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2026-2027 / Master

Communication, professional focus in publishing and the publishing industry

120 crédits
Master in communication, professional focus in publishing and the publishing industry
P2SCLI01

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  • Organization
  • Theory
  • Practical
  • Others
  • Credits

Block 1

Core curriculum compulsory courses

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Analysis of cultural production (arts et médias) Q230--5
Analysis of reception (arts et médias) Q130--5
Socio-Economics of the Production and Circulation of Books Q230--5
Communication of Cultural institutionsQ2   5
Stratégies du secteur privé
 15-- 
Méthodologie du secteur socioculturel
 15-- 
Audience analysis seminarTA   5
Cadre d'analyse (Partim I)  30-- 
Enquêtes (Partim II)  -15- 

Common core courses

Choose courses totalling 5 ECTS from the following :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
English level 2 (english language) TA60--5
Dutch level 2 (dutch language) TA60--5

Choose courses totalling 15 ECTS out of the following :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Literature

Special question of history of art: comics*
Q130--5
Literature for young people
Q230--5
Popular literature and media culture (French-speaking world) Q130--5
Introduction to the great Western literatures Q130--5
Literary and avant-garde movements in Europe (19th and 20th centuries)* Q230--5
In-depth history of French literature in Belgium Q245--5
History of the French-speaking poem of Belgium Q230--5

Music and theatre arts

History of music (the tonal age) - [3d Field trips, travels and pract] Q230-[+]5
Special issues in this history of music (the popular music era) - [3d Field trips, travels and pract] Q230-[+]5
History questions of popular music Q230--5
Issues in contemporary theatre Q230--5
Economy of music* Q130--5
European theatre scenes* Q230--5

Plastic arts and Heritage

History of Art and Archaeology : the modern era : the 20th century Q130--5
Contemporary public art history - [8d Field trips, travels and pract] Q230-[+]5
Introduction to contemporary issues of cities and landscape design
Q124--5
Aesthetics and poetics in culture Q130--5
Introduction to museology and issues of social and environmental transition, Introduction to museology, including issues of social and environmental transition
Q130--5
Exhibition design
Q130--5
Introduction to immaterial inheritance Q130--5
Heritage interpretation: guiding practice Q130--5
Semiotics of photography Q130--5

Social science

Seminar on science and society - [30h Seminar] Q2--[+]5
Intercultural mediation and acculturation processes Q115--5
Introduction to economic and social history TA45--5
Anthropologie et Art
Q23010-5

Focus compulsory courses

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Publishing in Wallonia and Brussels in the past and today Q130--5
The publishing industryQ1   5
Editorial techniques and processes  30-- 
Distribution
 15-- 
The book trade
 15-- 

Focus optional courses

Choose one course from the following :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Workshop in literature criticism Q130--5
Events in the book world: activities, demonstrations, workshops Q230--5

Block 2

Core curriculum compulsory courses

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Creative workshop: mediation systems Q21515-5
Editorial communication workshop Q21515-5
Technical and aesthetic of media of cultural diffusionQ2   5
visual communication
 15-- 
digital communication
 15-- 
Public policy of cultural institutions
Q130--5
Thesis
TA---20

Common core courses

Choose courses totalling 5 ECTS from the following :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Literature

Special question of history of art: comics*
Q130--5
Literature for young people
Q230--5
Popular literature and media culture (French-speaking world) Q130--5
Introduction to the great Western literatures Q130--5
Literary and avant-garde movements in Europe (19th and 20th centuries)* Q230--5
In-depth history of French literature in Belgium Q245--5
History of the French-speaking poem of Belgium Q230--5

Music and theatre arts

History of music (the tonal age) - [3d Field trips, travels and pract] Q230-[+]5
Special issues in this history of music (the popular music era) - [3d Field trips, travels and pract] Q230-[+]5
History questions of popular music Q230--5
Issues in contemporary theatre Q230--5
Economy of music* Q130--5
European theatre scenes* Q230--5

