HEPL

Computing for LIS 1st year or knowledge of string handling and logical functions

The course describes the issues linked to the storage and retrieval of information in databases. The student will be able to manage a small set of bibliographic records and to produce bibliographic tools such as catalogs and indexes.

Study of a relational DBMS : tables and queries, relational schemas and normal forms, forms and reports. Introduction to Visual Basic programming

Roman, Steven. Bases de données MS-ACCESS, 0'Reilly, 1998.

Working knowledge of an operating system and a Web browser.

To give a better understanding of the inner working of information systems and particularly of document management systems by examining some linguistic features related to the storage and retrieval of textual information

Real world and modelization, information systems, semantic networks. Automatic indexing of databases and full texts, inverted files. Boolean search and proximity search, precoordination and postcoordination. Information extraction. Introduction to computational linguistics. Introduction to knowledge visualization.

CHAUMIER J. Le traitement linguistique de l'information. 3ème éd. Paris: Entreprise moderne d'édition, 1988, 186p.

Pierrel, Jean-Marie. Ingéniérie des langues. Hermès Science, 2000.

LEFEVRE P. La recherche d'informations: du texte intégral au thésaurus. Paris: éd. Hermes, 2000, 253P.

Méthodes avancées pour les systèmes de recherche d’information. Sous la direction de Madjid Ihadjadene. Lavoisier 2004.

http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/link/

Wordnet : http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/ et www.visualthesaurus.com

Serveurs : www.dialog.com, www.ovid.com

Some lectures and lots of practice at the computer.

1^st year courses in “Structure and Organization of Libraries and Media Libraries”, “Classification Sciences” and “Introduction to Bibliographics and Reference Material”

Students must be able to provide advice and guidance (presentation of reference material, digital and online resources, introduction to research methods) to users of public, school, or university libraries

User profile : pupils, students, readers in public libraries

Information searching methods for each user category

Etre bibliothécaire d’école en Communauté française de Belgique : dossier. Bruxelles : CLPCF, 2000

RIONDET, Odile, dir.Former les utilisateurs de la bibliothèque. Villeurbanne : enssib, 2000. (collection la Boîte à outils) 239 p.

Guide recherche en bibliothèque in : BNF- catalogues (en ligne) http://www.bnf.fr

http://www.resdoc.ccsr.qc.ca/biblio/

Cerise. Conseil aux étudiants pour une recherche d’information spécialisée efficace (en ligne) http://www.ccr.jussieu.fr/urfist/cerise/

REPERE. Ressources électroniques, pour les étudiants, la recherche et l’enseignement.Villeurbanne : Enssib, 2005. http://repere.enssib.fr

Lectures and practical activities

1st year course in Cataloguing

At the end of the second year, students must be able to :

- Correctly construct various more particular author cross-

references : anonymous headings, uniform title headings, form title headings

- draw up correct bibliographic descriptions of any type of monographic publication whatsoever, and determine its correct author cross-references

- draw up a correct bibliographic description of a serial publication and determine its correct author cross-references

Follow up on fundamentals studied in the 1st year course : components of a catalogue entry, structure of bibliographic description (main rules regarding construction and punctuation)

- Structure of anonymous headings

- Structure of uniform titles, definition, use in an alphabetical author catalogue

- Structure of form titles, definition, use in an alphabetical author catalogue

- Serial publication cataloguing : goals and field of application ; drafting of bibliographic description

Association française de normalisation. Catalogage des monographies : rédaction de la description bibliographique : norme française homologuée Z 44-050. Paris : Afnor, 1989, 122 p.

Association française de normalisation. Catalogage des publications en série : rédaction de la description bibliographique : norme française homologuée Z 44-063. Paris : Afnor, 1999, 130 p.

internationale normalisée des publications en série. - Ed. rev. Montréal : Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, 1993, 107 p.

workshops

Knowledge and skills acquired during the first year of study

At the end of the course and using the « Notices d’autorité RAMEAU» (French National Library ) as well as the "Guide d'indexation Rameau" (Rameau indexing guide), students must be able to index various documents (books, periodical articles, …) and/or construct correct subject headings for given topics.

- Structure of alphabetical subject catalogues and basic indexing rules

- Structure of RAMEAU subject headings (main headings and subdivisions)

- RAMEAU master subject headings (microfiches and cd-rom)

- Indexing exercises

Bibliothèque nationale de Paris. Notices d’autorité RAMEAU (http://www.bnf.fr)

Bibliothèque nationale de France. Centre national RAMEAU. Guide d’indexation RAMEAU. 6e éd. Paris : BNF, 2004.

