Profile Linguistics - 2 Languages

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 choose courses for 6 ECTS in their first selected language, and 6 ECTS in their second selected language.

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

Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies

Compulsory courses (24 ECTS)

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

Language-related courses (12 ECTS)

You choose courses for 12 ECTS (6 ECTS for each language) in your chosen languages out of the following options:

Dutch

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

English

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

French

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

German

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

Italian

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

Spanish

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

Profile-related courses (24 ECTS)

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

Advanced English Linguistics
6
English Linguistics: the Acquisition of English
6
Historical English Linguistics
6
Language Contact and Language Planning
6
Historical Sociolinguistics
6
Multilingualism and Cognition
6
Multilingualism and Literature
6
Multilingual Education
6
Neurolinguistics
6
Psycholinguistics
6
Intercultural Communication
3
Language and the Mass Media
3
Dutch as a Second Language
6
Sociolinguistics and Language Change
6
German as a Foreign Language
6
German Linguistics
6
Acquisition of French as a Foreign Language
6
Creole Languages
6
Grammar Applied to the Education of FLE
6
Syntax of Modern French
6
Acquisition of Spanish as a Foreign Language
6
Emile Lorand-course: Spanish Linguistics and Literary Studies
6
Spanish Linguistics: Syntaxis and Semantics
6
Emile Lorand-course: Italian Linguistics and Literary Studies
6
Italian Language in the Media
6
Reason and Engage. Critical Reflections on Humanity and Society
6
StadsSalonsUrbains
3
Internationalisation and Society Linguistics and Literary Studies 2
6
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 ULB course units (Max. 1 course, 6 ECTS).



First Semester

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

- Linguistique italienne (Prof. S. Ventura) ITAL

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

Second Semester

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

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

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



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 website and this until 30 September for courses of the first semester and 15 February for courses of the second semester.