Program Overview

Master in Journalism

The Master in Journalism is a 120-credit program offered by the Université catholique de Louvain. The program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in journalism, including theoretical, empirical, and practical training.

Program Structure

The program is divided into several components, including:

• Tronc commun (60 credits): This component includes courses such as Seminar: Support in Methodology, Recherche préparatoire au mémoire, and Mémoire.
• Stage (10 credits): Students can choose to complete an internship in a journalistic or media organization.
• Langues (6 credits): Students can choose to take courses in languages such as Dutch, English, or other languages offered by the university.
• Tronc commun: base (19 credits): This component includes courses such as Photographie d'information, Socio-economics of journalism and news media, and Journalisme et littératie informationnelle.

Focuses

Students can choose from two focuses:

• Research Focus (30 credits): This focus includes courses such as Multidisciplinary Seminar on Research Communication 1, Genres, cultures and representations, and New narratologies and transmedia.
• Professional Focus: Louvain School of Journalism (30 credits): This focus includes courses such as Sources, research and curation of information, Journalistic writing, and Introduction au data journalisme.

Options

Students can choose from several options, including:

• Option de la finalité approfondie (30 credits): This option includes courses such as Pratiques spécialisées de l'enquęte et du reportage, Rules of Editing, and Connaissance de l'actualité 3.
• Option de la finalité "École de Journalisme de Louvain" (30 credits): This option includes courses such as Ethical and Critical Analysis of Journalism, Enjeux journalistiques de l'actualité et des institutions européennes, and Socio-economics of journalism and news media.
• Ouverture en gestion de la communication d'organisation et des relations publiques (15 credits): This option includes courses such as Corporate communication, Internal communication and communication of change, and Public Communication & media relations.
• Ouverture "Ecole de journalisme de Louvain" (15 credits): This option includes courses such as Ethical and Critical Analysis of Journalism, Enjeux journalistiques de l'actualité et des institutions européennes, and Socio-economics of journalism and news media.
• Ouverture en communication socio-éducative (15 credits): This option includes courses such as Scientific popularisation, Media education and media literacy, and Educational effects of media.
• Recherche en communication (15 credits): This option includes courses such as Multidisciplinary Seminar on Research Communication 1, Multidisciplinary Seminar on Research Communication 2, and Guided readings.
• Multilingual communication (15 credits): This option includes courses such as Reading comprehension and vocabulary extension: economic and commercial texts in German, Economic and commercial texts in English: Exploring business genres and specialized vocabulary, and Reading comprehension and vocabulary extension: economic and commercial texts in Dutch.
• Media culture (15 credits): This option includes courses such as Analysis of film productions, Analysis of televised series, and New narratologies and transmedia.
• Modules Genre: This option includes several modules, such as Module 1: Couples, familles, sexualités, Module 2: Cultures et représentations, and Module 3: Analyse des discriminations et promotion de l'égalité.
• MONS - Communication et production de contenu web (option de base) (15 credits): This option includes courses such as Design et évaluation de prototypes web, Production éditoriale et production médiatique sur le web, and Atelier de production communicationnelle.
• Echange Erasmus ou international (15 credits): This option allows students to spend a semester or a year studying at a partner university abroad.

Preparatory Module

The Preparatory Module is designed for students who need to take supplementary courses to satisfy the program's prerequisites. The module includes courses such as English Communication Skills, Approches qualitatives en information et communication, and Structures socio-économiques des médias.

Double Degree

The School of Communication offers a double degree program with the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland). Selected students spend the first year at the partner university and the second year at UCLouvain, earning two master's degrees.