Study Programmes 2015-2016
| HIST0075-3 | ||||||||
| Introduction to economic and social history | ||||||||
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Duration :
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| 40h Th | ||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Eric Geerkens | ||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| All year long, with partial in January | ||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||
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Course contents :
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| The course consists of two parts. The students who take this course (HIST0075-A-c) only follow its second part. This part of the course presents readings in economic and social history of the territories which make up contemporary Belgium from the end of the former economic regime. For each period identified [Industrial Revolution, industrialisation (including the "second industrialisation"), the Interwar period and World War II], the focus is systematically placed on the factors of economic development and the social structuring of the economic space being examined. | ||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Students will be capable of better understanding the economic and social challenges of more political realities seen in other classes, as well as in the world around them. | ||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| None | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| A pupil monitor is at the disposal of the students during most of the year. | ||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires | ||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| After each class, students will receive a copy of the PowerPoint slides seen in class and will regularly be given indications for reading which will shed light on certain questions (these optional readings will not, however, be on subjects upon which they will be graded). These slides are available on-line until the end of the academic year. | ||||||||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Optional written test in January and oral exam in June. | ||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The students who follow this module (HIST0075-A-c) are also exempted of a part of the course (the economic Ancien Régime). | ||||||||
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Contacts :
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| Eric Geerkens, lecturer Histoire économique et sociale quai Roosevelt 1B (Bât. A4, office I9) 4000 Liège Belgium Tel. ULg : +32 4 3665359 Mail : e.geerkens@ulg.ac.be | ||||||||
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Items online :
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 | Online Notes Notes are available on MyULg. |
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