Study Programmes 2016-2017
SOCI2235-1  
Labor history seminar
Duration :
30h Th
Number of credits :
Master in labour sciences (120 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
Learning unit contents :
The course aims to place some contemporary realities of work in a historical perspective, and to initiate the students in the practice of historical research. The course is made up of two parts.
After a brief reminder of the characteristics of the historical process and the contribution it can make to students and researchers in the social sciences, the first part of the course begins with an introduction to the issue which will be examined, in the field of occupational health and safety history.
The second part of the course takes the form of a condensed historical seminar where the students are called upon to deal with a precise point relating to a historical question, using different kinds of sources.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
By the end of the course, students will be able to better understand some aspects of the today working life, putted back in their historical context.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The course is a seminary, where the students are systematically invited to present their results and to discuss the work in progress. Contrary to the description of the course (30 hours, Theory), it is a seminary and consequently a course in which theory and practice are complementary.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face.
Recommended or required readings :
Assessment methods and criteria :
Assessment will consist of a discussion, in the light of the course, on written works handed in at the end of the seminar.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Eric Geerkens, lecturer Histoire économique et sociale quai Roosevelt 1B (Bât. A4) 4000 Liège Belgium Tel. ULg : +32 4 3665359 Mail : e.geerkens@ulg.ac.be