Communicatie- en Informatiewetenschappen: Multimodal Communication

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

!Deze opleiding communiceert alleen in het Engels.
We tonen daarom de Engelstalige opleidingsinformatie.
The Master of Arts in Multimodal Communication, a degree track within Communication and Information Studies, is a one-year program taught in English.

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locatieAmsterdam
diplomaMA 
typeregulier, 60 EC
start1 september
taalvolledig English
opleidingsduur12 maanden voltijd
accreditatiesNVAO
croho-code66826
numerus fixusnee
honoursnee

						Humans have been using multimodal communication since prehistoric times (making sounds combined with gestures). Yet now communication with digital technology makes us more aware of how powerful it is; think of the difference between a traditional phone call and a conversation on Skype, FaceTime, etc. In this MA track, you learn how multimodal communication works: how different forms of it are composed (e.g. in various genres), and how these forms allow for different kinds of communication (e.g., by making abstract ideas visible or audible, via metaphors and symbols). Attention is given to how different modes of communication can reflect, and also lead to, alternate means of thinking about a topic – such as by integrating concepts together or by framing them separately.
					


					

Waarom aan de Amsterdam VU?

Excellent research being done in the fields of conversation analysis, gesture studies, linguistics, metaphor studies, and discourse analysis in political, medical, and legal settings.
Connection to the staff members' extensive international networks.
Diverse student population in the classes.
Location in the rapidly developing hub of Amsterdam South.
Training based in the humanities (starting from human communication) instead of a focus on technology studies.

This track in multimodal communication is based within a degree program in communication and information studies that has linguistics and the study of language use at its core. It highlights and brings together the theme of multimodal communication that is implicit in a number of existing courses spread over several specializations. The specialist courses in the track reveal how both spoken and written language use can be analyzed from this perspective, taking into account the interaction between text and image, and speech and speakers' gestures. Special attention to metaphor analysis provides an account of how we express abstract ideas in multiple modes. The study of genres serves as a core in the degree program for analyzing different forms of communication.

Studieprogramma

opbouw
1e jaar

opbouw

The courses are taught in two-month periods. Each semester contains two such periods.
First semester: 3 required specialist courses on multimodal communication + 2 courses in the department about analysing different genres.
Second semester: 2 courses of your own choice (electives) + Masters' thesis.

Each course counts for 6 credits (ECTS), and the thesis – for 18 credits, for a total of 60 credits.

The one-year program consists of three specialist courses on multimodal communication, two core courses on genre analysis, two elective courses, and a dissertation/thesis.

	1	23
	periode
Genre design	6 EC
Talk is multimodal	6 EC
Text and Image in News and Advertising		6 EC
The power of metaphor		6 EC

taal van onderwijs	100% en
onderwijsopzet	34% zelfstudie 33% theorie 33% praktijk
avondonderwijs	n.v.t.
afstandsonderwijs	n.v.t.

onderwijsvormen

group discussion, lecture, individual assignment, literature study, oral presentation, research, research project, seminar, tutorial

instruction modes

The courses can involve a combination of lectures, presentations by members of the class, discussion of readings, short essays, final papers, small research projects, etc.

study abroad

Given the one-year time frame of the program, the distribution of required courses, and the thesis writing, study abroad is not anticipated as part of the program.

objectives

This MA track addresses the questions: How and why are meaning and communicative functions distributed over different modes of communication? Conversely, how are those meanings, functions, and modes integrated: formally, in different media (including our bodily 'natural media' in face to face interaction), and cognitively, e.g., through conceptual integration?

The track provides theory and methods for analyzing and understanding “how multimodal communication works”, meaning both how different forms of it are composed (e.g., in different genres of communication) and how the different forms effect communication (e.g., by rendering abstract concepts in perceptual terms, e.g.: through metaphor). Graduates will be equipped with theoretical background and methods training which they could later apply in work such as communication advising or marketing consulting, or which they could deepen by pursuing a PhD on a topic related to the study of language, communication, and cognition.

Toelating en kosten

startmomenten

1 september 2021

aanmelding deadline : 1 juni 2021
collegegeld nog niet bekend

If you wish to be admitted to the Master's programme Multimodal Communication, you must register via Studielink for Communicatie- en informatiewetenschappen (60 studiepunten) before June 1st. In addition, you must email the following documents to toelating.fgw@vu.nl:

Application form (Dutch)
Transcript of records (scan of original)
Motivation letter
CV

toelatingseisen

aanvullende vakeisen

basiskennis

taaltoets

vooropleiding
Direct admission to the Master's programme is possible with a Bachelor's degree in English Language and Culture, Linguistics, and Communication and Information Studies from VU Amsterdam. Applications from students with equivalent Bachelor's degrees from other universities in the Netherlands have to be submitted to the Examination Board for assessment.

If you have a Bachelor's degree in another subject, the Examination Board will decide what subjects you will be required to take in preparation for the Master's programme.

motivatiebrief
For information about admission and application please go to: https://masters.vu.nl/en/programmes/communication-information-studies-multimodal-communication/index.aspx

inbegrepen in collegegeld

registration fee

examination

estimated monthly costs

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bedrag		kostenpost
€	424	kamerhuur in Amsterdamboven landelijk gemiddelde
€	22	internet+tv
€	152	boodschappen/kostgeld
€	32	telefoon
€	117	verzekeringen
€	172	collegegeldop basis van € 2060 per jaar
€	80	studieboeken en -spullen
€	29	drinken/snoep/snacks
€	77	uiterlijkkleding, kapper, schoenen
€	30	contributies/abonnementen
€	132	vrije tijdstappen, uit eten, vakantie
€	42	vervoernaast de OV-kaart
€	45	overig

€	1292	totale maandelijkse uitgaven landelijk gemiddelde is € 1181

Hiernaast staat een overzicht van de gemiddelde kosten die een uitwonende student heeft. Niet iedere student heeft met iedere kostenpost te maken. Het totaalgemiddelde is dus niet gelijk aan de optelsom van alle kostenposten.

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Studenten en studentenleven

studentaantallen

110	studenten volgen deze opleiding
80%	daarvan is vrouw
2	eerstejaars gestart in 2017
100%	daarvan is vrouw
22864	studenten aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
58%	daarvan is vrouw

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Multimodal Communication

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Universiteit Leiden	Leraar VHO in Nederlands educational	+ aanv. eisen
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