Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics - 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 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 (6 ECTS for each language) in your chosen languages 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 can choose courses for 24 ECTS out of the following options:

English Linguistics: the Acquisition of English
6 ECTS
Training: Multilingual and Foreign Language Learning and Teaching
6 ECTS
Multilingualism and Cognition
6 ECTS
Multilingual Education
6 ECTS
Neurolinguistics
6 ECTS
Psycholinguistics
6 ECTS
German as a Foreign Language
6 ECTS
Acquisition of French as a Foreign Language
6 ECTS
Acquisition of Spanish as a Foreign Language
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