6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 6016865FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics
External partners
KU Leuven
Educational team
Eddy Put (course titular)
External teachers
Godfried Kwanten
Eddy Put
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
72 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

The course consists of chapters on:

- A "terminology and history of archival science",

- Arrangement and description of archives" composed of 'theoretical and applied archival description', 'typology of sources', and 'arrangement principles', and

- "Valorisation" including 'reference service' and 'educational work', both the application of modern communication technology and the discussion of 'case studies' from everyday archival practise are given special attention.

Course material
Course text (Required) : Archivistiek: theorie en methodologie, Syllabus + een "reader" met een aantal uit de recente vakliteratuur gekozen artikelen, In eigen beheer
Practical course material (Required) : De ontsluiting van archieven. Richtlijnen en aanbevelingen voor de ordening en beschrijving van archieven in het Rijksarchief, H. Coppens, Brussel, 1997
Handbook (Required) : Archiefterminologie voor Nederland en Vlaanderen, A. Den Teuling, BIB, 9789071251191, 2003
Practical course material (Required) : Lezen! Teksten over het archief. Jaarboek 2007, Y. Bos-Rops, G. Janssens, Ch. Jeurgens, E. Ketelaar (red.)., Stichting Archiefpublicaties, ’s-Gravenhage, 2009
Handbook (Required) : Archivistiek: theorie en methodologie, Put Eddy, Acco, 9789464145250, 2021
Additional info

Study materials consist of: the course book, a "reader" containing a selection of recent articles from the specialist literature and a manual ( A. DEN TEULING, Archiefterminologie voor Nederland en Vlaanderen, 's- Gravenhage, 2003).



Complementary study material:

The course draws on concrete examples of archival records (the most common documentary forms), finding aids, an "archive dossier", an "insurance dossier", archive folders and archival websites.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Students are to acquire the terminology and the theoretical foundations of archival science, in particular with regard to arrangement and description and valorisation of archives and with specific attention to the history of the creation of archives and the use of archives.
Students are expected to be able to express themselves in a systematic and duly consistent manner in the technical jargon and demonstrate they have an intellectual command of the foundations of the profession. They have to be able to put this knowledge into practice.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • part G. Kwanten with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

    Note: 1 comprehension question, 1 knowledge question and 1 practical question
  • part E. Put with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

    Note: 1 comprehension question and 1 practical question

Additional info regarding evaluation

Oral examination.

- part G. Kwanten: 1 comprehension question and 1 practical question

- part E. Put: 1 comprehension question and 1 practical question

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Archival Science: Heritage and Records Management: Profile Digital Records Management (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Archival Science: Heritage and Records Management: Profile Archives and Heritage Management (only offered in Dutch)