Elective courses

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Aesthetics II	sem 1	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

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

History of the Middle Ages	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	sem 2	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

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

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

Gender and Diversity Studies	sem 1	nl	Carine Plancke	5

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

Data Visualization of History	sem 2	nl	Julie Birkholz	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa			Hugo DeBlock	5

Film History and Aesthetics	sem 1	nl	Daniël Biltereyst	5

Sociology	sem 2	nl	Timo Van Canegem	5

Psycho-analysis and Art	sem 2	nl	Abe Geldhof	5

Introduction to Archival Science	sem 1	nl	Joke Verfaillie	5

Art and Architecture	sem 2	nl	Wouter Davidts	3

4.2.2 Free choice

To subscribe to courses from:

the study programmes offered by UGent (including the Ghent University Elective Courses);
the academic study programmes offered by other Institutions of Higher Education within the Flemish Community.

Subject to approval by the faculty.

Second year

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Course schedule 1st semester Course schedule 2nd semester

1 General Courses

1.2 Domain-Specific and Theoretical Training

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Aesthetics I	2	sem 2	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

Fashion and Textiles	2	sem 1	en	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

Art Policy and Museum Studies	2	sem 2	en	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

1.3 Research and Practice

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Research Skills II		2	sem 1	nl,en	Marjan Sterckx	5

2 Minors

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 minor from the following list.

When making a choice, students take into account the starting competencies stated in the course sheets.
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 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 Architecture

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Architectural Theory 1: Early Modern Foundations	sem 1	en	Elizabeth Merrill	4

Architectural Theory 2: Contemporary Discourses				5

Art and Architecture	sem 2	nl	Wouter Davidts	3

Urban Questions in Historical Perspective 1: Housing	sem 2	en	Anne Kockelkorn	3

Actual Aspects of Architecture	sem 1	nl	Maarten Van Den Driessche	3

2.3 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

2.4 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

2.5 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

2.6 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

2.7 Education

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

Teaching Methodology: Cultural Sciences	year	nl	Koen Aerts	6

Reference Internship: Cultural Sciences	year	nl	Koen Aerts	3

3 Majors

Subscribe to 1 major from the following list.

Some courses are organised alternately.

3.1 Major in Visual Arts

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Technology and Conservation of the Visual Arts	2	sem 1	nl,en	Jaya Remond	5

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

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta				Marjan Sterckx	5

Historic Interior and Design		sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

Avant-garde Film and Video				Steven Jacobs	5

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

3.2 Major in Music

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Music: 1750-1900		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century				Francis Maes	5

Foundations of Musical Acoustics and Sonology		sem 1	nl,en	Pieter-Jan Maes	5

Foundations of Musical Action and Perception				Pieter-Jan Maes	5

Music and Social Action	2	sem 2	nl,en	An De bisschop	5

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

3.3 Major in Performing Arts

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Theatre Studies	2	sem 1	nl	Bram Van Oostveldt	5

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

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

Repertoire Study of Theatre				Christel Stalpaert	5

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

Avant-garde Film and Video				Steven Jacobs	5

Film History and Aesthetics		sem 1	nl	Daniël Biltereyst	5

4 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 20 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 2 modules from the following list.

4.1 Other Major

Subscribe to no less than 10 and no more than 20 credit units from another major within the programme.

4.2 Free Choice

Subscribe to at most 10 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 2 modules from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

4.2.1 Elective courses

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Aesthetics II	sem 1	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

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

History of the Middle Ages	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	sem 2	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

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

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

Gender and Diversity Studies	sem 1	nl	Carine Plancke	5

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

Data Visualization of History	sem 2	nl	Julie Birkholz	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa			Hugo DeBlock	5

Film History and Aesthetics	sem 1	nl	Daniël Biltereyst	5

Sociology	sem 2	nl	Timo Van Canegem	5

Psycho-analysis and Art	sem 2	nl	Abe Geldhof	5

Introduction to Archival Science	sem 1	nl	Joke Verfaillie	5

Art and Architecture	sem 2	nl	Wouter Davidts	3

4.2.2 Free choice

To subscribe to courses from:

the study programmes offered by UGent (including the Ghent University Elective Courses);
the academic study programmes offered by other Institutions of Higher Education within the Flemish Community.

Subject to approval by the faculty.

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Course schedule 1st semester Course schedule 2nd semester

1 General Courses

1.2 Domain-Specific and Theoretical Training

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Heritage		3	sem 2	nl	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

1.3 Research and Practice

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Bachelor's Essay	3	year	nl	Marjan Sterckx	10

Apprenticeship	3	year	nl	Marjan Sterckx	10

2 Minors

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 minor from the following list.

