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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3 year 180 credits

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First year

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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		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	Christel Stalpaert	6

History of Architecture 1: a Long Modernity	1	sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	1	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	5

1.3 Research and Practice

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

2 Majors

Subscribe to 1 major from the following list.

Some courses are organised alternately.

2.1 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

Contemporary Art: Ways of Worldmaking	sem 1	nl	Wouter Davidts	5

2.2 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

2.3 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

3 Elective Courses

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

3.1 Other Major

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

3.2 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.

3.2.1 List of Electives

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

History of Ancient Greece and Rome	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		5

Methodology: Palaeography with Close Reading	year	nl		5

Critical Issues in Religious History	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

3.2.2 Free choice

To subscribe to courses from:

the study programmes offered by Ghent University (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.

4 Elective Window

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 elective set from the following list.

To be taken in year 2 or year 3.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum cannot be included as part of the elective set.

4.1 Elective Set Archaeology
Elective Set

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	Philippe Crombé	6

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Peter Coutros	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia		sem 1	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	Roald Docter	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	+++			Devi Taelman	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

4.2 Elective Set Architecture for Art Historians
Elective Set

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

Architectural Theory 2: Contemporary Discourses	sem 2	nl	Maarten Liefooghe	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

4.3 Elective Set Business Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Credits for courses with reference 'vbp' or 'ma' may offer the basis for an exemption request for courses in ‘het voorbereidingsprogramma tot de master bedrijfseconomie (bedrijfseconomie)’ or in ‘de master bedrijfseconomie (bedrijfseconomie)’.

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

Marketing Management	vbp	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Introduction to Financial Reporting and Accounting Methods	vbp	sem 1	nl	Els De Wielemaker	4

Human Resource Management	vbp	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	3

Introduction to Entrepreneurship	vbp	sem 1	en	Petra Andries	3

Innovation Management	ma	sem 2	en	Katrien Verleye	3

Research Methodology	ma	sem 1	nl	Laurence Rijssegem	6

Project Management	ma	sem 1	en	Mario Vanhoucke	6

Corporate Social Responsibility	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Public Administration. An Introduction		sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

4.3 Elective Set Business Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp			Bruno Merlevede	5

Marketing Management	vbp	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Research Methodology	vbp	sem 1	nl	Laurence Rijssegem	6

Introduction to Financial Reporting and Accounting Methods	vbp	sem 1	nl	Els De Wielemaker	4

Innovation Management	ma	sem 2	en	Katrien Verleye	3

Project Management	ma	sem 1	en	Mario Vanhoucke	6

Human Resource Management	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	3

Introduction to Entrepreneurship	ma				3

Corporate Social Responsibility	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Public Administration. An Introduction		sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

4.4 Elective Set Public Administration and Management
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Credits for courses with reference 'vbp' or 'ma' may offer the basis for an exemption request for courses in ‘het voorbereidingsprogramma tot de master in de bestuurskunde en het publiek management’.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Public Administration. An Introduction	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

Public Policy	vbp	sem 1	en	Bishoy Zaki	6

Public Management	vbp	sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

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

Constitutional Law for Public Administration	vbp	sem 1	nl	Daan Bijnens	4

Introduction to Microeconomics		sem 1	nl	Stijn Goeminne	3

Introduction to Public Economics		sem 1	nl	Bart Defloor	3

European Union Politics and Policy		sem 1	en	Claire Dupont	3

Network Management in the Public Sector		sem 1	nl	Joris Voets	5

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

4.5 Elective Set Culture and Society
Elective Set

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				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				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				5

Introduction to the History of Africa				5

History of South East Europe			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 the German-speaking World	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Andreas Widoff	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe			Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 1	en	Daniela De Simone	5

4.5 Elective Set Culture and Society
Elective Set

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

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

Economy and Society of the Ancient Near East				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

Global China	sem 1	en	Bart Dessein	5

History of Japan	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia	sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia and the Pontic-Caspian Steppe	sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of South East Europe			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 the German-speaking World	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Andreas Widoff	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe			Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 1	en	Daniela De Simone	5

