2024-2025 / INFO0958-1

Introduction to typography and layout

Duration

15h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in ancient and modern languages and literatures3 crédits 
 Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : classics3 crédits 
 Bachelor in information and communication3 crédits 
 Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English3 crédits 
 Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general3 crédits 
 Bachelor in history3 crédits 
 Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : general3 crédits 
 Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology3 crédits 
 Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : Oriental studies (Registrations are closed)3 crédits 
 Bachelor in philosophy3 crédits 
 Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general3 crédits 
 Bachelor in translation and interpretation3 crédits 

Lecturer

Gérald Purnelle

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course is freely accessible to any student registered in Bac2 or Bac3, excluding the calculation of credits for a year of study.
It aims to introduce the principles, rules and uses of the layout of documents and books, with the aim of giving students the ability to format such documents (travaus, tfb, tfe) correctly, by applying the functionality of Word The course is freely accessible to any student registered in Bac2 or Bac3, excluding the calculation of credits for a year of study.

A systematic link is made between the theory (how to layout correctly) and the practice of Word's features.
 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, students will have sufficient knowledge of the functionalities of word processing software; they will have learned to compose documents (works, books) correctly laid out.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Presentation-demonstration on screen, face-to-face. Prior reading of a syllabus.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Syllabus of Rules and Uses of French Typography available online.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )


Additional information:

Practical exam: text whose layout needs to be produced.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

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Contacts

Gerald.Purnelle@uliege.be

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