Lectures and workshops

- Individual project consisting in the processing of various periodicals in order to :

a) index about 75 articles using the RAMEAU master file

b) construct a data base of using Access

c) present a printed copy of data base content arranged by chronological order, with author and subject indexes

- Written examination consisting of indexing exercises using 'RAMEAU' and 'Guide d'indexation RAMEAU'

Knowledge, skills and experiences acquired during 1st year training period and vocational courses

At the end of the course, student will be able

• to explain of what "deontology" consists, and its reason to be for the librarians
• to present the missions of the library
• to present the librarian's missions, his competences and his duties
• to distinguish various professional associations, and their publications
• to summarize the recurring fundamental points in the principal codes of conduct of the information professionals
• to give an analysis and a personal opinion relating to ethical problems to which he's likely to be confronted in the exercise of its future profession, such as for example: professional relationships, censure, Internet in library, the rights...

• deontology :
  • definition(s)
  • deontology, for which professions ?
• library and its missions
• librarian as profession
  • professional associations and reviews
• deontology codes
  • librarians codes from various countries
  • documentalists code
  • archivists code
  • voluntary librarians code
• librarian's professional relationships
• censorship and libraries :
  • theoretical aspects
  • some concrete cases (presentation of some censured or criticized albums for children)
• Internet in library : filtering = censorship ?
• Rights...
  • ... author rights
  • ... of loan
  • ... of reproduction

+ various concepts: further education, censorship and self-censorship, ...

• KUHLMANN, Marie. Censure et bibliothèques au XXe siècle. Paris : Ed. du Cercle de la librairie, 1989. (Coll. Bibliothèques), 349 p.
• MONCHAUX, Marie-Claude. Ecrits pour nuire : littérature enfantine et subversion. Paris : Union nationale inter-universitaire, 1985. 125 p.
• Many articles on the various topics of the course: see notes

None

Retrace the main events in the history of the press

Lead to an understanding of the importance of the French Revolution in attaining freedom of the press

Summarize the technological breakthroughs throughout the 19th century leading to the industrialization, development, and current state of the press

Acquire better knowledge of the great newspaper and media companies of the 20th century as well as an understanding of their control of today's daily newspapers and weekly newsmagazines

History of the press

· Direct origins

· The first printed periodicals

· The first newspapers (17th-18th centuries)

· The French Revolution and freedom of the press

· Technological progress through the 19th century and constraints on the press

Digital (electronic) periodicals : their origins, impact, structure and problems

Albert, Pierre. Histoire de la presse. 8e éd. corr. Paris : Presses universitaires de France, 1996.(Que sais-je ? ; 368), 127 p.

Feyel, Gilles. La presse en France des origines à 1944 : histoire politique et matérielle. Paris : Ellipses, 1999.(Infocom)., 192 p.

Guéry, Louis. Visages de la presse : la présentation des journaux des origines à nos jours. Paris : Ed. du Centre de formation et de perfectionnement des journalistes, 1997, 252 p.

Written examination (multiple choice questions)

None

The student will be able to :

• Explain the specific nature and functions of the press
• Explain the functions of an editorial department
• Define terms used in news work

State the basic characteristics of the major titles of Belgian and foreign press

1. Nature and functions of the press
   • It’s double nature
   • It’s differences compared to other media
   • Functions
2. The work of an editorial department

· Information flows from transmitter to receiver

· Sources

· Traditional offices in editorial staff

· New offices

· Different styles in journalism

· Terminology of the printed press

1. An overview of Belgian, French and foreign press

· The daily press

· Weekly press and periodicals

· Press on-line

None

- Students should understand the different assessment criteria of regional scientific and technological level

- They must be convinced of sexual and racial equality

- They must be able to state the successive scientific and economic stages in the development of an enterprise

- Research in Europe and Worlwide

- Assessment criteria of science : productiveness and refutability

- Contemporary tools of science : spin-offs and start-ups

- Story of a Belgian Nobel prize winner : Christian De Duve

- Anthropometric and neurobiological differences

- Physical discussion on the subject of the white Negro

- Steganography and cryptography : example of image and gene manipulations

- Elements of zoosemiotics

Actes de la 2^ème journée d’études de la Société Libre d’Emulation, asbl, L’homme hier, aujourd’hui, demain, 7 février 2001 ; Université de Liège

MAIPERTUIS Pierre Louis Moreau de, La Venus Physique, Diderot Editeur 1997, 152 pp

ROSSI Paolo, La naissance de la science moderne en Europe, Collection « Faire l’Europe », Edition Seuil, 1999, 407 pp.