Islam in Asia: Visual and Material Culture	sem 2	en	Sara Mondini	5

4.6 Elective Set Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Credits for courses with reference 'vbp' or 'ma' may offer the basis for an exemption request for courses in ‘het voorbereidingsprogramma tot de master algemene economie’ or in ‘de master algemene economie’.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp			Bruno Merlevede	5

Markets and Prices	vbp	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	5

Methodology for Economic Research	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Financial Markets and Institutions	ma	sem 2	nl	Rudi Vander Vennet	6

Economic Globalisation	ma	sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Environmental Economics and Policy	ma	sem 2	nl	Brent Bleys	6

Labour and Employment	ma	sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Investment Analysis		sem 1	en	Michael Frömmel	6

Transport Economics		sem 2	nl	Jochen Maes	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

4.6 Elective Set Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

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

Markets and Prices	vbp	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	5

Methodology for Economic Research	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Financial Markets and Institutions	ma	sem 2	nl	Rudi Vander Vennet	6

Economic Globalisation	ma	sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Environmental Economics and Policy	ma	sem 2	nl	Brent Bleys	6

Labour and Employment	ma	sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Investment Analysis		sem 1	en	Michael Frömmel	6

Transport Economics		sem 2	nl	Jochen Maes	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

4.7 Elective Set History
Elective Set

The courses with reference ° form the compulsory part of the preparatory track for the Teaching Methodology History. Students ‘languages and cultures’ can follow a course that is considered equivalent to the course Historical Culture and Society. Please contact the study track counsellor for this.

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

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Ancient Greece and Rome	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		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	en		5

Trends in Historiography	vbp	sem 2	nl		5

Methodology: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp	year	nl		5

Digital Methods for Historians: Data Management, Text Analysis and Statistics	vbp	year	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

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

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Collective Action and Social Movements in the Modern and Contemporary Period		sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

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

Comparative Rural History		sem 2	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

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

Critical Issues in Religious History		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

History of Africa				Gillian Mathys	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

Global China		sem 1	en	Bart Dessein	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia and the Pontic-Caspian Steppe		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 2	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

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

The Ottoman Empire in the Early Modern World		sem 1	en	Christopher Markiewicz	5

4.7 Elective Set History
Elective Set

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 Ancient Greece and Rome	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				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				5

Tendencies in Historiography	vbp				5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp				5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians	vbp				5

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

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History					5

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

Comparative Rural History		sem 2	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

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

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe					5

Introduction to the History of Africa					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					5

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

History of South East Europe		sem 2	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

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

4.8 Elective Set Literature
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Literature	sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Theory of Literature I: Topics in European Literary History	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Theory of Literature II: Reading Theories	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Comparative Literature: Literature and Intermediality	sem 2	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Comparative Literature: Poetics	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Koen De Temmerman	5

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

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Kristoffel Demoen	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia			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: Introduction	year	en	Andrew Bricker	5

Narratology and Discourse Analysis	sem 2	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Modern Theatre	sem 1	nl	Christel Stalpaert	6

Dutch Literature: Benchmarks	sem 1	nl	Lars Bernaerts	4

4.9 Elective Set Teaching - Cultural Sciences
Elective Set

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

Second year

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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 Majors

Subscribe to 1 major from the following list.

Some courses are organised alternately.

2.1 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

Contemporary Art: Ways of Worldmaking		sem 1	nl	Wouter Davidts	5

2.2 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

2.3 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

3 Elective Courses

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

3.1 Other Major

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

3.2 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.

3.2.1 List of Electives

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

History of Ancient Greece and Rome	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		5

Methodology: Palaeography with Close Reading	year	nl		5

Critical Issues in Religious History	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

3.2.2 Free choice

To subscribe to courses from:

the study programmes offered by Ghent University (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.

4 Elective Window

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 elective set from the following list.

To be taken in year 2 or year 3.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum cannot be included as part of the elective set.

