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2025-2026 / Master

Performing arts, professional focus (Master international)

120 crédits
Master in performing arts, professional focus (Master international)
P2ASPE02

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  • Organization
  • Theory
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  • Credits

Block 1

ULiège students carry out their mobility during the second four-month period of Block 1 and during the first four-block period of Block 2.
Modules 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 must, therefore, be followed in each host university.

Compulsory courses

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Research project
TA---10

Optional courses

1ST TERM

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Module 1 : Theory/art history and aesthetics of cinema

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose one of the following courses :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Early motion pictures Q130--5
Advanced issues in the history of cinema Q130--5
Film and visual arts theory Q130--5
Issues relating to aesthetics of the image Q130--5
Animation Q130--5

Module 2 : Heritage, archives and cinema history

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose one of the following courses :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Early motion pictures Q130--5
Advanced issues in the history of cinema Q130--5
Film and visual arts theory Q130--5
Issues relating to aesthetics of the image Q130--5
Animation Q130--5
Histories of video games Q130--5

Module 3 : Sociology, economy and cinema and audio visual technology

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose one of the following courses :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Public policy of cultural institutions Q130--5
Film and audiovisual production Q130--5
Socioeconomics of media and journalism Q130--5
The performing arts and society Q130--5

Module 4 - Visual Culture and the Anthropology of Images

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose one of the following courses :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Performing arts analysis TA30--5
Early motion pictures Q130--5
Film and visual arts theory Q130--5
Advanced issues in the history of cinema Q130--5

Module 5 : Image contemporary practice

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose one of the following courses :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Advanced issues in the history of cinema Q130--5
Film and visual arts theory Q130--5
Issues relating to aesthetics of the image Q130--5
Animation Q130--5
Histories of video games Q130--5

2nd TERM

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Notice : modules 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are aimed at students who are on mobility at ULiège.

Module 6 : Theory/art history and aesthetics of cinema

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose one of the following courses :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Methods and theories of film analysis Q130--5
Contemporary experimental cinema Q230--5
Film Analysis Q230--5
Cinema: forms and languages Q230--5

Module 7 : Heritage, archives and cinema history

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose one of the following courses :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Contemporary experimental cinema Q230--5
Contemporary documentary (cinema, television, web) Q230--5
Film Analysis Q230--5

Module 8 : Sociology, economy and cinema and audio visual technology

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Chosir 1 cours parmi :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Analysis of cultural production (arts et médias) Q230--5
Contemporary documentary (cinema, television, web) Q230--5
Questions of contemporary documentary Q230--5
In-depth questions on cinema economyQ2   5
International co-production of films  15-- 
Production and distribution of films  15-- 
European theatre scenes* Q230--5

Module 9 : Visual culture and image anthropology

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose one of the following courses :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Contemporary documentary (cinema, television, web) Q230--5
Questions of contemporary documentary Q230--5
Methods and theories of film analysis Q130--5
Film Analysis Q230--5
Cinema: forms and languages Q230--5
History and analysis of the use of video games* Q230--5
European theatre scenes* Q230--5

Module 10 : Image contemporary practice

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose one of the following courses :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Contemporary experimental cinema Q230--5
Questions of contemporary documentary Q230--5
Cinema: forms and languages Q230--5
Contemporary documentary (cinema, television, web) Q230--5
History and analysis of the use of video games* Q230--5
European theatre scenes* Q230--5

Optional free courses

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Optional free courses (language improvement)

English level 2 (english language) TA60--5
Dutch level 2 (dutch language) TA60--5
Italian I, Theory (italian language) TA30--5
French, S2 - 2e quadrimestre Q2---5
Notice : the French course is targeted at students attending ULiege through a mobility programme. Successful completion of the exam allows a certificate to be obtained in the same way as an isolated course.
ULiège students have the opportunity to take a language course organised by the host university.

Block 2

Compulsory courses

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Final work
TA---30

Focus optional courses

1ST TERM

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Notice : modules 11, 12 and 13 are targeted at students attending ULiege through a mobility programme.

Module 11 : Theory of visual and sound forms

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose one of the following courses :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Early motion pictures Q130--5
Advanced issues in the history of cinema Q130--5
Film and visual arts theory Q130--5
Cinema and Video Documentaries Q130--5
Semiotics of photography Q130--5
Animation Q130--5

Module 12 : History of visual and sound forms

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose one of the following courses :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Early motion pictures Q130--5
Advanced issues in the history of cinema Q130--5
Film and visual arts theory Q130--5
Cinema and Video Documentaries Q130--5
Semiotics of photography Q130--5
Animation Q130--5
Histories of video games Q130--5

Module 13 : New media practice and image culture

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose one of the following courses :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Performing arts analysis TA30--5
Film and visual arts theory Q130--5
Cinema and Video Documentaries Q130--5
Semiotics of photography Q130--5
Audiovisual techniques: preproduction, filming and post-production TA30--5
Animation Q130--5
Histories of video games Q130--5

2nd TERM

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Module 14 : Theory of visual and sound forms

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose one of the following courses :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Contemporary experimental cinema Q230--5
Contemporary documentary (cinema, television, web) Q230--5
Questions of contemporary documentary Q230--5
Film Analysis Q230--5

Module 15 : History of visual and sound forms

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose one of the following courses :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Contemporary experimental cinema Q230--5
Contemporary documentary (cinema, television, web) Q230--5
Questions of contemporary documentary Q230--5
Film Analysis Q230--5

Module 16 : Practice of new media and images culture

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose one of the following courses :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Contemporary experimental cinema Q230--5
Contemporary documentary (cinema, television, web) Q230--5
Questions of contemporary documentary Q230--5

Bloc d'aménagement du programme de l'année

Bridging courses Master in performing arts (120 credits)

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Compulsory courses

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Methods and theories of film analysis Q130--5
Cinema and Video Documentaries Q130--5
History of Cinema TA3030-5
Cinema: forms and languages Q230--5
Audiovisual techniques: preproduction, filming and post-production TA30--5
Analysis of Cultural Institutions Q130--5
Introduction to Cultural Policies and Economics Q230--5
Introduction to historical criticism Q230--5
History of theatre Q230--5
Dance and cinema Q230--5

Optional courses

Choose two courses out of the following :

CodeDetailsOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Introduction to anthropology Q230--5
Semiotics of photography Q130--5
Introduction to mediation Q230--5
Theory and analysis of mass culture Q230--5
Theories of Communication Q130--5
Cultural history Q230--5
English level 1 (english language) TA60--5
Aesthetics and philosophy of art Q130--5