First year course in "Information resources and literature searching in science and technology"

• Draw up a typology of the more important primary documents and information resources in science
• Special scientific journals (printed or/or digital) :
  • state the characteristics
  • explain their purpose in the dissemination of scientific information
• Open access : discuss problems and issues
• Patents :
  • explain what a patent is
  • discuss its importance as an information resource
  • research strategy for patents online
• Standards :
  • explain what a standard is, and its purpose in the fields of technology
  • discuss its importance as an information resource
  • research strategy for standards online

• Fundamentals and definitions
• General and special scientific literature. Electronic journals. Serials and reviews
• Journal articles. Original articles, review articles, preprints, off-prints
• Open access : definition, problems, issues
• Patent literature : information wbesites and databases
• Standards : information websites and databases

• BOUGRINE, H. "Le dépôt et la délivrance du brevet". In : Cahiers de la documentation. Bruxelles, 2001, 1, p. 5-10
• Chambre de commerce et d'industrie. "Dossier normes". In : Gagnez, Liège, juin 1993, p. 31-63
• FRONTAR, R. "Normalisation". In : Encyclopædia Universalis. Paris, 1990, vol. 16, p. 432-436

some visits outside

2^nd course in Information ressources and information searching in science and technology

Understanding influence of research and scientific knowledge on daily life, and awareness of major issues relating to science.

Identification of science’s target publics. Study of the relationship between science and society, between science and technology. Science as an ideological tool and role of scientific information as well as media influence in this respect. Case study of current issues.

LASZLO Pierre, La vulgarisation scientifique, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1993.

LASZLO Pierre, La leçon de choses, Ed. Austral, Paris, 1995.

LEVY-LEBLOND Jean-Marc, La pierre de touche, La science à l’épreuve…, Gallimard, Paris,1996.

TRISTANI-POTTEAUX Françoise, Les journalistes scientifiques, médiateurs des savoirs, Ed. Economica, Paris, 1997.

Lectures, practical exercises, case studies

An introduction to the arts, humanities and social sciences

Students will be able to view different themes by mobilizing analysis of several social sciences

Description and analysis of scientific area of social sciences

Elements of sociology of  knowledge

Terms and stakes of popularization in social sciences

Present thematics viewed through concepts of social sciences

Revues

Sciences humaines

Politique

 Ouvrages et notes de cours

GODEAUX, B., (2006) La vulgarisation scientifique, HELET.

JACQUEMAIN, M., JAMIN, J. (2007), L'histoire que nous faisons. Contre les théories de la manipulation, Loverval,  Ed. Labor, Espace de Libertés.

JACQUEMAIN, M. ( 2002), La raison névrotique. Individualisme et société, Loverval,  Ed. Labor, Espace de Libertés.

Lectures and exercises

Knowledge and skills gained in the first year

Use of the target language in the field of library science (content of various documents or literary works ; personal desk research or information retrieval) and as a communication tool (both in writing and orally)

1. Practice of the written language : study of various documents dealing either with library science, information and communication sciences, or with more general cultural topics. Reading, analysis, and exploitation of short stories or literary excerpts.

2. Practice of the spoken language : a) reading and conversation exercises based on documents from the syllabus ; b) use of audiovisual media (listening, understanding, repeating, and exploiting audiovisual documents) ; c) individual oral presentation of documents (free choice) ; d) exploitation of current topics.

