Master of Science in Communication Studies: Digital Media in Europe
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Key Information
Campus location
Brussels, Belgium
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 1,116 / per year *
Application deadline
31 Mar 2024
Earliest start date
16 Sep 2024
* full time for EEA nationals; €4,600 per year full time for non-EEA nationals
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Introduction
The Master of Communication Studies is a one-year (60 ECTS) academic master with a focus on Digital Media in Europe. This unique English language program focuses on the rapidly changing field of media and communication in a European context. The programme takes an original interdisciplinary approach and allows students to concentrate on business, policy, and/or user aspects of digital media.
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Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
The program consists of two semesters. It comprises one set of compulsory courses and one set of optional courses. The optional courses allow students to focus on three specific fields: business and markets, policy and governance, user aspects of digital media in Europe. Instead of choosing from the optional courses, students can decide to do an internship.
Program Structure
The master program consists of 5 compulsory courses and the master thesis, in total for 48 ECTS. You should complete this with electives for 12 ECTS, so you become a total of 60 ECTS.
Due to the course load and daytime course schedule, a combination with full-time employment is not possible.
Traineeship Options
The traineeship is offered as an elective. The fundamental goal is to have practical training and acquire practical skills. The traineeship program aims for students to operationalize and test, in a professional environment, the theoretical knowledge obtained in following the Master. This allows them to develop professional skills and competencies while networking; all with their future career in mind. It also spurs our students to critically (self-) reflect on both the institutional environment and company/organization, as well as on personal development (knowledge-building, skills, strengths, and weaknesses, ...) during the traineeship.
At VUB, the Career Center bundles all traineeship options for each "branche", to keep an overview. In Brussels, these options seem endless!
Program Outcome
1. Students show in-depth knowledge, understanding, and insight within the field of communication sciences and in relation to the latest evolutions and discussions at both the national and international level regarding:
- Digital Media in Europe
- Journalism and Media in Europe.
2. Students demonstrate the ability to critically contextualize and evaluate current national and international developments and discussions and are able to independently deepen insights related to complex problems on the basis of an original framework of analysis, thereby expanding the theoretical basis related to their own fields of interest related to:
- Digital Media in Europe
- Journalism and Media in Europe.
3. Students show an open and constructive attitude whilst having respect for other views and beliefs.
4. Students are open to scientific doubt and societal pluralism. They demonstrate courage, ambition, and perseverance in questioning both established insights and alternative points of view.
5. Students act upon an open attitude in a culturally diverse international context. They critically reflect on their own (geographical, social, cultural, local, personal, etc.) position.
6. Students demonstrate the skill to discuss and debate current societal and scientific topics and theoretical developments within the field of communication studies, related to
- Digital Media in Europe
- Journalism and Media in Europe.
The students discuss issues on the basis of critical and substantiated reflections and research findings, open-mindedly and willing to acknowledge other arguments.
7. Students demonstrate entrepreneurial spirit, responsibility, communicative attitude, creativity and the ability to plan, coordinate, supervise and advise. The acquired skills enable the graduates to become independent, responsible, inquiring and reflective professionals.
8. Students can apply the acquired knowledge and skills in a professional context related to:
- Digital Media in Europe
- Journalism and Media in Europe.
9. Students are competent to translate acquired understandings and findings into concrete conclusions, scenarios, advice, policy recommendations, and strategies, and are able to communicate and implement these in a professional manner.
10. Students are able to independently elaborate, organize, plan and conduct their own original research, interpret its results and groundedly, coherently, and convincingly communicate it orally and in writing.
11. Students are competent to – partly independent, partly guided – train specific and topical research methods within a particular field of study and apply these methods independently in concrete research situations.
12. Students are able to communicate their point of view in a clear and scientific-grounded argumentation to various target groups.
English-taught Master of Science (MSc.) in Communication Studies: Digital Media in Europe (60 ECTS)
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