Profile Intermediality - 1 Language

English
VUB Main Campus Etterbeek
60
 ECTS
1 year

In order to complete the master’s programme (60 ECTS), students need to take:

1. Compulsory courses (24 ECTS): The master's thesis (18 ECTS), the research methodology course (3 ECTS) and the course “Linguistics and Literary Studies in Brussels” (3 ECTS).

2. Language related courses (12 ECTS): Students can choose the courses in their selected language.

3. Profile related courses (24 ECTS): Students can choose the courses in their selected profile.

Master of Arts in Linguistics and Literary Studies

Compulsory courses (24 ECTS)

Master's Thesis: Linguistics and Literary Studies
18 ECTS
Research Methodology: Literary Studies
3 ECTS
Linguistics and Literary Studies in Brussels
3 ECTS

Language-related courses (12 ECTS)

You choose courses for 12 ECTS in your chosen language out of the following options:

Dutch

Contemporary Dutch Prose
6 ECTS
Aspects of Poetry Study
6 ECTS
Sociolinguistics and Language Change
6 ECTS
Dutch as a Second Language
6 ECTS

English

Contemporary Literature in English
6 ECTS
Postcolonial Literature in English
6 ECTS
English Linguistics: the Acquisition of English
6 ECTS
Historical English Linguistics
6 ECTS
Advanced English Linguistics
6 ECTS

French

French Poetry: Modernism and Avant-Garde
6 ECTS
Poetry and Intermediality
6 ECTS
Syntax of Modern French
6 ECTS
Acquisition of French as a Foreign Language
6 ECTS

German

Intermedial Aspects in German Texts and Theatre
6 ECTS
German-Language Literature and Cultural History
6 ECTS
German Linguistics
6 ECTS
German as a Foreign Language
6 ECTS

Italian

European and Italian Literature from the 18th Century to the Present
6 ECTS
Modern Literary Genres in Italy
6 ECTS
Italian Language in the Media
6 ECTS

Spanish

Essayistic Genres in Hispanic-American Literature
6 ECTS
Spanish Theatre
6 ECTS
Acquisition of Spanish as a Foreign Language
6 ECTS
Spanish Linguistics: Syntaxis and Semantics
6 ECTS

Profile-related courses (24 ECTS)

You choose courses for 24 ECTS out of the following options:

Theatre and Performance Studies
6 ECTS
Storytelling: Dramaturgy and Screenwriting Research
6 ECTS
Internship or Training Intermediality
6 ECTS
Intertextuality and Intermediality
6 ECTS
Metatheatre
6 ECTS
Theory of Literary Translation
6 ECTS
Aspects of Poetry Study
6 ECTS
Aspects of Theatre Theory
6 ECTS
Intermedial Aspects in German Texts and Theatre
6 ECTS
Poetry and Intermediality
6 ECTS
French Poetry: Modernism and Avant-Garde
6 ECTS
Spanish Theatre
6 ECTS
Modern Literary Genres in Italy
6 ECTS
Reason and Engage. Critical Reflections on Humanity and Society
6 ECTS
Internationalisation and Society Linguistics and Literary Studies 2
6 ECTS
Total number of ECTS
60

Within the profile Intermediality, students choosing to study in German, English, Dutch, French, Italian and Spanish can also select courses from the ULB (for maximum one course of 6 ECTS).

First Semester: Histoire approfondie du théâtre anglophone (Prof. M. Maufort) ENG

Second Semester: MĂ©thodologie de la culture et de la musique populaires (Prof. C. Den Tandt) FR

Students who wish to make use of this possibility must submit their request via the form 'request equivalent study parts ULB LW', which can be found on the faculty website.