Master [60] in Information and Communication - Detailed programme by subject

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      Common core

For students with a Master's degree

Mandatory activities (20 credits)

LCOMU2902 Dissertation
Le mémoire-stage n'est accessible qu'aux étudiant.es qui choisissent l'option "Ecole de Journalisme de Louvain".

FR q1 or q2 15 credits

LCOMU2701 Multimedia course

FR q1 22.5h 5 credits

Activities to choose (10 credits)
Students choose a set of courses (10 credits) to complete their programme.

Media education (10 credits)

LCOMU2811 Information visualisation and multimodal presentation

FR q2 30h 5 credits

LCOMU2603 Research Seminar in mediatic technologies 1

FR q1 15h 2 credits

LCOMU2608 Research Seminar in mediatic technologies 2

FR q2 15h 3 credits

Journalism (10 credits)

LCOMU2431 Journalism and audiences: measurement, use and engagement

FR q2 15h 3 credits

LCOMU2632 Comparative approaches to public interest communication

FR q2 30h 3 credits   > English-friendly

LCOMU1322 Media and Communication Law

FR q1 30h 4 credits

Cultural studies (10 credits)

LANTR2045 Political anthropology : Power relations and Resistances

FR q2 20h 5 credits
Teacher(s):

> Jacinthe Mazzocchetti

Jacinthe Mazzocchetti

LSOC2002 Digital sociology

FR q2 30h 5 credits
Teacher(s):

> Eric Mangez

Eric Mangez

Digital communication (10 credits)

LCOMU2813 Web monitoring and reputation management

FR q2 30h 5 credits
Teacher(s):

> Lionel Groetaers

> Damien Renard

Lionel Groetaers

, Damien Renard

LCOMU2811 Information visualisation and multimodal presentation

FR q2 30h 5 credits

Politic and public communication (10 credits)

LSPRI2200 Political communication

FR q2 15h 5 credits
Teacher(s):

> Sandrine Roginsky

Sandrine Roginsky

LCOMU2617 Public Communication & media relations [S]

FR q2 30h 5 credits

For students with no Master's degree

Mandatory activities (25 credits)

LCOMU2901 Dissertation

FR q1 or q2 18 credits

LCOMU2910 Seminar : Support in Methodology

FR q1 22.5h 2 credits

LCOMU2701 Multimedia course

FR q1 22.5h 5 credits

Activities to choose (5 credits)
Students choose a set of courses (minimum 5 credits to maximum 7 credits) to complete their programme.

LCOMU2811 Information visualisation and multimodal presentation

FR q2 30h 5 credits

LCOMU2429 Socio-economics of journalism and news media

FR q2 22.5h 4 credits

LCOMU2431 Journalism and audiences: measurement, use and engagement

FR q2 15h 3 credits

LCOMU2632 Comparative approaches to public interest communication

FR q2 30h 3 credits   > English-friendly

LANTR2045 Political anthropology : Power relations and Resistances

FR q2 20h 5 credits
Teacher(s):

> Jacinthe Mazzocchetti

Jacinthe Mazzocchetti

LSOC2002 Digital sociology

FR q2 30h 5 credits
Teacher(s):

> Eric Mangez

Eric Mangez

LCOMU2813 Web monitoring and reputation management

FR q2 30h 5 credits
Teacher(s):

> Lionel Groetaers

> Damien Renard

Lionel Groetaers

, Damien Renard

LSPRI2200 Political communication

FR q2 15h 5 credits
Teacher(s):

> Sandrine Roginsky

Sandrine Roginsky

LCOMU2617 Public Communication & media relations [S]

FR q2 30h 5 credits

LCOMU2919 Internship M60
Ce Stage M60 n'est accessible qu'aux étudiant.es qui choisissent l'option "Ecole de Journalisme de Louvain".

FR q1 or q2 5 credits
Options
Students who do not hold a Master's degree will choose one of the four options available to them and a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 7 activity credits from the list provided.
Students who already hold a Master's degree will choose one of the four options available to them and 10 credits of activities from the list provided.
- Ecole de Journalisme de Louvain [30.0]
  
  Content:
  
  LCOMU2401 Sources, research and curation of information
  
  FR q1 22.5h 3 credits
  
  LCOMU2402 Journalistic writing
  
  FR q1 30h 4 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Benoît Grevisse
  
  Benoît Grevisse
  
  LCOMU2403 Introduction to data journalism
  
  FR q1 30h 3 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Antonin Descampe
  
  Antonin Descampe
  
  LCOMU2406 Genres journalistiques subjectifs
  
  FR q2 30h 3 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Antonin Descampe
  