When making a choice, students take into account the starting competencies stated in the course sheets.
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 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 Architecture

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Architectural Theory 1: Early Modern Foundations	sem 1	en	Elizabeth Merrill	4

Architectural Theory 2: Contemporary Discourses				5

Art and Architecture	sem 2	nl	Wouter Davidts	3

Urban Questions in Historical Perspective 1: Housing	sem 2	en	Anne Kockelkorn	3

Actual Aspects of Architecture	sem 1	nl	Maarten Van Den Driessche	3

2.3 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

2.4 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

2.5 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

2.6 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

2.7 Education

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

Teaching Methodology: Cultural Sciences	year	nl	Koen Aerts	6

Reference Internship: Cultural Sciences	year	nl	Koen Aerts	3

3 Majors

Subscribe to 1 major from the following list.

Some courses are organised alternately.

3.1 Major in Visual Arts

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
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

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta				Marjan Sterckx	5

Historic Interior and Design		sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

Avant-garde Film and Video				Steven Jacobs	5

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

History of Architecture 2: Historiographical Perspectives on the 20th Century	3	sem 2	nl	Johan Lagae	5

3.2 Major in Music

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Music: 1750-1900		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century				Francis Maes	5

Foundations of Musical Acoustics and Sonology		sem 1	nl,en	Pieter-Jan Maes	5

Foundations of Musical Action and Perception				Pieter-Jan Maes	5

Musical Analysis	3	sem 1	nl	Francis Maes	5

Music Psychology	3	sem 2	nl,en	Marc Leman	5

3.3 Major in Performing Arts

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Dramaturgy	3	sem 2	nl	Bram Van Oostveldt	5

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

Repertoire Study of Theatre				Christel Stalpaert	5

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

Avant-garde Film and Video				Steven Jacobs	5

Film History and Aesthetics		sem 1	nl	Daniël Biltereyst	5

4 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 20 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 2 modules from the following list.

4.1 Other Major

Subscribe to no less than 10 and no more than 20 credit units from another major within the programme.

4.2 Free Choice

Subscribe to at most 10 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 2 modules from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

4.2.1 Elective courses

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Aesthetics II	sem 1	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

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

History of the Middle Ages	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	sem 2	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

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

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

Gender and Diversity Studies	sem 1	nl	Carine Plancke	5

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

Data Visualization of History	sem 2	nl	Julie Birkholz	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa			Hugo DeBlock	5

Film History and Aesthetics	sem 1	nl	Daniël Biltereyst	5

Sociology	sem 2	nl	Timo Van Canegem	5

Psycho-analysis and Art	sem 2	nl	Abe Geldhof	5

Introduction to Archival Science	sem 1	nl	Joke Verfaillie	5

Art and Architecture	sem 2	nl	Wouter Davidts	3

4.2.2 Free choice

To subscribe to courses from:

the study programmes offered by UGent (including the Ghent University Elective Courses);
the academic study programmes offered by other Institutions of Higher Education within the Flemish Community.

Subject to approval by the faculty.

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1.1 Faculty-Specific Educational Requirements

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Visual Culture: Art in Historical Context	1	sem 2	nl	Koenraad Jonckheere	3

History of Philosophy	1	sem 1	nl	Johan Braeckman	3

Historical Criticism	1	sem 1	nl	Jan Dumolyn	3

Introduction to Modern European Literature	1	sem 1	nl	Bart Keunen	3

Introduction to Anthropology	1	sem 2	nl	Hugo DeBlock	3

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Historiography of Art: Introduction	1	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

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

Survey of the Visual Arts: 1789 until today	1	sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	6

History of Music: Until 1750	1	sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	6

History of Modern Theatre	1	sem 1	nl	Jasper Delbecke	6

History of Architecture 1	1	sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

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

Aesthetics I	2	sem 2	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

Fashion and Textiles	2	sem 1	en	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

Art Policy and Museum Studies	2	sem 2	en	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

Introduction to Heritage	3	sem 2	nl	Maude Bass-Krueger	5

1.3 Research and Practice

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Research Skills I	1	year	nl	Jeroen Coppens	5

Research Skills II	2	sem 1	nl,en	Marjan Sterckx	5

Bachelor's Essay	3	year	nl	Marjan Sterckx	10

Apprenticeship	3	year	nl	Marjan Sterckx	10

2 Minors 15

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 minor from the following list.

When making a choice, students take into account the starting competencies stated in the course sheets.
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 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 Architecture

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Architectural Theory 1: Early Modern Foundations	sem 1	en	Elizabeth Merrill	4

Architectural Theory 2: Contemporary Discourses				5

Art and Architecture	sem 2	nl	Wouter Davidts	3

Urban Questions in Historical Perspective 1: Housing	sem 2	en	Anne Kockelkorn	3

Actual Aspects of Architecture	sem 1	nl	Maarten Van Den Driessche	3

2.3 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

2.4 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

2.5 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

2.6 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

2.7 Education

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

Teaching Methodology: Cultural Sciences	year	nl	Koen Aerts	6

Reference Internship: Cultural Sciences	year	nl	Koen Aerts	3

3 Majors 40

Subscribe to 1 major from the following list.

