Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Admission Requirements

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.

Overview of the study plan

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 choose 1 language of which at least 12 ECTS per chosen language and 24 ECTS within the chosen profile.


Master Thesis & Research Methodology

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

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Brussels

Brussels

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 3 ECTS credits.

3ECTS credits - Linguistics and literary studies in Brussels

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MA Taal- en Letterkunde/Linguistics and Literary Studies: 1 taal/1 language

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.

6ECTS credits - German Linguistics
6ECTS credits - German-Language Literature and Cultural History
6ECTS credits - Intermedial Aspects in German Texts and Theatre
6ECTS credits - German as a Foreign Language

English

English

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 12 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - Contemporary Literature in English
6ECTS credits - Advanced English Linguistics
6ECTS credits - Historical English Linguistics
6ECTS credits - English Linguistics: the Acquisition of English
6ECTS credits - Postcolonial Literature in English

French

French

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 12 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - French Poetry: Modernism and Avant-Garde
6ECTS credits - Acquisition of French as a Foreign Language
6ECTS credits - Syntax of Modern French
6ECTS credits - Grammar applied to the education of FLE
6ECTS credits - Poetry and Intermediality

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.

6ECTS credits - Essayistic genres in Hispanic-American Literature
6ECTS credits - Spanish Theatre
6ECTS credits - Acquisition of Spanish as foreign language
6ECTS credits - Spanish Linguistics: Syntaxis and Semantics

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Master Taal- en Letterkunde/Linguistics and Literary Studies: 1 taal/1 language:

Master Taal- en Letterkunde/Linguistics and Literary Studies: 1 taal/1 language: Psycho- en Neurolinguïstiek/Psycho- and Neurolinguistics

To complete this module, students must obtain 24 ECTS credits.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 24 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - Neurolinguistics
6ECTS credits - Reason and Engage
6ECTS credits - Internationalisation and Society Linguistics and Literary Studies 2
6ECTS credits - Chinese Proficiency II
6ECTS credits - Psycholinguistics
6ECTS credits - Multilingual Education
6ECTS credits - Multilingualism and Cognition
6ECTS credits - English Linguistics: the Acquisition of English
6ECTS credits - Acquisition of French as a Foreign Language
6ECTS credits - Acquisition of Spanish as foreign language
6ECTS credits - German as a Foreign Language
6ECTS credits - Training: Multilingual and Foreign Language Learning and Teaching

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