Literary works, newspapers and magazines, films and documentaries, BBC, websites

The course unit is intended for students who have reached the level required at the end of the first year

Ability

-to understand and to summarize telephone calls 

-to summarize more elaborate written and audiovisual documents and to comment on them (in writing and orally) correctly and fluently

Ability to deliver five-minute speeches

Command of the vocabulary and the content of the documents studied in class

1.Practice of the written language: study of various types of documents dealing both with topics related to the specificity of the department and with subjects of more general cultural interest;

2.Practice of the spoken language : listening comprehension and summaries of telephone calls, conversation exercises about various topics, use of audiovisual documents, five-minute speeches

3.Revision of the most important linguistic structures

Knack, Elsevier, Flair et Libelle, De Standaard, De Morgen and other Dutch language newspapers and magazines. TV broadcasts : VRT (Flemish television) and NOS (Dutch television)

Telephone calls taken from

-Nederlands aan de telefoon (Van In - Lier, 1985)

-Top in zicht (De Boeck - Westmael, 1989)

Practical exercises (interactive course) and 5-minute speeches

Oral and written tests, oral examination and written examination

The course unit is intended for students who have reached the level required at the end of the first year

More thorough understanding of the basics of German grammar and ability to properly use a bilingual dictionary to enable the students to understand documents about books written in more elaborate German and to translate them into French

Familiarization with the spoken language

1. Practice of the written language: study of documents about books taken from catalogues of German publishing houses as well as from the Belgian German language newspaper "Grenz-Echo" and German language magazines
2. Correct use of a bilingual dictionary and of the grammatical notes to develop the students' skill in translating documents from the target language into French
3. Familiarization with the spoken and sung language: reading and pronunciation exercises based on the above-mentioned documents and on some songs by the German group "Rammstein"
4. Familiarization with the basics of everyday German by means of recorded dialogues

Excerpts from the the Belgian German language newspaper "Grenz-Echo" and German language magazines

Excerpts from book catalogues of German publishing houses

Ekkehard Müller, Menschen um Müller, Klett- Stuttgart, 1980

Norbert van Ceulebroeck, Quinze minutes par jour pour apprendre l'allemand, Guide Marabout, 1986.

Lyrics of some songs by the German group "Rammstein" (http://lyricwiki.org/Rammstein)

Teamwork under my direction (translation of written documents into French)

Written test and written examination

The course unit is intended for students who have received the level required at the end of the 1^st year

Reading and comprehension of written specialist documents but also of documents with a more general cultural interest.

1. Practice of written language.
2. Practice of spoken language.

Articles from Spanish newspapers (El Pais, El Mundo,...) --- Audiovisual documents from the TVE Internacional --- BESSAIS CABALLERO Ana, Bled Espagnol, éd. Hachette, coll. Education --- CIRIA Nieves, Espagnol, éd. Magnard --- VINCENT Gabriel & DUVIOLS Jean-Paul, Grammaire espagnole, éd. Bordas --- L'Essentiel de la grammaire espagnole, éd. Maxi-Livres --- GARCIA PELAYO Ramon & TESTAS Jean, Diccionnaire Français-Espagnol/Espagnol-Français, éd. Larousse --- MOLIO Maribel & REITH Jocelyne, Grammaire espagnole-Points clés et exercices, éd. Studyrama, coll. Principes.

Reading, comprehension, oral expression and informations searching exercises.

Same prerequisites as for first year training course, plus :

Knowledge of semantic problems related to computer literature searching

Knowledge of information processing

Ability to apply RAMEAU rules for subject indexing

Ability to capture, treat and extract data using Access relational data base or WIN-ISIS data management program, and to generate catalogues and indexes

Capacity to guide new users and instruct them in literature searching processes

Capacity to provide counsel and service adapted to different user types (researchers, executives, practitioners,…)

Associate trainee with daily management of the host institution. Specific objectives are the following :

Allow trainee to have closer contact with daily problems of the institution

Put trainee in situation to develop his capacities to integrate and participate

Help him to develop existing professional skills and to acquire new ones

Encourage him to experiment new technologies of information processing and management

Diversify and refine professional contacts with users.

Same content as first year training course, but with more development. This year, the host institution can be other than a public library (see "Teaching and learning methods" below)

Full time work in actual professional surroundings during five consecutive weeks. Only one student can be in training at the same time in any given institution. Institution must be equipped and organized to allow for correct professional exercise, have usual users and competent personnel who accept to guide and counsel trainee and to tutor him in library and information processing operations. Guidance is also provided by the supervising teacher.

50 % based on assessment questionnaire filled out by host, and on supervisor observations during visit. 50 % based on the report written by the trainee. Non successful 2nd year training course automatically refusal 1st session

None

The student must be aware of all activities organized in the library and he must be able to apply them.

