Study Programmes 2015-2016
HIST0174-1  
economic history
Duration :
30h Th
Number of credits :
Master in history (120 ECTS)3
Master in history (60 ECTS)3
Lecturer :
Eric Geerkens
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
As opposed to the introductory course, this course requires students' active participation, as they will be asked to read various articles, and to present and discuss reading notes.
The course will provide an overview of the mainstream approaches of economic history (the former economic and social history in the french speaking tradition) : quantitative history, new economic history, business history, etc.; the course will pay a large attention to the crisis of the discipline and to the ways of its renewal.
The students will be invited to present a review of the historical literature on a special topic (to be defined, group work).
Learning outcomes of the course :
By the end of the course, students will be able to research recent historical literature on defined questions of economic history, to discuss them in a scientific context and finally to integrate them into their own research.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The course requires a more active involvement of the students, which will be systematically sought.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face to face; see Voir http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires
Recommended or required readings :
MyULg, the students will receive copies of Powerpoint slides shown in class; theses slides are available on-line until the end of the academic year.
Assessment methods and criteria :
The assessment criteria aim to reflect the course options. The oral exam will account for only 60% of points while the activities required throughout the course and the written essay will receive 40%.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Eric Geerkens, chargé de cours Histoire économique et sociale quai Roosevelt 1B (Bât. A4, bur. I9) 4000 Liège Belgique
Tél. ULg : +32 4 3665359 e-mail : e.geerkens@ulg.ac.be