4.1 Elective Set Archaeology
Elective Set

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	Philippe Crombé	6

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Peter Coutros	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia		sem 1	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	Roald Docter	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	+++			Devi Taelman	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

4.2 Elective Set Architecture for Art Historians
Elective Set

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

Architectural Theory 2: Contemporary Discourses	sem 2	nl	Maarten Liefooghe	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

4.3 Elective Set Business Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

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

Marketing Management	vbp	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Introduction to Financial Reporting and Accounting Methods	vbp	sem 1	nl	Els De Wielemaker	4

Human Resource Management	vbp	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	3

Introduction to Entrepreneurship	vbp	sem 1	en	Petra Andries	3

Innovation Management	ma	sem 2	en	Katrien Verleye	3

Research Methodology	ma	sem 1	nl	Laurence Rijssegem	6

Project Management	ma	sem 1	en	Mario Vanhoucke	6

Corporate Social Responsibility	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Public Administration. An Introduction		sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

4.3 Elective Set Business Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp			Bruno Merlevede	5

Marketing Management	vbp	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Research Methodology	vbp	sem 1	nl	Laurence Rijssegem	6

Introduction to Financial Reporting and Accounting Methods	vbp	sem 1	nl	Els De Wielemaker	4

Innovation Management	ma	sem 2	en	Katrien Verleye	3

Project Management	ma	sem 1	en	Mario Vanhoucke	6

Human Resource Management	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	3

Introduction to Entrepreneurship	ma				3

Corporate Social Responsibility	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Public Administration. An Introduction		sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

4.4 Elective Set Public Administration and Management
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Public Administration. An Introduction	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

Public Policy	vbp	sem 1	en	Bishoy Zaki	6

Public Management	vbp	sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

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

Constitutional Law for Public Administration	vbp	sem 1	nl	Daan Bijnens	4

Introduction to Microeconomics		sem 1	nl	Stijn Goeminne	3

Introduction to Public Economics		sem 1	nl	Bart Defloor	3

European Union Politics and Policy		sem 1	en	Claire Dupont	3

Network Management in the Public Sector		sem 1	nl	Joris Voets	5

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

4.5 Elective Set Culture and Society
Elective Set

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				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				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				5

Introduction to the History of Africa				5

History of South East Europe			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 the German-speaking World	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Andreas Widoff	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe			Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 1	en	Daniela De Simone	5

4.5 Elective Set Culture and Society
Elective Set

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

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

Economy and Society of the Ancient Near East				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

Global China	sem 1	en	Bart Dessein	5

History of Japan	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia	sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia and the Pontic-Caspian Steppe	sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of South East Europe			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 the German-speaking World	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Andreas Widoff	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe			Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 1	en	Daniela De Simone	5

Islam in Asia: Visual and Material Culture	sem 2	en	Sara Mondini	5

4.6 Elective Set Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp			Bruno Merlevede	5

Markets and Prices	vbp	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	5

Methodology for Economic Research	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Financial Markets and Institutions	ma	sem 2	nl	Rudi Vander Vennet	6

Economic Globalisation	ma	sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Environmental Economics and Policy	ma	sem 2	nl	Brent Bleys	6

Labour and Employment	ma	sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Investment Analysis		sem 1	en	Michael Frömmel	6

Transport Economics		sem 2	nl	Jochen Maes	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

4.6 Elective Set Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

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

Markets and Prices	vbp	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	5

Methodology for Economic Research	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Financial Markets and Institutions	ma	sem 2	nl	Rudi Vander Vennet	6

Economic Globalisation	ma	sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Environmental Economics and Policy	ma	sem 2	nl	Brent Bleys	6

Labour and Employment	ma	sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Investment Analysis		sem 1	en	Michael Frömmel	6

Transport Economics		sem 2	nl	Jochen Maes	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

4.7 Elective Set History
Elective Set

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

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Ancient Greece and Rome	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		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	en		5

Trends in Historiography	vbp	sem 2	nl		5

Methodology: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp	year	nl		5

Digital Methods for Historians: Data Management, Text Analysis and Statistics	vbp	year	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

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

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Collective Action and Social Movements in the Modern and Contemporary Period		sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