Plastic arts and Heritage

History of Art and Archaeology : the modern era : the 20th century Q130--5
Contemporary public art history - [8d Field trips, travels and pract] Q230-[+]5
Introduction to contemporary issues of cities and landscape design
Q124--5
Aesthetics and poetics in culture Q130--5
Introduction to museology and issues of social and environmental transition, Introduction to museology, including issues of social and environmental transition
Q130--5
Exhibition design
Q130--5
Introduction to immaterial inheritance Q130--5
Heritage interpretation: guiding practice Q130--5
Semiotics of photography Q130--5

Social science

Seminar on science and society - [30h Seminar] Q2--[+]5
Intercultural mediation and acculturation processes Q115--5
Introduction to economic and social history TA45--5
Anthropologie et Art
Q23010-5

Focus compulsory courses

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Digital book chain: forms, media and business models Q130--5
Typography and Layout Q230--5
internship 2 - [120h internship]
TA--[+]5

Bloc d'aménagement du programme de l'année

Bridging courses Master in communication (120 credits)

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Optional courses

These bridging courses (maximum 60 credits) will consist of theoretical and practical courses from the bachelor's programme in Information and Communication, selected in consultation with the presidents of the bachelor's and master's examination boards, according to the candidate's study plan. For further information, please contact the relevant president of the examination board (see: Bodies).
[...] At most 60 credits of courses from "Liste des cours du bachelier en information et communication"-
Introduction to media and information Q130--5
History of Cinema TA3030-5
Introduction to Cultural Policies and Economics Q230--5
Theories of Communication
Q230--5
Current issues and sustainable developmentQ2   5
Current issues  24-- 
Sustainability and transition course  12-- 
Faculty activity  10-- 
Introduction to historical criticism Q230--5
Introduction to ethics and moral philosophy
Q230--5
Introduction to economic systems, Theory Q230--5
Elements of Sociology Q130--5
English level 1 (english language) TA60--5
Analysis of Cultural Institutions Q130--5
History of information and communication sciences, with an introduction to document research Q130--5
Cinema: forms and languages Q230--5
Rhetoric and semiology Q130--5
Introduction to political science, Part 1 Q130--5
Introduction to public law Q130--5
English level 2 (english language) TA60--5
Esthetic Mediation and Communication Q130--5
Theory and analysis of mass culture Q230--5
Anthropology of moods and communication Q130--5
Cycle Graduation work TA---10
English level 3 (english language) TA60--5
Dutch for beginners (dutch language) TA60--5
Translation and appreciation of historical texts : German TA45--5
Introduction to logic and argumentation Q130--5
Aesthetics and philosophy of art Q130--5
Psychology Q230--5
Contemporary history Q145--5
History of theatre Q230--5
Cinema and Video Documentaries Q130--5
Semiotics of photography Q130--5
Media and digital mediations Q230--5
Technical journalistic writing Q130--5
History of information and the press in particular Q130--5
Special issues in this history of music (the popular music era) - [3d Field trips, travels and pract] Q230-[+]5
Natural history of human communication, Evolution of communication
Q230--5
Introduction to mediation Q230--5
Introduction to anthropology Q230--5
Anthropology: fieldwork methodology and practice - [30h Field work] Q1307,5[+]5
Initiation to Social Science MethodologyQ2   5
Theory  30-- 
Pratice  -15- 
Descriptive Statistics Q12010-5
Evolution de la pensée sociologique, partim 1 : sociologie classique - [20h Question and answer session] Q130-[+]5
Introduction to the study of migration and integration Q230--5
Methods and theories of film analysis Q130--5
Dance and cinema Q230--5
Theatrical creation workshop TA30--5
Audiovisual techniques: preproduction, filming and post-production TA30--5
Theory and analysis of international information: the media, wars, propaganda Q230--5
Techniques of journalism Q230--5
Observations on political and cultural institutions TA30--5
History of books and libraries Q230--5
Use of mediation at the workplace Q11515-5
Contemporary anthropological theories Q230--5
(pas organisé en 2026-2027) Anthropology: Illustrations and role play - [30h Field work] Q11515[+]5
Political anthropology Q130--5
Calculating probabilities in the social sciences Q23030-5
Comparative sociology of protest
Q230--5
Evolution de la pensée sociologique, partim 2 : sociologie contemporaine Q130--5