Profile Linguistics - 1 Language

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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: Linguistics
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 Studies
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:

Advanced English Linguistics
6 ECTS
English Linguistics: the Acquisition of English
6 ECTS
Historical English Linguistics
6 ECTS
Language Contact and Language Planning
6 ECTS
Historical Sociolinguistics
6 ECTS
Multilingualism and Cognition
6 ECTS
Multilingualism and Literature
6 ECTS
Multilingual Education
6 ECTS
Neurolinguistics
6 ECTS
Psycholinguistics
6 ECTS
Intercultural Communication
3 ECTS
Language and the Mass Media
3 ECTS
Dutch as a Second Language
6 ECTS
Sociolinguistics and Language Change
6 ECTS
German as a Foreign Language
6 ECTS
German Linguistics
6 ECTS
Acquisition of French as a Foreign Language
6 ECTS
Creole Languages
6 ECTS
Grammar Applied to the Education of FLE
6 ECTS
Syntax of Modern French
6 ECTS
Acquisition of Spanish as a Foreign Language
6 ECTS
Emile Lorand-course Spanish Linguistics and Literary Studies
6 ECTS
Spanish Linguistics: Syntaxis and Semantics
6 ECTS
Emile Lorand-course: Italian Linguistics and Literary Studies
6 ECTS
Italian Language in the Media
6 ECTS
Reason and Engage. Critical Reflections on Humanity and Society
6 ECTS
StadsSalonsUrbains
3 ECTS
Internationalisation and Society Linguistics and Literary Studies 2
6 ECTS
Total number of ECTS
60

Within the profile Linguistics, one course in German, English, Dutch, French, Italian and Spanish can also be chosen from a special list of the ULB course units (Max. 1 course, 6 ECTS)



First Semester

- SĂ©minaire de linguistique anglaise (Prof. P. De Brabanter)

- Linguistique italienne (Prof. S. Ventura)

- Etude approfondie de la linguistique néerlandaise (Prof. J. Jaspers)

Second Semester

- Etude approfondie de la linguistique synchronique de l'anglais (Prof. P. De Brabanter)

- Questions approfondies de sociolinguistique de l’espagnol (Prof. L. Calabrese)

- Etude approfondie de la langue italienne écrite et parlée (Prof. S. Goia)



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.