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

Comparative Rural History		sem 2	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

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

Critical Issues in Religious History		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

History of Africa				Gillian Mathys	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

Global China		sem 1	en	Bart Dessein	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia and the Pontic-Caspian Steppe		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 2	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

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

The Ottoman Empire in the Early Modern World		sem 1	en	Christopher Markiewicz	5

4.7 Elective Set History
Elective Set

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Ancient Greece and Rome	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				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				5

Tendencies in Historiography	vbp				5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp				5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians	vbp				5

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

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History					5

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

Comparative Rural History		sem 2	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

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

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe					5

Introduction to the History of Africa					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					5

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

History of South East Europe		sem 2	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

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

4.8 Elective Set Literature
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Literature	sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Theory of Literature I: Topics in European Literary History	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Theory of Literature II: Reading Theories	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Comparative Literature: Literature and Intermediality	sem 2	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Comparative Literature: Poetics	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Koen De Temmerman	5

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

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Kristoffel Demoen	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia			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: Introduction	year	en	Andrew Bricker	5

Narratology and Discourse Analysis	sem 2	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Modern Theatre	sem 1	nl	Christel Stalpaert	6

Dutch Literature: Benchmarks	sem 1	nl	Lars Bernaerts	4

4.9 Elective Set Teaching - Cultural Sciences
Elective Set

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

Third year

(version 22 )

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 Majors

Subscribe to 1 major from the following list.

Some courses are organised alternately.

2.1 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

Contemporary Art: Ways of Worldmaking		sem 1	nl	Wouter Davidts	5

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

2.2 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	Pieter-Jan Maes	5

2.3 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	3	sem 1	nl	Daniël Biltereyst	5

3 Elective Courses

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

3.1 Other Major

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

3.2 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.

3.2.1 List of Electives

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

History of Ancient Greece and Rome	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		5

Methodology: Palaeography with Close Reading	year	nl		5

Critical Issues in Religious History	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

3.2.2 Free choice

To subscribe to courses from:

the study programmes offered by Ghent University (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.

4 Elective Window

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 elective set from the following list.

To be taken in year 2 or year 3.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum cannot be included as part of the elective set.

4.1 Elective Set Archaeology
Elective Set

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	Philippe Crombé	6

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Peter Coutros	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia		sem 1	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	Roald Docter	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	+++			Devi Taelman	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

4.2 Elective Set Architecture for Art Historians
Elective Set

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

Architectural Theory 2: Contemporary Discourses	sem 2	nl	Maarten Liefooghe	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

4.3 Elective Set Business Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

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

Marketing Management	vbp	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Introduction to Financial Reporting and Accounting Methods	vbp	sem 1	nl	Els De Wielemaker	4

Human Resource Management	vbp	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	3

Introduction to Entrepreneurship	vbp	sem 1	en	Petra Andries	3

Innovation Management	ma	sem 2	en	Katrien Verleye	3

Research Methodology	ma	sem 1	nl	Laurence Rijssegem	6

Project Management	ma	sem 1	en	Mario Vanhoucke	6

Corporate Social Responsibility	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Public Administration. An Introduction		sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

4.3 Elective Set Business Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp			Bruno Merlevede	5

Marketing Management	vbp	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Research Methodology	vbp	sem 1	nl	Laurence Rijssegem	6

Introduction to Financial Reporting and Accounting Methods	vbp	sem 1	nl	Els De Wielemaker	4

Innovation Management	ma	sem 2	en	Katrien Verleye	3

Project Management	ma	sem 1	en	Mario Vanhoucke	6

Human Resource Management	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	3

Introduction to Entrepreneurship	ma				3

Corporate Social Responsibility	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Public Administration. An Introduction		sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

4.4 Elective Set Public Administration and Management
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Public Administration. An Introduction	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

