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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

Cycle view

  • Bloc
  • Organization
  • Theory
  • Practical
  • Others
  • Credits

Core curriculum compulsory courses

B1
25Cr
B2
40Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Analysis of cultural production (arts et médias) B1Q230--5
Analysis of reception (arts et médias) B1Q130--5
Socio-Economics of the Production and Circulation of Books B1Q230--5
Communication of Cultural institutionsB1Q2   5
Stratégies du secteur privé
  15-- 
Méthodologie du secteur socioculturel
  15-- 
Creative workshop: mediation systems B2Q21515-5
Editorial communication workshop B2Q21515-5
Technical and aesthetic of media of cultural diffusionB2Q2   5
visual communication
  15-- 
digital communication
  15-- 
Public policy of cultural institutions
B2Q130--5
Audience analysis seminarB1TA   5
Cadre d'analyse (Partim I)   30-- 
Enquêtes (Partim II)   -15- 
Thesis
B2TA---20

Common core courses

B1
20Cr
B2
5Cr

Choose courses totalling 5 ECTS from the following :

B1
5Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
English level 2 (english language) B1TA60--5
Dutch level 2 (dutch language) B1TA60--5

Choose courses totalling 20 credits out of the following :

B1
15Cr
B2
5Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

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

B1
10Cr
B2
15Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Publishing in Wallonia and Brussels in the past and today B1Q130--5
The publishing industryB1Q1   5
Editorial techniques and processes   30-- 
Distribution
  15-- 
The book trade
  15-- 
Digital book chain: forms, media and business models B2Q130--5
Typography and Layout B2Q230--5
internship 2 - [120h internship]
B2TA--[+]5

Focus optional courses

B1
5Cr

Choose one course from the following :

B1
5Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Workshop in literature criticism B1Q130--5
Events in the book world: activities, demonstrations, workshops B1Q230--5

Bridging courses Master in communication (120 credits)

CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Optional courses

B0
60Cr
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 B0Q130--5
History of Cinema B0TA3030-5
Introduction to Cultural Policies and Economics B0Q230--5
Theories of Communication
B0Q230--5
Current issues and sustainable developmentB0Q2   5
Current issues   24-- 
Sustainability and transition course   12-- 
Faculty activity   10-- 
Introduction to historical criticism B0Q230--5
Introduction to ethics and moral philosophy
B0Q230--5
Introduction to economic systems, Theory B0Q230--5
Elements of Sociology B0Q130--5
English level 1 (english language) B0TA60--5
Analysis of Cultural Institutions B0Q130--5
History of information and communication sciences, with an introduction to document research B0Q130--5
Cinema: forms and languages B0Q230--5
Rhetoric and semiology B0Q130--5
Introduction to political science, Part 1 B0Q130--5
Introduction to public law B0Q130--5
English level 2 (english language) B0TA60--5
Esthetic Mediation and Communication B0Q130--5
Theory and analysis of mass culture B0Q230--5
Anthropology of moods and communication B0Q130--5
Cycle Graduation work B0TA---10
English level 3 (english language) B0TA60--5
Dutch for beginners (dutch language) B0TA60--5
Translation and appreciation of historical texts : German B0TA45--5
Introduction to logic and argumentation B0Q130--5
Aesthetics and philosophy of art B0Q130--5
Psychology B0Q230--5
Contemporary history B0Q145--5
History of theatre B0Q230--5
Cinema and Video Documentaries B0Q130--5
Semiotics of photography B0Q130--5
Media and digital mediations B0Q230--5
Technical journalistic writing B0Q130--5
History of information and the press in particular B0Q130--5
Special issues in this history of music (the popular music era) - [3d Field trips, travels and pract] B0Q230-[+]5
Natural history of human communication, Evolution of communication
B0Q230--5
Introduction to mediation B0Q230--5
Introduction to anthropology B0Q230--5
Anthropology: fieldwork methodology and practice - [30h Field work] B0Q1307,5[+]5
Initiation to Social Science MethodologyB0Q2   5
Theory   30-- 
Pratice   -15- 
Descriptive Statistics B0Q12010-5
Evolution de la pensée sociologique, partim 1 : sociologie classique - [20h Question and answer session] B0Q130-[+]5
Introduction to the study of migration and integration B0Q230--5
Methods and theories of film analysis B0Q130--5
Dance and cinema B0Q230--5
Theatrical creation workshop B0TA30--5
Audiovisual techniques: preproduction, filming and post-production B0TA30--5
Theory and analysis of international information: the media, wars, propaganda B0Q230--5
Techniques of journalism B0Q230--5
Observations on political and cultural institutions B0TA30--5
History of books and libraries B0Q230--5
Use of mediation at the workplace B0Q11515-5
Contemporary anthropological theories B0Q230--5
(pas organisé en 2026-2027) Anthropology: Illustrations and role play - [30h Field work] B0Q11515[+]5
Political anthropology B0Q130--5
Calculating probabilities in the social sciences B0Q23030-5
Comparative sociology of protest
B0Q230--5
Evolution de la pensée sociologique, partim 2 : sociologie contemporaine B0Q130--5