Various types of activities :

- Lectures adapted for different ages

- Exhibitions, shows, contests

- Oral expression and writing workshops

- Relations with schools

- Extra muros libraries for babies, for the aged, the disabled

- Reception of users and presentation of the library

- User education

CALENGE, Bertrand. Les Petites bibliothèques publiques. Paris : éd. Du cercle de la librairie, 1993.

FRANCOIS, Jean-Marc. 31 techniques pour raconter des histoires aux enfants. Frameries : Centre technique et pédagogique de l’enseignement de la communauté française, 1997.

LECARME, Pierre. « L’animateur à l’heure du conte ». In : Le Journal de l’animation,n°17 ; mars 2001, p.65-81

exhibitions for the students

Presentation of a story choosed by de student, adapted for a definite age and placed in situation

Structure and organization of public libraries and media libraries (Year 1)

The student must be able to understand and analyse the various problems arising in libraries and find solutions for each of them.

Using case studies, the students analyse all aspects related to library organization and management

DIAMENT, Nic. dir. Organiser l’accueil en Bibliothèque. Villeurbanne : Institut de Formation des bibliothécaires, 1997 (coll. la boîte à outils)

Elagages…Elagages et retraits en bibliothèque publique : pour une meilleure gestion des collections de la bibliothèque .I. Les monographies.3ème éd. revue et augmentée. Lobbes : Réserve centrale du réseau public de lecture, 2008.55p.

GASCUEL, Jacqueline. Un espace pour le livre : guide à l’intention de tous ceux qui créent, aménagent ou rénovent une bibliothèque. Paris : éd. Du cercle de la librairie, 1993.

GAUDET, Françoise et LIBER, Claudine. Désherber en bibliothèque : manuel pratique de révision des collections. Paris : Electre : édition du cercle de la librairie, 1996.

GUILBAUD, Didier. « L’aménagement d’une petite bibliothèque rurale. In : BBF,T.45, n°3, 2000.

MULLER, Joelle."Le Management en bibliothèque: technique de gestion ou art" Dans : Lectures, 149, janvier-février 2007, p20-21

« La Signalétique de la bibliothèque ». in : Lectures, n°115, juillet - août 2000.

The assessment consists in

- a group work about a real situation

- a written individual examination

A basic knowledge of the organization of a public library and a documentation centre is required.

At the end of this training, the student will be able to:

1. Build up and maintain a hyperlinks portal in a scientific library (search procedure and selection of web sites).

2. Provide documentary watch in a firm.

- « Internet is self-sufficient » or how to gather documentation about Internet through Internet ?

- Search procedure.

- Sites of sites : examples, criticism and personal implementation.

- Knowledge managment through watch

Association belge de documentation. Les cahiers de la documentation.

La base de données Webography

FOENIX-RIOU Béatrice. Guide de recherche sur Internet : Outils et méthodes. 2002

FOENIX-RIOU Béatrice. Recherche et veille sur le web visible et invisible. 2001

Les revues "Bases" et "Netsources".

Hyperlinks portal project

Basic use of the graphical interface of an operating system.

Basic use of a word processing software

To create hypertext documents and to make them accessible online.

• Brief introduction to Internet and to the various services it supports.
• Study of the (X)HTML language.
• Introduction to CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

To realize benefits of web standards is crucial. These bring up light, beautifull and overall very accessible interfaces.

• MUSCIANO Chuck, KENNEDY Bill, HTML & XHTML, The Definitive Guide Sixth Ed., O'Reilly, 2006, 678 p.
• MEYER Eric, Cascading Style Sheets, The Definitive Guide Third ed., O'Reilly, 2006, 536p.
• CEDERHOLM Dan, Web Standards Solutions, The Markup and Style Handbook, Friendsofed, 2004, 253p.

Theoretical presentations are strictly reduced to a minimum (data projector + PC).

Students are proposed progressive exercises and projects

Oral:

- learn to lead a debate, to speak, not to interrupt, not to repeat what has been said

- watch body language, avoid verbal tics, commonplaces

Written:

- writing exercises

Oral:

- debates

- improvisation exercises (summary of press articles,etc)

Written:

- writing opinion pieces, reviews, etc and analysis of spelling, syntax, style mistakes, misinterpretations and correction with adequate tools (grammar books, dictionaries, etc)

- punctuation, sequence of tenses, writing abstracts, etc

denotation, connotation, image analysis, decoding the ideology underlying a message, etc

This course aims to convey a sum of knowledge relevant to culture in general, and a method for humanist thought. To understand how the flutter of a butterfly's wings can result in an anticyclone is much the same as understanding how the invention of the ritual Mesopotamian calendar has led to the theory of relativity. Within the framework of educating information specialists, it seems essential  to apprehend the notions of evolution of scientific thought from a pluralistic point of view, without compromising with sound principles and with no preconceptions. Our view must be interdisciplinary and free from dogma.