Public Policy	vbp	sem 1	en	Bishoy Zaki	6

Public Management	vbp	sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

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

Constitutional Law for Public Administration	vbp	sem 1	nl	Daan Bijnens	4

Introduction to Microeconomics		sem 1	nl	Stijn Goeminne	3

Introduction to Public Economics		sem 1	nl	Bart Defloor	3

European Union Politics and Policy		sem 1	en	Claire Dupont	3

Network Management in the Public Sector		sem 1	nl	Joris Voets	5

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

4.5 Elective Set Culture and Society
Elective Set

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				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				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				5

Introduction to the History of Africa				5

History of South East Europe			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 the German-speaking World	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Andreas Widoff	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe			Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 1	en	Daniela De Simone	5

4.5 Elective Set Culture and Society
Elective Set

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

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

Economy and Society of the Ancient Near East				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

Global China	sem 1	en	Bart Dessein	5

History of Japan	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia	sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia and the Pontic-Caspian Steppe	sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of South East Europe			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 the German-speaking World	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Andreas Widoff	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe			Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 1	en	Daniela De Simone	5

Islam in Asia: Visual and Material Culture	sem 2	en	Sara Mondini	5

4.6 Elective Set Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp			Bruno Merlevede	5

Markets and Prices	vbp	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	5

Methodology for Economic Research	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Financial Markets and Institutions	ma	sem 2	nl	Rudi Vander Vennet	6

Economic Globalisation	ma	sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Environmental Economics and Policy	ma	sem 2	nl	Brent Bleys	6

Labour and Employment	ma	sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Investment Analysis		sem 1	en	Michael Frömmel	6

Transport Economics		sem 2	nl	Jochen Maes	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

4.6 Elective Set Economics
Elective Set

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

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

Markets and Prices	vbp	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	5

Methodology for Economic Research	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Financial Markets and Institutions	ma	sem 2	nl	Rudi Vander Vennet	6

Economic Globalisation	ma	sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Environmental Economics and Policy	ma	sem 2	nl	Brent Bleys	6

Labour and Employment	ma	sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Investment Analysis		sem 1	en	Michael Frömmel	6

Transport Economics		sem 2	nl	Jochen Maes	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

4.7 Elective Set History
Elective Set

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

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Ancient Greece and Rome	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		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	en		5

Trends in Historiography	vbp	sem 2	nl		5

Methodology: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp	year	nl		5

Digital Methods for Historians: Data Management, Text Analysis and Statistics	vbp	year	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

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

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Collective Action and Social Movements in the Modern and Contemporary Period		sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

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

Comparative Rural History		sem 2	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

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

Critical Issues in Religious History		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

History of Africa				Gillian Mathys	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

Global China		sem 1	en	Bart Dessein	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia and the Pontic-Caspian Steppe		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 2	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

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

The Ottoman Empire in the Early Modern World		sem 1	en	Christopher Markiewicz	5

4.7 Elective Set History
Elective Set

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Ancient Greece and Rome	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				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				5

Tendencies in Historiography	vbp				5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp				5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians	vbp				5

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

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History					5

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

Comparative Rural History		sem 2	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

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

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe					5

Introduction to the History of Africa					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					5

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

History of South East Europe		sem 2	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

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

4.8 Elective Set Literature
Elective Set

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Literature	sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Theory of Literature I: Topics in European Literary History	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Theory of Literature II: Reading Theories	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Comparative Literature: Literature and Intermediality	sem 2	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Comparative Literature: Poetics	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Koen De Temmerman	5

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

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Kristoffel Demoen	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia			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: Introduction	year	en	Andrew Bricker	5

Narratology and Discourse Analysis	sem 2	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Modern Theatre	sem 1	nl	Christel Stalpaert	6

Dutch Literature: Benchmarks	sem 1	nl	Lars Bernaerts	4

4.9 Elective Set Teaching - Cultural Sciences
Elective Set

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

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1 General Courses 105

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		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

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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	Christel Stalpaert	6

History of Architecture 1: a Long Modernity	1	sem 2	nl	Dirk De Meyer	6

Introduction to the Archaeology and Art of Greece and the Roman World	1	sem 1	nl	Roald Docter	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 Majors 40

Subscribe to 1 major from the following list.

Some courses are organised alternately.

