Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in sociology and anthropology | 3 crédits | |||
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté des Sciences sociales) | 3 crédits | |||
| Bachelor in information and communication | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is an introduction to the natural history of human communication. First it rapidly present the evolution of communication in the animal kingdom. Then human communication is presented as it has evolved from primatic ancestral forms. The more recent theories about what is specifically human in communication (apart language!) are proposed. The following topics are discussed : the attachment theory; social cognition in dogs, monkeys, apes and children; facial expressions as biologically and culturally bounded; interactional synchrony, mother-baby interaction, empathy, intersubjectiviy. The aim is to indentify what makes human communication and interaction so special and how it opens up to cultural invention.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Regarding the content : to provide knowledge about the evolution of communication in a broad perspective. The aim of the course is also to insist on non-verbal communication as the fundamental structure of all (verbal or not) exchanges. Regarding more transversal competencies : students are expected to learn to read scientific papers and to write a well argued text on the basis of scientific papers.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
1- To have passed the course "Theories of communication". If not, the student must read :
- Watzlawick P., J.H. Beavin & D. D. Jackson (1972). Une logique de la communication. Paris, Seuil.
- Winkin, Y. (1986-2000). La nouvelle communication. Paris, Seuil.
2/ To be able to read, understand and synthetize a paper in english.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
4 hours of practical exercices in small groups are organized in order to help the students to read and understand the english scientific papers. A "blank" examination is organized and the students may have personnal feed-back for it.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
The teaching is ex cathedra. The course has a strong visual support (slides and film) that is provided to the students via the MyULg portal. Additional sessions in small groups are provided to read and understand the scientific papers and to be prepare the examination. Teaching is at the second term, 2 hours/week, plus 4h exercices. Location and precise agenda to be determined. See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires
Recommended or required readings
The scientific papers that are discussed during the course are published by the Liège University Press. The ppt presentations are posted on MyULg.
Assessment methods and criteria
The examination is a written dissertation discussing a question. Using the scientific papers that have been studied during the courses, the students must write an articulate and well structured text. An optional blank examination is organized at mid-term for students who want to better appreciate what is expected of them.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Not available
Contacts
Teacher Véronique SERVAIS, chargée de cours Institut des Sciences Humaines et Sociales Bd du Rectorat, Bât B31 Sart Tilman 4000 Liège + 32 4 366 32 08 E-mail v.servais@ulg.ac.be Secrétariat Fass Alexia Mainjot Tél. 04 3662756 Secrétariat ASC Evelyne Libens Tél. 04 366 32 86
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Courses are given via videos that are uploeaded on MyUliège each tuesday or wednesday. The last video will be posted at the latest on wednesday 29
Assessment subjects
The courses have been reduced. Texts # 10, 15, 16 & 17 have been suppressed and do not need to be studied anymore.
Assessment methods
The examination, which was intended to be a well-argued text, is replaced by an open-question examination. This will be done online. It will, in any case, be open book (texts + notes + ppt presentations). Students will have access to all their teaching material. They are therefore allowed to annotate their reading portfolio.
The open questions will be questions for reflection and not for restitution. They will require the comparison and mobilization of several texts and/or arguments or information present in the slides. It is therefore essential to prepare the texts well using effective reading sheets, to organize the arguments well and to have a viable and easily mobilizable information filing system within a limited period of time.
The examination will last 2 hours.
Contacts
Véronique Servais (v.servais@uliege.be)
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
The subject matter is the same as in June
Assessment methods
As in June, the exam will be a homework assignment on e-campus. The instructions and evaluation methods are the same. Students will receive the questions several days before the homework submission date, which corresponds to the date of the exam.
Contacts
Items online
Online Notes
Slides will be available on MyULg. The written support will be available from the week of the 28th of September, at the ULg Press Shop. An electronic access will also be provided.