  > Benoît Grevisse
  
  Antonin Descampe
  
  , Benoît Grevisse
  
  LCOMU2122 Investigation and reporting methods
  
  FR q2 30h 5 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Benoît Grevisse
  
  Benoît Grevisse
  
  LCOMU2124 Digital skills in journalism
  
  FR q2 30h 3 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Antonin Descampe
  
  Antonin Descampe
  
  LCOMU2420 Knowledge of Current Events
  
  FR q1 15h 3 credits
  
  LCOMU2421 Knowledge of Current Events 2
  
  FR q2 15h 3 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Grégoire Lits
  
  Grégoire Lits
  
  LCOMU2430 Ethical and Critical Analysis of Journalism
  
  FR q1 30h 3 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Benoît Grevisse
  
  Benoît Grevisse
- Culture [30.0]
  
  Content:
  
  LCOMU2221 Analysis of film productions
  
  FR q1 22.5h 4 credits
  
  LCOMU2605 Analysis of televised series
  
  FR q2 22.5h 4 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Sarah Sepulchre
  
  Sarah Sepulchre
  
  LCOMU2619 New narratologies and transmedia
  
  FR q2 30h 5 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Sébastien Fevry
  
  Sébastien Fevry
  
  LCOMU2606 Inter-cultural communication
  
  FR q1 30h 5 credits
  
  LCOMU2200 Genres, cultures and representations
  
  FR q1 30h 5 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Sarah Sepulchre
  
  Sarah Sepulchre
  
  LCOMU2669 Video game analysis [M]
  
  FR q2 22.5h 4 credits
  
  LCOMU2668 Master Class movies/series/games
  
  FR q1+q2 15h 3 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Sarah Sepulchre
  
  Sarah Sepulchre
- Media education [30.0]
  
  Content:
  
  LSTIC2000 Medias, information and knowledges
  
  FR q1 22.5h 5 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Jerry Jacques
  
  Jerry Jacques
  
  LCOMU2600 Scientific popularisation
  
  FR q2 30h 5 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Jerry Jacques
  
  Jerry Jacques
  
  LCOMU2640 Media education and media literacy
  
  FR q1 30h 5 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Jerry Jacques
  
  Jerry Jacques
  
  LCOMU2663 Educational effects of media
  
  FR q1 30h 5 credits
  
  LCOMU2620 Games (digital), serious games and gamification
  
  FR q2 30h 5 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Thibault Philippette
  
  Thibault Philippette
  
  LCOMU2621 Technical development of educational media
  
  FR q2 30h 5 credits
- Research in information and communication sciences [30.0]
  
  Content:
  
  LCOMU2100 Multidisciplinary Seminar on Research Communication 1
  
  FR q2 15h 5 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Pierre Fastrez
  
  Pierre Fastrez
  
  LCOMU2101 Multidisciplinary Seminar on Research Communication 2
  
  FR q1+q2 15h 5 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Pierre Fastrez
  
  Pierre Fastrez
  
  LCOMU2810 In-depth data collection and analysis methods
  
  FR q2 22.5h 5 credits
  
  LCOMU2160 Guided readings
  
  FR q1 or q2 5 credits
  
  LCOMU2102 Epistemology of communication science research
  
  FR q2 15h 5 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Philippe Scieur
  
  Philippe Scieur
  
  LANTR2015 Ethnographic writings : Implications and Ethical issues
  
  FR q2 20h 5 credits
  Teacher(s):
  
  > Jacinthe Mazzocchetti
  
  Jacinthe Mazzocchetti
Preparatory Module (only for students who qualify for the course via complementary coursework)

To access this Master, students must have a good command of certain subjects. If this is not the case, in the first annual block of their Masters programme, students must take supplementary classes chosen by the faculty to satisfy course prerequisites.

Cours spécifiques

LCOMU1224 Socioeconomic structures of the Media

FR q1 22.5h 5 credits

LCOMU1327 Methods for evaluating a media device

FR q1 22.5h 5 credits

LESPO1117 Information and Communication

FR q1 30h 5 credits

LCOMU1109 Transitions in Information and Communication

FR q2 30h+15h 6 credits
Teacher(s):

> Grégoire Lits

Grégoire Lits

LCOMU1201 Journalism I

FR q1 30h 6 credits

LCOMU1203 Media and Culture I

FR q1 30h 6 credits

LCOMU1204 Writing for communication and journalism

FR q2 30h+15h 6 credits

LCOMU1205 Methodology II

FR q1+q2 30h+30h 6 credits

LCOMU1207 Digital Communication Law

FR q2 15h 3 credits

LCOMU1108 Communication Ethics

FR q2 15h 3 credits

LCOMU1202 Communication and Organisation I

FR q1 30h 6 credits

LCOMU1206 Digital Literacy II

FR q2 15h+15h 3 credits