2.1 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

Contemporary Art: Ways of Worldmaking		sem 1	nl	Wouter Davidts	5

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

2.2 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	Pieter-Jan Maes	5

2.3 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	3	sem 1	nl	Daniël Biltereyst	5

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

History of Ancient Greece and Rome	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		5

Methodology: Palaeography with Close Reading	year	nl		5

Critical Issues in Religious History	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

3.2.2 Free choice

To subscribe to courses from:

the study programmes offered by Ghent University (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.

4 Elective Window 15

Subscribe to 15 credit units from 1 elective set from the following list.

To be taken in year 2 or year 3.

Courses for which the final competencies are already (largely) achieved by another course in the curriculum cannot be included as part of the elective set.

4.1 Elective Set Archaeology
Elective Set
15

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	Philippe Crombé	6

Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa		sem 1	nl,en	Peter Coutros	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia		sem 1	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	Roald Docter	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	+++			Devi Taelman	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

4.2 Elective Set Architecture for Art Historians
Elective Set

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

Architectural Theory 2: Contemporary Discourses	sem 2	nl	Maarten Liefooghe	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

4.3 Elective Set Business Economics
Elective Set
15

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

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

Marketing Management	vbp	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Introduction to Financial Reporting and Accounting Methods	vbp	sem 1	nl	Els De Wielemaker	4

Human Resource Management	vbp	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	3

Introduction to Entrepreneurship	vbp	sem 1	en	Petra Andries	3

Innovation Management	ma	sem 2	en	Katrien Verleye	3

Research Methodology	ma	sem 1	nl	Laurence Rijssegem	6

Project Management	ma	sem 1	en	Mario Vanhoucke	6

Corporate Social Responsibility	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Public Administration. An Introduction		sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

4.3 Elective Set Business Economics
Elective Set
15

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp			Bruno Merlevede	5

Marketing Management	vbp	sem 1	nl	Maggie Geuens	6

Research Methodology	vbp	sem 1	nl	Laurence Rijssegem	6

Introduction to Financial Reporting and Accounting Methods	vbp	sem 1	nl	Els De Wielemaker	4

Innovation Management	ma	sem 2	en	Katrien Verleye	3

Project Management	ma	sem 1	en	Mario Vanhoucke	6

Human Resource Management	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	3

Introduction to Entrepreneurship	ma				3

Corporate Social Responsibility	ma	sem 2	nl	Eveline Schollaert	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Public Administration. An Introduction		sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

4.4 Elective Set Public Administration and Management
Elective Set
15

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Public Administration. An Introduction	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bram Verschuere	6

Public Policy	vbp	sem 1	en	Bishoy Zaki	6

Public Management	vbp	sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

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

Constitutional Law for Public Administration	vbp	sem 1	nl	Daan Bijnens	4

Introduction to Microeconomics		sem 1	nl	Stijn Goeminne	3

Introduction to Public Economics		sem 1	nl	Bart Defloor	3

European Union Politics and Policy		sem 1	en	Claire Dupont	3

Network Management in the Public Sector		sem 1	nl	Joris Voets	5

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

4.5 Elective Set Culture and Society
Elective Set
15

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				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				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				5

Introduction to the History of Africa				5

History of South East Europe			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 the German-speaking World	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Andreas Widoff	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe			Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 1	en	Daniela De Simone	5

4.5 Elective Set Culture and Society
Elective Set
15

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

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

Economy and Society of the Ancient Near East				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

Global China	sem 1	en	Bart Dessein	5

History of Japan	sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia	sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia and the Pontic-Caspian Steppe	sem 1	nl	Bruno De Cordier	5

History of Africa	sem 1	en	Gillian Mathys	5

History of South East Europe			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 the German-speaking World	sem 2	de,nl,en	Torsten Leuschner	5

History and Culture of Scandinavia	sem 2	nl	Andreas Widoff	5

Introduction to Eastern Europe			Aleksey Yudin	5

Art and Archaeology of South Asia	sem 1	en	Daniela De Simone	5

Islam in Asia: Visual and Material Culture	sem 2	en	Sara Mondini	5

4.6 Elective Set Economics
Elective Set
15

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Economics	vbp			Bruno Merlevede	5

