Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Enrolling for this study plan is possible after having obtained one of the following degrees:
Academic Bachelor's programme taal- en letterkunde
You may also be asked to provide additional documents so we may evaluate your application.
Aanbevelingsbrief 1 / Letter of recommendation 1
Aanbevelingsbrief 2 / Letter of recommendation 2
Motivatiebrief / Letter of motivation
Puntenlijst / Transcript of records
Enrolling for this plan is also possible having completed the Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in Linguistics and Literary Studies.
Enrolling for this plan is also possible having completed the Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies.
In addition to the Master's thesis (18 ECTS) and the research methodology course (3 ECTS), the student is obliged to take the Brussels subject (3 ECTS) and chooses 2 languages of which at least 6 ECTS per chosen language and 24 ECTS within the chosen profile.
Within the profile Linguistics, the languages 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
- Séminaire 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 faculty website STUDENT.VUB (regulations and forms) and this until 30 September for courses of the first semester and 15 February for courses of the second semester.
The Master Thesis (18 ECTS) and the Research Methodology are obligated.
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 21 ECTS credits.
| 18ECTS credits - Master Thesis Linguistics and Literary Studies |
| 3ECTS credits - Research Methodology: Linguistics |
Brussels
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 3 ECTS credits.
| 3ECTS credits - Linguistics and literary studies in Brussels |
MA Taal- en Letterkunde/Linguistics and Literary Studies: 1 taal/1 language
To complete this module, students must obtain 12 ECTS credits.
German
German
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 12 ECTS credits.
English
English
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 12 ECTS credits.
French
French
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 12 ECTS credits.
Italian
Italian
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 12 ECTS credits.
| 6ECTS credits - Italian Language in the Media |
| 6ECTS credits - European and Italian Literature from the 18th Century to the Present |
| 6ECTS credits - Modern Literary Genres in Italy |
Dutch
Dutch
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 12 ECTS credits.
| 6ECTS credits - Contemporary Dutch prose |
| 6ECTS credits - Aspects of poetry study |
| 6ECTS credits - Sociolinguistics and Language Change |
| 6ECTS credits - Dutch as second language |
Spanish
Spanish
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 12 ECTS credits.
Profile Linguistics 1 Language
To complete this module, students must obtain 24 ECTS credits.
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 24 ECTS credits.