Prehistoric "science"

Enable future special librarians to read and fairly understand texts in chemistry. The aim is to be able to find appropriate popular scientific literature to meet the needs of average users of public libraries or secondary school libraries

General approach to chemistry with highlights on links with other fields of knowledge. A historical point of view, starting with Lavoisier and working through 19^th century chemists, in order to introduce basic notions. Major information sources in chemistry, ranging from the large treatises of the 19^th century to "Chemical Abstracts" are given.

 Develop students' capacity to integrate and use scientific knowledge

• - Origins of life and evolution
• - Chemical structure of matter
• - Elements of cell structure
• - Examples of molecular mechanisms within cells

The student must have a global vision of these literatures and the great movements of thought they represent. It will insist on their place in the contemporary libraries: the student documentation and drive leisure.

Antiquity: Bible, Greek and Latin literature

classic middle Age Western

Italian literature

Spanish and Spanish-American literature 

Portuguese and Brazilian literature

Catalan Littératures and Occitan Romanian Littératures and dialectales Romanesque

World literature translated into French is an important part in our libraries. Students should be aware of the specificities of other literatures.  

All literatures except those belonging to the "roman" domain can be choosen. For some Western  languages (German, English, Scandinavian), one significant aspect of modern literature is presented. For 2009 - 2010, the general theme is "boundary".

About 10 pages : radio and TV programms, serials, reference material and web sites .

Offer a comparative approach to literatures based on the reader's expectations and reactions

Definition of general and comparative literature

Problems related to translation to grasp foreign literatures

Literary exchanges and international influences

Connections between literature and the other arts

Genre, theme, myth and motive

Broaden students' knowledge of literature and provide them with methods and analysis grids

Literary theories (structuralism, semiotics, etc)

Study of myths

Recurrence of founding myths in literature

(comparative) analysis of a few themes

Literature / popular literature: tentative definitions

From popular novel to detective novel (historical perspective)

Imaginary literatures

The course unit is intended for students who have reached the level required at the end of the first year.

1. Understanding of the basics of Dutch grammar and ability to properly use a dictionary and grammatical notes to enable the students to understand specialist documents and to translate them from Dutch into French

2. Practice of the spoken language (everyday Dutch)

1. Understanding and translation into French of more elaborate written documents about topics related to the specificity of the department and subjects of more general cultural interest

2. Correct use of a bilingual dictionary

3.Oral summaries of telephone conversations and role playing

Knack, Flair, Elsevier, De Morgen, De Standaard and other Dutch language newspapers and magazines

Excerpts from the cultural part of the teletext of the first channel of Flemish television "ÉÉN"

E. Doyen and J.P. Vandenberghe, Nederlands aan de telefoon (Van In - Lier, 1985)

H. Van Reijen, Nederlands voor bedrijf en kantoor (Van In - Lier, 1985)

Top in zicht (De Boeck - Westmael, 1989)

Teamwork under my direction (translation of written documents from Dutch into French)

Telephone conversations (oral summaries and role playing)

Written test, oral tests, written examination and oral examination

Knowledge and skills gained in the first year.

Use of the target language in the field of library science (content of various documents or literary works and personal desk research or information retrieval) as a communication tool.

Practice of the written and the spoken language based on various documents dealing either with library science, information and communication sciences, or with more general cultural topics. Reading, analysis, and exploitation of literary excerpts. Use of audiovisual material.

Literary works, newspapers, magazines, films, documentaries, audiovisual material, internet websites, etc.

The purpose of this course is to give to the students an overview of art, mainly occidental. The course starts at the prehistoric period and goes until the beginning of the Middle Age . The same course contunues in the 3th year of studies. The student must be able to identify mains cultural trends, mains artists and characteristics of the great trends.

 Prehistoric art- Ancient Egypt- Ancient Orient- Ancient Greek world- Romain civilization- Celtic world- Byzantine empire- V-IX centuries in western countries. Islamic art.