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The minor in sociology and anthropology aims to provide students with well-honed analytical skills when it comes to examining society and culture. It gives training in the most traditional as well as the most innovative social science research methods and introduced students to the key concepts of the discipline.

All baccalaureate students are admitted onto the course. The minor in sociology and anthropology is recommended to students who are looking for something to complement their basic training in human sciences and who would like to understand the changes human societies are currently undergoing.

La pédagogie de la mineure repose sur une partition entre cours magistraux à pédagogie « transmissive » et séminaires et travaux pratiques reposant sur une pédagogie active. Au-delà des cours magistraux ayant pour objectif l’acquisition de connaissances de base sur les sociétés contemporaines, sur les concepts centraux de la sociologie et de l’anthropologie, l’étudiant sera invité à s’approprier la matière au travers de lectures, travaux personnels, exposés.

L’évaluation formative se réalise de manière continue au travers d’exercices et de travaux personnels.
L’évaluation certificative prend la forme d’examens écrits et oraux.
 

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Mandatory Optional Courses not taught this academic year Periodic courses not taught this academic year Periodic courses taught this academic year Two year courses
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La mineure totalise 30 crédits qui se répartissent en 15 crédits en deuxième année et 15 crédits en troisième année du programme de bachelier.
Cours obligatoires (9credits) A suivre dans cet ordre
LESPO1113	Sociology and Anthropology of the Contemporary Worlds	Jean De Munck, Matthieu de Nanteuil, Jean-Louis Siroux	40h	5credits		x	x
LPOLS1234	Theories and concepts in sociology	Marc Zune	30h	4credits	1q	x	x
Cours additionnels (21credits) Tout étudiant ayant choisi un de ces cours (LSEXM2105, WESP2228 et LTRAV2200) dans son programme d'année préparatoire ne pourra plus le choisir dans son programme de master. Choisir parmi:
LCOPS1212	Qualitative data analysis	Mathieu Berger	30h + 20h	5credits	1q	x	x
LCOPS1311	Social Philosophy	Mark Hunyadi	30h	4credits	2q	x	x
LPOLS1113	Anthropology: of the observation to the theory	Olivier Servais	30h	4credits	1q	x	x
LPOLS1221	Quantitative Data Analysis	Jacques Marquet	30h + 20h	5credits	2q	x	x
LPOLS1225	Social and cultural anthropology	Alain Reyniers	30h	4credits	1q	x	x
LPOLS1316	The History of Debates in Sociology and Anthropology	Pierre-Joseph Laurent (supplée Christian Maroy), Eric Mangez (supplée Christian Maroy), Christian Maroy	45h + 20h	8credits	1q	x	x
LPOLS1329	Sociology of Religion	Brigitte Maréchal	30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LSPED1215	Gender and Societies	Laura Merla, Ester Lucia Rizzi (coord.)	30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LSEXM2105	Sociologie de la famille et du couple	Jacques Marquet	30h	4credits		x	x
LTRAV2200	Sociology of work	Matthieu de Nanteuil, Isabelle Ferreras	30h	5credits	1q	x	x
WESP2228	Socioanthropologie de la santé et de la médecine	Vincent Lorant (coord.), Olivier Schmitz	20h	5credits	1q	x	x
LFUSL1301	Mutations et politiques urbaines contemporaines	N.	30h	3credits	1q	x	x
LFUSL1302	Espace public, connaissance et médias	N.	30h	3credits	2q	x	x
LFUSL1303	Socio-anthropologie du champ affectif et sexuel	N.	30h	3credits	1q	x	x
LFUSL1304	Analyse de l'action publique	N.	30h	3credits	1q	x	x
LFUSL1305	Sociologie de l'action collective	N.	30h	3credits	2q	x	x
Séminaire Le séminaire est obligatoire pour les seuls étudiants qui souhaitent accéder aux programmes de master en Sociologie et en Anthropologie.
LPOLS1326	Practical Research Seminars in Sociology and Anthropology	Daniel Bodson, Pierre-Joseph Laurent, Brigitte Maréchal, Jacinthe Mazzocchetti (supplée Pierre-Joseph Laurent), Jacinthe Mazzocchetti (supplée Anne-Marie Vuillemenot), Olivier Servais, Anne-Marie Vuillemenot	45h + 20h	7credits		x	x

- Direct access to the Master's in sociology or to the Master's in anthropology for bachelors in political science or human science.