Markets and Prices	vbp	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	5

Methodology for Economic Research	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Financial Markets and Institutions	ma	sem 2	nl	Rudi Vander Vennet	6

Economic Globalisation	ma	sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Environmental Economics and Policy	ma	sem 2	nl	Brent Bleys	6

Labour and Employment	ma	sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Investment Analysis		sem 1	en	Michael Frömmel	6

Transport Economics		sem 2	nl	Jochen Maes	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

4.6 Elective Set Economics
Elective Set
15

Subscribe to 15 credit units from the following list.

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

Markets and Prices	vbp	sem 1	nl	Dirk Van de gaer	5

Business Cycles and Growth	vbp	sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	5

Methodology for Economic Research	vbp	sem 1	nl	Bruno Merlevede	5

Financial Markets and Institutions	ma	sem 2	nl	Rudi Vander Vennet	6

Economic Globalisation	ma	sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Environmental Economics and Policy	ma	sem 2	nl	Brent Bleys	6

Labour and Employment	ma	sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Development of Economic Thought		sem 2	nl	Glenn Rayp	5

Investment Analysis		sem 1	en	Michael Frömmel	6

Transport Economics		sem 2	nl	Jochen Maes	6

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

4.7 Elective Set History
Elective Set
15

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

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Ancient Greece and Rome	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		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	en		5

Trends in Historiography	vbp	sem 2	nl		5

Methodology: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp	year	nl		5

Digital Methods for Historians: Data Management, Text Analysis and Statistics	vbp	year	nl	Isabelle Devos	5

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

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Collective Action and Social Movements in the Modern and Contemporary Period		sem 1	nl	Antoon Vrints	5

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

Comparative Rural History		sem 2	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

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

Critical Issues in Religious History		sem 2	en	Paul Michael Kurtz	5

History of Africa				Gillian Mathys	5

History of China		sem 1	nl	Ann Heirman	5

Global China		sem 1	en	Bart Dessein	5

History of Japan		sem 1	nl	Christian Uhl	5

History of South Asia		sem 1	nl	Tine Vekemans	5

History of Central Asia and the Pontic-Caspian Steppe		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 2	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

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

The Ottoman Empire in the Early Modern World		sem 1	en	Christopher Markiewicz	5

4.7 Elective Set History
Elective Set
15

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of Ancient Greece and Rome	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				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				5

Tendencies in Historiography	vbp				5

Methodology of History: Palaeography with Close Reading	vbp				5

Data Management and Statistics for Historians	vbp				5

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

Historical Economics	vbp	sem 1	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

Environmental History	vbp	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Sociopolitical History					5

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

Comparative Rural History		sem 2	nl	Thijs Lambrecht	5

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

History of Religion and Culture in Western Europe					5

Introduction to the History of Africa					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					5

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

History of South East Europe		sem 2	nl	Pieter Troch	5

History of Russia		sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

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

4.8 Elective Set Literature
Elective Set
15

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Literature	sem 2	nl	Alexandra Simonenko	5

Theory of Literature I: Topics in European Literary History	sem 1	nl	Koen De Temmerman	5

Theory of Literature II: Reading Theories	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Comparative Literature: Literature and Intermediality	sem 2	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Comparative Literature: Poetics	sem 1	nl	Jurgen Pieters	5

Classical Mythology	sem 2	nl	Nadia Sels	5

Ancient Rhetoric	sem 1	nl,en	Koen De Temmerman	5

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

Classics in Translation	sem 1	nl	Kristoffel Demoen	5

Oriental Literature: South Asia			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: Introduction	year	en	Andrew Bricker	5

Narratology and Discourse Analysis	sem 2	nl	Berber Bevernage	5

History of Modern Theatre	sem 1	nl	Christel Stalpaert	6

Dutch Literature: Benchmarks	sem 1	nl	Lars Bernaerts	4

4.9 Elective Set Teaching - Cultural Sciences
Elective Set
15

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

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).