Some courses are organised alternately.

3.1 Major in Visual Arts

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Technology and Conservation of the Visual Arts	2	sem 1	nl,en	Jaya Remond	5

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

19th-Century Art: Capita Selecta				Marjan Sterckx	5

Historic Interior and Design		sem 2	nl	Marjan Sterckx	5

Avant-garde Film and Video				Steven Jacobs	5

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

History of Architecture 2: Historiographical Perspectives on the 20th Century	3	sem 2	nl	Johan Lagae	5

3.2 Major in Music

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Music: 1750-1900		sem 2	nl	Francis Maes	5

Music History of the Twentieth Century				Francis Maes	5

Foundations of Musical Acoustics and Sonology		sem 1	nl,en	Pieter-Jan Maes	5

Foundations of Musical Action and Perception				Pieter-Jan Maes	5

Music and Social Action	2	sem 2	nl,en	An De bisschop	5

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

Musical Analysis	3	sem 1	nl	Francis Maes	5

Music Psychology	3	sem 2	nl,en	Marc Leman	5

3.3 Major in Performing Arts

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Theatre Studies	2	sem 1	nl	Bram Van Oostveldt	5

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

Dramaturgy	3	sem 2	nl	Bram Van Oostveldt	5

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

Repertoire Study of Theatre				Christel Stalpaert	5

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

Avant-garde Film and Video				Steven Jacobs	5

Film History and Aesthetics		sem 1	nl	Daniël Biltereyst	5

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Aesthetics II	sem 1	nl	Bart Vandenabeele	5

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

History of the Middle Ages	sem 2	nl	Jeroen Deploige	5

Early Modern History	sem 1	nl	René Vermeir	5

Modern and Contemporary History	sem 2	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

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

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

Gender and Diversity Studies	sem 1	nl	Carine Plancke	5

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

Data Visualization of History	sem 2	nl	Julie Birkholz	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Anthropology of Visual and Material Cultures in Africa			Hugo DeBlock	5

Film History and Aesthetics	sem 1	nl	Daniël Biltereyst	5

Sociology	sem 2	nl	Timo Van Canegem	5

Psycho-analysis and Art	sem 2	nl	Abe Geldhof	5

Introduction to Archival Science	sem 1	nl	Joke Verfaillie	5

Art and Architecture	sem 2	nl	Wouter Davidts	3

4.2.2 Free choice

To subscribe to courses from:

the study programmes offered by UGent (including the Ghent University Elective Courses);
the academic study programmes offered by other Institutions of Higher Education within the Flemish Community.

Subject to approval by the faculty.

Learning outcomes

Competence field 1: Competences in one/more scientific discipline(s)

To know and use the key concepts, theories, theoretical frameworks, explanatory models, methods and techniques used in Aesthetics, inspired by the newest developments in the field.
To know and understand the most important schools and developments within Visual Arts, Architecture, and Theatre, Performance and Media Studies.
To be familiar with and understand related sciences and their importance in relation to Aesthetics.
To know and understand the nature of Aesthetics (the establishment of theories, analysis, information gathering) and scientific practice in this field.
]To know and understand the - historical, systematic, comparative, diachronic - methods of Aesthetics and their importance.
To have a frame of reference, based on the audiovisual perception of art.
To take up a rational and critical stance towards artistic quality.

Competence field 2: Scientific competences

To value and critically use sources within Visual Arts, Architecture, Music or Performance and Media Studies.
To be able to autonomously initiate problem-oriented research with regard to Visual Arts and Architecture, Mosic or Performance and Media Studies.
To be able to autonomously and critically apply methods and techniques of research concerning Visual Arts and Architecture, Music or Performance and Media Studies.
To show creativity and originality in discovering links between several artistic disciplines and in interdisciplinary work.
To present the results of one's own initial research or the results of existing research to experts and/or lay people.
To show an awareness of the relativity of research results.

Competence field 3: Intellectual competences

To think analytically about research ideas or questions within Aesthetics.
To develop a critical attitude towards sources and to form a substantiated opinion on scientific analyses and theories.
To critically reflect on one's own thinking, learning, decisions and actions, and to use these critical reflections as a basis for future work.
To display intellectual curiosity and a lifelong learning attitude.

Competence field 4: Competences in cooperation and communication

To clearly communicate in writing about the results of learning, thinking and research.
To clearly communicate orally about the results of learning, thinking and research.
To carry out assignments in team.

Competence field 5: Societal competences

To handle works of art and cultural objects with an attitude of professional ethics.
To recognise the social responsibility of art scientists.
To identify, explain and evaluate social developments in the cultural and creative sector.
To identify, explain and evaluate government policy on culture (with regard to the chosen major).