- Access under conditions for other bachelors (with the consent of the person in charge of the program) : consideration will be given to all of the courses the student has followed for his/her baccalaureate and, in the event of him/her not having taken some courses, they will be added to the Master's in sociology or the master's in anthropology program (maximum 15 credits).

Enrolling on the minor

1. Organizational procedure
Minor courses take place during the day on Tuesday mornings, Wednesday and Thursday all day and Friday mornings. 

Academic in charge: C. de Visscher
Contact person: Ch. Herman (POLS) c.herman@pols.ucl.ac.be

Enrollment procedure: SESP (ESPO)
1st level

2. Admission to the minor
Not applicable

3. Enrolling on the minor
Once s/he has enrolled in BAC12, the student enrolls on the elective on the Web:  
http://www.uclouvain.be/optionbac

In BAC13, the student is automatically enrolled on the minor on which s/he was enrolled in BAC12.

4. Follow-up to the minor enrollment
Students can follow the progress of their enrollment request via the enrollment application in BAC12 which is available on the Web. 

5. Changes to the minor enrollment 
Any student who wishes to change his/her choice must consult the conseiller aux études (course adviser) from his/her own faculty. 

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Course times

1. Consulting the course times
http://www.uclouvain.be/espo-mineures.html

2. Resolving timetable clashes 
Once s/he starts on the BAC12 course, the student puts together his/her BAC12 and BAC13 timetable, paying attention to the minor course times. 

If a timetable clash arises, several solutions are possible :

Postponing courses :
Should a timetable clash arise in BAC12 (major course/ and elective course), the student may ask to postpone one of the two course until the following year, taking account of the sequences of the courses (requirement). The course to be postponed may be the major course or elective course. 
Students are not obliged to follow the 15 elective credits every year. Each year of study should ideally include 60 credits. The student must set out his/her program evenly over the two years in order to be in the best position to obtain, for the BAC13, 30 elective credits and 150 major credits. 
The student must obtain the consent of the conseiller aux études (course adviser) to postpone course until the next year.The course adviser will also look at how evenly the program is spread out over the two years.  

Bringing courses forward :
Should there be a timetable clash in BAC13 (major course/ and elective course), the student may bring forward one of the two courses. The course to be brought forward may be the major course or elective.
Students are not obliged to take the 15 elective credits each year. Each year of study should include 60 credits. The student must spread his/her program out evenly over two years of study in order to obtain, for the BAC13, 30 elective credits and 150 major credits.
The student must ask the conseiller aux études (course adviser) for permission to bring a course from the next year forward. The course adviser will also check that courses are spread out evenly over the two years.

Accepting the clash :
In some cases, the student may benefit from pedagogical alternatives when there is a clash of course and thus not have to attend the class in question.
If the student cannot attend the class, s/he must obtain the prior consent of the teacher.
Information on alternative pedagogical arrangements, if such arrangements exist, is available in every detailed course description  (above)

Finding an equivalent course that does not lead to a timetable clash:
Useful information is available in every detailed course description (above). The student must obtain the prior consent of the conseiller aux études (course adviser) for the choice of equivalent course.

Contact people:
Conseillère aux études (course adviser) : Cécile Delannay delannay@sesp.ucl.ac.be
Information : Frédérique Rotsaert, rotsaert@sspo.ucl.ac.be tel. : 010474996

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Signing up for for minor activities 

1. Information on entry requirements
This information is available in the detailed elective program (above).

2. Signing up for minor program activities 
Students sign up on a paper form which is available on the site:
http://www.uclouvain.be/optionbac
The form must be returned to the secretariat of the student's own faculty.

3. Obtaining a  "visa" from the person in charge of the minor 
The 1st level secretariat will deal with matters relating to "visa" requests.

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Available support

1. Information on the course service
Useful information will be given in class

2. Consulting the table of available support for each activity 
Useful information is available in each detailed course program (above).

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Organization of exams

1. Registering for exams 
Students follow the same procedure to register for exams as for when they register for major course exams.

2. Consulting exam times
Elective course exams take place over the course of a special week in the session, in order to avoid timetable clashes.

The time grid is available on the website:  http://www.uclouvain.be/espo-mineures.html